Angela Amar (Nursing) recently was appointed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to serve on its Government Affairs Committee. The committee works toward advancing the AACN's federal policy agenda. The AACN is the national voice for academic nursing. It works to establish…
Aidy Weeks (Libraries) had an article, "I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means: How COVID-19 Systematic Reviews Don’t Fit the Mold," published in MLAConnect from the Medical Library Association. The article discusses how the rush of systematic reviews, normally a lengthy process…
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published an invited commentary in the Journal of Nutrition on the role of culinary spices in reducing inflammation associated with cardiovascular disease. The commentary involved a recent article published in the same journal that showed a high…
Blanca Rincon (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) recently published an article, "Anchoring Comunidad: How First- and Continuing-Generation Latinx Students in STEM Engage Community Cultural Wealth," in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.
Beth Hock, Jocelyn Allen, Kaylie Humphreys, Mary Nara, and Teresa Praus (all Nursing) recently earned their doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degrees.
Hock's DNP project was "Creating a Structural Empowerment Culture: A Professional Development Module for the Novice Nurse Leader."
Allen's…
Karen E. Callahan (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article, "Cancer Mortality Among US Blacks: Variability between African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Africans" in the journal Cancer Epidemiology.
Aggregation of all black populations in U.S. cancer mortality…
Ann M. Vuong (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) and Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Exposures during Pregnancy and Maternal Depression" in the journal Environment International. The objective of the…
Jin Ouk Choi, Saba Nikkhah Manesh, Binit K. Shrestha, and Pramen Shrestha (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) and Jaewon Lim (Public Policy and Leadership) published a journal paper, "Spatial Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Architecture, Civil Engineering, and…
James Cheng and Starr Hoffman (both Libraries) recently published "Librarians and Administrators on Academic Library Impact Research: Characteristics and Perspectives" in College & Research Libraries April special issue. Funded by the Association of College &…
Samantha Coogan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) has received the 2020 Academic Assessment Award for an individual. This award is given by the office of the vice provost for academic programs and the office of academic assessment.
She was nominated by professor…
Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented a webinar last month on "Healthcare Finance Issues During COVID Crisis." This webinar was attended by health care administration faculty, graduate students, and post-docs. She discussed the implications of surge capacity due to the…
Holly O'brien (Hospitality) recently was named a recipient of the 2020 UNLV Outstanding Teaching by Part-time Faculty Award. The award recognizes significant contributions to student learning by part-time teaching faculty.