UNLV Sports Innovation Institute Announces 2024 Catalyst Grant Recipients UNLV Sports Innovation Institute and the Office of Economic Development (OED) are pleased to announce this year’s Catalyst Grant Recipients. This year’s winning proposals include a principal investigator (PI) and co-principal investigator (Co-PI) from five colleges across…

Vy Nguyen (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' 2024 Classified Staff of the Year award. She was nominated for her dedication to supporting students both in the Libraries and across the university.

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Impulsivity and diverse forms of sports wagering in the U.S.: An examination of the UPPS-P model," in Addictive Behaviors. 

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by USA TODAY Homefront for an article on "How to get rid of ticks in your yard."  The article discusses what attracts ticks, how to get rid of them, and how to prevent them. Cross provides his expertise on ticks, types of products and pesticides that can help repel ticks and mites,…

Robert Futrell (Sociology) was recently featured in articles on far-right extremism: 1) Bellingcat's "Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah" and 2) The Las Vegas Weekly's "Radicalized Online: How Digital Rabbit Holes Lead to Violent Extremism."

Laurencia Bonsu, Tim Grigsby, Chris Johansen, Asma Awan, Sidath Kapukotuwa and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “A scoping review of determinants of drinking and driving behavior among young adult college students in the US,” in the journal Psychoactives. The article identifies factors responsible…

Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by MDLinx for an article on "COVID's surprising role in the surge of food recalls." The article discusses whether or not food recalls have been increasing, and if anything in particular is causing them. Labus talks about how there's nothing to be concerned about, and if anything, the…

Robert Swaim, Nancy Delcid, Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) published findings of a quality improvement project looking at the accuracy of vaccine documentation in the electronic medical record. The abstract for this project was presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (May 9 - 11).

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Sean Neiswenter (Life Sciences) were selected to receive a UNLV 2024 Faculty Opportunity Award for their project titled, "Emerging Parasitic & Vector-Borne Diseases: Disease Ecology from a One Health Perspective." The Faculty…