Kenny Do (UNLV Medical Student), Eric Kawana (UNLV Medical Student), Vladislav Zhitny (NYU Anesthesiology Resident/UNLV Medicine Alumni) published a systematic review that discusses the use of radiofrequency ablation in treating glossopharyngeal neuralgia in the journal Pain Physician. The publication examines the efficacy, safety, and adverse…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Karen Figueroa Chilito (Public Health) were invited by United to Beat Malaria, a grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation, to represent the state of Nevada during their annual Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. from Mar. 11-12.  Together, they met with staff members…

During a segment on KSNV Channel 3 News about the first Las Vegas oral cancer walk, Cristy Davis Thomas, president of the Nevada Dental Hygienists Association, acknowledged Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) by name for her persistence in making the awareness event a reality. She also identified Dr. Shah as a faculty member at UNLV and as the state’s number…

Rei Serafica, Andrew Reyes, and Lorene Evangelista (all Nursing) collaborated with Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) to co-author a scholarly article entitled, "Health Information Sources and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Filipinos Residing in Medically Underserved…

Ash Quinn, Juanita Hinojosa, Melissa Hernandez, and Keva Francis (all Service Learning and Leadership) presented "A Collaborative Approach to Supporting Youth Impacted by the Foster System and Student Basic Needs" at the NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) annual conference.

Andrew Lugg (Political Science) published the article "Re-contacting intergovernmental organizations: Membership change and the creation of linked intergovernmental organizations" in the journal Review of International Organizations.

Carlos Tkacz (English) published "Is Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns Fascist? Resolving the Paradoxes of Heroic Violence​" in the Popular Culture Review, in which he argues that The Dark Knight Returns traces the polarizing paradoxes seen between the political left and right in the United States—the right at once advocating for…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with Global Demographic Collaborators published a study "Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with the Global Nervous System Collaborators published a study "Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021" in the Lancet Neurology.  This study estimated nervous system health loss caused by 37…