Dr. Patrick Wallace (Medicine) recently had several peer-reviewed papers published in medical journals. They include:  "Top 10 Evidence-Based Countermeasures for Night Shift Workers"  "Identifying and Managing Coronavirus in the ED" "Debunking Dysbarism" (diving-related disorders)       

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) wrote an editorial titled "Healthcare Should Not be a Partisan Issue" that appeared on the front page of the Las Vegas Sun on May 11.

Johan Bester (Medicine) published an article, "The Two Components of Beneficence and Wellbeing in Medicine: A Restatement and Defense of the Argument" in the American Journal of Bioethics. In this article, he restates his theory of beneficence and well-being in medicine, and defends the theory against critiques. This conception of beneficence…

Dharini Bhammar (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Danielle Strozza (Medicine), and co-authors recently published a paper, “Pitfalls in Expiratory Flow Limitation Assessment at Peak Exercise in Children: Role of Thoracic Gas Compression,” in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.  The article investigated the…

Aidy Weeks, Ruby Nugent, and Katie Houk (all Libraries) collaborated with colleagues around the country to develop a collection of Spanish language COVID-19 resources. Weeks, Nugent, and Houk are health sciences librarians.

Dustin Davis, James Navalta, Graham McGinnis, Arpita Basu (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Reimund Serafica (Nursing), and Ken Izuora (Medicine) published a comprehensive invited review on the role of acute dietary polyphenols and post-meal physical activity in improving postprandial hyperglycemia and related metabolic impairments…

Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) published a manuscript, "Evaluation of Gender Differences in Ultrasound Milestone Evaluations During Emergency Medicine Residency Training: A Multicenter Study," in the April issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Education and Training, in collaboration with investigators from 15 other emergency…

Johan Bester (Medicine) published an ethical analysis of defensive medicine in the journal Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy. This article provides a set of arguments to show why defensive practice is ethically problematic and should not be practiced. The article, "Defensive Practice is Indefensible: How Defensive Medicine Runs Counter to the…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) published a paper, "Technological Innocation in Healthcare: Disrupting Old Systems to Create More Value for African American Patients in Academic Medical Centers," in the April issue of the Journal of the National Medical Assocaition. 

Dr. Jordana Haber (Medicine) spoke on the topic of "Intimate Partner Violence - Strangulation and the Brain - Understanding the Intersections" as an invited guest speaker (via Zoom) for the "All Women's Speaker Conference" earlier this month for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Brigham and…

Chad L. Cross (Medicine) recently was interviewed by a health writer at the popular website "HowStuffWorks" about parasitic infections. In particular, this piece was about common soil-transmitted nematode parasites.

Seong-min Park, Shon Reed (both Criminal Justice), Jay J. Shen (Public Health), and Ji Won Yoo (Medicine) recently published an article, “The Effect of Marijuana Legalization on the Trajectories of Hard Drug–related Hospitalizations: A Growth Curve Analysis of the County-level State Inpatient Database in Washington, 2009–2015 ” in the Journal of…