Nikkie Preston (Medicine) was honored as one of VEGAS INC's 2024 Women Inspiring Nevada. Preston's efforts in development and alumni relations are critical to the success of the medical school. Her role involves giving philanthropic guidance to students and staff and working with donors and faculty to set up scholarships, endowments,…

Members of the Department of Internal Medicine in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine received awards for their contributions to the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians on October 1. Dr. Kachon "Jeff" Lei, cardiovascular medicine fellow, was awarded Resident/Fellow of the Year for his teaching excellence and contributions in…

Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with her co-editors and research collaborators Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani (New Mexico State University), Dr. Srikanta Banerjee (Walden University), Dr. Robert Andrew Yockey (University of Mississippi), published an editorial titled, "Artificial Intelligence for Medicine, Surgery and Public Health," in the Journal of…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil shows no consistent benefits on cardiometabolic and anthropometric parameters: A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” in the European Journal of Nutrition (Impact factor 4.6)…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Psychosocial profiles influencing healthy dietary behaviors among adolescents in Shandong Province, China: A cross-sectional study” in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition (Impact factor 4.0) in association with researchers from Chongqing Medical University…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) was invited to serve as an Editorial Board Member on the Practice in Clinical Psychology journal. This journal was co-developed by the Negah Institute for Social Research and Scientific Communications. In this role, Batra will provide feedback on the statistical content of research papers or reports to ensure accuracy,…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with her mentees and research collaborators from US, India, and Saudi Arabia published a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis, "Effect of Addition of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on the Strength of Heat-Cured Denture Base Resins," in JMIR Protocols. This systematic review will comprehensively…

Sophie Ahmad, Nataliyah Tahir, Rafae Nauman, Kavita Batra, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine); along with Ashok Gupta from Greenboro Radiology, North Carolina; Civon Gewelber from Dental Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Las Vegas published a study, "Association between Periodontal Disease and Bone Loss among Ambulatory…

Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a webinar titled, “Practical stress management: Promoting and improving mental health” to the British Association of Primary Care and Allied Professionals (BAPCAP) in Birmingham, United Kingdom on September 28. The webinar was well attended and well received. He talked…

Edwin Oh (Sciences, Medicine) and colleagues from UNLV, the Southern Nevada Water Authority and Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health recently published a first-of-its-kind study using wastewater monitoring to track drug use patterns throughout the Las Vegas Valley.  “Drug Usage Patterns in Wastewater Correlate with…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Exploring the barriers and underlying factors of utilizing a motorcycle without a license among adolescent boys: A qualitative study in Iran” in the journal, International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. The article identified the factors of…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) were coauthors among GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators on the article, “Global, Regional, and National Burden of Stroke and its Risk Factors, 1990–2021: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021” published in Lancet Neurology…