John Tuman, Michelle Kuenzi (both Political Science), and Hafthor Erlingsson, '19 Ph.D. Political Science, have published an article titled, "Structural adjustment, economic performance, and electoral volatility in presidential elections in Latin America," in the journal Latin American Policy.

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) was a panelist in the discussion group on social work and addictions on May 14, organized by the National Association of Social Workers. The discussion addressed the importance of social determinants of health and recovery capital in facilitating long-term addiction recovery. Social work's cardinal value on person–…

Kyaw Min Tun, Kavita Batra, Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, and Aditi Singh (all Medicine) with Neil Zhang (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) and Atif Qasim (University of California San Francisco School of Medicine) presented their study, "Predictors of successful match into Gastroenterology fellowship" at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW)- 2024 held in…

Amanda Leverett (Public Health) presented at the general meeting for the Southern Nevada Breastfeeding Coalition. The title was Feeding Your Baby-Resources to Support Complementary Feeding. Leverett created a series of three handouts under NACCHO funding that address topics supporting the critical stage of introducing solid foods to infants.…

Wendy Chen (English) published her debut novel Their Divine Fires (Algonquin, May 7, 2024), which received a starred Kirkus review that called the work a "poignant, impressive debut." 

Professor Nachman Gutowski (Law) was awarded the Association of Academic Support Educators 2024 Outstanding Scholar Award. 

Ana Gonzalez, Mohammad Sohail Akhter, Refat Srejon, Abena Owusu, Susan Dakwa, Blessing Imade, Salim Dweck, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) virtually presented a paper titled, “Effectiveness of Community-Based Participatory Evaluation (CBPE): Lessons Learned from a Model Process Evaluation Framework…

Aastha Poudel, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) virtually presented a paper titled, “South Asian Immigrants’ Mental Health Issues: A Narrative Review" at the 8th International Congress on Scientific Research, held in Konya, Turkey, from May 17-19, 2024. Delegates from 45 countries participated in this…

Jeffrey Ebersole and  Linh Nguyen (both Dental) co-authored “Transcriptomic features of programmed and inflammatory cell death in gingival tissues,” which published April 16 in the journal Oral Diseases. The study used an experimental periodontitis model to detail the gingival transcriptome related to cell death processes of pyroptosis,…