Dr. Robin Weltman (Dental Medicine) co-authored “Vertical Ridge Augmentation (VRA) around Dental Implants with the Use of a Dense PTFE Membrane, to Correct Previously Failed Augmentations,” which appeared online ahead of print in Clinical Advancement in Periodontics.

Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Teaching Spanish Phonological Variation in a Beginning Medical Spanish Course," at the 78th Annual Conference of the South Central Modern Language Association in Houston.  This research is related to the courses that she teaches in educational outreach, and Spanish for health…

James W. Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with graduate students  Dustin W. Davis and Bryson Carrier (both Integrated Health Sciences doctoral students), Kyle Cruz, a Kinesiology master's student, and Brenna Barrios, a kinesiology master's alumna, recently published a manuscript entitled "A protocol and novel tool…

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies), along with journalism and media studies master's student Alain DeSaix and communication studies master's alumnus Joshua Barney published an article titled, "Place, Casinos, and Esports" in the Gaming Law Review. The article considers the importance of physical space and the demarcation of place in…

Emmanuel Ayim (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was recently recognized by the Las Vegas African American Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, and received congressional recognition, for his service to the community and to our students at UNLV.

Dr. Ross P. Berkeley (Medicine) virtually presented "Las Vegas 1 October Mass Casualty Shooting: Lessons Learned" to medical students at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.  Berkeley discussed perspectives on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history from the viewpoint of being on scene as a tactical physician with the Las…

Karen Callahan (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Ji  Yoo (Medicine),  Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration), public health doctoral student Zahra Mojtahedi, and master of public health student Katayoon Ghodsi, along with Guogen Shan of the University of Florida, and Jerry Reeves of CoMagine Health…

Kristine Bragg, Gwen Marchand, Jonathan Hilpert (all Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published the manuscript, "Using Bibliometrics to Evaluate Outcomes and Influence of Translational Biomedical Research Centers" in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

Gabriela Buccini and Melva Thompson-Robinson (both Public Health) received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund within the office of the director for a five-year project entitled "Pathways to integrate maternal-child health and nutrition interventions to transform equity and human…