Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Keishmer Cardoso and Rebecca Dunnes (both graduate students), and Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the 2023 APHA Conference on Nov. 14. Their oral presentation titled, "The diffusion of programa criança feliz: Understanding the municipal factors and characteristics of Brazil's largest early childhood development…
Timothy Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored a poster with colleagues from the University of Southern California and California State University Northridge titled, "The association between familial incarceration, external assets, and bullying behaviors among a sample of diverse rural and urban adolescents."
The poster was presented…
Cristina Hernandez and Gabriela Buccini (both Social and Behavioral Health) and colleagues presented at the 2023 APHA on Nov. 13. Their presentation titled, “Overcoming data collection barriers within historically marginalized communities through meaningful community engagement efforts,” was part of the Combining Social Justice within Public…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a co-presenter in 12 presentations at the 151st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association held in Atlanta. The topics of his presentations ranged from the role of yoga in cardiovascular diseases, osteoarthritis, bronchial asthma, and physical activity promotion to…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual paper titled, “Asynchronous online teaching of research methods to graduate students: Application of the multi-theory model of health behavior change” at the 16th International Conference on Education, Research, and Innovation (ICERI 2023) in Seville, Spain. The…
Alexandria Evans and Gabriela Buccini (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the 2023 APHA Conference on Nov. 12. Their presentation was part of the Perinatal and Women's Health Poster Session titled "Perceived discrimination when utilizing maternal-child perinatal care: A qualitative study."
Amanda Saragosa, Jason Flatt, and Gabriela Buccini (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the 2023 APHA on Nov. 12. Their presentation was part of the Food and Nutrition Section Poster titled "Using concept mapping to co-design intervention strategies to tackle maternal-child food insecurity across racial/ethnic underserved communities in…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) received the American Public Health Association (APHA) Cancer Forum's 2023 Cancer Public Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award at their Annual Meeting in Atlanta. This award is bestowed on individuals for exemplary leadership and impactful work on cancer diversity, equity, and…
Asma Awan, Siddharth Raich, Miklo Alcala, Priyambda Kumra, Anita Chatterjee, Laurenica Bonsu, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), presented their work, "Explaining social challenges in process evaluation for the second year of COVID-19 public health efforts in Nevada," at the 2023 People's Public Health Conference held…
Timothy Grigsby, Andrea Lopez (both Social and Behavioral Health), Clariana Vitoria Ramos de Oliveira (Nursing), and colleagues published an article on "Adverse childhood experiences and first-time homelessness among a community sample of sexual and gender minority adults" in the Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness.
Sexual and gender…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) will be receiving the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs (ATOD) Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) at their 151st Annual Meeting in Atlanta. This national award celebrates an individual who has long and distinguished career…
Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published with colleagues, "Cognitive Impairment in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups: A Scoping Review of the Literature," in LGBT Health. Key findings were that published studies identified a positive relationship between LGBTQ+ identities and self-reported cognitive impairment, but…