Lindsay Buczek (Medicine) presented a poster, "The Data Error Criteria (DEC) for Retrospective Studies: Development and Preliminary Application," that was created by Buczek, Fadi Azar, Justin Bauzon, Kavita Batra, Caleb Murphy, and Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (all Medicine). The presentation was made at the American College of Physicians Internal…

Gabriela Buccini and Raquel Schincaglia (Social and Behavioral Health) are co-authors of a newly published article, "Single Mothers in Poverty in Brazil: Repercussions on Quality of Life and Anxiety for Pregnant and Postpartum Women" in the Journal of Poverty. . Worldwide, one in eight women between 18 and 60 years old are single mothers. We…

Carrie Jeffrey (Nursing) was honored with the Presidential Teaching Excellence Award for the 2021-22 school year. Jeffrey currently works at Weber State University. She is a third-year Ph.D. student on the nursing education track at UNLV.

Brittany Paloma Fiedler (Libraries) was elected as an at-large member to the instruction section of the Association of College & Research Libraries for 2022-23. The instruction section supports academic and research librarians with learning, teaching, and research on information literacy in higher education. She will begin her service on July…

Amanda Ostwald and Arya Udry (both Geoscience) and their collaborators, Valerie Payré (NAU), Esteban Gazel (Cornell), and Peiyu Wu (Cornell) published a paper, “The Role of Assimilation and Factional Crystallization in the Evolution of the Mars Crust”, in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Ostwald is geoscience graduate student, and…

Aude Picard, Nader Nabeh, and Cheyenne Brokaw (all Life Sciences) published a research article, "Quantification of Organic Carbon Sequestered by Biogenic Iron Sulfide Minerals in Long-Term Anoxic Laboratory Incubations," in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Organic carbon preservation in sedimentary environments is a critical process…

Rebecca T. Barber (Financial Planning, Budget, and Analysis), along with several co-authors from Arizona State University and Virginia Tech, published a new article, "Emergency Fostering of Dogs from Animal Shelters During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Shelter Practices, Foster Caregiver Engagement, and Dog Outcomes"  in Frontiers in Veterinary…

Col. Jacqueline Killian (Nursing) received the TSNRP Scientific Mentorship Award in the Active Duty category. Currently an Air Force intern with UNLV Nursing, she will transition to full-time faculty later this year upon her retirement from the Air Force.

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual, interactive presentation, "Teaching Philosophy to Migrant and Border-Town Children," as part of the Unbordering Migration in the Americas series at the University of Rochester. 

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented "Pack Your Bags: The Pyramid Model Goes to College!" at the National Training Institute on Effective Practices: Addressing Challenging Behaviors. As part of the National Center on Pyramid Model Innovations, she presented on embedding the pyramid model, an evidence-…

Donghui Lou, Betty Burston, Neeraj Bhandari, and Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently published a paper, "Characterizing Changes in Medical Expenditures and Outcomes Associated with Health Policy Implementation: The Case of Hospital Care for Type 2 Diabetes in China", in the Journal of Hospital and Healthcare…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) is a co-author of a newly published article, "Evolution of Breastfeeding Indicators and Early Introduction of Foods in Latin American and Caribbean Countries in the Decades of 1990, 2000, and 2010" in the International Breastfeeding Journal. In this article, the authors found that in the last…