Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article,"COVID-19 and Mental Well-Being: Guidance on the Application of Behavioral and Positive Well-Being Strategies" in the journal Healthcare with Amar Kanekar (University of Arkansas at Little Rock).

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress during COVID-19 Pandemic," with Ram Lakhan (Berea College) and Amit Agrawal (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), which was published in the Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice.

Renato "Rainier" M. Liboro (Psychology), Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Dr. Samuel Parrish (Medicine), served as panelists on a virtual presentation on "Health Disparities in the LGBTQ+ Community," earlier this month. The event was presented to diverse students of the School of Medicine and was sponsored by the registered…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Using the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change to Explain Yoga Practice," in Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine with his former students from Jackson State University.

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Motivations for Treatment Engagement in a Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program: A Qualitative Study" in the journal Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment in collaboration with coauthors from University of Memphis, Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, and…

Sanae El Ibrahimi (Environmental and Occupational Health) and colleagues from Comagine Health, the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University and Pharmacy College at the Oregon State University recently published "A Comparison of Trends in Opioid Dispensing Patterns between Medicaid Pharmacy…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) was selected to receive the 2020 Mayhew Derryberry Award from the Public Health Education & Health Promotion section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). It will be awarded to him during the virtual APHA annual meeting in October.  The award honors…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has published an article on application of the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to intentional outdoor nature contact behavior in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has published a book, Foundations of Mental Health Promotion (2nd ed.)," with Paul Branscum of Miami University through Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Chia-Liang Dai, Ching-Chen Chen, Ezgi Yesilyurt, Samantha Godbey (Education) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article "Yoga as an Alternative Therapy for Weight Management in Child and Adolescent Obesity: A Systematic Review and Implications for Research" in Alternative Therapies in Health and…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has co-authored two articles in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences on his fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior changes' applicability to physical activity promotion among upper elementary school children in India and the other one for smoking cessation in Nepal.

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published a book chapter with Ram Lakhan (Berea College) and Chizoba Anyimukwu (Jackson State University) titled, "Substance Abuse in Dual Diagnosis" in the Handbook of Dual Diagnosis. Assessment and Treatment in Persons with Intellectual Disorders, part of the Autism and Child Psychopathology…