Edward Wang, Ravisha Bai, Talha Khan, Ajay Kumar, Ana Mrkaic, Amber Champion, Charmaine Yap, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) presented four abstracts, Thyroid Myopathy after Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine, Methimazole Induced Steven-Johnson-Syndrome, Levothyroxine Intolerance: Alternative…
Claytee White (Oral History Research Center) was honored with the distinguished Pioneer Award on May 22 by the Las Vegas chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW). She received the honor at the 16th Annual Madam C.J. Walker Awards luncheon at the MGM Grand. The nonprofit NCBW is a…
Mina Esmail Zadeh Nojoo Kambar, Armin Esmaeilzadeh, Yoohwan Kim, and Kazem Taghva (all Computer Science) have written "A Survey on Mobile Malware Detection Methods using Machine Learning" paper that was presented in 2022 IEEE 12th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (…
Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine) accepted the invitation to serve as a representation for the American College of Surgeons to the University of Michigan's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention External Advisory Committee.
Elizabeth Stacy (Life Sciences) has been awarded a $1,184,175 grant from the National Science Foundation to examine The Genetic Basis of Local Adaptation Across an Island Adaptive Radiation. The project will combine gene expression, quantitative genetics, and evolutionary genomics analyses to…
Six UNLV Nursing students have been named to the board of the Nevada Nursing Student Association. They are:
Michelle Moriarty, vice president
Marielle Cuenca, secretary
Lidia Gebersiassie, community outreach director
Nikole Taylor, president
Alessandra Baldono, treasurer
Kate Katigbak,…
The following spring 2022 BUS 103 students from the class taught by John Starkey (Business) raised funds on behalf of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) this past spring and raised more than $3,500. These students held eight events (fundraisers and awareness campaigns) on campus to…
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) has been appointed by Gov. Steve Sisolak to the Nevada State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Drs. Maria B. Roberts (Education), Miguel M. Gonzales, and Sylvia Tegano (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) had their study, "School Leadership During COVID-19: Implications for School Leadership Preparation Programs" accepted for publication in the October volume of…
Maria B. Roberts (Education) has been selected for the second cohort of the UNLV Search Advocate Pilot Program. As a search advocate, she will play an important role in aiding search committees with diversifying candidate pools, ensuring equity in the search process, and collaborating with Human…
Dr. Aditi Singh and Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (both Medicine), along with former School of Medicine faculty member Dr. Miriam Bar-on, presented their initiative, "Wellness on a Budget," as a poster at the Association for Hospital Medical Education's Annual AHME Institute and at the…
Karen Callahan (Environmental & Occupational Health) and Sfurti Maheshwari (Public Health) along with co-authors published an article on "Elevated Breast Cancer Mortality among Highly Educated Asian American Women" in the journal PLOS One.
The study found that postmenopausal breast…