Nurse-midwife Rebecca Benfield, Ph.D., (Nursing) and Edward R. Newton, M.D., published an open access article, "Use of External Uterine Electromyography Across Stage I Labor," in the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. High-quality data demonstrate that EMG instrumentation effectively and accurately measures uterine contraction parameters…

Dawn Matusz, MS, NDTR, (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was accepted into The Leadership Institute by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The Leadership Institute is a comprehensive professional development program designed to help current and future leaders in nutrition, health and wellness develop leadership, communication and…

Craig Schwartz (Nevada Extreme Conditions Laboratory) published an article, "Probing lithium mobility at a solid electrolyte surface," in the journal Nature Materials. Solid-state electrolytes overcome many challenges of present-day lithium ion batteries, such as safety hazards and dendrite formation. However, detailed understanding of the…

Kaelia Saniatan (graduate research assistant), Smriti Neupane (graduate research assistant), Gabriela Buccini (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Chad Cross (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published an article titled: "Socio-demographic, maternal, and infant characteristics associated with pacifier use among six-months old infants in Clark…

Jihye Kim (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was the lead author of "Association of Integrating Mental Health Into Pediatric Primary Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers With Utilization and Follow-up Care" published in the JAMA Network Open. The primary objective was to examine the association of a comprehensive mental health integration…

Dr. Sal Biazzo, a senior staff physician at UNLV, received the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians 2023 Award for Leadership in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion because of his time developing a cultural competency training that has ballooned into a train-the-trainer program. The program spread beyond the student health…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published a paper on "Efficacy of Pyrethroid–Pyriproxyfen and Pyrethroid–Chlorfenapyr Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) for the Control of Non-Anopheles Mosquitoes: Secondary Analysis from a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (cRCT)" in the journal Insects. Failure to control…

Kia Cummings (recent graduate of the Journalism and Media Studies MA program) and associate professor Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) have published an article titled, “Soul on Ice: Black Commodification, Race, and the National Hockey League," in the Sociology of Sport Journal. The article considers how…

Jeff Schauer (History) was interviewed for a story on Reality Blurred about an upcoming reality television show, Renovation Wild, that involves tourism, conservation, and colonial legacies in Zambia.