Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "Investigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with coauthors from University of Utah and Coforge. It is a comprehensive meta-analysis…

Benita Wolff (Medicine) recently completed a one-year term as a visiting equity and inclusion administrative fellow for the Harvard University faculty of arts and sciences, Division of Science and the department of physics.  Wolff was a member of the 2019-20 class of Harvard University's administrative fellowship program. She is the director…

Dr. Gordon Ohning (Medicine) led a group of residents and fellows through a project titled “Utility of Inflammatory Markers to Predict Adverse Outcome in Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Study in a Single Academic Center,” which was published at Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology. Ohning and his co-authors evaluated the utility of inflammatory…

Alona D. Angosta (Nursing), Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing), Chad Cross (Public Health), Komal Sood (Medicine) and Trevor Pollom (Anthropology) recently published an article, Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge, Risk Factors, and Resilience Level among U.S. Veterans with and without Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, in The …

Drs. Neilmegh Varada, Matthew Warren, and Kush Modi (Internal Medicine) recently presented a case report in the American Thoracic Society virtual meeting 2020. Their case entitled “Unilateral Pulmonary Fibrosis Following Lobectomy” described an unusual presentation of unilateral pulmonary fibrosis as a sequela of lobectomy. The authors concluded…

Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) published a paper with his colleagues titled, "The Tulane accelerated physician training program: a novel combination of scholarship and service," in the journal Medical Teacher.  The paper describes a novel program designed to allow talented undergraduates to complete a BS and an MD degree in six years.…

Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) recently presented his research project at the Digestive Disease Week Meeting 2020. The abstract, “Changes in Trends for Liver Transplant in Patients Older than 70 in the United States,” was published in the Gastroenterology Journal. Liver transplant (LT) for individuals aged ≥ 70-years has been…

Johan Bester (Medicine) published an article in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry that looks at the justice obligations resting on society and individuals in the light of the COVID pandemic. In the article he argues that society's institutions and members have obligations to take steps to mitigate the impact of the COVID pandemic on the well-being…

Laura Gryder (Medicine) recently presented traffic safety research at the American Public Health Association 2020 virtual meeting. Her co-authors include Dr. Deborah Kuhs, Samantha Slinkard, Dr. Paul Chestovich, Dr. Allison McNickle, and Dr. Douglas Fraser (all Medicine), as well as Cassandra Trummel from University Medical Center.…

Dr. Richard Baynosa (Medicine) has been selected as visiting professor for the Plastic Surgery Foundation. He specializes in breast reconstruction. As a Plastic Surgery Foundation visiting professor, he provides clinical, technical, and educational expertise in training plastic surgery residents.

Dr. Nabil Noureddin (Medicine) recently presented his project at the Digital International Liver Congress 2020. The abstract, “The Accuracy of the FAST Score in Predicting Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) with Significant Fibrosis,” was published in the Journal of Hepatology. NASH is estimated to increase from 16.52 million to 27.00…

Mingon Kang (Computer Science) and Ji Yoo (Medicine) were awarded a pilot grant, "Predicting an Inpatient’s Risk of Benzodiazepine and Opioid Overdose" from The Mountain West Clinical & Translational Research Infrastructure Network program (MW CTR-IN). The interdisciplinary team will develop a deep learning model to predict risk scores of…