Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented "Assessing COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index - Applications of Novel Approaches Using Social Condition Data in Spatiotemporal Analyses" at the 33rd South Region Statistics Conference, jointly held with the 2024 Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics Annual Meeting and Academic…

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) received the Community Faculty of the Year award from the UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology (ENT) during their residents graduation dinner. The award is for recognition and appreciation of significant contributions in ENT resident education. During her two years working with the department…

Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) received a grant of $140,000 from the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy Medicaid Dental Services Program to expand the Seal Nevada South, school-based sealant outreach program. The award will be divided almost equally between the 2024-2025 school year and the 2025 - 2026 school year. The funding enables…

Michelle Poston and Stephen Benning (Psychology) published an article with colleagues titled, "Why college women and men refrain from sex despite desire: Development of the No Sex Despite Desire (NSDD) measure," in The Journal of Sex Research.

The article "Advancing the Nuclear Safety and Security Culture Post-Fukushima: Strengthening the Broader Humanitarian Impacts Agenda" was recently published in the British American Information Security Council's (BASIC) Emerging Voices Network (EVN). Radiochemistry Ph.D. candidate, Liuba Pauline Williams (Chemistry and Biochemistry) is a first…

Victoria Sullivan, Arash Farhadian, Mayce Issa, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental) recently published the study, "Analysis of Pediatric Pulpotomy, Pulpectomy, and Extractions in Primary Teeth Revealed No Significant Association with Subsequent Root Canal Therapy and Extractions in Permanent Teeth: A Retrospective Study," in the MDPI journal Pediatric…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) has been selected and inducted as a new fellow to the American Academy of Nursing 2024. This prestigious recognition highlights Serafica's significant contributions to the field of nursing and his dedication to advancing health care through research, teaching, service, professional practice, and leadership. He will be…

Md. Sohail Akhter, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “An Analysis of 3-year Long Post-Covid-19 Efforts in Nevada, USA by Conducting a Process Evaluation through Qualitative Methodology,” at the 8th International Scientific Research and Innovation Congress, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 22-…

Niki Fullmer and Brittany Paloma Fiedler (both Libraries) co-authored a chapter, “Is it for Me?: Alienation, Assimilation, and Ambition in Academia”, published in the book, Serving Hispanic, Latine, and Latinx Students in Academic Libraries from Litwin Books and Library Juice Press.