Karl Kingsley, Rhonda Everett, and Charles Buchanan (all Dental) recently published the article "Longitudinal Curricular Assessment of Knowledge and Awareness of Intimate Partner Violence among First-Year Dental Students" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) recently published the Korean language translated version of his book, Introduction to Community and Public Health (2nd edition; Jossey-Bass), that he wrote with co-author Paul Branscum of Miami University. The book serves a formerly unmet need for students in South Korea and will benefit the…

Marina Georgieva (Libraries) published a case study that focuses on the UNLV Libraries digital collections experience of cleaning up and preparing non-MARC metadata for migration to a new DAMS. The author shares her experience on cleaning up more than 50,000 records in Excel for slightly over six months. Excel is a convenient,…

Dr. Frank Jones (Dental) has been inducted as a Fellow by the American College of Dentists, the oldest honorary organization for dentists in the country, for exemplifying excellence through outstanding leadership and exceptional contributions to dentistry and society. He also received a humanitarian proclamation from the Ministry of Health in the…

Amalie Alver, Kavita Batra, Amrita Patel, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Antonina Capurro, Civon Gewelber, Kristin Baca, Shelley Williams, and Jeffrey Ebersole (all Dental) presented the results of their research collaboration, “Predictor of Food Insecurity among Ambulatory Patients with…

Kenneth Izuora and Scott Lee (both Medicine) in collaboration with colleagues at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Michael Jakoby, Vanessa Williams, Stacey Ward, and Michael Buhnerkempe) presented their research, “Glycemic Control is Not an Independent Predictor of Mortality or Length of Stay for Patients Hospitalized with…

Dustin W. Davis (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences) recently published a manuscript, "A Literature Review on the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Labyrinth Walking" in the International Journal of Yogic, Human Movement and Sports Sciences. Labrynth walking entails walking a path that curves to create a circular, square, or…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited to talk in the roundtable titled "The future of Asia-Pacific Order after the US-EU and US-Russia summits" hosted by the Association for Asian Political Economy and Peace. His talk discusses the recent polls in many countries about people's perception of China and the competition between the…

Manoj Sharma, Jason Flatt (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), published an article, “Testing the Multi-theory Model (MTM) to Predict the Use of New Technology for Social Connectedness in the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the journal, Healthcare. The article tackles the public health issue of social isolation that…