First-year medical student Hirsh Makhija (Medicine) is lead author of a study that shows pharmacists in United States face a significantly higher risk of suicide compared to the general population. The study, published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, showed that pharmacists overall had a 21% increased risk during the 2011 to…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Norovirus: Emerging challenges and clinical conundrums,” in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology and Public Health. The manuscript underscores…

Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) was elected to serve as the Treasurer of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) effective Jan. 1, 2026. AACE is the leading professional organization for physicians and other healthcare professionals who provide clinical…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has once again been recognized as a Top Scholar by ScholarGPS, an honor awarded to researchers whose work ranks among the most influential worldwide based on scholarly productivity, citation impact, and research quality. This recognition reflects her lifetime impact in COVID-19 research. Additionally, based on her…

Magnus Chun, Rakhi Patel; Zan Ferrin,  Sneh Sonaiya, Sneh, Tahne Vongsavath, Tahne, Jiayi Ge, Kavita Batra, Roberto Sagaribay, Yassin Naga, Preet Patel, Jose Aponte-Pieras (all Medicine) published an abstract, "Too Much, Too Soon? Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study," in the American Journal…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with Jagdish Khubchandani (New Mexico State University) and Andrew Yockey (University of Mississippi), co-authored the editorial “Social and Political Activism in Scientific Medical Journals: Belief-Based Evidence or Evidence-Based Beliefs?” in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health. The editorial…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Ravi Batra (Public Health) along with the Global Burden of Disease 2023 Lower Respiratory Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, published “Global Burden of Lower Respiratory Infections and Aetiologies, 1990–2023” in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. This global analysis found that lower respiratory…

Sanna Fatima, Nancy Seto, Kavita Batra, Vidhani S. Goel, Cristina Ortiz-Malave, and Kenneth E. Izuora (all Medicine) published “Clinical Factors Associated with Failure of Insulin Transition in Adults with Diabetic Ketoacidosis” in Endocrine Practice. In this retrospective study of 493 adults hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis, failure to…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) collaborated with investigators from Iran, Abuja, and Italy to publish “Efficacy of Vibro-Medical Foot Orthoses on Gait, Postural Control, and Muscle Activity in Physically Active Young Adults” in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. This systematic review found that vibro-medical foot orthoses may improve gait,…

Emily J. R. Carter, Roberto Sagaribay, Aditi Singh, Deborah A. Kuhls, Kavita Batra (all Medicine), along with Jennifer Pharr (Public Health) and Lorraine Evangelista (University of California, Irvine), published, “Bias at the Bedside: A Comprehensive Review of Racial, Sexual, and Gender Minority Experiences and Provider Attitudes in Healthcare,”…

UNLV School of Medicine students Micah Char, Brady Williams, Kaloyan Momchilov, and Christine Shen, along with Amy Stone, Ph.D., (all Medicine) presented a research poster titled, "Statewide Impacts of H.R. 1, 2025 (“The Big Beautiful Bill”) on Nevada’s Healthcare System: Modeling Consequences of Rural Hospital Closures" at the 2025…

UNLV School of Medicine students Vlada Stark, Autena Asefirad, Isabel Kovaltchouk, Alexandrea Pitts, along with Amy Stone, Ph.D., (all Medicine) presented their poster titled, "Psychoneuroimmunology in IBS: The Cytokine Imprint of Psychological Distress," at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Interim House of Delegates Meeting. The…