Chad Cross (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) provided an invited departmental seminar to the faculty in the department of entomology and nematology at the University of Florida titled "Use of Healthcare Utilization Inpatient Records for Estimating Trends in Vector-Borne Diseases." The seminar highlighted original research on the most…

Jennifer R. Pharr (Public Health) & Kavita Batra (Medicine) were recently appointed as guest editors for a special issue titled "The Impact of Exercise on the Mental Health and Quality of Life of People" in the journal Healthcare. This special issue aims to publish innovative studies (original investigations and review…

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article on "Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and cardio metabolic indices during pregnancy: The HOME Study" in the journal, Environment International.

Timothy Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) co-published an article on "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence; Findings From a Community Sample of Hispanic Young Adults" in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  In the United States, a substantial proportion of the adult population from all…

Melissa Bartshe, Courtney Coughenour (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Haroon Stephen (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published an article on "The relationship between tree canopy and social capital on physical activity in college students" in the Journal of American College Health. Rates of…

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health), and School of Public Health graduate student Brianna Rivera presented their research, "Assessing the Healthcare Burden of Parasites: An Analysis of Hospital Discharge Records for Characterizing Patients and Analyzing Trends in Human Cestode Cases in…

Jason Flatt (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article on "Subjective cognitive decline higher among sexual and gender minorities in the United States, 2015-2018" in the journal, Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.  Subjective cognitive decline represents self-reported…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has been awarded a  two-year grant of $700,000 as principal investigator for the process evaluation of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health disparities grant to the state of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. The process evaluation will entail…

Jason Flatt (Environmental and Occupational Health) published "Subjective cognitive decline higher among sexual and gender minorities in the United States, 2015–2018,"  in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions that found that LGBTQ+ people or sexual and gender minorities…

Timothy J. Grigsby (Environmental & Occupational Health) co-published an article on "The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Substance Use Trajectories in a Longitudinal Hispanic Cohort from Adolescence through Emerging Adulthood" in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect. This study examined the role of adverse childhood experiences in…

Manoj Sharma, Jennifer Pharr, Courtney Coughenour (all Environmental & Occupational Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching & Learning), Kavita Batra (Medicine), and Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), along with Asma Awan (Purdue University), and Hannah Catalano (University of North Carolina Wilmington), published an article “Using the Multi…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has published the fourth edition of his popular book, Theoretical Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion, from the publishing house, Jones and Bartlett Learning. The book is endorsed by SHAPE America, the Society of Health and Physical Educators as a recommended resource. It is…