Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues have published several papers in the month of June.  The first paper, "Uncovering the most robust predictors of problematic pornography use: A large-scale machine learning study across 16 countries," was published in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.  The second paper, "…

Cory Lampert (Libraries) is a member of a group that was presented with the 2024 Dynamic Unit and Impact Award for Quality and Impact of the Work Award from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The IFLA Information Technology Section, which Lampert is chairing this year, received the award at the IFLA…

Brisa Rodriguez, Timothy Grigsby, Liliana Davalos Marissa Martinez, and Christopher Johansen (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented on "Associations Between Parent’s Physical Activity and Children’s Weekly Physical Activity Among Latinos in Nevada" and "The Association Between Personal Perception of Weight Status and BMI among…

Christopher Johansen, Liliana Davalos, Brisa Rodriguez, Marissa Martinez (all Social and Behavioral Health), along with Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), presented, "Parental acculturation and its association with preschool aged child's health behaviors in Nevada," at the 9th Biennial National IDeA Symposium on Biomedical…

Su Kim Chung (Libraries) was a guest on the first live episode of Milk Street Radio podcast recorded at The Beverly Theater. The episode, Live From Las Vegas! Dive Bars, the Best Table in Town and Old-Time Vegas Faves, featured a discussion with Chung on the history of some of Las Vegas’s most fascinating restaurants.

Kenny Do, Emily Sagalow, Richard Wang, Oluwafunmilola T. Okuyemi, Jo-Lawrence Bigcas (Otolaryngology) published a report detailing two cases of occult thyroid carcinoma (OTC) in Cureus. This rare phenomenon involves thyroid metastasis to locoregional lymph nodes without an identifiable primary tumor in the thyroid gland. There are many…

Jessica Immonen (Dental), Ph.D., M.S., received the Clinical Anatomy Senior Faculty Award for her presentation at the annual American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) Conference recently held at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, New York. Her presentation was titled, "Biomechanics of Bruxism Determine the Sites of Severe TMJ…

Ana Gonzalez, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “Implementing a 3-Year-Long Community-Based Participatory Evaluation Program Based on a Model Process Evaluation Framework," at the 10th International  Congress on Scientific Research, held in Ankara, Turkey, on June 25-27, 2024.…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently was part of an International Ombuds Association seminar called “The Numbers Share (some of) the Story: Using Data in Daily Ombuds Work.” The panel considered how ombuds can collect and utilize data  to refine their services, publicize their offices, and demonstrate return on investment.