Dr. Marc J. Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and Paul J. Hauptman, dean of the UNR school of Medicine recently co-authored an editorial in STAT News detailing the need for more graduate education spots (residencies and fellowships) in order to help solve Nevada's physician shortage problem.

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors associated with opioid addiction helping behaviour in tri-state Appalachian counties: Application of the PRECEDE–PROCEED model–cross-sectional analysis,” in the journal, BMJ Open (Impact Factor: 3.007), in…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article entitled, “Probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical trials,” in the journal, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews (Impact Factor: 8.128) in association with colleagues from Ishafan…

Philip Borsellino, Reese I. Krider, Deanna Chea, Ryan Grinnell (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine students), and assistant professor Thomas Vida (Medical Education) published "Ketamine and the Disinhibition Hypothesis: Neurotrophic Factor-Mediated Treatment of Depression" in the journal Pharmaceuticals. Traditional antidepressant medications…

Mark Hsu, Kyaw Min Tun, Kavita Batra, Lubaba Haque, Tahne Vongsavath, and Annie S. Hong (all Medicine) Hong published a study, "Safety and Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," in the Microorganisms (Impact Factor=4.926)…

Sara Hunt (Behavioral Health Sciences; Mental and Behavioral Health Coalition) was recognized at the Nevada Psychological Association's (NPA) annual conference with the Outstanding Contribution to NPA Award.  Each year, the Nevada Psychological Association recognizes professional contributions to the organization and the practice of…

Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) co-authored the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm — 2023 update.

In the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, interdisciplinary UNLV 'NIHAN' and UNR Sanford Center ICECAP project teams — Sidkazem Taghva, Mingon Kang (Computer Science); Jay Shen, Pearl Kim, Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration & Policy; Public Health), Laurie Kim, Ji Yoo (Medicine) — were invited to present…

Salman Mohammed, Kavita Batra, Ariyon Schreiber, Justin Bauzon, and Ahsan Chowdhury (all Medicine) presented a poster, "Predictors of Intubation In COVID-19 Patients Treated With Remdesivir: A Single Institution Retrospective Study," at the American College of Physicians (ACP) National Abstract Competition. Mohammed is a medical student with the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) received a grant of $449, 611 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s “National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved” administered through the Nevada State Health and Human Services Department. He is the…

Vishvaas Ravikumar and Jacob Berkowitz (both School of Medicine Class of 2023), under the mentorship of clinical assistant professor Dr. Ramalingam Ratnasabapathy (Medicine) presented their clinical vignette, “Novel Presentation of B-ALL in a Patient in Remission from ALL”, at the ACP National Conference 2023 in San Diego. They qualified as both…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored a paper entitled, “COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: a systematic review of cognitive determinants,” in the journal, Health Promotion Perspectives (Impact Factor 3.18) with authors from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The article highlighted initiation and maintenance…