Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), Matthew Kappel (Southern Nevada Health District), Erick B López, and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (both Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) published a research article, "A Multistage Public Health Response to Pediatric Lead Exposure: A Case Study on Lead Tainted Turmeric in an…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) is a co-author of a newly published article, "Brazilian Strategy for Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Promotion: A Program Impact Pathway Analysis" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This study uses a theory-driven Program Impact Pathway (PIP)…

Prevent Child Abuse Nevada received a $100,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare to introduce a new tele-home visiting pilot program that will check in with new parents two to four weeks after discharge from the hospital as well as provide additional support and engagement in mental and behavioral health services. This is part of UnitedHealthcare'…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), in association with researchers from Turkey and Italy, have co-authored an article titled, “Role of resilience in psychological adjustment and satisfaction with life among undergraduate students in Turkey: A cross-sectional study” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences…

Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Aurora Holloway (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Max Gakh (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health) published a research article titled "A novel gun law strength index and influential state gun laws for firearm homicide in the United…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have coauthored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Animal-assisted interventions and post-traumatic stress disorders in military and veterans: A systematic review of the literature” in association with researchers from Italy, Canada, Poland, and the United States in the…

Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) was senior author of a study, “Subjective Cognitive Decline Associated with Discrimination in Medical Settings among Transgender and Nonbinary Older Adults," published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) published an interdisciplinary article, “Hoarding Disorder, Suicidality, and Treatment Modalities” in collaboration with Michael Kelson of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (New Jersey) in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The article presents a case for a…

Erika Marquez, Courtney Coughenour, Maxim Gakh, Tiana Tu, Pashtana Usufzy, and Shawn Gerstenberger (all Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Residential Housing Tenants' Concerns about Property Habitability and the Implementation of Habitability Laws in Southern Nevada" in the International…

Kavita Batra, Anne Weisman (both Medicine), Ravi Batra, and Manoj Sharma (both Public Health) along with researchers from the CDC Foundation, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, and other countries, including India, Italy, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, co-authored an article, "Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Rapid Literature…

Joseph Guerrero Lopez and Francisco Sy (both Environmental & Occupational Health) are co-authors of an article, "Evidence-based Practice Strategies for Faculty Professional Development in Clinical Translational Research at Institutional Development Award (IDeA) State Institutions in the Mountain West" published in the Journal of Clinical and…

Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental & Occupational Health) received a 12-month, $1.26 million award through Nevada Health and Human Services to conduct molecular microbiological environmental monitoring and research. This project will support a doctoral student's dissertation research.