Manoj Sharma, Asma Awan, Vikash Patel, Aastha Poudel (all Social & Behavioral Health), Badrunisa Hanif, Tooba Laeeq, and Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (all Medicine) authored an article titled “A theory-based approach to predict stress relaxation behavior among South Asian Americans: A cross-sectional study” in the International Journal of…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), in collaboration with Kyra Morgan (the lead author), Stephanie Woodard, Erika Ryst, Paul Devereux, and Wei Yang, recently published their study, “Bridging the Data Divide in Nevada: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Birth Certificate and Medicaid Billing Discrepancies in Gestational Substance Exposure,” in the journal…

Whitney Elks, Declan Feery, Celica Cosme, Kavita Batra, Lance Horner, Charles St. Hill, and Ovunc Bardakcioglu (all Medicine) published a study, “Comparison of Surgical Treatment Patterns and Temporal Trends for Stage I–III Invasive Rectal Adenocarcinoma Among Regions in the United States,” in Heliyon. Using National Cancer Database data (2004–…

Brenna Renn and Katie Singsank (Psychology), Ishrat Zaman (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Kimberly Cobos and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published an article titled, "Differential item functioning of the Geriatric Depression Scale-short form in the NACC dataset," in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer's…

Dr. Vishisht Mehta (Medicine) and his colleague Dr. Sameer K Avasarala published their original research titled, "Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Among Pulmonologists," in the European Respiratory Journal Open Research. This paper reflects the results of their survey of pulmonologists assessing their familiarity, comfort and usage of…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), chief of hematology and former dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, had his essay, "When a Medical School Dean Resigns," published in Academic Medicine, a journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In the essay, Kahn writes that the average U.S. medical school dean tenure is only 4.3…

Baylor Akhavan and Wolfram Samlowski (both Medicine) have recently published a study titled, "A combination of low TMB and PD-L1 expression predict poor progression-free survival of metastatic melanoma patients treated with first-line ipilimumab plus nivolumab," in Frontiers in Immunology. The study showed that tumor mutational burden (…

Department of Surgery Faculty members Dr. Lance Horner, Dr. Ovunc Bardakcioglu, Dr. Whitney Elks, Dr. Declan Feery, and Dr. Charles St. Hill (all Medicine) co-authored the published article titled, "Comparison of Surgical Treatment Patterns and Temporal Trends for Stage I-III Invasive Rectal Adenocarcinoma among Regions in the United States."

Dr. Vishisht Mehta (Medicine), along with colleagues, published "Impact of an Incidental Pulmonary Nodule Course Series on the Professional Development of Under-Resourced Multidisciplinary Teams." This research was published in the meetings issue of the Journal Of Thoracic Oncology (JTO). This project aimed to provide affordable, current…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been selected to serve as an Associate Editor for Annals of Epidemiology. Annals of Epidemiology is a leading peer-reviewed journal devoted to epidemiologic research and methodological development. The journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues influencing the distribution and…

Deborah Kuhls, Kavita Batra, Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou, William Porter, Darin Mains (all Medicine), Courtney Coughenour, Maxim Gakh (both Public Health), and William Sousa (Criminal Justice) presented a session titled "Solving Complex Problems through Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons from UNLV's Statistical Transparency of Policing (…

Courtney Coughenour (Public Health), Maxim Gakh (Public Health), Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou (Medicine) Laurencia Bonsu (Public Health), Kacie Washburn (Public Health), Darin Mains (Medicine), William Sousa (Criminal Justice),  Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) presented a poster titled "Law Enforcement Officers’…