Christopher D. E. Willoughby (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender and Ethnic Studies) published the essay "A man of his time: Joseph Leidy, racial science, and American anatomy" in Anatomical Sciences Education. Willoughby's essay examines the role of Dr. Joseph Leidy, first president of the American…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently appeared on The Last Show with David Cooper podcast to discuss phone addiction, including how problematic smartphone use can become, factors that contribute to compulsive phone use, and strategies for reducing unhealthy patterns of use. The episode, “On Phone Addiction, and How to Break It,” explores the growing…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) and Tēvita O. Ka'ili (Brigham Young University-Hawaii). published a paper titled "Indigenous Rhythm" in the journal Culture, Theory and Critique. The article reads the Kū Kiaʻi Kahuku movement's sonic, educational, and digital rhythms (live streaming as a form of Indigenous rhythm) as…

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) has been elected vice chair of the advisory committee for the Nevada Office of Minority Health and Equity (NOMHE). NOMHE is part of the Nevada Department of Human Services and works to advance health equity across the state by improving the quality of and access to health care for minority and underserved populations…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 HIV Collaborators, coauthored an article titled “Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2023, with the estimated burden attributable to intimate partner violence and forecasted impacts of funding cuts through 2030: Results from the Global…

Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator with GBD 2023 Human Resources for Health Collaborators, coauthored an article titled “Measuring the composition and availability of human resources for health by sex in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023, and workforce gaps for universal health coverage: A systematic…

Faculty and students from the Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences department recently published results of a study. Faculty (James Navalta, Dustin Davis, and Michael Wong) and students (Olivia Perez, Carolina Silva, and Matahn Blank) published "A Gender-agnostic Inclusive Estimation for Resting Metabolic Rate" in the International Journal of…

Professor Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) and doctoral student Claudia Chiang-Frost (Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education) published a co-authored book chapter in the edited volume Narrative Knows No Boundaries: Exploring the Claims and Limits of Telling (2026, University Press of…

Ernesto Abel-Santos (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Rochelle Hines (Psychology), Brach Poston (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a $2,189,956 National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 grant, the Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (GRISE), for 2026-31. The…