According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 5-10 percent of new fathers experience postpartum depression (PPD). The rate increases dramatically if their partners suffer from PPD. A team of UNLV couple and family therapy professors have studied firsthand accounts from fathers struggling with PPD and the barriers to receiving treatment. The research has been published in the Journal of Family Issues.
UNLV clinical sports psychologist Brad Donohue has studied the mental health of athletes and how they cope with the ups and downs of their sports. He discusses the Netflix docuseries “Losers,” which explores how elite athletes have learned from their failures. Donohue has developed a program tailored to athletes, from young participants to elite achievers. His program, The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS), blends traditional mental health services in sports settings and develops customized performance coaching. He has been working with UNLV Athletics along with the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first NIH-funded mental health study involving college athletes.
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The Lawyering Program at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law has been ranked the best legal writing program in the country according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2020 Best Graduate Schools rankings. From its founding, the school developed a skilled team of legal professors who emphasized legal writing and research. This is the second year in a row the program has achieved the honor. The law school continues to rise in the ranks of 192 accredited legal programs.
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The PRACTICE, a UNLV community mental health clinic, received the Association of Psychology Training Clinics’ 2019 Clinic Innovations Award for Training. Only one psychology training clinic is honored each year. The PRACTICE offers affordable, evidence-based mental health care to the Las Vegas Community.
UNLV Athletics had a department-best 58 student-athletes earn Fall 2018 Academic All-Mountain West Team recognition. UNLV Football had a program-best 28 student-athletes named to the team, marking the second straight year of record-setting honorees
Post-partum depression is the most common complication after childbirth, but it is frequently undiagnosed and untreated. UNLV Nursing professor Marcia Clevesy is working with a local clinic to improve screening rates and documentation for PPD. She’s also advocating that all providers caring for maternal-child populations look for signs of maternal depression at the onset of pregnancy, and screen for it during the perinatal period – up to a year after the baby’s birth.
UNLV computer scientist Andreas Stefik and a team of engineering students received the Expanding CS Opportunities Award from the Computer Science Teachers Association and Code.org. The national award recognized the team’s work on creating the Quorum programming language for blind and visually impaired learners.
UNLV physicist George Rhee is helping Nevadans address the problem of climate change through an online calculator that determines variations of the state’s total fossil fuel demand by 2050, based on a range of renewable energy options chosen by the user.
Sometimes a bargain is really a bargain. UNLV researchers surveyed produce at 14 local dollar stores and 40 traditional food outlets for color, cleanliness, freshness, and firmness. The study found the quality of fruit and vegetables at dollar stores was the same as grocery stories, although the variety was not as extensive. The findings are especially good news for the 17.3 million people nationwide who live in food deserts, low-income areas more than one mile from grocery stores.
Students from several disciplines are already working to build a sustainable home to help military veterans heal as a part of the 2020 Solar Decathlon. UNLV was one of only 11 universities worldwide chosen for this international competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Past UNLV Solar Decathlon teams have done well in the prestigious contest, which challenges students to design and build homes that are solar-powered, energy efficient, attractive and affordable.
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For the first time in program history, the UNLV Rebel Girls & Company earned two national titles in back-to-back years as it took both the Division 1A Hip Hop and Game Day categories at the 2019 championship competition. UNLV Cheer won its first-ever team national title, taking top honors in the Division 1A All-Girl Game Day category.
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Chicago native Alison Victoria graduated from UNLV in 2008 with degrees in psychology and interior architecture. First working as a designer for a semi-custom home builder and later leading the expansion of the Silverton Casino Hotel, she rose to fame as the host of the DIY Network show Kitchen Crashers. As Victoria grew her resume with a TV show, a line of luxury furniture, and a consulting business, she discovered her real passion: identifying, purchasing, renovating and selling history homes in Chicago. The new show, Windy City Rehab, airs on HGTV on Sunday nights at 6 p.m.