Dr. Mario Gaspar de Alba (Medicine) has been appointed to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board for the State of Nevada. Dr. Gaspar de Alba is associate dean of diversity equity and inclusion and associate professor of pediatrics in developmental behavioral pediatrics.  

Dr. Jyoti Mago, Dr. Neamat Hassan, and third-year dental students Luke Smith and Nicholas Bautista (all Dental), presented "Identifying Indirect Restorations using two-dimensional Imaging and three-dimensional imaging by using low dose and standard protocols on two different CBCT Machines” during the poster session of the American Academy of Oral…

Arpita Basu, Ph.D., (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); Lung-Chang Chien, DrPH, (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Public Health doctoral student Leigh Ann Richardson, along with colleagues, recently published "Longitudinal associations of physical activity with inflammatory markers in US adults with and without type 1 diabetes" in Diabetes…

Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) presented "Improving Asphalt Patch Repair Performance through Innovative Heating Technology" during the 2023 Fall Transportation Conference held on Nov. 1-2, 2023, at the Tuscany Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The study presented the realities of patch repair work and the impact of material…

Ryder Davidson, Reese Krider, Philip Borsellino, Keith Noorda, George Alhwayek, and Thomas Vida (all Medicine) have published "Untangling Tau: Molecular Insights into Neuroinflammation, Pathophysiology, and Emerging Immunotherapies" in Current Issues in Molecular Biology. In the narrative review, "Untangling Tau: Molecular Insights into…

Buddha Dawn (Medicine) recently co-authored an article titled, “Anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic and pro-cardiomyogenic effects of genetically engineered extracellular vesicles enriched in miR-1 and miR-199a on human cardiac fibroblasts,” in Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. The results showed that human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived…

Associate professor John McMurtery (Music) performed in the 2023 U.N. Day Concert as part of United Nations Day. The program took place at the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations building in New York City. Under the theme of "The Frontlines of Climate Action," the concert presented the power of the human spirit to combat the…

Candace Burton, Ph.D., (Nursing) published a paper titled, "Sociolocation: A Proposed Conceptual Element in Lifespan Development," in the journal Clinical Nursing Research. The paper reviews and updates Dr. Burton's original work on sociolocation, which refers to the ways in which individuals understand their social standing and its effects on…

Professor Joe Regalia (Law) published an article in Nevada Lawyer titled, "The AI Advocate: How GPT is Changing the Game in Legal Writing," which covers generative AI and legal practice.