Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen (both Dental) co-authored “Gingival Transcriptome of Innate Antimicrobial Factors and the Oral Microbiome With Aging and Periodontitis,” which published March 7 in Frontiers in Oral Health.

Dr. Christina Demopoulos and Melissa Argueta (both Dental) surpassed their 10,000th screening within the Early Childhood Caries Prevention Project (ECCPP). Started in 2017, ECCPP aims to reduce the number of children with cavities by the time they enroll in kindergarten by providing preventive dental services in federally funded Early Head Start…

Bridget Cowan Longoria (Sociology) was a guest speaker on KNPR's State of Nevada segment "Minneapolis-based Nonprofit Expanding to Las Vegas to Help Struggling Single Moms" as an expert in the sociology of poverty. 

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration & Policy) is the author of a paper, "Physician-Hospital Integration and its Effect on Hospital Performance: A Study of U.S. Hospitals," that has been accepted into the 82nd annual meeting of the Academy of Management. The meeting will take place  in August. Upadhyay's paper has been judged as…

Federick Ngo, Michelle Coyner, and Nancy Lough (all Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published their study "The Financial Behaviors of Chasing Athletic Prestige: Evidence from the NCAA Cost of Attendance Policy" in the The Review of Higher Education, the official journal of the Association for the Study of Higher…

Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) gave a virtual keynote presentation, "Pregnant and Socially Undocumented: Mujeres Fronterizas en Resistencia," for an event organized by the Latin American Graduate Students Association at the University of Kansas.

Huiying "Sophie" Zhang (Hospitality) was awarded a Graduate & Professional Student Association award for her work "Expanding the Knowledge Frontier." UNLV recognizes a variety of individuals from across disciplines each year for their contributions to the development and continued growth of the university. Awards were distributed at the UNLV…

Cass Shum (Hospitality) is a co-author of the article "Robots Can’t Take my Job: Antecedents and Outcomes of Gen Z Employees’ Service Robot Risk Awareness," which was published in International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. This paper examines employees' perceived job insecurity threatened by the adoption of service…

Drs. Michelle Skuba Gray, Ian Isby, and Jamie Baydoun (all Medicine) recently delivered an oral presentation, ‘"Low Fidelity Pork Rib Ultrasound-Guided Serratus Anterior Nerve Block Simulation" at the annual Western Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) conference held at Stanford University. This low-cost animal…

Angela Silvestri-Elmore (Nursing) has been elected to chapter 100 of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. 

Elizabeth Gaccione (Nursing) has been promoted to the role of student success facilitator. This position provides support for BSN students with time management tips, study strategies, and test-taking skills. The student success facilitator also collaborates with faculty and the student affairs team to ensure all students receive resources and…

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) wrote an article, "Expand What We Have, Enhance What We Lack: The Critical and Unique Roles of Social Workers in Helping Individuals with Substance Use Disorders," for the 2022 spring/summer newsletter of the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Specialty Practice Section of the National Association of Social Workers.