Camille Adajar (Medicine) and Dr. Wolfram Samlowski of the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada recently published "Cautious addition of targeted therapy to PD-1 inhibitors after initial progression of BRAF mutant metastatic melanoma on checkpoint inhibitor therapy" in the journal BMC Cancer.
The article addresses patients with metastatic…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine), dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and vice president for health affairs, was an invited speaker at the annual (virtual) Association of American Medical College Meeting, "Learn, Serve, Lead."
Kahn's session was titled, "Leading Effective Change--Bypassing the 'Technical Fixes' and…
Qing Wu (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published a paper on "Trends and disparities in osteoarthritis prevalence among US adults, 2005-2018" in the journal Scientific Reports.
This study aimed to examine the trend of osteoarthritis prevalence in men and women and within race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status groups from 2005 to 2018. The…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) is a co-investigator on the project “Sports wagering in the US: A nationally representative longitudinal study” which received a three-year grant from the International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) for $401,930.
The project will conduct a large scale, national study of sports-wagering behaviors in the United States…
Honors: Nicole Batten, Analiesa Delgago, Alejandra Herrera, and Doris Morgan-Rueda
Nicole Batten, Analiesa Delgago, Alejandra Herrera, and Doris Morgan-Rueda (all History), all graduate students, won the Western History Association Graduate Student Prize, and were honored at the organization's 2021 conference, held recently in Portland, Oregon.
Analiesa Delgado (History) was recently granted the Graduate Student Prize by the Western History Association at their annual conference this year in Portland, Oregon.
Kristen Phipps (History), a doctoral student, presented as part of a panel at the recent Western History Association conference in Portland, Oregon.
The panel was "Adventures in Applied History: Turning Hindsight into Insight," co-sponsored by the Center of the American West.
Doris Morgan-Rueda, a doctoral student, and Alejandra Herrera, a master's student (both History), won the 2021 Western History Association Trennert-Iverson Conference Scholarships to help fund their attendance at the Western History Association conference recently in Portland, Oregon.
A Good Sport: Justin Carley Provides Counsel — in More Ways Than One
When he’s not tackling legal affairs for the Las Vegas Raiders, the Alumnus of the Year for the William S. Boyd School of Law helps coach students interested in sports law.
Down to Earth: Alison Sloat Works Overtime Nurturing Nature
From her classroom to her community outreach initiatives, the UNLV professor and Sciences Alumna of the Year tends to the next generation of environmental difference makers.