Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored an article titled, “Understanding the knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP) of healthy eating among adolescents in Chongqing, China: An empirical study utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM),” in the journal Nutrients (Impact factor 5.9) with coauthors from…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Association between body weight misperception and snacking patterns among adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study,” in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University in the journal, BMC Public Health (Impact factor 4.5). The…

The UNLV School of Public Health and University of Nevada, Reno's School of Public Health have partnered in committing $10,000 to support joint grant submissions, publications, community-engaged projects, contracts, professional presentations and training sessions. Dean Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) and UNR SPH Dean Muge Akpinar-Elci have…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published a paper titled, “Asynchronous Online Teaching of Research Methods to Graduate Students: Application of the Multi-Theory Model of Health Behavior Change,” in ICERI 2023 Proceedings. The article is a case study of a successful pedagogical application of his fourth-generation…

Laurenica Bonsu, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) & Buddhadeb Dawn (Medicine), presented their talk “Role of Yoga for Improving Cardiovascular Health” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 13 in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Innovations in Integrative, Complementary, and…

Miklo Alcala, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), presented their poster “Conforming to Filipino male masculinity norms and the effects on psychological well-being” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 14, in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for…

Siddharth Raich, Asma Awan, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Health Care Administration and Policy) and Kavita Batra (Medicine), presented their poster, “Disparities in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake interventions among Asian Americans: A scoping review of current interventions” during…

Siddharth Raich, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and a colleague from Howard University presented a roundtable “Portion size control: A comprehensive review of dietary interventions” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 13 in Atlanta, Georgia,…

Siddharth Raich, Priyambda Kumra, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Buddhadeb Dawn, Kavita Batra, Aditi Singh (all Medicine), presented their poster, "Yoga as a complementary therapy to manage physiological and psychological outcomes of digestive disorders: The current state of…

Sidath Kapukotuwa (Social and Behavioral Health), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine; Office of Research), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented their poster, "Yoga for osteoarthritis: Current state of interventions," during the American Public…

Priyambda Kumra, Asma Awan, Ata Laique, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), presented their poster, "A scoping review of physical activity interventions in the Latinx community," during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 13, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Latina/o/x Population…

Asma Awan; Siddharth Raich; Laurencia Bonsu; Miklo Alcala; Priyambda Kumra; Ana Daniela Gonzalez; Md. Sohail Akhter; Refat Srejon; Abena Owusu; Susan Dakwa; Blessing Imade; and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), presented their poster, "Planning a Quality Improvement Community-Based Participatory Evaluation of Public Health Disparity…