Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health) received notice of a $150,000 grant from the Alzheimer's Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity. The grant will be used to collect cognitive health data with LGBTQIA+ older adults.

Manoj Sharma, Christopher Johansen, Siddharth Raich (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) have published a manuscript, "Explaining Correlates of Cervical Cancer Screening among Minority Women in the United States" in the journal Pharmacy. The article provides evidence for Sharma's multi-theory model (MTM) of health…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) has published the eighth edition of his popular book, Practical Stress Management with his former mentor, John A. Romas (Minnesota State University, Mankato). The publisher is Elsevier and the book is geared toward college students on how to manage stress. The book has sold more than 25,000 copies…

Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues at the University of California San Francisco, published "Building H.O.U.S.E (Healthy Outcomes Using a Supportive Environment): Exploring the Role of Affordable and Inclusive Housing for LGBTQIA+ Older Adults" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have co-edited a book, COVID-19: Impact on Public Health and Healthcare (Volume 2), which was published by MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland). This compendium of studies conducted from around the world focuses on the assessment of the impact of…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article, "Correlates of COVID-19 Pandemic on Anxiety among Adults in Appalachia, USA" in the Journal of Research in Health Sciences in collaboration with coauthors from Berea College and Northern Kentucky University. The study found that young women were suffering more from COVID-19-related…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) published the article, "Applying the Integrated Marketing Communication Approach to Recruit and Retain African American Women" in the journal Health Promotion Perspectives with his former student, Traci Hayes, who now is a faculty member at University of Southern Mississippi. The article discusses…

Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues from Claremont Graduate University, recently published a research article, "Exploring Mediation Pathways on the Relationship between Acculturation and Binge Eating among Latino Adolescents," in Appetite. .

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Perceived Discrimination, Coping Styles, and Internalizing Symptoms Among a Community Sample of Hispanic and Somali Adolescents" in the Journal of Adolescent Health. This article examines the association between perceived discrimination and past week symptoms of depression…

Francisco Sy and Christopher Johansen (both Public Health) presented at the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBRP) Institute: "Obtaining CBPR Funding."  The CBPR Institute was sponsored by the School of Public Health, Nevada Minority Health & Equity Coalition, and the UNR Latino Research Center.

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Domains matter: A prospective investigation of traditional female gender roles and alcohol use among Latinas" in the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. Scholars suggest traditional feminine gender roles (TFGRs) influence alcohol use among U.S. Latinas, but relevant…

Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health) is the first author along with Maxim Gakh (Environmental and Occupational Health), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) on the article "Assessing Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine…