Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV News
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV is becoming a world-class center for medical education, patient care, and research. We aim to prepare Nevada's doctors with the most innovative and technologically advanced forms of medical training while also forming community partnerships to serve the healthcare needs of our diverse and urban population.
Current Medicine News
UNLV researcher Soon Cho takes on the nascent space of human relationships with artificial intelligence, and the impacts of using chatbots for therapy.
Faria Tavacoli is the first Nevada student to be selected for the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service.
Members of the school's second graduating class, now fourth-year residents, are committed to serving Nevada together.
UNLV therapist Dawn Moore explains how to manage relationships, navigate tricky topics, and shares tips to stay happy as the sun sets on another year.
A medical student reflects on how a trip to Armenia reminded her why she chose medicine and UNLV to pursue her dream.
A selection of top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
Medicine In The News
Men may need about twice as much weekly physical activity as women to achieve comparable cardiovascular benefits, a new study suggests.
As the temperature start to cool in southern Nevada, locals and families are bracing for the dreaded times ahead: Cold and flu season. Sadly, there’s no cure for the common cold, but there are things you can do to lessen your misery.
Although overall mortality rates for patients with lupus have declined since the turn of the century, racial, sex and geographic disparities remain, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2025.
A new building is coming to the Medical District from the same nonprofit behind UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building. Nevada Health &Bioscience Corp. on Wednesday announced plans for a $44 million building — The NHBC Academic Laboratory — in the Medical District near downtown Las Vegas. The building will serve as a laboratory building for University Medical Center and a blood bank. Additionally, the lab will support UNLV’s medical school by expanding pathology residency programs and fellowships.
A new academic laboratory in the Las Vegas medical district will also serve as a biosafety level three lab, allowing researchers to study lethal, highly infectious diseases. The 44-million-dollar facility was unveiled on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The new academic laboratory is being built by the Nevada Health & Bioscience Corporation, which is the same nonprofit that developed UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education building in 2022.
As the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) has confirmed a case of measles in Clark County, discovered in a visitor to Harry Reid International Airport, one doctor is explaining how quickly you could recognize symptoms if you are exposed.
