Gregory Schreck (Class of 2022 graduate, current Internal Medicine resident), Dale Netski, Edward Simanton, and Rosalie Kalili (all Medicine) co-authored an article, “Teaching Skills Training for Pre‑clinical Medical Students Through Weekly Problem‑Based Learning Teaching Topic Presentations and Directed Feedback,” in the Journal of Medical…

Class of 2026 medical student Claire Ong (Medicine) won the Medical Student Research State Champion for her poster presentation at the American College of Physicians (ACP) 2023 Nevada Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting held October 6-7, 2023, at the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center. As the winner representing Nevada, she will present at…

Jacob Altholz, MD, (Medicine) has been elected vice speaker of the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA). EMRA, founded in 1974, is the oldest and largest resident organization in the world and takes on the mission to be "the voice of emergency medicine physicians-in-training and the future of our specialty."

Dr. Nate Hollister (Medicine), John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Scott McDonald of Magnum Opus organized the second Circus Performance Research Roundtable on Oct. 13. UNLV Sports Innovation and Magnum Opus, a Southern Nevada research group, hosted this roundtable for UNLV faculty, students (undergraduate, M.S., and…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) will be receiving the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs (ATOD) Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) at their 151st Annual Meeting in Atlanta. This national award celebrates an individual who has long and distinguished career…

Sophie Ahmad, Rafae Nauman, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) published an abstract of their study, "Relationship between bone loss and oral health among post-menopausal women with or without diabetes," in the Journal of Endocrine Society. 

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from Italy co-published a study titled, "Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate whether the belief in conspiracy theories was significantly…

Jay Shen (Center for Health Disparities Research; Healthcare Administration and Policy) is currently leading an interdisciplinary team to conduct the COVID-19 Health Disparity Assessment and Healthcare Equity Modeling project, funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention through the Southern Nevada Health District, with a total…

Dr. Gregory Brown (Medicine) was invited to present at the 2023 International Association of Hypnosis Professionals Annual Symposium in October. The title of the presentation was "Memory Re-consolidation: A Mechanism of Change in the Treatment of Trauma."

Dr. Gregory Brown (Medicine) was awarded the "Science Award" from the International Association of Hypnosis Professionals at their 2023 Annual Symposium in October 2023.  

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani from the New Mexico State University presented "An overview of methodology and reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analysis" at an international event organized by the Global Center of Evidence Synthesis (India). This educational activity benefitted nearly 170 early career…

Claire Chen Xinning, Paul Cabugao, Max Nguyen, Daniel Villegas, Kavita Batra, Aditi Singh, and Mutsumi Kioka (all Medicine) published a study "Comparing demographics, clinical characteristics, and hospital outcomes by vaccine uptake status: A single-institution cross-sectional study" in the Medicine journal. Chen and Nguyen are the medical…