Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a study, "Serum-soluble ST2 as a novel biomarker for COVID-19 severity and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. This meta-analysis identifies serum-soluble ST2 as a significant biomarker for assessing the severity and predicting mortality in COVID-19…

Amber Sewell (Libraries) is the 2024 recipient of the Libraries' Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award. She was nominated for her groundbreaking research on podcasts as a form of scholarship and her research agenda on games-based learning. Sewell is a Teaching & Learning librarian in the University Libraries.

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators published a study "Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021" in the Lancet journal. Per findings of…

Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented two papers, "Practical Budgeting for K12 Administrators: A Practical Approach" and "Education Finance in Rhode Island" at the National Education Finance Academy Annual Conference.  

Greg Moody (Business) was interviewed by Las Vegas Weekly for an article, "TikTok Banned? Las Vegas Businesses and Officials Weigh In." The article is related to the recent TikTok ban bill that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Allen Gibbs (Life Sciences) were interviewed for an article titled, "'Double' the Amount of Cicadas Are Coming This Spring in Once-in-200-Year-Event—And These 2 States Will Be Hit the Hardest" by Parade magazine. Cross and Gibbs discussed why there are so many cicadas this year, how many there will…

Yeunkyung Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) co-published an article titled, "Informal care provided in US nursing homes: Reduced from 2010 to 2021 and lower for Medicaid residents," in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS).  Key points: informal care provided to nursing home residents during 2010–2021 reduced over…

Lisa Davis (Business), executive director of the Lee Business School Office of Graduate Students Services, co-presented a session titled, "The Experiences of Graduate and Professional Advisors (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)," at the NACADA Region 9 Conference in San Jose, California. This session, featuring a collaborative effort by graduate…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from Morocco, Italy, Iran, Turkey, and Poland published a study "The effect of learned helplessness on the psychological health of healthcare workers" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences.