Brittani Sterling, Aidy Weeks, Halle Burns, Mayra Corn, Jennifer Culley, Christina Miskey, Stephanie Fell, Sarah Jones, Ruby Nugent, and Rebecca Orozco (all Libraries) published the article "Working Towards Tenure Together: Creating an Intersectional Peer Supported Cohort Model" in the peer-…
Dieu-My Tran (Nursing), and Chad L. Cross (Environmental and Occupational Health), along with Iris Martinez, '21 BS Nursing, and Dr. Yumei Feng Earley, contributed to the article "MOBILE Intervention Pilot Study in College Students With Elevated Blood Pressure" recently published in the Journal of…
Heather Frigiola (Anthropology), a doctoral student who studies with professor Ivan Sandoval-Cervantes, has published a paper, "Canine Ministries: Co-Instrumentality of Human and Dog in a Christian Ontology," in the AAA journal Anthropology and Humanism. She is a Ph.D. student.
Drs. Gregory P. Brown, Lisa Durette, Timothy Ebright, and Katie Cho, wrote the lead article, "Restoring Wholeness to Psychiatry: Models of Understanding." for the International Journal of Healing and Caring. All four are from the department of psychiatry and behavioral health.
Hope Hinchman, Karen Eisenburg, Jacquelin Killian and 19 students (all Nursing) have been inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Hinchman will be the vice president of UNLV's chapter. Eisenburg will be UNLV's counselor. Killian will serve as a member of the…
Jennifer Peltier (Nursing) won Best Poster at the 2022 Western Institute of Nursing Conference for her work on implementing and evaluating virtual escape rooms. She is a doctoral student.
Amanda Gutierrez and Janelle Rafanan (both Nursing) were named to the national board of the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). Both are undergraduates.
Gutierrez was named NSNA director. Rafanan was named to the Nomination and Election Committee.
Rachell A. Ekroos (Medicine) and colleagues from multiple outside organizations published an article in the Journal of Forensic Nursing titled “Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries Through Alternate Light: A Researcher–Practitioner Partnership.” The translation-into-practice project…
Zaijing Sun, Krishnakumar Divakar Nangeelil, Peter Dimpfl, and Christina Hall (all Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences), along with colleagues from other institutions, recently presented papers at the On Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC-XII) in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.…
Anne Weisman and Dr. Marc J. Kahn (both Medicine) recently wrote an editorial that appeared in the Las Vegas Sun titled, "Reconnecting Body, Mind, and Spirit after the Pandemic." The authors recommend socialization and engagement as means to stay healthy as we come out of the current pandemic.
Karl Kingsley, Rebecca Maginot, and Carolina Esteves (all Dental) have published their manuscript, "Changing Perspectives on Pediatric Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination among Dental Students and Residents Reveals Recent Increase in Vaccine Hesitancy," in the journal MDPI Vaccines.
Marta Soligo (International Gaming Institute and Sociology) published the chapter "Playing with Heritage: Gambling and Venice's Tradition" in The Casino, Card and Betting Game Reader: Communities, Cultures and Play (Bloomsbury Publishing). The chapter focuses on heritage tourism and gambling in…