Philip Danquah (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Amanda Annan (Health Care Administration and Policy) presented a scientific poster at the 2019 Nevada Public Health Annual Conference last month at Whitney Peak Hotel in Reno. The poster was titled "Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness, Perceptions, and Uptake among…

Jay Shen (Health Care Administration and Policy) and Sfurti Maheshwari (Public Health) recently did a podium presentation at the 2019 International Health Economics Association World Congress. Their presentation was "Healthcare Savings Forecast after Potential Implementation of a Comprehensive Smoke-Free in Mesquite, Nevada." The project was…

Carolee Dodge-Francis and Noehealani Bareng-Antolin (both Environmental and Occupational Health), along with Nicole Bowman from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, gave a presentation on “Indigenous Evaluation: Foundations, Building Relations & Educational Applications” at the Hawaii Pacific Evaluation Conference in Honolulu this…

Pearl Kim, Jay Shen, Hee-Taik Kang, Dong-Hun Han (all Health Care Administration and Policy), Seong-Min Park (Criminal Justice), Georgia Dounis (Dental), Tsigab Bahta, and Ji Won Yoo (both Medicine), along with Sung-Youn Chun, Jinwook Hwang, and Yong-Jae Lee, published an article, "Dissociation Between the Growing Opioid Demands and Drug Policy…

Soumya Upadhyay (Health Care Administration and Policy) published an article on "Readmission Rates and Their Impact on Hospital Financial Performance: A Study of Washington Hospitals" in INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. This longitudinal study examines whether readmission rates, made transparent…

Ann Vuong (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored an article on "Concentrations and Loadings of Organophosphate and Replacement Brominated Flame Retardants in House Dust from the Home Study During the PBDE Phase-Out" in the journal Chemosphere. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, a class of flame retardants and endocrine disruptors,…

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently presented a research paper, "Hospital Cultural Competency and Financial Performance," at the European Academy of Management, non-profit division. An organization’s cultural competency is an ongoing capacity to provide high-quality, equitable, safe, and patient-centered care for…

Saruna Ghimire and Francisco S. Sy (both Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article on the "Decline in Telomere Length by Age and Effect Modification by Gender, Allostatic Load and Comorbidities in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002)" in the journal PLOS ONE. This study aimed to assess the…

Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental and Occupational Health) received a 10-month, $1 million award through the Nevada department of health and human services to conduct molecular microbiological environmental monitoring.

Karen E. Callahan (Environmental and Occupational Health) was invited to be a speaker at the Cancer Control in Nevada event at Roseman University earlier this month. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the event promoted innovation, research, and clinical trials in the state. Callahan gave a presentation on colorectal cancer in…

Paula Frew (Environmental and Occupational Health), along with researchers from Atlanta, recently published an article, "Typologies of Decision-Makers in the ICU: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Sepsis and Their Surrogates." The article presents the results of 42 semi-structured interviews…

Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored an article on the "Implementation of National Policies for a Total Asbestos Ban: A Global Comparison" in The Lancet Planetary Health.  The researchers aimed to investigate associations between government ratification of the ILO and UN international Conventions…