Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been awarded the 2024 Distinguished Career Award by the Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) at their Annual Meeting held this year in Minneapolis. This Award is bestowed upon public health leaders in…

Karl Aharonian, Henry Krasner, Jeffrey Martin, Kavita Batra, Meher Yepremyan (all Medicine) published a study "Climate and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: A Comprehensive Review and Future Research Guidelines" in the Clinical Ophthalmology journal. This comprehensive review highlights the complex interaction between environmental…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) co-presented 27 papers at the American Public Health Association’s 152nd Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN from October 27 to October 30. Some topics include acupuncture for PTSD, process evaluation of a health disparity reduction program in Nevada, community-based participatory…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was interviewed by Carolyn Beeler of the NPR News in the program, "The World," which was broadcasted on October 25.  The interview was about the growing epidemic of gambling all over the world. Sharma shared his perspectives about individual-level and policy/environmental level…

Kevin Kuruvilla (Medicine) received the 2024 Early Achievement Award from the Larner College of Medicine Alumni Association at the University of Vermont.  Among Dr. Kuruvilla's accomplishments early in his career is being appointed as Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program and Medical Director of University Medical…

James King (Medicine), assistant director of AV services, and Justin Pulsipher (Medicine), IT technician IV, were both nominated in the 2024 Top Tech Awards. Each year, the Top Tech Awards recognizes Las Vegas tech leaders for their innovative work in business.

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with researchers from Italy, published a study titled "The Work-Related Well-Being of Social Service Workers Post COVID-19 Pandemic: The Psychosocial Impact of Remote vs. In-Person Work" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The results offer valuable insights into managing relationships with users and…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with researchers from Italy, Argentina, Tokyo, China, Morocco, Turkey, and Iran, published a study titled "Prevalence and Factors Associated with Burnout Syndrome in Resident Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Italy" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. This research, consistent with prior studies,…

Qurrat-ul-ain Aziz, Kavita Batra, Sanna Fatima, Jared Splinter, Amber Laurel Champion, Ajay M. Kumar, Kenneth E Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract "Clinical Accuracy Of Continuous Glucose Monitoring In Post-kidney Transplant Patients With Type 2 Diabetes" in Journal of the Endocrine Society. 

Nataliyah Tahir, Sophie Ahmad, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta and Kenneth E Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract "Assessing The Relationship Between Oral Health And Bone Disease Among Post-menopausal Women" in Journal of the Endocrine Society. Tahir and Ahmed are medical students. 

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with her GBD 2021 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Collaborators published a study "Global, regional, and national burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Batra serves as the Senior Collaborator…

Acute care surgery fellow Dr. David Velez (Medicine) was recognized with an Innovation in Education Award by the Society of Critical Care Program Directors Society for his web-based Educational Review Resource for Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery. Dr. Velez created the Operative Review of Surgery website which provides a free…