Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Won Yoo (Internal Medicine), Lorraine Brown (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Isabelle Kwak (Internal Medicine), Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article, "Widening Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospitalizations for Asthma with Type II Diabetes: A trend analysis (…
Kathryn Houk (Medicine; Libraries) is a recipient of the Medical Library Association's 2026 President's Award for her work on developing an Open Database to Support Promotion and Tenure Efforts for Health Sciences Librarians. The award recognizes the effort in creating an invaluable resource that fulfills a critical need among academic…
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored a textbook, Introduction to Community and Public Health (3rd edition) with his former student, Prof. Paul Branscum of Miami University, and published by Wiley. This is the only textbook that delivers definitive treatment of all five core areas of public health, viz.,…
Aidy Weeks (Medicine; Libraries) has been elected to the el2026 Medical Library Association (MLA) Board of Directors. MLA is a global, nonprofit educational organization, with a membership of more than 2,500 institutions and professionals in the health information field. The Board of Directors serves as the governing body of MLA, representing…
Dr. Sehoon Park, Dr. Alfonso Ayala, Dr. Christopher J Fang, Dr. Aaron Gray, Dr. Daniel Kokmeyer (Orthopedic Surgery), Dr. Ashley Pistorio (Plastic Surgery), and Dr. Allison McNickle (Trauma Surgery) published an article entitled "Upper Extremity Injury Patterns Unique to Utility Terrain Off-Road Vehicles" in the Journal of Hand Surgery and…
Mathew J. Stephen from the University of Rochester, Baylor Akhavan (Medicine), Melinda Chu from Auriva Health, Kavita Batra (Medicine), & Roberto Sagaribay (Medicine) have published "The Current Landscape of Remote Patient Monitoring Regarding Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia: Protocol for a Scoping Review" in JMIR: Research Protocol. …
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Medicine) presented a poster titled, "A Multi-Theory Model–Based Intervention to Promote Stress Relaxation Behaviors among U.S. Veterans," on April 28, 2026, at the VA Research Week and Affiliate Partnership Council Event held at VA Southern Nevada…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Associations Between Parental Misperceptions of Preschoolers’ Weight and Diet- and Physical Activity-Related Parenting Attitudes and Practices” in collaboration with researchers from Chongqing Medical University in the Maternal and Child Health Journal (…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries; Medicine) earned the Health Literacy Specialist Certificate from the Institute for Healthcare Advancement. The certificate is an accredited, 7-course educational credential program that equips professionals with essential health literacy principles and practices to improve understanding of complex health information and…
Md. Sohail Akhter, Rupam Mitra, Ishrat Zaman, Asma Awan (all Public Health) and Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) presented and participated in a panel discussion for ARPA Scholarship Project titled "ARPA: Experiential Learning for Public Health Workforce Augmentation" on April 22, 2026 at the Nevada Public Health Association…
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, “Tailoring Evidence-Based Interventions and Practices in Public Health Workforce Development: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the ARPA Nevada Pipeline Initiative Public Health Workforce" on April 22, 2026 at the…
Drs. Emily Janes and Soon Cho (both Psychiatry and Behavioral Health) have published the study “Infidelity Decision-Making by Emerging Adult Women: A Grounded Theory," in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.