Katherine E. Marçal (Social Work) published an article, "Understanding Mechanisms Driving Family Homeless Shelter Use and Child Mental Health," in Journal of Social Service Research. This community-based system dynamics study explored barriers to timely, successful shelter exit and feedback mechanisms driving length of stay and child…

Olivia Cheche (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, The Lincy Institute) recently had her OpEd, "NSHE, Regents Don’t Deserve Credit for Our Accomplishments" published in the Las Vegas Sun. Her piece discusses how opponents of Question 1 on the Nevada ballot wrongfully claim the successes of students, staff, and faculty as "NSHE"…

Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) with his colleagues Yong-Cheol Lee and Pedram Ghannad of  Louisiana State University published a paper, "Prioritizing Postdisaster Recovery of Transportation Infrastructure Systems Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning," in the American Society of Civil Engineers…

Timothy J. Grigsby (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently co-authored an article on "Psychometric Evaluation of the Perceived Context of Reception Scale among Hispanic and Somali Adolescents" in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. This study validates the psychometric properties and correlates of the perceived context of reception (…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching & Learning) presented two poster presentations at 148th virtual annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. The first one was, “Efficacy of Meditation-based Interventions on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Veterans.” The second was “…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) was installed as president of the Clark County Medical Society during a virtual ceremony this month. Dr. John Fildes (Medicine) received the Presidents Award with Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) serving as an ex-officio member of the board. Dr. Elissa Palmer (Medicine) was installed as a member of the…

Gregory P. Brown (Medicine) has been named Fellow of The American College of Psychiatrists. This is an honorary status that reflects dedication to the work of the American Psychological Association and signifies allegiance to the psychiatric profession.  

Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity and Social Justice) recently presented on "Navigating Microaggression, Racist Incidents & Racial Trauma in the Workplace" at the Women in Leadership Symposium - Telling HERstory.  In honor of the Women's Bureau Centennial, the bureau is encouraging leaders to tell their story by participating in…

Angela Amar (Nursing) was named to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Nursing following its 2020 election results. She was inducted into the academy in 2011 and served as co-chair of the Violence Expert Panel from 2013 to 2016.