Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article on "Contextualizing Depression in Pacific Islander Sexual and Gender Minority Youth—Location, History, and Culture" in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. A recent study identified high rates of depressive symptoms among groups of Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific…

Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) gave an oral presentation titled, "Comparing the social vulnerability index for COVID-19: Adopting a novel approach and analyzing spatial associations," on Nov. 14 at the 2023 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

Arpita Basu, Ph.D., (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); Lung-Chang Chien, DrPH, (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Public Health doctoral student Leigh Ann Richardson, along with colleagues, recently published "Longitudinal associations of physical activity with inflammatory markers in US adults with and without type 1 diabetes" in Diabetes…

Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article titled, "Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death," in the journal Current Environmental Health Reports. Environmental exposures have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and…

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) had their research featured in Las Vegas Weekly. The feature discusses Cross' and Messenger's work, focusing on diseases that can be transmitted by insects. In their Parasitology and Vector Biology lab, they engage in citizen science…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health), Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and colleagues published a paper on "Effects of next-generation, dual-active-ingredient, long-lasting insecticidal net deployment on insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Tanzania: an analysis of a 3-year, cluster-randomised controlled…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health), Lung-Chang (Jojo) Chien and Chad Cross (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented an overview of their research on "Geospatial Disparity of COVID-19 in Southern Nevada" at the Southern Nevada Health District during the CDC OT21-2103 health disparities grant site…

Sidath Kapukutuwa, Laurencia Bonsu, Anita Chatterjee (Social and Behavioral Health), Miguel Fudulig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Examining the Gambling Behavior of University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey Applying the Multi-Theory Model (MTM…

Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Jihye Kim (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article, "Association of Sources of COVID-19 Information With Vaccine Uptake, Preventive Behaviors, and Perceived Severity of COVID-19," in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA).

Brooke Conway Kleven (Public Health), Lung-Chang Chien, Brian Labus, Chad Cross, (all Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Arturo Montes (Internal Medicine) along with Aaron Ritter, Rebekah Randall, and Charles Bernick of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health had their research article, "Longitudinal Changes in Regional Brain Volumes…

Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Chris Cochran (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published an article titled, "Heterogeneity of Asthma Care Among Hispanic Subgroups Lower Utilization of Hospital-based Care among Spanish-speaking Hispanics," in Medical Care. They found that…

Max Gakh (Environmental and Occupational Health), Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health), Malcolm Ahlo (Southern Nevada Health District), Kacie Washburn (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Shawn Gerstenberger (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article titled, "…