Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Deborah Kuhls, Kavita Batra, Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou, William Porter, Darin Mains (all Medicine), Courtney Coughenour, Maxim Gakh (both Public Health), and William Sousa (Criminal Justice) presented a session titled "Solving Complex Problems through Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons from UNLV's Statistical Transparency of Policing (…
Courtney Coughenour (Public Health), Maxim Gakh (Public Health), Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou (Medicine) Laurencia Bonsu (Public Health), Kacie Washburn (Public Health), Darin Mains (Medicine), William Sousa (Criminal Justice), Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) presented a poster titled "Law Enforcement Officers’…
The RAPID (Rural Aerial Provision of Intervention & Delivery) initiative has been selected as one of three winning projects in the President’s Interdisciplinary Research Accelerator Challenge, organized by the UNLV Division of Research.
RAPID is co-led by principal investigator Kavita Batra and co-PI Dr. Deborah Kuhls (both Medicine). The…
Noehealani Antolin (Medicine), Blessing Imade (Medicine), Ana Reyes (Medicine), Selam Ayele (Medicine), Eric Aguila (NLV VA Medical Center), Jenny Kent (Integrated Health Sciences), Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), Szu-Ping Lee (Integrated Health Sciences), presented a poster titled, "Adaptive Driving Assessments and Return to Independent Driving…
Noehealani Antolin, William Porter, Kavita Batra, Ana L. Reyes, Blessing Imade, Selam Ayele, and Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine) presented a poster titled, "Toward a Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary Road User Data System: A Methodological Framework for Linking Traffic Safety and Medical Datasets," at the UNLV 2026 Interdisciplinary Research…
Vishisht Mehta (Medicine) published the article, "Artificial intelligence augmentation raises questions about the future of bronchoscopy." This invited editorial authored by Mehta touches upon challenges and opportunities raised by the potential incorporation of Artificial Intelligence in bronchoscopy.
Vlada Stark (Medicine) gave a presentation, "Treating Distress, Producing Norms: Ethical Boundaries in Aesthetic Medicine," for the American Medical Association's (AMA) Committee on Humanism and Ethics in Medicine. The presentation examined the ethical tensions at the intersection of patient distress, autonomy, and the growing normalization…
Micah Char, with coauthors Brady Williams, Bella Chung, Baylor Akhavan-Mora, and Jennifer Panczyszyn (all Medicine students) helped advance state public health advocacy at the 2025 Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of Resolution 4, Oppose the Reintroduction of Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada…
Micah Char (Medicine student) helped advance state public health advocacy at the 2025 Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of Resolution 10, Prohibit Speed Enhancements on E-Bikes and E-Scooters. He authored the resolution, which highlights the sharp rise in micromobility-related injuries and…
UNLV School of Medicine students helped advance state policy at the 2025 Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of Resolution E23, Address Public Health Risks of Online Sports Betting. The resolution was led by Ryan Jannoud, with coauthors Eileen Enriquez and Gwen Metcalf (all Medicine).
The resolution…
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Couple and Family Therapy Program is representing UNLV worldwide. Drs. Sara Jordan and Vaida Kazlauskaite, along with several students from the program, presented at the 2026 Oslo Communication in Healthcare Education and Research (OCHER) Conference in Oslo, Norway.
Their presentations included…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published the article, “Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2023: A Global Burden of Disease study,” as a senior collaborator in the journal, Nature Medicine (Impact factor 50.0). The study found that globally…