Kyaw Min Tun, Annie S. Hong, Kavita Batra, Yassin Naga and Gordon Ohning (all Medicine), published an article, "A Systematic Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy and Clostridioides difficile Infection in Patients With Cirrhosis" in the Cureus journal.

Hyunhwa 'Henna' Lee (Nursing) published "Detection of Walking Features Using Mobile Health and Deep Learning" in Applied Sciences, with Sungchul Lee (Computer Sciences) of Sun Moon University in South Korea. Acceleration and rotational data of walking movement collected in real time from a small sample of mild traumatic brain…

Thomas Vida, Robert Sotille, Herpreet Singh, and Anne Weisman (all Medicine) published a review article, "Unraveling the Mysteries of Mental Illness with Psilocybin," in the journal Cureus. This article reviews the role of psilocybin as a therapeutic molecule to treat mental illness. Sotille and Singh are students.

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) delivered an invited talk, “Utilizing the Multi-theory Model (MTM) to Measure Determinants of the Intent to Overcome Implicit Bias among Emergency Department Personnel” to the Florida State University Emergency Medicine’s Annual Research Day. The talk highlighted a joint…

Patricia Benner (Nursing) was conferred the Honorary Degree Doctor of Science at the Health Sciences Convocation ceremony at McGill University.

Jeffrey Ebersole and Dr. Robin Weltman (Dental) co-authored “Precision Periodontics Quantitative Measures of Disease Progression,” which published May 4 in the Journal of the American Dental Association.

Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) co-authored “Gingival Squamous Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as Localized Periodontal Disease in the Maxilla: A Case Report," which published electronically April 25 in The Open Dentistry Journal.   

Sungyoun Chun, Jinwook Hwang, Pearl Kim, Jay Shen (all Healthcare Administration), Dr. Ji Yoo (Medicine), and Seong Park (Criminal Justice) recently published a paper, “Trends and Age-related Characteristics of Substance Use Hospitalizations of Homeless Population: 2007-2015"  on Medicine.

Emily Budd and Jerrica Robbins (both Art), along with other art students and UNLV art alumni Chris Bauder, Eric Pawloski, Christina Uran, and Micah Haji-Sheikh have work exhibited in "Forgotten Artifacts," a group show celebrating popular cast metal sculptors in the Las Vegas Valley. Hosted by Core Contemporary and curated by Ross…

Brittani Sterling (Libraries) was accepted into a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: The Making of Modern Brazil at the University of California San Diego. Over three weeks, this institute will foster the creation of an interdisciplinary intellectual community focused on learning and sharing ideas about contemporary Brazil —…

Edward Wang, Ravisha Bai, Talha Khan, Ajay Kumar, Ana Mrkaic, Amber Champion, Charmaine Yap, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) presented four abstracts,  Thyroid Myopathy after Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine, Methimazole Induced Steven-Johnson-Syndrome, Levothyroxine Intolerance: Alternative Approach and A Case of McCune Albright Syndrome…

Claytee White (Oral History Research Center) was honored with the distinguished Pioneer Award on May 22 by the Las Vegas chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW). She received the honor at the 16th Annual Madam C.J. Walker Awards luncheon at the MGM Grand. The nonprofit NCBW is a volunteer organization for African American women…