Asma Tahir (Environmental & Occupational Health) presented a poster on "Comparison of the Airborne Fungal Spore Concentrations in the Mojave Desert and Las Vegas 2016-2020" at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology annual meeting in Phoenix last month. The poster also has been published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical…

Janice M. Pluth (Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences) and Chad L. Cross (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), along with colleagues at UC Berkley, recently published the article "Cellular DNA Effects of Radiation and Cancer Risk Assessment in Cells with Mitochondrial Defects" in the Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences. The…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have coauthored an article, “Prevalence and Predictors of Burnout Syndrome among Italian Psychologists Following the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in collaboration with researchers from Italy and…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "An Exploratory Social Media Intervention for Perception and Behavior on Eating Away from Home: A Cluster-randomized Trial in Chongqing, China" in the Journal of Cleaner Production in collaboration with researchers from Chongqing Medical University (China), Silla University (South…

Chad L. Cross & Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology & Biostatistics); two former School of Public Health graduate students (Julia Anderson and Karen Gutierrez); current graduate student (Jacklynn De Leon), and colleagues from the University of Missouri published "Rural-Urban Continuum as a Potential Geographic Correlate of Breast and Prostate…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "Use of the Multi-theory Model (MTM) in Explaining Initiation and Sustenance of Indoor Tanning Cessation among College Students," in collaboration with the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; and the University of Mississippi in the journal…

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) published a paper on "Adverse Childhood Experiences and College Student Health Promotion Outcomes: Another Perspective on the Trauma-health Relationship" in Child Abuse Review. The goal of the study was to examine the relationship between adverse childhood experience exposure and health information…

Erika Marquez (Environmental & Occupational Health) is principal investigator on a $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received by the Nevada Childhood Lead Poisoning Preventing Program (NvCLPPP). The program is under the Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy. NvCLPPP will be working…

Tirth R. Bhatta (Sociology), Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing), and Sfurti Rathi (Public Health) have published an article, "The Intersection of Race and Financial Strain: The Pain of Social Disconnection among Women in the United States," in the Journal of Women and Aging. They used their nationwide Web-based survey to examine the effects of financial…

Noehealani Antolin and Tara Nerida (Social and Behavioral Health) won second place in the Graduate Competition Award of the National Case Study Competition in Health Education, organized in partnership with Eta Sigma Gamma and HEDIR. They will be receiving a trophy. Both are graduate students. Their faculty advisor…

Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health) received notice of a $150,000 grant from the Alzheimer's Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity. The grant will be used to collect cognitive health data with LGBTQIA+ older adults.

Krystal Kittle (Public Health) received notice of a three-year Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship award for $175,000. Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health) and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) serve as her mentor and co-mentor on the grant. The goals of this grant are to characterize the caregiving experiences…