Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching & Learning) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) have published the article, "Efficacy of Meditation-Based Interventions on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Among Veterans: A Narrative Review" in the journal Advances in Mind-Body Medicine in association with Taj Haider of Civic Center (New…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Predictors in Initiating and Maintaining Nutritional Behaviors to Deal with Menopausal Symptoms Based on Multi-Theory Model," in the International Quarterly of Community Health Education in association with colleagues from Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences…

Timothy Grigsby (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored an article on "Pandemic-Specific Factors Related to Generalized Anxiety Disorder during the Initial COVID-19 Protocols in the United States" in the journal Issues in Mental Health Nursing. The purpose for the current study is to assess the prevalence rates of generalized…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently had a poster accepted into UNLV's Best Teaching Practices Expo. The poster focuses on "Remote Teaching of Research Methods." Research Methods, offered by the School of Public Health, was taught remotely by Manoj Sharma to undergraduate students (primarily from public health) in…

Ann M. Vuong (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) co-published an article on "Proximity to Traffic and Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Relation to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder in U.S. children" in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. Conduct disorder (CD) is a…

Dharini Bhammar (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published a paper,  “Quantification and Verification of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adults with Prehypertension” in the journal Sports. The article shows that verification testing is feasible, validates the attainment of maximal…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Patricia Cruz, Chad L. Cross, Neeraj Bhandari, Jennifer R. Pharr, Mark P. Buttner (all Environmental and Occupational Health), and Farooq Abdulla (University Medical Center of Southern Nevada) co-authored an article in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health titled “Incidence of Neonatal…

Guogen Shan (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) received a $1.5 million grant, "Alzheimer's Disease: New Trial Designs for Emerging Challenges," from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging. The research team also includes Dr. Jeff Cummings from the Brain Health Department as well as researchers from Cleveland…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) co-authored an article, "Examining Determinants of Metabolic Syndrome in People with Intellectual Disabilities" in collaboration with colleagues Ram Lakhan and Louisa Summers of Berea College and Vinayak K. Nahar of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Markie L. C. Twist (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently wrote the "Introduction to Special Issue on Sexual Health Risks and Assessments" in the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy. The journal offers a multidisciplinary forum for review and debate in the field of sex and relationship therapies. It presents original research…

Zahra Mojtahedi (Healthcare Administration) published an article, “Obesity and COVID-19: The mTOR Pathway as a Possible Culprit," in Obesity Reviews. The co-author is Alireza Bolourian from the College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University. They introduced a novel mechanism by which obesity can increase COVID-19 susceptibility.

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "Investigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with coauthors from University of Utah and Coforge. It is a comprehensive meta-analysis…