Clariana Ramos de Oliveira from (Nursing) has authored a chapter titled, "Social Determinants of Health in Child Maltreatment," in the book Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment (STM Learning, 2023). This chapter delivers a thorough examination of how social determinants influence child abuse and neglect, offering a comprehensive,…

 Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published a textbook: Multicultural Social Justice Counseling: A Systemic, Person-Centered, and Ethical Approach. 

Anirudh Polagani (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) recently had their op-ed, "Still overdependent on tourism after all these years," published in the Nevada Current. The piece insites a call to action for Las Vegas to continue to invest in building a robust and diverse economy and lessen its reliance on the tourism sector.

Siddharth Raich, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Healthcare Administration), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article, titled, “Developing a theory-based instrument for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake in people of color using a qualitative approach,” in the journal Healthcare (…

Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published Personalized Nutrition: Tailoring Dietary Recommendations through Genetic Insights in the journal Nutrients. 

Kelly Tseng, an associate professor in the School of Life Sciences with a secondary appointment at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, has been awarded one of the 2023 Rosalind Franklin Society Awards in Science from the Rosalind Franklin Society. These prestigious annual awards were started in 2021 to recognize outstanding contributions in…

Associate professor Rochelle Hines (Psychology) was awarded a renewal NIH R15 grant through the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for a project titled, "Early GABAergic signaling influences axon morphology and cortical cell polarity." Hines is the graduate coordinator and associate director for the interdisciplinary…

Associate professor Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) received a three-year, $280,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his upcoming project titled, "Developing Quasi Absolute Method (QAM) and 3-D Isotopic Imaging with Neutron Activation."  

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on Informed Informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post uses the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to explore what we can do when asking a question or seeking more information can make things worse.  For more information about…