The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV has earned LEED Platinum Certification for operations and maintenance of its Medical Education Building, a distinction that places the school among a select group of facilities recognized for exceptional operational and sustainability standards. The U.S. Green Building Council officially presented the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “TyG Index and Frailty as Composite Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk and Mortality Across CKM Stages 0–3” in the journal Metabolites (Impact factor 4.5) in collaboration with coauthors from Chongqing Medical University and Qatar University. The study…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been selected as a 2026 Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) Scholar, a highly competitive national program sponsored by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Selected based on her accomplishments, commitment to health disparities…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, and Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), as a collaborator, with GBD 2023 US Substance Use Disorders Collaborators, coauthored the article titled, “National- and state-level burdens of substance use disorders in the USA, 1990-2023, with forecasts up…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with her international research collaborators, published a study titled “Effects of Ergonomic Chairs on Workplace Musculoskeletal Health: A Systematic Review” in Physical Treatments. The review examined how ergonomic chair features affect musculoskeletal health among seated workers and found that ergonomic…

Larissa McNeil and Allison McNickle (Surgery) along with Jayme Ching and Yvonne Ramos (collaborators from University Medical Center) published a study "A Retrospective Evaluation of Psychiatric Recommendations Using the Injured Trauma Survivor Screen" in The American Surgeon.  This study evaluated mental health screening practices in trauma…

A collaborative research team from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and New Mexico State University (NMSU) has received extensive national and international media attention for its recent study examining the impact of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on mental health and neuropsychological outcomes. The study "When the Clock Shifts: A…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the journal Vaccines in recognition of her extensive scholarship and expertise in immunization equity, vaccine-preventable diseases, and public health research. Dr. Batra currently holds leadership and editorial roles with several prominent journals, including Annals of…

Ravi Batra (Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 Collaborators, have published a study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases titled “Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Diarrhoeal Disease and Enteric Infectious Diseases, published an article titled, “Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease…

Vidhani S. Goel (Medicine) was recognized as the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year at the UNLV Rebel Awards for her exceptional contributions as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. She provided research and methodological support to medical trainees and faculty, including study design, data…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “Overcoming Workforce Shortages: Evidence from a Structured, Scholarship Experiential Program Linking Academia and Local Health Departments” at the Academy Health, Annual Research Meeting held in Seattle, WA from…