Camille Adajar (Medicine) and Dr. Wolfram Samlowski of the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada recently published "Cautious addition of targeted therapy to PD-1 inhibitors after initial progression of BRAF mutant metastatic melanoma on checkpoint inhibitor therapy" in the journal BMC Cancer. The article addresses patients with metastatic…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and vice president for health affairs, was an invited speaker at the annual (virtual) Association of American Medical College Meeting, "Learn, Serve, Lead." Kahn's session was titled, "Leading Effective Change--Bypassing the 'Technical Fixes' and…

Drs. Banveet Kaur Khetarpal, Awad Javaid, Christoph Sossou, Ariyon Schreiber, and Chowdhury Ahsan (all Medicine) recently co-authored an abstract, “Racial Differences and In-Hospital Mortality Associated With Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy During the COVID-19 Pandemic," which was published in the Journal of the American…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) was invited as a panelist to share her analytic experience with the use of "Online Photovoice (OPV) in Qualitative Research" at the 3rd International Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Conference, Turkey.  This event was hosted by the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, Turkey chapter, the…

Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) was one of two tactical physicians featured in a profile interview recently published in EM Resident titled "Tactical Medicine Q-and-A: Life as a SWAT Doc." He is chair and program director of the department of emergency medicine.

Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently was elected as a member of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Task Force on Sexual Misconduct that was established by the Nevada Legislature pursuant to Senate Bill 347. This membership on the task force was approved by the Board of Regents. The overarching goal of this task force is to…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented two posters at the American Public Health Association’s 149th annual meeting held as a hybrid virtually and in Denver.  The first presentation was “Technology Use to Improve Social Connectedness among Older Adults during COVID-19: Enhancing Educational Interventions,” and second…

Laura K. Gryder-Culver (Medicine) presented "Occupant Protection Analysis of Use of Child Restraints by Age" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices to reach the ultimate goal of Zero Fatalities in Nevada. Gryder-Culver is a significant…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) was a recent invited speaker at the 18th annual J. Willis Hurst History of Medicine Symposium at Emory University. His talk was titled, "Sports Hematology: Dopers and Hoaxers."

Laura K. Gryder-Culver, Merika Charupoom (both Medicine), and Erin Breen (Transportation Research Center) presented "Marrying Pedestrian and Bike Data with Court Education Data and Community Demographics" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) was invited as a panelist to discuss consequences of risky driving behaviors as a part of her presentation titled "Fast and Furious: Let’s Talk About Speed!" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety. Kuhls has been…

Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) virtually presented "Las Vegas 1 October Mass Casualty Shooting: Lessons Learned" to medical students at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.  Berkeley discussed perspectives on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history from the viewpoint of being on scene as a tactical physician with the Las…