Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented an oral presentation titled, “Consumer Satisfaction Survey for a COVID-19 Health Program Evaluation: The RQFSM Framework for Process Evaluation,” at the International Aegean Conferences Social Sciences and Humanities – VII held in…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “Community-based participatory evaluation of public health initiatives: a strategic gap analysis using the RQFSM (reach, quality, fidelity, satisfaction, management) framework,” at the 7th International Conference…

Associate professor Jingchun Chen (NIPM) and colleagues were awarded a grant on March 1, 2023. Title: The impact of COVID-19 on Alzheimer’s disease, focusing on sharing genes and pathways in immune cells from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation grant for one year with $100,000.  This grant is to…

Robert Cochrane (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD candidate), James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Anne Weisman (School of Medicine) recently published "The Hero’s Journey as a Novel, Narrative, and Improvisational Group Intervention on Quality of Life for People with Parkinson’s Disease" in Heroism Science. Parkinson’…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has received an "Outstanding Mentor" award from the Graduate Professional Student Association at their 25th Annual Research Forum on April 15, 2023. This award recognizes academic faculty who have demonstrated continued success in preparing graduate students and trainees for their academic and professional pursuits. Batra…

Ravisha Bai (Internal Medicine, Endocrinology), Kavita Batra (Medical Education), Charmaine Yap (Internal Medicine, Endocrinology) Kenneth Izuora (Internal Medicine, Endocrinology) (all Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) co-authored an article titled, “Diabetes-related outcomes with basal-bolus vs. premixed insulin among veterans with type 2…

Aidy Weeks (Libraries) is the co-author of an article, "Shannon D. Jones, MLS, MED, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Library Association President, 2022-2023," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. Weeks is an assistant professor within UNLV Libraries and director of the School of Medicine Library serving the Kirk Kerkorian…

Anna Horvath, Mayra Repetto, Melanie Shackleford, Andrea Thi, Rory Twells, Kavita Batra, Dale Netski, Nadia Gomez, and Leanne Free (all Medicine) presented a poster, "Analyzing the Quality and Reliability of Contraceptive Content on TikTok: A Feasibility Study," at the American Medical Women’s Association 108th annual meeting, held in…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Jennifer R. Pharr (Public Health), Axenya Kachen (UNR School of Medicine), Samantha Godbey (UNLV Libraries), and Emylia Terry (Public Health), published an article, "Investigating the psychological impact of COVID-19 among the sexual and gender minority population: A systematic review and meta-analysis," in the LGBT…

Dr. Douglas Fraser (Medicine) was a featured panelist on the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Military Webinar Series, Part 1: "Military-Civilian Partnerships: A Blueprint for Success from a Panel of Experts." Dr. Fraser highlighted the relationship of UNLV and UMC with active-duty Air Force practitioners from Nellis Air Force…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University published an article titled, “Effect of WeChat-based intervention on food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among university students in Chongqing, China: a quasi-experimental study,” in the Journal of Health,…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “Application of an RQFSM model (reach, quality, fidelity, satisfaction, management) for community-based participatory evaluation of public health initiatives,” at the Cukurova 10th International Scientific Research…