Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) contributed to a guest column about how "Inclusive housing empowers the LGBTQ+ community to age with dignity," published in the Las Vegas Sun. The U.S. population of LGBTQ+ adults over age 50 is expected to reach 7 million by 2030. As this community grows, the need to address housing disparities in our…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an editorial titled, “Global Health: A Priority that Persists,” in the Italian journal, Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health, in collaboration with a faculty from Berea College. This editorial is a run-up to the forthcoming book by the authors titled…

Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published an article on "Conformity Drinking Motives, College Alcohol Beliefs, and Drinking Behaviors Among College Students: Examining the Protective Role of Prosocial Behaviors" in the Journal of Adult Development. The goal of the study is to examine the moderating role of public and altruistic…

Asma Awan and Manoj Sharma (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “Key insights derived from the RQFSM Model Implementation of Community-based Participatory Process Evaluation in Nevada, USA," at the 6th Global Virtual Summit on European Public Health & Healthcare, held in London on July 13-14, 2024. …

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Grounded Theory Assessment of Health Needs in Rural Mississippi Delta Region, USA: Implications for Health Policy and Management,” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in collaboration with faculty from Jackson State University (Scopus Cite Score 3…

Laurencia Bonsu, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Anita Chatterjee, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “A phenomenological qualitative study based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to identify factors and ways to design interventions for quitting gambling among older adults,” in…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented and published a paper titled, “Asynchronous, theory-based, measurement and scale development competency building course for doctoral students in public health: A case study,” in the Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Investigating Perceived Core Disaster Competencies of Nurses in Iran:  A Case Study of Northwest Hospitals” in collaboration with coauthors from Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon in the journal, Public Health Nursing (Impact factor 2.1). The article…

Md. Sohail Akhter, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “An Analysis of 3-year Long Post-Covid-19 Efforts in Nevada, USA by Conducting a Process Evaluation through Qualitative Methodology,” at the 8th International Scientific Research and Innovation Congress, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 22-…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; internal Medicine), following his receiving the UNLV's 2024 Harry Reid Silver State Award and the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Leadership Award, was interviewed this week by New India Abroad, a newspaper for non resident Indians around the world. In his interview, he shares his journey and provides…

Brisa Rodriguez, Timothy Grigsby, Liliana Davalos Marissa Martinez, and Christopher Johansen (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented on "Associations Between Parent’s Physical Activity and Children’s Weekly Physical Activity Among Latinos in Nevada" and "The Association Between Personal Perception of Weight Status and BMI among…

Christopher Johansen, Liliana Davalos, Brisa Rodriguez, Marissa Martinez (all Social and Behavioral Health), along with Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), presented, "Parental acculturation and its association with preschool aged child's health behaviors in Nevada," at the 9th Biennial National IDeA Symposium on Biomedical…