The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV will begin creating a Division of Rheumatology, thanks to a generous donation from the Engelstad Foundation. The donation will be used to hire and train rheumatologists, helping combat a severe shortage of the specialists in Southern Nevada. Rheumatologists typically treat arthritis…

Micajah Daniels, Manoj Sharma (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a commentary, "Social Media, Stress and Sleep Deprivation: A Triple “S” among Adolescents" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The commentary discuss the impact of social media on youth development and implications for…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) and his colleague published a front-page editorial Sunday in the Las Vegas Sun detailing the fact that the separation of  public health from clinical medicine has led to problems dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Kahn and his colleagues offered suggestions for future health care crises.  

Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine),  professor of surgery and interim assistant dean for research co-authored a journal article "American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prevention Committee Review: family justice centers - a not-so-novel, but unknown gem in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open.

Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), associate professor, and Kavita Batra (Medicine), statistician, recently published  "Propensity Score Analysis Assessing the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases among the Transgender Population in the United States Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2017…

Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) was interviewed for a feature in Inside Higher Ed called “Suicide Prevention Shouldn’t Be Optional” based on a peer-reviewed article she published in co-authorship with Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) and other co-authors from the University of Utah and Coforge Ltd. The…

Dr. Joshua J. Goldman (Medicine) penned the cover story for the most recent issue of Vegas Inc., HealthCare Quarterly. The article, "Body Positivity in a Modern Perfectionist World," touches on the history of beauty, the role of plastic surgery in the body-positive movement and in self-care, the impact of social media on self-image, and the basics…

Drs. Banveet Kaur Khetarpal and Awad Javaid (both Medicine) recently published a manuscript, "Electromagnetic Interference from Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator," in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. The authors reviewed more than 700 patients over 16 years with advanced…

June Cho (Nursing), Jess Li (Medicine), and Xan Goodman (Libraries) published a paper, "The Variability and Determinants of Testosterone Measurements in Children: A Critical Review,” online in Biological Research for Nursing.  

Micajah Daniels, Manoj Sharma (both Environmental and Occupational Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a commentary, "Social Media and Substance Use among Adolescents: Implications for Research" in the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education. The commentary examines the growing use of social media among adolescents and its impact on…

Justin Bauzon, a fourth-year medical student, was selected as a poster finalist in the Patient Safety category, and podium winner in the high value care category during the American College of Physicians 2021 National Abstracts Competition.  Bauzon collaborated with Dr. Caleb Murphy and Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj from the…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently published an article, "Knowledge, Protective Behaviors and Risk Perception of COVID-19 among Dental Students in India: A Cross-Sectional Analysis," in the Healthcare journal. This study was conducted in collaboration with multiple investigators from Community Health Centers of South-Central (Texas),…