Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled “Design and evaluation of a multi-theory model-based intervention to promote childbearing intentions among Iranian single-child women: A mixed-methods protocol” with coauthors Shahid Sadoughi from University of Medical Sciences in the Journal of Research Development in…

Myung-Rho Kim, Taha Shaikh, Spencer Taylor, Shawn Wang, Darren Nguyen, Banveet Kaur Khetarpal, Ali Namazi, Vidhani S. Goel, Roberto Sagaribay, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) have published “Global Longitudinal Strain as a Prognostic Biomarker for Asymptomatic Moderate to Severe Aortic Regurgitation with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Systematic…

Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their students Nelson Appiah-Agyei, Farzana Mahamud Rini, Lauren Bredesky, Jonathan Chavez, and Rawa Mohammed, published “Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: Protocol for a Scoping Review” in…

UNLV Health’s two school-based clinics, providing no-cost medical care to students and siblings in the Clark County School District, handled more than 24-hundred patient visits in fiscal year 24-25. The clinics, at Bailey Middle School and inside the district’s Family Support Center on Maryland Parkway, aim to improve access to medical care for…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with Jagdish Khubchandani, Elizabeth England-Kennedy, and Karen Kopera-Frye (New Mexico State University), and Srikanta Banerjee (Walden University), co-authored a study published in Brain Sciences on the links between diabetes, cognitive health, and mortality risk in older Hispanics. The research provides key…

Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Christopher J. Fang, Jeffrey Lucas Hii, and Karen Nelson (all Medicine) published “Biosensor-Integrated Tibial Components in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review of Innovations, Challenges, and Translational Frontiers” in Bioengineering. This review explores the emerging integration of biosensors into tibial…

Dr. Kevin Petersen (Medicine) and co-authors in the Division of Acute Care Surgery at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine published a case study entitled “Complex management of a patient with impalement injury to the neck” in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. 

Robert Hernandez, Jr., MD, associate professor and vice dean for academic affairs and education at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, was once again invited to the William S. Boyd School of Law to lead a seminar titled “Delivering Difficult News.” In this session, he shared a compassionate and heartfelt message with law students,…

Fye Pinera, Pearl Pinera, Pearl Kim, and Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration and Policy), Leora Frimer, Pengfeng Jin, Gregory-Thoams Castaneda Stanger, Ji Yoo (all School of Medicine) recently published a research article, "Association of Atrial Ablation Procedure and Palliative Care for High-Risk Mortality Group With Atrial Fibrillation…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) recently published the ninth edition of his very popular book, Practical Stress Management, with an emeritus professor from Minnesota State University, and publisher Academic Press (Elsevier). Since its first edition was published 30 years ago, the book has grown in popularity with its…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article with a doctoral scholar and faculty at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences titled, “Determinants of childbearing: Behavioral change models and theories: A systematic review,” in the Iranian Journal of Public Health (Impact factor 1.6). In Iran, the…

Amanda Leisgang Osse (Brain Health; Medicine) has been awarded a prestigious Alzheimer's Association Fellowship to continue her research on the role and considerations of women's health in Alzheimer's clinical trials. The 3-year fellowship carries $200K award amount.