Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Matthew Michelberger, Christopher J. Fang, Jeffrey Lucas Hii, Sukanta Maitra, and Brock T. Wentz (all Medicine) published “Addressing the Leadership Gap: A Systematic Review of Asian American Underrepresentation in Orthopaedic Surgery” in Healthcare (MDPI). This review found that, despite strong representation in…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) guided a doctoral scholar from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and coauthored an article titled, "A qualitative study to identify the determinants and strategies for the prevention of dengue fever in Iran," in the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.9). The qualitative…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), associate editor of the Journal of Health and Social Sciences (JHSS), co-authored a new article titled, "Towards Responsible AI Use in Scientific Publishing: A Comprehensive Generative AI Policy." In response to the growing use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in academic publishing, JHSS adopted a…

Anam Fatima (Social & Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled "Nutrition Behavior Change in Pregnancy: Mapping Evidence through a  Scoping Review" in the BioSocial Health Journal. The review highlighted the effectiveness of educational behavioral change…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), in association with coauthors from China and Australia, published an article titled "Depressive symptoms and associated factors among middle-aged and older patients with chronic kidney disease: Gender differences based on a health ecological model" in the journal Healthcare (Impact…

Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashish Kumar Biswas (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, "Stress, anxiety, and depression as psychological distress among college and undergraduate students: A scoping review of reviews guided by the socio-…

Twenty-five faculty at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV were featured as Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Desert Companion's health issue. This Nevada Public Radio publication highlights the top 7% of all U.S. practicing physicians for being best-in-class healthcare providers, embodying excellence in clinical care as well as…

Zahra Mojtahedi and Pearl Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Socioeconomic differences in discharge against medical advice and hospital admission among emergency department visits associated with…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), a global health expert and interdisciplinary researcher, co-authored a landmark study published in The Lancet Global Health in collaboration with the GBD 2023 Kidney Failure with Replacement Therapy (KFRT) Collaborators. The study, “Global, regional, and national prevalence of kidney failure with replacement therapy and…

Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health) and Bertille Assoumou (Medicine) coauthored a paper titled, “Cannabis use among pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age: Findings from the 2021-2023 National Survey of Drug Use and Health,” in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, along with researchers from UNR and Texas. The paper…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and her international collaborators published a study in Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Sciences titled, "Mental Illness Stigma: The Role of Cognitive Closure and Direct Experience." Findings showed that a stronger need for cognitive closure was linked to higher mental health stigma, while personal or indirect…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with collaborators from Italy, Germany, and Azerbaijan, published a study in the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal titled, "Consequences and Coping Strategies Among Students and Workers Experiencing Stalking." The study found that workers reported more mediated and interactive contact, harassment, and physical…