News: School of Public Health

People inspecting a home and taking notes.
Business and Community |

UNLV Healthy Homes team will also examine homes for health issues such as asthma triggers, energy and fire problems, trip and fall hazards, pests, and mold.

Portrait of Kurt Houser
People |

Mentoring future health care leaders is a priceless opportunity, according to this Community Health Sciences faculty member.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
Campus News |

Federal granting agency approves Dr. David Di John, longtime pediatric infectious disease specialist, to lead program for patients living with HIV/AIDS.

Children on a playground
Business and Community |

Ninth annual check of state’s entering kindergartners showed more have health insurance, yet barriers to health care access still exist.

Kayla Bland, a participant in UNLV's Journey program examining a microscope slide.
Business and Community |

UNLV is a host site for the federally-funded Journey program, which puts Native American and other minority high school students interested in health research into college labs.

Neeraj Bhandari
People |

This Community Health Sciences professor hopes his research will assist consumers in using health care quality report cards.

Fireworks ignite during commencement
People |

UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to select and highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Closeup of books
Research |

From professional reasons to personal connections, faculty across campus share why they’re fond of certain works they penned.

Holly Lyman
People |

Holly Lyman, the Community Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, builds a Dragon boating tradition to fight cancer.

Rohan Jadav
Research |

The researcher from Nebraska is working to reduce HIV transmission between mothers and children in Nigeria.

A pedestrian exiting a crosswalk on Maryland Parkway
Research |

UNLV study confirms that motorists are less likely to stop for pedestrians of color.

UNLV’s Team Las Vegas design of a full-size solar-powered house
Business and Community |

Fundraising for universitywide collaboration surpasses $750,000 with support from Switch and NV Energy Foundation.