Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) orally presented the paper, "Explaining readiness to change in physical inactivity behavior among college students in Mississippi using perfection quotient (PQ) model," at the 150th American Public Health Association annual meeting in Boston. He was also a co-presenter on 11 other presentations at this…

The following individuals have been elected to the 2022-2023 Delta Theta Delta Omega Chapter: President: Shawn Gersternberger (Public Health) President-elect: Kavita Batra Vice president: Timothy Grigsby  Secretary and treasurer: Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou Undergraduate student liaison: Sara Conners Graduate…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article on "Childhood urinary organophosphate esters and cognitive abilities in a longitudinal cohort study" in the journal Environmental Research. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between urinary metabolites of three common organophosphate esters (OPEs) measured up…

Co-PI's Jennifer Pharr and Jason Flatt (Public Health) and Renato Liboro (Psychology) along with co-investigators Courtney Coughenour, Krystal Kittle, and Emylia Terry (Public Health) were awarded a CTR-IN grant for their project, "Building Healthy Outcomes Using a Supportive Environment (H.O.U.S.E.) for Sexual and Gender Minorities in…

Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye, and Erick B López (both Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) published their research, "Improving the Identification of Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels: A Pilot Project Using an Academic Detailing Approach," in the Journal of Community…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article titled, “Explaining physical activity behavior among university students in Fiji Islands using the multi-theory model of health behavior change: A cross-sectional study” with coauthors from Fiji National University and Berea College. The article lends…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published a paper on "Protective efficacy of holed and aging PBO-pyrethroid synergist-treated nets on malaria infection prevalence in north-western Tanzania" in the journal PLoS Global Public Health.  This study presents the durability of two types of nets with and without the…

Ann Vuong's (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) project titled "Early life organophosphate ester (OPE) exposures and adiposity and cardiometabolic health during adolescence" has received over $2 million in grant funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Research reported…

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Public Health), and Tricia Gatlin (Nursing) published a new article, "Outcomes of Childbirth Education in PRAMS, Phase 8" in the Maternal and Child Health Journal. The research explores childbirth education and better outcomes for maternal child health throughout the United States.  

June Cho (Nursing) recently published the paper titled, "Sociodemographic and Biological Factors of Health Disparities of Mothers and Their Very Low Birth-Weight Infants," with Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) in Advances in Neonatal Care, 22(5), pp. E169-181. 

Daniel Cheng, Jennifer Baynosa, Daniel Kirgan, Charles St Hill (Medicine), Chad Cross (Public Health), and Shelley Williams (Dental Medicine) published the paper, "Comparing the effect of distance to treatment facility on reconstruction and breast conservation therapy for early-stage invasive ductal carcinoma between the nation and the mountain…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored with colleagues at Chongqing Medical University the article “Understanding and use of nutrition labels of prepackaged food by university students: A cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China,” in the journal Nutrients (Impact Factor 6.706). The article highlights the need for developing…