Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) was selected to receive the 2020 Mayhew Derryberry Award from the Public Health Education & Health Promotion section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). It will be awarded to him during the virtual APHA annual meeting in October.  The award honors…

Johan Bester (Medicine) has published an article in the American Journal of Bioethics. This article reviews the implications of ethical arguments surrounding the practice of intentionally leaving children unvaccinated to chicken pox to benefit older people. The article concludes that it is wrong to withhold what is morally owed children purely to…

Jeffery Coon, Karl Kingsley and Katherine Howard (all Dental) published their work "miR-365 (microRNA): Potential Biomarker in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Exosomes and Extracellular Vesicles" in the latest issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Coon is a dental student who is planning to graduate in 2021.

Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed by journalist Isaac Stanley-Becker from the Washington Post for comment on speeches given at the Republican National Convention, specifically the rhetoric surrounding the "plantation" trope used by conservatives who seek to discredit Black voters who affiliate with the…

Dr. Stanley Nelson (Dental) authored the 11th edition of Wheeler’s Dental Anatomy, Physiology & Occlusion, which is part of the vital source packet for School of Dental Medicine students. Nelson has been a co-author of the textbook since 2003, updating and adding new content to the previous three editions. The book is used for national board…

Buddha Dawn (Medicine) co-authored an article,  “A Phase I Study to Evaluate Two Doses of Wharton’s Jelly-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of de novo High-risk or Steroid-refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease,” in Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. This study evaluated the safety of Wharton’s jelly MSCs in 10 patients with…

Alex Romero (Student Diversity & Social Justice) now serves as one of the Southwest regional representatives for the American College Personnel Association's Latinx Network Directorate. He looks forward to creating opportunities for Latinx professionals and graduate students to connect within the Southwest region. Through networking…

Steve Rowland (Geoscience) recently published "Early Adaptation to Eolian Sand Dunes by Basal Amniotes is Documented in Two Pennsylvanian Grand Canyon Trackways" in PLOS One. The study confirmed the oldest vertebrate tracks in the Grand Canyon. The two sets of fossilized tracks are approximately 313 million years old and are lying in…

Starr Hoffman and Samantha Godbey (both Libraries) recently published "US Academic Libraries' Staffing and Expenditure Trends (1996–2016)" in Library Management. This paper explores trends over time in library staffing and staffing expenditures among two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States, based on data from the…