Accomplishments: School of Integrated Health Sciences
Yu Kuang (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) received a $150,000 grant from the Nevada IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence funded by National Institutes of Health for his study “Metabolomics Lipid Profiling for Early Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” which aims to identify specific lipid molecular species as a multiplexing…
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a $13,505 grant from the Mountain West CTR-IN and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health for his “Prosthetic Assessments of Gait and Mobility in Individuals with Lower Limb Loss” research study, which will explore functional mobility and limb loading…
The Physical Therapy department (Allied Health Sciences) has been ranked 79th in the nation in the 2016 Best Grad School Survey by U.S. News & World Report.
The department improved its previous ranking by more than 80 points. According to information provided by U.S. News, all rankings are based solely on the results of peer assessment…
The Radiography program (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) has been awarded an eight-year accreditation by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) .This is the JRCERT’s maximum duration for accreditation. The JRCERT is the only agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for the accreditation of…
Szu-Ping Lee, Robbin Hickman, Sue Schuerman (all Physical Therapy), and Janet Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored "Influence of Procedural Factors on the Reliability and Performance of the Timed Up-and-go Test in Older Adults," which focused on a clinical assessment commonly used to quantify functional mobility and fall risk in…
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) earned “Reviewer with Best Overall Performance” recognition by the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy during the 2016 American Physical Therapy Association’s combined sections meeting.
Francis “Frank” Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) served as guest editor for the online journal Frontiers, which compiled multiple articles focused on experiences and opinions of scientists dealing with high-energy charged particles either for cancer treatment or space radiation protection. The journal, which contained two…
The UNLV School of Nursing has been selected as publisher of the Asian Pacific Island Nursing Journal, a peer-reviewed international forum for the exchange of knowledge in relation to Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander health and nursing care.
Nursing faculty members will retain their editorial roles with the publication: …
Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) served as one of four editors for the recently published book Radiation Protection Dosimetry, which contains the proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Microdosimetry. Published by Oxford University Press, the book contains scientific works about ionizing radiation quality,…
Chad Hensley (Radiography) earned two accolades during October. The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), which had honored him with the Outstanding Grass-roots Advocacy Award in April, this month placed a photo of Chad on the October/November issue of ASRT Scanner magazine and wrote an article about his advocacy work. Shortly after…
Gary Cerefice and Ralf Sudowe (both Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) and Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering) received a nearly $400,000 grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish the UNLV nuclear science and engineering fellowship program.
Beginning fall 2016, the new four-year program will award at least four…
Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) and Edward Neumann (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, Emeritus) spoke during the 2015 World Congress of the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics in Lyon, France. Their presentation, "Optimizing Functions for Individuals with Lower Extremity Amputation: Clinicians' Perspective on…