Monserrath Hernández (Journalism and Media Studies), Maribel Estrada Calderón (History), Marcela Rodriguez-Campo (Teaching and Learning), Elsa Lopez (Education), Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez (Education), Rodrigo Vazquez (Economics), and Nathalie Martinez (Honors) were each recently awarded a…
Buddha Dawn, Lin Zhao, Guangming Cheng, Magdy Girgis, Jeryl Hauptman and Yanjuan Yang (all Medicine) are members of the research team whose noteworthy work recently was recognized in Circulation Research, the official journal of the American Heart Association. The team, headed by Dr. Dawn,…
Jay Shen (Health Care Administration and Policy) and Sfurti Maheshwari (Public Health) recently did a podium presentation at the 2019 International Health Economics Association World Congress. Their presentation was "Healthcare Savings Forecast after Potential Implementation of a Comprehensive…
Rachell A. Ekroos (Nursing) is the principal investigator for a subaward in the amount of $44,428 of a parent grant ($398,719) funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). She will collaborate with researchers from other institutions, including George Mason University and Georgia State…
Allison G. McNickle, Douglas R. Fraser, Paul J. Chestovich, Deborah A. Kuhls, and John J. Fildes (all Medicine) evaluated if prehospital tourniquet application altered the initial transfusion needs in arterial injuries when compared with a non-tourniquet control group. The results of their…
Alison Sloat (Sciences) was awarded $33,000 from Mission Support and Test Services and $1,500 from Rotary of Southwest Las Vegas to fund Rebel Science Camp in 2020. This sponsorship allows 1,100 fifth graders from Title I Clark County School District elementary schools to attend Rebel…
Dr. Susannna Sorrentino (Medicine) presented "Updates in Clinical Genetics Practice" at the Nevada chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting at M Resort in Henderson earlier this month.
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) was invited to present a paper during an international conference held in Münster, Germany, earlier this month in celebration of "La autoridad de los saberes: El letrado" [Authorities of Knowledge: The Jurist]. Her paper, titled "Letras…
Melissa Fleetwood (Communication Studies), a former graduate teaching assistant and current second-year graduate student, has taken a dietitian position with the Southern Nevada Health District. She will be merging her research interests with her career path of working with HIV patients.
Elizabeth Stacy and Tomoko Sakishima (Life Sciences), along with collaborators from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, the University of Monpellier (France), University of Waikato (New Zealand), and the University of Florida, published "Targeted…
Leeann Fields (Educational Compliance) has been elected to the advisory group for the national State Authorization Network under the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies. The network is the nation’s leading organization that provides guidance and support for navigating regulatory…
Jinyoung Kim (Nursing) recently was awarded a $515,000 National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R56 Bridge Award by the National Institutes of Health. The award will support her research on identifying unique physiological signatures of symptom based subtypes of…