Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Bridger Woods (Medicine) presented an abstract titled, "Watch Out Below! A Comparison of Hiking and Rock Climbing Falls at a Level 1 Trauma Center," at the Western Regional Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Conference in Rancho Mirage, Calif. This study compared EMS care, pattern of injury and outcomes of hikers and climbers presenting for…
Paige Hewitt, Gregory Brown, Kavita Batra, and Anne Weisman (all Medicine) presented their poster titled, “A Comparison of Two Energy Psychology Interventions: A Case Series of Advanced Integrative Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique,” at the Integrative Medicine Conference hosted by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University…
Dr. Jill Manit (BeHERE NV; Medicine) received an honorable mention for the UNLV 2026 Community Engagement Award for her community engagement with K-12 schools. Manit oversees BeHERE NV's outreach to youth, including students in three Human and Social Services Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs across Nevada, to provide information…
Medical resident Dr. Jaineet Chhabra (Family and Community Medicine) was featured in the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine's MarshallMedicine magazine as part of the alumni spotlight. This article highlights his journey into sports medicine, and the work he has been fortunate to pursue during residency at the…
Competing against teams from organizations across the Las Vegas Valley, UNLV’s Trivia Team earned a third-place medal as part of the 2026 City of Las Vegas Corporate Challenge on March 14. Team members included co-captain Amy Stone (Medicine), GK Nwosu (Academic Effectiveness), Katherine Manifold (Libraries), Jeremy Bart-Plange (Facilities), Beth…
Dr. Lina Nih (Medicine) was awarded the Peter G. Kaufman Award for Translational Research at the 2026 UNLV Health Sciences Research Symposium.
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents officially gave their approval of Dr. Samantha John (Brain Health) receiving the Jason Geddes Rising Researcher award in their last meeting. This is a prestigious award at UNLV and really highlights John's scientific contributions as well as the efforts to build and grow the outreach…
Kavita Batra (Medicine), together with the 2023 Breast Cancer Collaborators, contributed to the landmark study “Global, regional, and national burden of breast cancer among females, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023,” published in The Lancet Oncology and funded by the Gates…
Jie Ren, Kavita Batra, San Tran, Mutsumi Kioka (all Medicine), along with student researchers, have published their study, “Critical care utilization associated with an electronic dance music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: A retrospective cohort study of the Electric Daisy Carnival,” in Preventive Medicine Reports. This study examines patterns of…
Christopher J. Fang, Cameron Harris, Matthew Michelberger, Alex Woster, Hilary Koech, Karen Nelson (all Medicine) won “Top Paper Award” at the National American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2026 annual meeting. Selected out of 7,000+ abstracts
The Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building has earned a LEED Platinum certification for operations and maintenance, a rare and distinguished accomplishment that places the school among a select group recognized for exceptional operational standards. LEED-certified buildings reduce costs, enhance efficiency, cut carbon emissions and foster…
Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (University Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their student researchers, have published “Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: A Scoping Review” in Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine. The study highlights the growing…