Shannon Richard (Nursing PhD graduate and lead author), Brenna Renn (Psychology), and Dieu-My Tran, Jinyoung Kim, and Du Feng (all Nursing) published, "Metabolic Syndrome, Modifiable Lifestyle Factors, and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The Hispanic Community Health Study," in Annals of Behavioral Medicine. This study found associations between the…
Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been appointed by the Nevada Department of Education to serve on the advisory council to revise and modernize the Nevada State Literacy Plan (NSLP). The NSLP provides guidance and support to districts and charter schools by incorporating contemporary literacy best practices…
Mark Lenker (Educational Initiatives Department, UNLV Libraries) had an essay published in the journal Communications in Information Literacy. "Dwindling Trust in Experts: A Starting Point for Information Literacy" makes a case for centering library instruction on the public’s declining trust in experts. The recommended guided discussion…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has authored the CEDER Yearbook, a peer-reviewed book of educational research published by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's College of Education and Human Development. It is indexed in Books in Print, EBSCO's Education Research Complete, and EBSCO's…
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Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) presented a poster with Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) during the American Public Health Association meeting titled "Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and Threats Analysis of ChatGPT in Oral Health Education." The authors concluded ChatGPT has the promise to augment the oral healthcare…
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Dr. Tina Brandon Abbatangelo and Dr. Christina Demopoulos (both Dental) earned the 2023 Community Service Award from the Southern Nevada Dental Society for their exceptional dedication to bettering the health and the lives of Southern Nevada, and for going beyond the call to serve and enrich the dental community and the lives of her patients.
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