Kavita Batra (Medicine), Manoj Sharma, and Ravi Batra (both Social and Behavioral Health) along with researchers from the University of Utah published a meta-analysis, "Assessing the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among College Students: An Evidence of 15 Countries," in February 2021. As of today, this meta-analysis remains among the top 20…

Jay Shen and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Ji Yoo and Laurie Kim (both Medicine) recently presented "Assessing Effects of the IETHTC Program on Clinical Outcomes and Cost of Care in a Healthcare Provider Shortage Area in USA” at the conference of ISPOR — a professional society for Health Economics and Outcomes…

Traffic safety research student researchers, Merika Charupoom (Undergraduate) and Carmen Hollifield (Medicine), presented research from the Traffic Safety Research team at the 150th American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. Charupoom shared the geospatial map created to raise awareness for pedestrian fatalities in Southern Nevada…

Emily C. Strickler (Medicine, '22 Public Health alumna) was nominated by the UNLV School of Public Health's Delta Theta chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society to present her thesis research at the 2022 Delta Omega poster session at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. Strickler was one of 29 students invited to present…

Kavita Batra, Dale M. Netski, June Coleman, Mark Guadagnoli, Marc J. Kahn, and Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine) presented a poster, "Quality Improvement Initiative to Advance Faculty Research and Scholarship at a New Medical School," at the annual conference held by the Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS), Association of American…

Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (Nursing) presented a paper at the 2022 International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG) World Congress on Nov. 12, 2022. Her paper is titled, "Cognitive-Psychological Functioning and Saliva MicroRNA Expression after Home-based Dual-Task Exercise in Asians and Pacific Islanders with History of Mild Traumatic Brain…

Buddha Dawn (Medicine) co-authored an article titled, “Human Wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells prevent acetaminophen-induced liver injury in a mouse model unlike human dermal fibroblasts,” in the Archives of Toxicology. Intravenous injection of clinical grade human WJMSCs after acetaminophen overdose alleviated hepatotoxicity by…

Manoj Sharma, Ravi Batra (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), Chia-Laing Dai (Teaching and Learning), and David Cappelli (Dental Medicine) have published a manuscript titled, “Predicting Flossing through the Application of the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change among…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) was invited to serve as an editorial board member to the journal Annals of Epidemiology. The Annals of Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed, international journal sponsored by the American College of Epidemiology. This journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn, MD, MBA, the dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine and vice president for Health Affairs, recently published an editorial in the Las Vegas Review Journal with Jesus Jara, the superintendent of the Clark County School District, articulating the important linkage between education and health.

Kavita Batra (Medicine) was recently invited to serve as an editorial board member with the journal Psychiatry Research Case Reports. The mission of this journal is to disseminate cutting edge knowledge in order to improve patient care and advance the understanding of mental illness. Batra has published several peer-reviewed articles related…

Jennifer Pharr and Emylia Terry (both Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented "Protective and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women in the United States" at the American Public Health Association Conferences in Boston.