Barbara Lewis (Public Health) presented on the Key Success Factors of Patient and Family Advisory Councils at the 8th Annual Patient Experience Symposium in Boston.   

Cynthia Tochukwu Nnolum (Mathematical Sciences) presented some of her recent results on “Dynamics of solutions to a multiple-patch epidemic model with a saturation incidence mechanism” at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Sectional Meeting at the University of Texas, San Antonio, in the special session on Recent trends in differential…

Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) published a paper with co-authors at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in the international Journal of Epidemiology. The article, titled "Data Resource Profile: Add Health Mortality Outcomes Surveillance," describes newly available mortality data for The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to…

Kathleen Thimsen (Nursing) was appointed to the serve on the Advisory Board for the Hope for Family Resilience Team Nevada Domestic Violence High Risk Teams (DVHRT). The Hope for Family Resilience Program helps to support families through education, programs, and resources. It is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of Clark County, Nevada.…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Effect of Mediterranean diet on body mass index and fatigue severity in patients with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials,” in the journal Heliyon with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Ludwig-…

Craig Hennigan (Communication Studies), with collaborators Tiana Brownen (Simpson College), Shanna Carlson (Illinois State University), A.J. Edwards (Louisiana State University - Shreveport), Shiela Ritchie (Abilene Christian University), Philip Samuels (Wichita State University), Zachary Thornhill (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Baker Weilert…

Len Jessup (The Lincy Institute) recently had an op-ed titled, "How a ‘One Nevada’ mindset holds back the development of UNLV," published in the Las Vegas Sun. His piece responds to recent news surrounding UNLV Athletics' potential opportunity to join the Pac-12 conference.

Christina Miskey (Libraries) was featured as the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Member of the Week for the week of Sept. 16. 

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been ranked in the top one percentile of global scientists, both in his career and the past year, in the August 2024 data update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" by Elsevier. His rank in the field of “public health and health services…