Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) was a recent invited speaker at the 18th annual J. Willis Hurst History of Medicine Symposium at Emory University. His talk was titled, "Sports Hematology: Dopers and Hoaxers."

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…

Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) was invited as a panelist to discuss consequences of risky driving behaviors as a part of her presentation titled "Fast and Furious: Let’s Talk About Speed!" at the 2021 Nevada Traffic Safety Summit hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety. Kuhls has been…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) coauthored an article, “A Novel Behavioral Model in Initiation and Sustenance of Toothbrushing Behavior Among Dental and Medical Students in India: An Exploratory Analysis” in the Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine.  The article establishes the cross-cultural psychometric…

Carolyn Yucha (Nursing and Allied Health) has been appointed to the Valley Health System Board of Governors. The new board is comprised of seasoned business professionals, key physician leaders, and experienced hospital executives. According to a Valley Health System press release, the appointees are responsible for providing governance in the…

Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education faculty and graduate students recently served as the local arrangements committee for the Council for Learning Disabilities Annual 2021 Conference in Las Vegas. Joseph Morgan, current president of the council, and Monica Brown, chair of the local arrangements committee, along…

Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was an invited panelist in two roundtable discussions as part of “Cultural Health: A Forum on Folk Medical Systems," a symposium held in conjunction with the American Folklore Society's 2021 annual meeting. The goal of this virtual symposium was to bring folklorists, doctors,…

Tiange Xu (Hospitality) received a $3,000 research stipend award from UNLV's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research study examining problem gambling and mental health disorders in Nevadan university students. His mentors for the project are Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute)…