Hal Berghel, (Computer Science) has published an article, "The Online Disinformation Opera" in the December issue of IEEE Computer. This article looks at how the Internet and social media feed disinformation and fake news to nonreality-based communities.   

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) has received a grant of $281,778 from Pfizer entitled, “Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Educational Intervention for Health Care Professionals to Improve Management of Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis in Children” as co-principal investigator along with Dr. Robert T. Brodell and Dr…

Qing Wu (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) and Xiangxue Xiao (Public Health) published an article on "Multiple polygenic scores improve bone mineral density prediction in an independent sample of Caucasian women" in the Postgraduate Medical Journal. The study aims to determine if multiple genetic risk scores improve bone mineral density …

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) recently co-authored an article published in the Tourism Review International. The study explores Chinese tourists' perceived travel constraints in selecting second-tier travel destinations. 

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) has been selected as an inaugural Philosophy in the Media Fellow with the Marc Sanders Foundation, through which she will focus on long-form magazine article writing.  The MSF Philosophy in Media initiative aims to increase the presence of philosophy in print, audio, and video media by training philosophers to…

Jason Park (Mathematical Sciences) published "Random measure algebras" in the AMS Contemporary Mathematics, Stochastic Processes and Functional Analysis: New Perspectives.   In this article, algebras of random measures are introduced.  Three random measure algebras are created by using three different methods 1) a…

Melissa Marshall, Selam Ayele, Casey Barber, Erin Sheehy, Daidre Gamboa, and Shawn Gerstenberger (all Public Health) published an article on "The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development BUILD Las Vegas 2019 Event: Lessons learned in public health community engagement" in the Journal of Community Health. The article offers lessons learned…

Jose Melendrez, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma, and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (all Public Health) presented on "Examples of Community Based Participatory Research in Action" at the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Institute.  The CBPR Institute was sponsored by the UNLV School of Public Health, Nevada Minority…

Dr. Tina Brandon Abbatangelo (Dental) accepted an invitation by the American Dental Association to speak at its annual meeting during the first SmileCon event. Modeled after the popular TED Talks, SmileCon featured three speakers who shared insight from their lives and careers. Brandon Abbatangelo, after completing a preparation course led by…