Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently received a five-year, over $3.5 million grant (1R01AG083177-01) from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, "Enhancing Measurement and Characterization of Roles and Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of Persons living with Alzheimer's Disease and…

Professor Ashley Hairston Doughty (Art) was named the Artist of the Month for August 2023 by the College Book Art Association (CBAA). She will be presenting her work as part of the association’s Book Arts Series on Saturday, August 19 at 10 a.m. (PST). The presentation, titled, “Sharing Personal Experiences through Visual Storytelling," will…

Nancy Rapoport (Law) presented on, "The Cutting Edge: AI and Fee Application Issues," at the 2023 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Portland, Oregon. 

David Orentlicher (Law) was the lead author for "Limiting Overall Hospital Costs by Capping Out-of-Network Rates," published in Annals of Health Law. The article discusses how states can use basic contract law principles to prevent hospitals from charging unfair rates.

Amy Brown (Music) was an invited presenter for the 2023 AstroKnot Festival. "The AstroKnot Festival, powered by PNC, is all about tying Space Age Ideas to our current pedagogy using design and invention. Our goal with this conference is to encourage and foster creativity, curiosity, and collaboration in order to demonstrate strategies we can use…

Christina Threet, first author; Reimund Serafica, senior author; and Rhigel Tan [all Nursing] published an article, "Navigating Alcohol Use Disorder in Adults: A case report," in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. The article presents the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with an alcohol use disorder (AUD) using pharmacological and non-…

Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) has been elected by the Nevada Board of Health as the Chair of the Southern Nevada Health District Public Health Advisory Board. Members of the Advisory Board serve as non-voting members of the Board of Health. The Board of Health has also delegated authority to the Advisory Board to make…

Joseph Kevin Sebastian (Libraries) presented "Reversing White Yearning: A Brown and Queer Filipinx Librarian’s Exorcism of Colonialism and Veneration of Indigenous Ancestry (A Work in Progress)" at the People of Color in Library and Information Science Summit at Loyola Marymount University. The presentation shared some of the…

Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) co-authored an article titled, "It takes quality improvement to cross the chasm," in BMJ Open Quarterly. Their study demonstrates how a comprehensive quality improvement programme can improve health outcomes in a large county-based Medicaid health plan and the importance of using a comprehensive…