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…

UNLV School of Medicine students helped advance national policy at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Interim House of Delegates with the adoption of Resolution 228, Support Permanent Funding and Expansion of Native Hawaiian Healthcare. The resolution was led by Micah Char, with coauthor Misty Kahale (both Medicine). The newly adopted…

Vlada Stark and John Beckerle (both Medicine) presented their poster titled, "Patterns of Substance Screening and Drug Positivity in Trauma Patients: Understanding Housing Status as a Determinant of Care," at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual House of Delegates Meeting. The study analyzed the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)…

Once again, ScholarGPS has named Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings (Medicine) the world’s top scholar in the specialties of neuroscience and Alzheimer's disease. Each year, the organization analyzes published works from more than 30 million scientific researchers and ranks them by the value of their publications, citations and h-indexes. Cummings is also…

UNLV School of Medicine student contributed to the adoption of national policy at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of policy H-60.893, Strengthening Child Labor Protections for Working Minors. Nicholas Kolch (Medicine) served as a coauthor on the resolution. The policy states that the AMA…

UNLV School of Medicine students contributed to the amendment of existing national policy at the 2025 American Medical Association (AMA) Annual House of Delegates with the adoption of policy H-60.896, Youth Residential and Other Treatment Program Regulation. Led by Eileen Enriquez with coauthor Sierra McCarty (both Medicine), the resolution…