Mohammad Sohail Akhter (Social and Behavioral Health), an incoming graduate student received the Injury and Prevention Student Research Grant from The Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus for the academic year 2023-24. His project is titled, “Theory-based determinants of stopping drowsy driving…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has recently joined the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Council established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. The NORA is a partnership program to stimulate innovative research and improved workplace practices. NORA councils are a national venue for individuals and organizations with…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries, Medicine) is the co-author of an article, "Inclusive Hiring in Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Analysis of Attitudes and Reflections of Search Committee Members," published in College & Research Libraries.  

Glendell de Guzman, MD, (Medicine) from the Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics Department, published an article titled, "Intrauterine device experience in lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, and asexual cisgender women," in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics.

Congratulations to the 25 faculty physicians named as "Top Docs" in Desert Companion. Every year, a physician-led team surveys the qualifications of and reviews for a peer-nominated list of practitioners to produce a list of "Top Docs." This year, the faculty physicians named on this prestigious list are: Ovunc Bardakcioglu, MD (…

Kathryn Houk (Libraries; Medicine) and colleague Jordan Nielsen, Middle Tennessee State University, published a proceedings paper, "Exploring Academic Librarian Candidates’ Experiences on the Job Market," from the 2023 Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Houk is an associate professor and the Undergraduate Medical…

Sidath Kapukutuwa, Laurencia Bonsu, Anita Chatterjee (Social and Behavioral Health), Miguel Fudulig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Examining the Gambling Behavior of University Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey Applying the Multi-Theory Model (MTM…

Chia Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Exploring yoga behaviors among college students based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and…

Deborah A. Kuhls, MD FACS, FCCM, chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery and chief of Trauma at UMC (Medicine), along with Susan Briggs, MD, FACS associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, co-presented "Leading through Challenging times: Mass Casualties" webinar series sponsored by the Society of Vascular Surgeons, July 12, 2023. This…

Drs. Kassandra Colletta, Zachary Selzler, Jacqueline Jacobs Vogel, and Glendell de Guzman (all Medicine) published "Technique for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Gestational Uterine Incarceration: A Case Series and Literature Review" in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Cases - Reviews (DOI: 10.23937/2377-9004/1410244).

Brooke Conway Kleven (Public Health), Lung-Chang Chien, Brian Labus, Chad Cross, (all Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Arturo Montes (Internal Medicine) along with Aaron Ritter, Rebekah Randall, and Charles Bernick of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health had their research article, "Longitudinal Changes in Regional Brain Volumes…

Deborah Kuhls, MD, FACS, FCCM, (Surgery; Medicine) and members of the American Association for Surgery of Trauma Disaster Committee published, "Are trauma surgeons prepared? A survey of trauma surgeons' disaster preparedness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic," in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2023 2023;8:e001073. doi:10.1136/…