Accomplishments: Women's Council
Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) accepted an appointment by the American Dental Association to be a member of the United States Technical Advisory Group within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). As an independent, non-governmental organization, the ISO develops voluntary, consensus-based, market-relevant international standards that…
Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) accepted an appointment to serve as vice chair of the Academic Dental Sleep Medicine Council Steering Committee. Her one-year term begins in May. The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine is the leading national organization representing dentists who treat sleep-disordered breathing, which includes obstructive sleep…
Anthony King, Ting Tong, Danielle Le, Donna Sim, Aimy Paulsen, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented their grant-funded research, "Associations Between Problem Gambling and Other Problematic Behavioral Patterns in Nevadan College Students," at the 15th Annual Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling at the Suncoast…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently joined the Nevada Public Health Association (NPHA) Executive Board as a statewide secretary. The NPHA serves as the voice for achieving equitable health outcomes in Nevada.
Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) co-presented “Role of Dental Providers in HPV Vaccination and Oropharyngeal Cancer Prevention” during the National Oral Health Conference, which is the annual joint meeting for the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. One of the study’s key…
Francesca Marineo, Chelsea Heinbach, and Rosan Mitola (all Libraries) authored an article, "Building a Culture of Collaboration and Shared Responsibility for Educational Equity Work through an Inclusive Teaching Community of Practice," published in Collaborative Librarianship.
Dr. Tanya Al-Talib, Dr. Hassan Ziada, Dr. Neamat Hassan, Jana Negrescu and Laurenc Kodra (all Dental) co-authored “Molar Incisor Hypomineralization: Awareness among Postdoctoral Dental Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study,” which published April 6 in Dentistry Journal. Negrescu and Kodra are fourth-year dental students.
Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (English, Psychology, Interdisciplinary Studies) was awarded a Los Angeles Review Board ( LARB ) Publishing Workshop Fellowship from June 27 to July 30. The Los Angeles Review of Books will host the fifth annual LARB Publishing Workshop, guiding a new cohort of students through the world of publishing with…
Katherine Howard, Karl Kingsley, Austin Taylor and Brennan Truman (all Dental) with Keegan Lott, Paris Collier and Marc Ringor (all Medicine) published the "Assessment and Analysis of Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs) Biomarkers and Viability Following Cryopreservation Reveals Novel Association with miR-218 Expression" in the journal EC Dental…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) and Dr. Joe-Lawrence Bigcas (Medicine) presented a poster, “Hematologic Malignancy Presenting as Submandibular Duct Sialolithiasis” during the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology National Annual Meeting in April. The study’s results indicated that although metastases to the oral cavity are rare, they should…
Chericka Reese-Martin (Nursing) has been selected for the VA nurse practitioner residence program. She currently is a doctoral student in the family nurse practitioner program.
Zahra Mojtahedi and Jay Shen (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) recently published a paper, "Home Palliative Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review" on American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine. Mojtahedi is a doctoral student.