Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health) received the Longevity Award from the Mississippi Public Health Association for 25 years of devoted service to teaching public health students in the United States.

Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored a paper with colleagues, “Consideration of sex and gender in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders from a global perspective,” in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia. This was a collaboration as part of his involvement in the Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance…

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sleep Difficulties among Young Adult College Students" in the Journal of Sleep Research. This study examined the adverse childhood experience–sleep health (self-reported sleep difficulty and diagnosis of insomnia or “other” sleep disorder)…

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) published a manuscript led by her former master in public health student in Plos One journal titled “Socio-demographic, Maternal, and Infant Characteristics Associated with Early Childhood Development Delays among Children of Young Mothers in Brasília, Brazil”. This study explored the social and…

Jason Flatt and Krystal Kittle (both Social and Behavioral Heath) recently authored a paper on "Advancing Gerontological Health Research With Sexual and Gender Minorities Across the Globe" for the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 

Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health) and community partner, Research, Education, and Access to Community Health (R.E.A.C.H.), have been accepted to the Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Partnership Academy at the Detroit Urban Research Center. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the CBPR Partnership…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with colleagues from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Southern Mississippi, and Berea College, published an article, “Introspective Meditation before Seeking Pleasurable Activities as a Stress Reduction Tool among College Students: A Multi-theory…

Gabriela Buccini (Social & Behavioral Health) has been accepted into the 2022-24 Institute for Implementation Science Scholars (IS-2) at Washington University in St. Louis. The IS-2 is a competitive mentored training program for investigators interested in applying dissemination and implementation (D&I) methods and strategies to…

Krystal Kittle (Social & Behavioral Health), a postdoctoral research fellow, has been accepted into the Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality (MIWI) Training Program. The program is a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary methods training program that prepares participating scholars to investigate the intersection of mental and…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) is the recipient of the 2022 Director’s Award given by the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the field of knowledge about minority health and the elimination of health disparities. The award will be conferred virtually later this month from Columbus,…

Tim Grigsby (Social & Behavioral Health) co-authored an article, "Effects of Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences on Substance Use in Young Adults: A Review of the Literature" in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.  Consensus across reviewed studies found that the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and substance…

Christopher Johansen (Social & Behavioral Health) is a recipient of the Nevada INBRE's Development Research Project (DRP) Award titled, "Impact of Parental Acculturation among Latino Parents and Their Preschool-aged Children in Southern Nevada." The DRP program is a mentored career development program intended to advance the careers of Nevada…