Kavita Batra (Medicine) published “Comparing Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Added to Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis with Thoracolumbosacral Orthosis Alone on Pain, Trunk Control, and Respiratory Function in Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial” in Bioengineering. Batra is an interdisciplinary…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) published “Global, Regional, and National Burden of Myocarditis and Its Impairment, 1990–2023” in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study found that although age-adjusted mortality and disability declined, the absolute burden increased because of population growth and aging, with persistent disparities…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Second-hand Smoke Collaborators titled “Global, regional, and national prevalence of second-hand smoke and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Feasibility and Acceptability of Menstrual Cups for Addressing Period Poverty in Rural India: A Pilot Study in Spiti Valley” along with coauthors from the University of Utah in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology and Public Health (AMPPH). In Spiti Valley,…

Lina R. Nih (Brain Health) and Seungman Park (Mechanical Engineering) have co-authored an article entitled “Cellular Viscous Properties in Senescence: An Emerging Biophysical Perspective and Potential Biomarker,” published in Ageing Research Reviews. This article explores changes in cellular viscosity during aging and their potential use as a…

Pediatric resident Dr. Kavya Thayappa (Medicine) was selected as the Nevada Learn the Signs, Act Early (LTSAE) Ambassador. This position is a joint project between the American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. Thayappa will serve as our…

Pediatric resident Dr. Aasna Shah (Medicine) was awarded the American Academy of Pediatric's 2026-2027 Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship. The award was named after Dr. Rome, a pediatrician and advocate who dedicated his life to improving children's health. Shah has secured funds to host Dr. Lisa Horowitz, from Children's…

Nathaniel LaBarre (Medicine), Michael Karo (Medicine), Vidhani Goel (Public Health and Medicine), Roberto Sagaribay, Vinnesa Narvaez (Nursing), Ami Shah (Medicine), Aditi Singh (Medicine), Fatehali Peera (Medicine), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored the study, “Incidence, Prevalence, and Risk Factors of Dog Bites in Pediatric…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Jagdish Khubchandani, and Refat R. Srejon (Public Health) published an article, “The Greatest Global Public Health Threats in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era,” in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery and Public Health. A panel of 26 coauthors ranked the 19 greatest global public health threats, identifying non-…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Jagdish Khubchandani, and Refat R. Serajon (Public Health) co-authored an article, “COVID-19 Vaccination Refusal Among Cancer Survivors in the United States: A Scoping Review,” published in COVID. The review found that reported COVID-19 vaccination refusal among U.S. cancer survivors varied widely (7.3%–39.0%),…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored an article, “Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2023, with the estimated burden attributable to intimate partner violence and forecasted impacts of funding cuts through 2030: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023,” published in The Lancet HIV. The study highlights…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored an article, “Measuring the composition and availability of human resources for health by sex in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023, and workforce gaps for universal health coverage: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023,” published in The Lancet Public Health. The…