Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) co-published an article titled, "Telehealth and Outpatient Visits Among Individuals with Chronic Conditions by Socioeconomic Status in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Cohort Study," in the Journal of Telemedicine and e-Health. The authors' primary objective was to…

Andrew Manfra, Claire Chen, Kavita Batra, Kyaw Min Tun, and Mutsumi John Kioka (all Medicine) published a study, "Factors associated with improved outcome of inhaled corticosteroid use in COVID-19: A single institutional study," in the Medicine journal. 

Drs. Awad Javaid and Chowdhury Ahsan (both Medicine) recently co-authored original research that was presented at the 2022 American Heart Association's annual Scientific Sessions and published in Circulation. The title of the project was "Comparison of Impella, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, and Vasopressors Alone in Patients With Acute Myocardial…

From the Nevada State Aging Disability Services Division, UNLV ($196,739), UNR, and Comazine Health are awarded to train Nevada healthcare providers to enhance their digital health capabilities of serving Nevada older and vulnerable adults. 4M (What Matters, Mobility, Medication, Mentation) framework is overarched with the ACGME competencies. The…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the official blog of UNLV's ombuds office. The post looks at our end-of-year "wrap-ups," exploring just what we should be wrapping and why. For more information about the ombuds office, please visit its website. 

Dr. Ji Yoo, Dr. Abebe Muraga, and colleagues published an article, "Clinical significance and long-term prognosis of ulcerative colitis patients with appendiceal orifice inflammation," in BMG gastroenterology 2022 Dec 21;22(1):532. doi: 10.1186/s12876-022-02627-w. This article was aimed to evaluate the clinical implication of…

Rajiv Kishore (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) had a paper, “Aging differently: How socioemotional reactions to perceived remaining time in life influence older adults’ satisfaction in virtual communities,” accepted for publication by New Media and Society, which is considered a top-tier journal in the field of…

Abigail W Cheng, Hannah Nemec, Joshua Ho, Kavita Batra, Carmen Flores, Syed Saquib, Douglas Fraser, Paul Chestovich (all Medicine) presented "Assessing the Impact of Prone Positioning Among Adult Burn Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" at the American College of Surgeons COT Residents' Essay Region IX Competition event held in…

Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was quoted in a recent Las Vegas Review Journal article discussing CCSD's $32.6M budget shortfall due to lower student enrollment than projected. She shared some possible causes of the decreased enrollment and considerations the school district should make to…