Aidy Weeks (Libraries) is the co-author of an article, "Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MED, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. Weeks is an assistant professor within UNLV Libraries and director of the School of Medicine Library serving the Kirk Kerkorian…

Anna Horvath, Mayra Repetto, Melanie Shackleford, Andrea Thi, Rory Twells, Kavita Batra, Dale Netski, Nadia Gomez, and Leanne Free (all Medicine) presented a poster, "Analyzing the Quality and Reliability of Contraceptive Content on TikTok: A Feasibility Study," at the American Medical Women’s Association 108th annual meeting, held in…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Jennifer R. Pharr (Public Health), Axenya Kachen (UNR School of Medicine), Samantha Godbey (UNLV Libraries), and Emylia Terry (Public Health), published an article, "Investigating the psychological impact of COVID-19 among the sexual and gender minority population: A systematic review and meta-analysis," in the LGBT…

Dr. Douglas Fraser (Medicine) was a featured panelist on the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Military Webinar Series, Part 1: "Military-Civilian Partnerships: A Blueprint for Success from a Panel of Experts." Dr. Fraser highlighted the relationship of UNLV and UMC with active-duty Air Force practitioners from Nellis Air Force…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University published an article titled, “Effect of WeChat-based intervention on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among university students in Chongqing, China: a quasi-experimental study,” in the Journal of Health,…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “Application of an RQFSM model (reach, quality, fidelity, satisfaction, management) for community-based participatory evaluation of public health initiatives,” at the Cukurova 10th International Scientific Research…

Buddha Dawn and Guangming Cheng (both Medicine) wrote an invited editorial in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. In this article titled, “Myocardial regeneration and the enigma of the immune cells,” Drs. Dawn and Cheng discuss the complex and poorly understood roles played by various subsets of immune cells in cell therapy-induced…

Kyaw Min Tun, Zahra Dossaji, Blaine Massey, Kavita Batra, Chun-Han Lo, Yassin Naga, Salman Mohammed, Abebe Muraga, Ahmad Gill, Dwaipayan Mukhopadhhyay, Ashok Singh, Daisy Lankarani, Jose Aponte Pieras, Gordon Ohning (all Medicine) published a study "A Comparative Study of Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis vs. Non-Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients from a Cohort…

Zahra Dossaji, Adam Khattak, Kyaw Min Tun, Mark Hsu, Kavita Batra, Annie S. Hong (all Medicine) published a study, "Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplant on Behavioral and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Pediatric Autism: A Systematic Review," in the journal Microorganisms. This study suggests that Fecal Microbiota Transplant may offer a promising…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) co-authored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Single parenthood and minor children: Vulnerability factors for fear of crime," in collaboration with colleagues from Jackson State University and Auburn University at Montgomery in the journal The Pursuit.  The article found…

John Menezes, Kavita Batra, Vladislav Zhitny (all Medicine) published a study, "A Nationwide Analysis of Gunshot Wounds of the Head and Neck: Morbidity, Mortality, and Cost" in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Gun-related injuries remain a major public health issue, with many beginning to view this as a national health crisis.

An interdisciplinary collaboration between the dental and medical school resulted in a publication titled, "Extranodal manifestation of mantle cell lymphoma in the submandibular duct: A case report and review of literature." The publication was accepted in Otolaryngology Case Reports. It was written by fourth-year medical student Spencer…