Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented and published a paper titled, “Asynchronous, theory-based, measurement and scale development competency building course for doctoral students in public health: A case study,” in the Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies…

Janet S. Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was recently elected as Nominating Committee Co-Chair for the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB). Founded in 1977, the ASB embraces the interdisciplinarity of biomechanics and supports the largest membership of any biomechanics-focused professional organization in North America. Dufek…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Investigating Perceived Core Disaster Competencies of Nurses in Iran:  A Case Study of Northwest Hospitals” in collaboration with coauthors from Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon in the journal, Public Health Nursing (Impact factor 2.1). The article…

Sarah Wolff and Dan Wright (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Justifying Responses Affects the Relationship Between Confidence and Accuracy" in Experimental Psychology. In this they examine the effects of asking test takers to justify why their response maybe accurate or inaccurate. 

The UNLV Cyber Clinic received a notable mention during a congressional hearing and in an Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) report.  The White House ONCD published a report outlining the progress they have made and the work to come implementing the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES). Facing a large workforce…

Qurrat-ul-ain Aziz, Kavita Batra, Sanna Fatima, Jared Splinter,  Amber Laurel Champion,  Kenneth E. Izuora (all Medicine) along with Ajay M. Kumar from Joslin Diabetes Center Baptist Health Floyd, Louisville, presented a poster of their study "Clinical accuracy of continuous glucose monitoring in post-kidney transplant patients with type…

Samuel Cohler, Henry Krasner, Kavita Batra, and Syed Saquib (all Medicine) published a study "The Individual-Level and Community-Level Social Determinants of Burn Injuries: A Single-Institution Study From the Southwestern United States" in the Journal of Burn Care and Research. This study emphasizes the importance of developing comprehensive…

Jeff Schauer (History) participated in a workshop, New Histories of Childhood and Youth in Southern Africa, at the University of the Free State, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.   Schauer's paper was titled "Children, Conservation, and Zambia's Environmental Turn," and explored Chongololo, the children's conservation clubs and magazine.…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented a paper titled, "Al Morir, Nos Volvemos 'Muertos'?" (When We Die, Do We Become 'Muertos'?) and three workshops on Philosophy for Children pedagogy for the international Filosofía, Literatura, Arte e Infancia (Philosophy, Literature, Art and Childhood) course held in Albarracían, Spain. The events were…