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Dr. Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) presented findings from the UNLV Health Immunization Workflow Assessment project to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies during its Quality Improvement and Data Leads meeting held on March 26, 2024. UNLV Health is one of the health systems selected from across the country to participate in this Quality…

Andre Chiang (Music) has and will perform with Florida State University Opera, Opera Philadelphia, OperaDelaware, and at home with Opera Las Vegas. Chiang was a late add to sing the Forester in Janáček‘sThe Cunning Little Vixen in Czech on April 5 and 7. He then sings the Commissioner in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Opera Philadelphia on…

Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) has been awarded a grant (R16GM153536) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for her project, "Testing a Dual-Process Mechanistic Model Linking Food Insecurity and Loss-of-Control Eating." Funding of $400,000 in direct costs will support a study examining daily associations between food…

Kian Habashi (Medicine) presented a poster, "The Need for Teaching Skills Training During Pre-Clerkship Years of Medical School," at the 26th Annual Graduate and Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV. The study by Habashi, in collaboration with Kencie Ely and Rosalie Kalili (both Medicine), aimed to integrate teaching competencies into the…

Shirley Wong (Medicine) presented a poster, "A Lateral Corticectomy Approach for Resection of an Intramandibular Schwannoma: A Case Report," at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV. Schwannomas are benign tumors that develop from Schwann cells, usually appearing as solitary lesions or within neurofibromatosis…

Madelyn Colbert (Medicine) secured first place at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV with her poster, "The Effectiveness of Using Motor Imagery Training as an Alternative to Exercise for the Improvement of Mental Health: A Qualitative Investigation." Exercise serves as a common non-pharmacological method to…

Nicolas Staffa (Medicine) won second place at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV for a poster, "Determining Effectiveness of Anki Usage in Preparation for Success on USMLE Step 2." Medical school demands effective study strategies beyond routine coursework to ensure success in USMLE Steps 1 and 2,…

Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by the University of St. Thomas at Houston to have a talk on April 6, titled "Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential and Legislative Election: Trends from Polls and Election Results" in the conference "The 2024 Taiwanese General Elections and the Next Phase of Trilateral Relationship between Taiwan,…

Alain Bengochea, Gloria Carcoba Falomir, Suheyla Sarisahin, Tracey West, and Xin Zhang (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented "Toward a translanguaging-as-resource orientation: Elementary and secondary educators' beliefs and practices in English-medium settings" at the American Educational Research Association…