Robert Hernandez, Jr., MD, associate professor and vice dean for academic affairs and education at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, was once again invited to the William S. Boyd School of Law to lead a seminar titled “Delivering Difficult News.” In this session, he shared a compassionate and heartfelt message with law students,…

Fye Pinera, Pearl Pinera, Pearl Kim, and Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration and Policy), Leora Frimer, Pengfeng Jin, Gregory-Thoams Castaneda Stanger, Ji Yoo (all School of Medicine) recently published a research article, "Association of Atrial Ablation Procedure and Palliative Care for High-Risk Mortality Group With Atrial Fibrillation…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) recently published the ninth edition of his very popular book, Practical Stress Management, with an emeritus professor from Minnesota State University, and publisher Academic Press (Elsevier). Since its first edition was published 30 years ago, the book has grown in popularity with its…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article with a doctoral scholar and faculty at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences titled, “Determinants of childbearing: Behavioral change models and theories: A systematic review,” in the Iranian Journal of Public Health (Impact factor 1.6). In Iran, the…

Amanda Leisgang Osse (Brain Health; Medicine) has been awarded a prestigious Alzheimer's Association Fellowship to continue her research on the role and considerations of women's health in Alzheimer's clinical trials. The 3-year fellowship carries $200K award amount.

UNLV Health and two Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine medical students were honored by the Nevada Cancer Coalition for their dedication to reducing the burden of cancer for Nevadans. UNLV Health was named Healthcare Partner of the Year, and students Emily Ames and Maggie Sanders (both Medicine) were given Rising Star Awards. Last year, the two…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Development of a Web-Based Tool Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Improve Adherence to Diagnostic Colonoscopy Among Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults in Colorectal Cancer Screening Program” in the journal, Annals of Epidemiology (Impact factor…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, "Understanding and predicting flossing behavior in a rural Appalachian community using the multi-theory model," In the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.9) in collaboration with coauthors from the New Orleans School of Medicine; the…

Medical student Christina Dantam (Medicine) and assistant professor Dr. Rooman Ahad (Pediatric Neurology), in collaboration with the Grant a Gift Autism Foundation – Ackerman Center and the UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, recently published a case study titled, "Case report of paroxysmal dystonia in a child with KBG syndrome: Expansion of…

Jaineet Chhabra (Medicine) held the inaugural camp of “Dr. Jai Basketball: It’s for Everyone!” This camp marked the beginning of an initiative meant to empower autistic children who are often underserved in traditional athletic environments.

Axel Rivas (Medicine) published an article titled, "Unexpectedly Low Rate of Metastasis and Death Among Patients Treated for Uveal Melanoma with Brachytherapy, Vitrectomy, and Silicone Oil," in the special issue of Cancers, Advances in Treatment of Uveal Melanoma. The article focuses on patients with melanoma arising in the eye have a…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health); Ashish Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics); and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published a brief report titled, "Human Metapneumovirus: An Emerging Threat to Respiratory Health Globally" in the Italian journal, Advances in Medicine, Psychology and Public…