Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) co-presented a poster titled, "Improving pediatric atopic dermatitis care: Online intervention in Mississippi," at the Children’s Hospital of Mississippi Pediatrics Research Meeting held in Jackson, MS on July 19, 2024 with co-presenters from University of Mississippi Medical Center.…

Ryan A. Wirt, Talha Soluoku, Ryan M. Ricci, and James M. Hyman (all Medicine and Psychology) published a study, "Temporal information in the anterior cingulate cortex relates to accumulated experiences," in the journal Current Biology. In this paper, they present analysis of neural recording data that shows that the brain tracks time by counting…

Alexa R. Dorricott, Abigail Dickinson, Allison G. McNickle, Kavita Batra, and colleagues (Carmen E. Flores, Douglas R. Fraser, and Paul J. Chestovich) published a study, "Trauma Laparoscopy: Time Efficient, Cost Effective, and Safe," in the Journal of Surgical Research. In this study, laparoscopy was observed to have shorter operative times…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with Jagdish Khubchandani (New Mexico University), Srikanta Banerjee (Walden University) and May A. Beydoun (National Institutes of Health) published a study, "Depression is associated with a higher risk of mortality among breast cancer survivors: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-…

Kian Habashi, Sehoon Park, Alfonso Ayala, Jordan Miller, and Allison McNickle (all Medicine), along with Carmen Flores, Douglas Fraser, Jayme Ching  (University Medical Center) presented a podium titled, "Improved Advanced Care Planning in Geriatric Hip and Femur Fractures," at the 2024 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety…

Kaitlin Hock and Allison McNickle (both Medicine) presented a podium titled, "Bladder Injury Management at a Level 1 Trauma Center: Do We Follow Established Guidelines," at the 2024 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference held in Denver, Colorado. Hock is a third-year medical student.

Paul Lewis, Allison McNickle, Sabrina Ho, and Logan Lee (all Medicine) delivered the podium presentation "Institution of a multidisciplinary rounds living document increases stakeholder buy-in for multidisciplinary ICU care" at the 2024 American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference held in Denver, Colorado. Lewis is an acute care…

Alexa Dorricott, with Abigail Dickinson, Kavita Batra and Allison McNickle (all Medicine), published the article "Trauma Laparoscopy: Time Efficient, Cost Effective, and Safe" in the Journal of Surgical Research.

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented an interdisciplinary paper titled, “Legitimizing Self versus Other Conflict in Digital Space: Analyzing User’s Online Comments about Afghan Refugees in U.S. Media (2016-2022),” in collaboration with a Fulbright Professor, Maneesh Pandeya at the 3rd International…

Gillian Gottlieb (Honors College; Nursing) with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an article, "Anxiety and Depression Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase," in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health. 

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an editorial titled, “Global Health: A Priority that Persists,” in the Italian journal, Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health, in collaboration with a faculty from Berea College. This editorial is a run-up to the forthcoming book by the authors titled…

Salman Mohammed (Medicine), class of 2025, was recently honored with the Clark County Medical Society Student Rising Star Award for his outstanding academic achievements. “During my journey, I have been very grateful for the many academic and extracurricular opportunities presented to me by the school and community," said the fourth-year medical…