Soon Cho (Medicine) published "The Systemic Model of the Brain Disease of Addiction: A Holistic and Comprehensive Theoretical Perspective" in the Journal of Family Theory and Review.  

Highly interdisciplinary team, Lois Suh (Medicine), Euiseong Ko (Computer Science), Beomsu Baek (Computer Science), Jiwon Yoo (Medicine), Jay J. Shen (Public Health), and Mingon Kang (Computer Science) published a paper, entitled "Examining Ethnic and Racial Variations in Opioid-related Hospitalizations Using Western U.S. Electronic Health Records…

Emily Janes and Soon Cho (both Medicine) published the article, "Infidelity Decision‐Making by Emerging Adult Women: A Grounded Theory," in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been awarded the 2025 Wiley Top Cited Article Award for “Investigating perceived core disaster competencies of nurses in Iran: A case study of northwest hospitals,” which he coauthored in 2024 in Public Health Nursing (Cite Score 3.3, Impact Factor 1.3, Acceptance Rate 4%).  

Dr. Jaineet “Jai” Chhabra (Medicine) was re-invited to the Las Vegas Raiders Facility to mentor local high school students and share his journey. Joined by members of the Raiders healthcare team, Chhabra discussed pathways into sports medicine, his clinical journey, and his developing research interests in biomechanics and wearable-based…

Dr. Nadia Gomez (Medicine) has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Exceptional Woman in Medicine. Awardees are recognized annually, based on peer nominations and outstanding accomplishments and dedication to the field of medicine. These women have contributed to the advancement of healthcare through clinical care, research, community…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, coauthored an article titled, “Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990–2023: A Global Burden of Disease study,” in collaboration with GBD 2023 IHD and Dietary Risk Factor Collaborators in the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Application of the multi-theory model to determine predictors of initiating and sustaining stress management behaviors in undergraduate college students,” in the Journal of Public Health in the Deep South in collaboration with coauthors from the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, coauthored an article titled, “Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023,” in the journal,The Lancet Neurology (impact factor: 45.5).…

Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine) was inducted as a Master of Critical Care Medicine at the 37th Annual Convocation of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) co-authored a clinical practice guidance document summarizing evidence-based strategies to assist healthcare professionals with the diagnosis and management of adults with pre-diabetes and diabetes. This publication is the 2026 update to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Diabetes Management Algorithm.

Dr Vivek Pamulapati (Surgery; Medicine) presented a quickshot titled, "Unplanned Extubation in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes," at the 2026 Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress in Chicago, Illinois. This study evaluated the risk factors and morbidity associated with self-extubation in…