Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual keynote address titled, “The Emergence of the Fourth-generation Multi-theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change in Health Promotion Research,” at the 1st International Health Literacy, Health Education and Health Promotion Congress and the 4th Congress on Health…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Aditi Singh (Internal Medicine) along with a faculty member from University of Southern Mississippi published…

Mohammad Sohail Akhter (Social and Behavioral Health), an incoming graduate student received the Injury and Prevention Student Research Grant from The Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus for the academic year 2023-24. His project is titled, “Theory-based determinants of stopping drowsy driving…

Tim Grigsby, Andrea Lopez (both Social and Behavioral Health), Rei Serafica (Nursing), and colleagues published a paper titled, "Mental Health and Substance Misuse Indicators Associated with First-Time Homelessness among a Community Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Adults," in the journal Behavioral Medicine. This study explores the…

Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently received a five-year, over $3.5 million grant (1R01AG083177-01) from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, "Enhancing Measurement and Characterization of Roles and Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of Persons living with Alzheimer's Disease and…

Sidath Kapukutuwa, Laurencia Bonsu, Anita Chatterjee (Social and Behavioral Health), Miguel Fudulig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Examining the Gambling Behavior of University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey Applying the Multi-Theory Model (MTM…

Jyoti Mago (Clinical Sciences, Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) have published research titled, “The Potential Usefulness of ChatGPT in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology” in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science. The research shows ChatGPT-3 being efficient in describing the…

Chia Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Exploring yoga behaviors among college students based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and…

Asma Awan and Manoj Sharma (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “Protocol for youth healthcare dashboard: An integration of public health informatics with a contemporary behavioral model,” at the VIII-International European Conference on Interdisciplinary Scientific Research held in Rome, Italy on July 14, 2023.  The…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored a manuscript titled, "Bicultural Stress and Bullying Behaviors Among Immigrant Origin Youth: The Promise of Developmental Assets," in the journal Youth and Society. Bicultural stress, adolescents’ appraisal of intergenerational conflict and discrimination from peers, can strain youths’…

Laurencia Bonsu, Sidath Kapukotowa, Anita Chatterjee, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper, “Implications derived from a qualitative study on gambling behavior among older adults” at the UMTEB International Scientific Research Congress-XIII held on June 29-30, 2023, in Paris, France. This study was…

Amanda Morgan (Social and Behavioral Health) has acquired the credential of Master Certified Health Educational Specialist (MCHES) given by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing. The MCHES® designation signifies that an individual has met required academic eligibility with courses in health education and has met experience…