Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published "Substance Use Outcomes For Sexual and Gender Minority Adults With a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review" in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports.  The goal of this scoping review was to collect, summarize, and synthesize existing research on Adverse…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) were featured in the news outlet, "Sunday GuardianLive," through which they discussed the problem of excessive "screen-watching" among preschoolers in India. This has come to light through their previous research study published in the Community Health Equity Research…

A Persian translation of the popular book by Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) titled, Introspective meditations for complete contentment (Santosha), was published this month (ISBN 978-622-7703-38-02). The book combines the collective wisdom from Eastern and Western thoughts and is based on the behavioral tenets…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published a paper on "Major Depression in Postpartum Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Can Social Support Buffer Psychosocial Risks and Substance Use?" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The study’s aims were to examine the prevalence of major depressive…

Jason Flatt and Krystal Kittle (both Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues, recently published, “Inclusive Care Practices and Policies Among Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults,” in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) published an article on "COVID-19 Concerns, Perceived Stress, and Increased Alcohol Use Among Adult Women in the United States" in the journal Clinical Nursing Research.  The objective of this study was to assess the direct and indirect (via perceived stress) effects of different types of pandemic-…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article titled, “Association between modes of delivery and postpartum dietary patterns: A cross-sectional study in Northwest China,” published in the journal, Frontiers in Nutrition, with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University and Qatar University. The article found that Cesarean…

Ravi Batra, Manoj Sharma (both Public Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented a poster, "Yoga for anxiety relief among college students: Current state of interventions," at the American Public Health Association 150th annual meeting in Boston. Ravi Batra is a doctoral student.

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Manoj Sharma, and Ravi Batra (both Social and Behavioral Health) along with researchers from the University of Utah published a meta-analysis, "Assessing the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among College Students: An Evidence of 15 Countries," in February 2021. As of today, this meta-analysis remains among the top 20…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster on "Immigration and adaptation related stressors and bullying behaviors among ethnic minority youth: The promise of developmental assets" at the American Public Health Association 2022 annual meeting in Boston, MA.

Krystal Kittle and Jason Flatt (both Social and Behavioral Health) recently published, “Feasibility of the Savvy Caregiver Program for LGBTQ+ Caregivers of People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Manoj Sharma, Ravi Batra (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), Chia-Laing Dai (Teaching and Learning), and David Cappelli (Dental Medicine) have published a manuscript titled, “Predicting Flossing through the Application of the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change among…