Zhaohuan Zhu (Physics & Astronomy) received a $538,736 grant from NASA Exoplanets Research Program to carry out research on formation of young planets close to their host stars. Co-investigators include James Stone from Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and Nuria Calvet from the University of Michigan.

Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a grant award from the Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Learning and Outcomes/Evidenced-Based Practice for his grant project, "Socioeconomic Disparities on Post-Amputation Outcomes in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation." 

Laura K. Gryder-Culver (Medicine) presented "Occupant Protection Analysis of Use of Child Restraints by Age" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices to reach the ultimate goal of Zero Fatalities in Nevada. Gryder-Culver is a significant…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published a paper on "Maternal Urniary OPE Metabolite Concentrations and Blood Pressure During Pregnancy: The HOME study" in the journal Environmental Research. This study found that maternal urinary BCEP and DPHP concentrations were associated with increased blood pressure during pregnancy. …

Brian Rowsell, Reginald Stewart, and Christina Hall (all Risk Management and Safety), serving as the RMS Radiation Safety Team recently received a       certificate of achievement for excellence in reporting from the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) . The NMMSS tracks the movement and uses of domestic…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) participated in a virtual panel on her co-edited volume Latin American Immigration Ethics (University of Arizona Press, 2021), as part of the Fourth International Forum on Migrants, Refugees, and Human Rights organized by Paseo de la Esperanza A.C. in Monterrey, Mexico. Her co-presenters were…

Emylia Terry (Public Health) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for her research on problem gambling among sexual and gender minorities and its impact on housing and food security. Her research project is in conjunction with professors Jennifer Pharr,…

Laura K. Gryder-Culver, Merika Charupoom (both Medicine), and Erin Breen (Transportation Research Center) presented "Marrying Pedestrian and Bike Data with Court Education Data and Community Demographics" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety to share best practices…

John Curry (History) presented a paper entitled "Climate Crisis as Comparative World History: An Experimental Course Linking Antiquity, the Medieval Period, and the Seventeenth Century" at the Southeastern World History Association virtual conference Oct. 22. The paper fit well into the theme of the conference, which was "Crisis and Recovery…