Tara McManus (Communication Studies) published the peer-reviewed study "Conditional effects received parental support on emerging adults’ relational satisfaction" in the Journal of Marriage and Family Review. The cross-section survey of emerging adult children suggests parents can be reassured that the support they provide cannot…

Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health) is the principal investigator on a project entitled "Engaging the LGBTQIA+ community living with Parkinson's Disease, caregivers and care providers in research," a collaboration between UNLV and Cleveland Clinic - Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. The proposal was selected for funding for $400,000…

Sonal Shah (Dental) gave two presentations during the American Dental Association’s annual national meeting in October. The first was titled "Oral Pathology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and the second, which was given on behalf of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, was titled "Specialty Spotlight: The Spectrum of…

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…

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…

Kimberly A. Barchard (Psychology) and Edwin Oh (Medicine) are the recipients of the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) 2021 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in arts and health and natural sciences, respectively.   Each year during the Office of Undergraduate Research Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, OUR recognizes and honors UNLV…

Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering) and Zaijing Sun (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) gave recruitment presentations and answered questions about corresponding nuclear-related programs at the ANS Virtual Graduate School Fair last week. UNLV is the only university that has two recruitment sessions (Nuclear Engineering and Health…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) presented "Socially, Not (Necessarily) Legally Undocumented" for the Lewis & Clark College Philosophy Colloquium (online).

Erin Cassin (Life Sciences), a graduate student, was named a 2022 K. Patricia Cross Future Leader by the Association of American Colleges & Universities. She is one of eight people internationally who are selected for this honor.