Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with the GBD 2019 IMID collaborators published a study, "Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019," in the eClinicalMedicine (part of the LANCET Discovery Science, Impact factor=15.1). This study presents a…
UNLV President Keith Whitfield and Dr. Marc J. Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, co-authored an editorial that recently appeared in the Las Vegas Sun. “Teamwork Essential for Better Health Care in Las Vegas,” highlighted the school’s plan for an academic health center where all of UNLV’s health science schools, as well as…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored a study titled, “Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021,” (earlier published in the Lancet) was recently mentioned in the Washington Post as a part of its “Big Number” series,…
Dean Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) recently collaborated with colleagues from the University of Florida to author a chapter in the latest edition of Irwin & Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine. Kahn's chapter, "Anemia In The Critical Care Setting," is part of the ninth edition of what is considered by many to be the preeminent textbook for…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored a publication titled, “Associations of Deep Sleep and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Family Relationships, Life Satisfaction and Physical Stress Experience in Children: A Caregiver Perspective,” in association with colleagues from Northwestern University, the University of…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) has recently been invited to serve on the Cancer, Reproductive, Cardiovascular, and Other Chronic Diseases Prevention (CRC) Cross-Sector Council with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This council addresses many types of health outcomes, including occupational cancers, adverse reproductive outcomes…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) and Micajah Daniels (Social and Behavioral Health) have authored the article “College Students' Readiness to Change in Physical Inactivity Behavior using Perfection Quotient Behavioral Model” with colleagues from the University of Mississippi, University of Mississippi Medical Center,…
Dean Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), vice president of health affairs, had his sixth book published. The Business of Building and Managing a Healthcare Practice, by Springer Publishing, is co-authored by colleagues Neil Baum and Jeffery Daigrepont. The book, now available on Amazon and other online sellers, provides ethical ideas and…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) was elected to serve as the president-elect on the Nevada Public Health Association's Executive Board. The mission of NPHA is to serve as the voice for public health in Nevada in order to improve health and achieve equity in health status. Batra's work related to the COVID-19 surveillance (during her role as the…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) had his work on Introspective Meditation (manan dhyana), a technique for finding complete inner contentment (Santosha), that he has copyrighted, featured in The Daily Guardian, for one of its applications. This application is, “Introspective meditation as a spiritual tool before…
Endocrinology fellows Dr. Sanna Fatima and Dr. Ainy Aziz (both Medicine) placed 1st and 2nd for the poster competition at the Western Endocrine Association annual meeting held August 25-27 in Sedona, Arizona. Their poster titles were "Type B Insulin Resistance" and "Massive Adreno-myelolipomas due to Longstanding CAH."
Kavita Batra and Deborah A. Kuhls (both Medicine) received a grant of $650,000 from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Care Financing and Policing to conduct a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)-related study. The aim of this study is to investigate contributing factors of high cost of Medicaid…