Dr. Deborah Kuhls (Medicine) and authors from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Trauma Prevention Coalition published a peer-reviewed journal article titled, "Evaluating trauma awareness in health care: Insights from the AAST and Trauma Prevention Coalition Survey," in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2025; 98:…

Ashley Noel Pruitt (Medicine; Public Policy), associate director of technical assistance and policy for the Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERE NV), was recognized this month by the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs at UNLV. Pruitt is a doctorate candidate in the School of Public Policy and Leadership (…

Dr. Gregory Brown (Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Medicine) published "Advanced Integrative Therapy: Practice and Research" with co-author Elizabeth Pace in the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) Energy Field Quarterly Digital Newsletter, Spring 2025.

Dr. Emma Little (Medicine), an emergency medicine resident from the Department of Emergency Medicine, delivered an outstanding oral research abstract presentation at the Western Regional SAEM Conference held at UC Irvine on April 10-11, 2025. Little presented her team's abstract titled: Little E, Limov A, Anderson K, Altholz J, Yim J, Domanski K…

Dr. Skylar Riggs (Medicine), a senior emergency medicine resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine, delivered an outstanding oral research abstract presentation at the Western Regional SAEM Conference held at UC Irvine on April 10-11, 2025. Riggs presented his team's abstract titled: Riggs S, Edrissi C, Molion M, Herrera P, Giles G,…

Dr. Kristen Purcell (Medicine), a senior emergency medicine resident from the Department of Emergency Medicine, was awarded the Best Oral Research Presentation in the Pediatrics/Global Emergency Medicine Section at the Western Regional Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Conference held at UC Irvine on April 10-11, 2025.  Purcell…

Dr. Steven Mowen (Medicine) won the Exemplary Plenary Research Presentation Award at the Western Regional Society of Academic Emergency Medicine meeting held at UC Irvine on April 10-11, 2025. Mowen is an emergency physician (completed his EM residency at the KKSOM, Department of Emergency Medicine) and is a current Critical Care Fellow at the…

Bob Rakosi, Jera Davis, Jordan Miller, Henry Krasner, Kavita Batra, Sukanta Maitra and Allison McNickle (all Medicine) co-authored a study entitled  "CT vs MRI C-Spine Imaging for C-Spine Clearance in Obtunded Patients in Low-Energy Trauma Mechanisms" published in the American Surgeon.

Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), who serves as professor and chief of the Acute Care Surgery Division and associate dean of Research, received the Nevada Public Health Associations' Public Health Advocate Award on April 9, 2025 in recognition of her exceptional contributions to public health. This honor reflects her unwavering commitment and…

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published with colleagues at the UNLV School of Medicine (Kenneth Izuora, Amber Champion, Shauna Groven) and Dental Medicine (Jeffrey Ebersole) findings from a 28-week randomized control trial titled, "Strawberries improve insulin resistance and related cardiometabolic markers in…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Determinants of infertility treatment from the point of couples referring to infertility treatment center in Southern Iran,” in association with coauthors from Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences in the journal Scientific Reports (Impact factor 3.8…

Dr. Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (Medicine) associate professor of internal medicine and Governor of the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians, was awarded two 2025 John Tooker Evergreen Awards for enriching, educating, and engaging membership. The Nevada Chapter partnered with the Arizona Chapter to engineer debates between residency teams…