Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) conducted a featured virtual webinar titled "Scientific Kundalini Energy Yoga (SKEY): The Architecture of Integration: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science" for the "Break ke Baad" group based in Livermore, California. The webinar covered a description of yoga from a scientific…

Dr. Yonatan Ghiwot and Dr. Jose Aponte-Pieras (both Medicine) were recently recognized as new Fellows of the American College of Physicians by participating in the Convocation Ceremony at the annual American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting 2026 in San Francisco.

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Diarrhoeal Disease and Enteric Infectious Diseases, published an article titled, “Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “Overcoming Workforce Shortages: Evidence from a Structured, Scholarship Experiential Program Linking Academia and Local Health Departments” at the Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting held in Seattle, WA from…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored a textbook, Introduction to Community and Public Health (3rd edition) with his former student, Prof. Paul Branscum of Miami University, and published by Wiley. This is the only textbook that delivers definitive treatment of all five core areas of public health, viz.,…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Medicine) presented a poster titled, "A Multi-Theory Model–Based Intervention to Promote Stress Relaxation Behaviors among U.S. Veterans," on April 28, 2026, at the VA Research Week and Affiliate Partnership Council Event held at VA Southern Nevada…

Md. Sohail Akhter, Rupam Mitra, Ishrat Zaman, Asma Awan (all Public Health) and Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) presented and participated in a panel discussion for ARPA Scholarship Project titled "ARPA: Experiential Learning for Public Health Workforce Augmentation" on April 22, 2026 at the Nevada Public Health Association…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, coauthored an article titled, “Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990–2023: A Global Burden of Disease study,” in collaboration with GBD 2023 IHD and Dietary Risk Factor Collaborators in the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Application of the multi-theory model to determine predictors of initiating and sustaining stress management behaviors in undergraduate college students,” in the Journal of Public Health in the Deep South in collaboration with coauthors from the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, coauthored an article titled, “Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023,” in the journal,The Lancet Neurology (impact factor: 45.5).…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) delivered a keynote address at the International Conference on Healthcare Innovations in Software, Engineering & Technology (HISET-2025) held in Karad, Maharashtra, India. The title of his presentation was "Advent of the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change in…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual paper titled “Online teaching for public health in program planning” at the 18th Annual International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation (ICERI), 2025, held in Seville, Spain. The presentation highlighted his pedagogical approach using the multi-…