Susan VanBeuge, Andrew Thomas Reyes, Dieu-My Tran, and Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (all Nursing) have been promoted as of July 1. VanBeuge has been promoted to professor in residence. Reyes, Tran, and  Lee all have been promoted to associate professor with tenure.

Drs. Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen (both Dental) co-authored “Gingival Tissue Antibody Gene Utilization in Aging and Periodontitis,” which published online ahead of print in Journal of Periodontal Research.

Drs. Tanya Al-Talib and Neamat Hassan (both Dental), along with School of Dental Medicine alumnus Kyle Cousineau, '22, co-authored “Retrospective Evaluation of the Prevalence of Diastema among an Adult Population,” which published June 15 in Open Journal of Stomatology.

Jacqueline Killian (Nursing) recently retired officially from the U.S. Air Force after 31 years of service, including extensive work as one of the only nurse scientists in the Air Force. She now transitions to full-time teaching status at UNLV Nursing. 

Mary Blankenship (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Economics, Chemistry) recently had part one of a two-part report published in the Brookings Institution blog, Africa in Focus. The piece, "Russia’s Narratives about its Invasion of Ukraine are Lingering in Africa," analyzes Twitter data to examine the broader Russian narratives…

Kavita Batra and Aditi Singh (both Medicine), along with Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), published a study, "Assessing COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy and Its Correlates: An Early Evidence from India," in the Vaccines journal. This research involved investigators from multiple countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. To authors…

Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental & Occupational Health) received a 12-month, $130,000 award from a private industry sponsor to conduct test chamber research on the survival of airborne bacteria and viruses.The funding will support a full-time research technician and serve as a thesis project for a master of public health (MPH…

Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, and Anthony King (all Psychology) recently published an article in the Asian American Journal of Psychology  titled "Everyday Racism Increase for Asian Americans in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Their findings strongly indicate that Asians in the U.S. perceived a change in everyday racism…

Kiersten Farmer (Public Policy and Leadership) represented the city of Henderson as a featured speaker at the 2022 Data Governance and Information Quality Conference. Her presentation, “When Non-Data Professionals Inherit Data Stewardship,” centered on navigating the minefield of limited resources, loss of expertise, and maintenance of quality and…

Anthony King, Ting Tong, Donna Sim, Michelle Strong, Aldo Barrita, Danielle Le, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented their research on the connection between adverse childhood experiences and addictive behavioral patterns in adulthood at the American Psychological Association's Division 50 Conference for the Practice of…

Annie S. Hong, Kyaw Min Tun, Jenny M. Hong, Kavita Batra, and Gordon Ohning (all Medicine) published a study, "Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review on Safety and Efficacy," in the Journal Antibiotics. To authors' knowledge, this is the first systematic review investigating safety and efficacy of…

Francine J. Lipman (Law) is the author of a recent interdisciplinary publication, "Tax Audits, Economics, and Racism," which was published on June 20 with Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. While you may assume tax laws and tax administration are colorblind, the article demonstrates that this is simply not the case.Lipman…