Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently was elected as a member of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Task Force on Sexual Misconduct that was established by the Nevada Legislature pursuant to Senate Bill 347. This membership on the task force was approved by the Board of Regents. The overarching goal of this task force is to…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented two posters at the American Public Health Association’s 149th annual meeting held as a hybrid virtually and in Denver.  The first presentation was “Technology Use to Improve Social Connectedness among Older Adults during COVID-19: Enhancing Educational Interventions,” and second…

Laura K. Gryder-Culver (Medicine) presented "Occupant Protection Analysis of Use of Child Restraints by Age" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices to reach the ultimate goal of Zero Fatalities in Nevada. Gryder-Culver is a significant…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) was a recent invited speaker at the 18th annual J. Willis Hurst History of Medicine Symposium at Emory University. His talk was titled, "Sports Hematology: Dopers and Hoaxers."

Laura K. Gryder-Culver, Merika Charupoom (both Medicine), and Erin Breen (Transportation Research Center) presented "Marrying Pedestrian and Bike Data with Court Education Data and Community Demographics" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) was invited as a panelist to discuss consequences of risky driving behaviors as a part of her presentation titled "Fast and Furious: Let’s Talk About Speed!" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety. Kuhls has been…

Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) virtually presented "Las Vegas 1 October Mass Casualty Shooting: Lessons Learned" to medical students at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.  Berkeley discussed perspectives on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history from the viewpoint of being on scene as a tactical physician with the Las…

Karen Callahan (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Ji  Yoo (Medicine),  Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration), public health doctoral student Zahra Mojtahedi, and master of public health student Katayoon Ghodsi, along with Guogen Shan of the University of Florida, and Jerry Reeves of CoMagine Health…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently co-authored a study titled "Perceptions of Dental Undergraduates towards Online Education during COVID-19: Assessment from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka" in a journal Advances in Medical Education and Practice.  This study was conducted in three countries – India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to compare…

Pearl Kim and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine), public health doctoral student Zahra Mojtahedi, and Ja Seol Koo, Hee-Taik Kang, Jinwook Hwang, and Moon Kyung Joo (all international visiting scholars from Korea) recently co-authored an article, "Palliative Care and Life-Sustaining/Local Procedures…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health)  and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article entitled, “Testing multi-theory model (MTM) in explaining sunscreen use among Florida residents: An integrative approach for sun protection" in the journal Healthcare in co-authorship with colleagues from University of North Florida,…

Ken Kuruvilla, James Clark, Oscar Estrada Munoz, Allison McNickle, Douglas R. Fraser, Deborah A. Kuhls, John Fildes, and Paul J. Chestovich (all Medicine) recently presented a paper titled Implementation of brain injury guidelines (BIG) for isolated traumatic brain injury in adults decreases resource use without adversely impacting outcomes”…