Tim Grigsby, Andrea Lopez (both Social and Behavioral Health), and colleagues authored a manuscript titled, "A Scoping Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Negative Cannabis Use Consequences" in the journal Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment.  Numerous reviews have examined risk and protective factors for alcohol-related negative…

Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Max Gakh (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) published a research article titled, "State Protection Alignment Index as a Measure of Structural Stigma's Impact on the Mental Health of Sexual…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University published an article titled, “Effect of WeChat-based intervention on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among university students in Chongqing, China: a quasi-experimental study,” in the Journal of Health,…

Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health) received funding from the National Institute of Health to promote NIH's All of Us Research Program. The All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to collect and study data from one million or more people living in the United States. The goal of the program is better health for all of…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “Application of an RQFSM model (reach, quality, fidelity, satisfaction, management) for community-based participatory evaluation of public health initiatives,” at the Cukurova 10th International Scientific Research…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) received funding from the World Health Organization to develop a case study of the multisectoral actions of the Brazilian National Strategy to Prevent and Care for Childhood Obesity (PROTEJA). This case study will be part of the WHO Collection of Case Studies on Experiences of Multisectoral…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the prestigious 2023 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennal Meeting on March 25, 2023. Her presentation was part of the panel titled, "A Deeper Dive: Examining the implementation of early childhood interventions across three countries." Buccini's session…

Asma Awan, Siddharth Raich, Miklo Alcala, Priyambda Kumra,  Anita Chatterjee, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a  paper titled, "Mixed methods process evaluation for RQFSM Model for assessing disparity-related efforts in Nevada," at the 2023 Society of Public Health Education Annual Conference held in…

Sidath Kapukotuwa, Anita Chatterjee, Laurencia Bonsu, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented two papers titled, "Explaining the correlates of problem gambling behavior based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change among college students: A cross-sectional study," and, "A phenomenological study based on…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) gave a paper presentation on "Exploring the causes and consequences of homelessness among sexual and gender diverse adults in Texas" and a poster presentation on "Latent profiles of sociocultural stressors in a sample of immigrant origin Hispanic and Somali adolescents: Associations with mental health"…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) co-authored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Single parenthood and minor children: Vulnerability factors for fear of crime," in collaboration with colleagues from Jackson State University and Auburn University at Montgomery in the journal The Pursuit.  The article found…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) delivered a keynote address to the International Conference on Emerging Need to Strengthen Global Public Health Policies and Sports Sciences (ICGPHPSS) titled, “The role of newer health behavior theories in global public health.” The conference was held as a hybrid at Sikkim Manipal…