Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented and published a paper titled, “Asynchronous, theory-based, measurement and scale development competency building course for doctoral students in public health: A case study,” in the Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Investigating Perceived Core Disaster Competencies of Nurses in Iran:  A Case Study of Northwest Hospitals” in collaboration with coauthors from Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon in the journal, Public Health Nursing (Impact factor 2.1). The article…

Md. Sohail Akhter, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “An Analysis of 3-year Long Post-Covid-19 Efforts in Nevada, USA by Conducting a Process Evaluation through Qualitative Methodology,” at the 8th International Scientific Research and Innovation Congress, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 22-…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; internal Medicine), following his receiving the UNLV's 2024 Harry Reid Silver State Award and the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Leadership Award, was interviewed this week by New India Abroad, a newspaper for non resident Indians around the world. In his interview, he shares his journey and provides…

Brisa Rodriguez, Timothy Grigsby, Liliana Davalos Marissa Martinez, and Christopher Johansen (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented on "Associations Between Parent’s Physical Activity and Children’s Weekly Physical Activity Among Latinos in Nevada" and "The Association Between Personal Perception of Weight Status and BMI among…

Christopher Johansen, Liliana Davalos, Brisa Rodriguez, Marissa Martinez (all Social and Behavioral Health), along with Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), presented, "Parental acculturation and its association with preschool aged child's health behaviors in Nevada," at the 9th Biennial National IDeA Symposium on Biomedical…

Ana Gonzalez, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “Implementing a 3-Year-Long Community-Based Participatory Evaluation Program Based on a Model Process Evaluation Framework," at the 10th International  Congress on Scientific Research, held in Ankara, Turkey, on June 25-27, 2024.…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) published an article on "Prescription Painkiller Misuse in Hispanic and non-Hispanic Adults Ages 50 and Older: Trends and Correlates in a National Sample, 2015-2019…

Faculty Sara Rosenkranz, Andrew Hooyman, Richard Rosenkranz (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with students Chris Acosta, Jose Hidalgo, CindyRomina Ballesteros Paniagua (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Daniela Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health) presented compelling research on infant formula…

Dr. Mandy K. Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), met with members of the School of Public Health to discuss some of the current CDC-funded projects that they are working on. One of these projects include the Nevada Childhood Lead Prevention Program, led by Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article within the GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators team titled, “Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article within the GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators team titled, “Burden of Disease Scenarios for 204 Countries and Territories, 2022-2050: A Forecasting Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” in the journal, Lancet (Impact factor 168.9). The article…