Accomplishments: School of Integrated Health Sciences
John Mercer, Cordero Roche, and Karenn Beltran (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) represented UNLV and the department during the 8th annual Science & Technology Expo in May. They demonstrated research tools, including a force platform, cycle ergometer, electromyography, and hand grip dynamometer that are used in one of the department’s…
Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) and David Lee (Life Sciences) received a Faculty Opportunity Award in the collaborative interdisciplinary research category for their study “Knee Pain, Tendon Degeneration, and Limb-Socket Dynamics in Trans-Tibial Amputees.” Their work seeks to understand how below-the-knee prosthetic sockets influence the transmission…
Dharini Bhammar (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received a Developmental Research Program grant from the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence for her research study “Reducing exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in obese asthmatic children.” Her work will establish the effectiveness of interval warm-up exercise for preventing…
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) accepted an invitation to speak during the Asian Organizational Conference’s "Global History of Health Project: Health, Disease, and Lifestyle" at Jilin University in Changchun, China, where he presented “Oral Disease and Pathologies Across the Lifespan,” which was co-authored by colleagues Dr. Victoria Woo and Dr. Joshua…
Henna Lee, Jennifer Pfannes, and Marcia Clevesy (Nursing) received top awards during University Medical Center’s Research Empowerment Day during early May. Lee and Pfannes earned first-place awards and Clevesy earned second place in their respective categories. More than 300 people attended the event, and judges evaluated more than 50 posters…
Dr. Robert Lockhart (Dental) received the American Academy of Periodontology’s 2018 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics award, which recognizes an educator who demonstrates a commitment to excellence in providing education in the full scope of clinical periodontics, and relays that enthusiasm to students. The Academy, which is…
Dr. Karl Kingsley, Dr. Allison Tomlin and student Brock Nelson (all Dental) published a research article titled "Dental Pulp Stem Cell Biomarkers for Cellular Viability Following Long-Term Cryopreservation" in the journal International Journal of Cell & Systems Developmental Biology.
The Athletic Training Program (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) reported that 13 of this semester’s graduating students passed the National Board Exam on their first attempts. This is the seventh time in eight years the program has reported a 100 percent first-time pass rate. The students are now eligible to become certified athletic trainers.
Janet Dufek and Jeffrey Eggleston (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) shared findings with Lower Extremity Review: Pediatrics from a pair of studies each led related to how walking patterns may help identify autism within children. Their comments appeared in an article titled “Autism Linked to Between-limb Asymmetries across the Gait Cycle”…
Lung-Chang Chien and Francisco Sy (Department of Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored "Surveillance on the endemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection by meteorological factors in Colombia: a population-based spatial and temporal study" in BMC Infectious Diseases to propose an early warning surveillance system for ZIKV infection by…
School of Nursing answered an invitation from the National League for Nursing to test new simulation education scenarios focused on pediatrics patients. Assistant professor Jessica Doolen, lecturer Lisa Nicholas, graduate assistant Jennifer Pfannes, and three nursing students piloted, provided suggestions for enhancing content, and evaluated the…
Marcia Ditmyer (Dental) accepted an invitation to author an editorial from the American Journal of Public Health. Her article titled “Can Tobacco Cessation Quitlines Improve the Use of Dental Health Care” appeared in the May issue and concludes that while cessation quitlines can improve dental health care. Sufficient resources and innovative…