Łukasz J. Sznajder (Biochemistry) participated in a study led by the group at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland. Their research focused on the regulatory mechanisms of microRNA biogenesis in developing skeletal muscles. They identified that muscleblind-like splicing regulator (MBNL) proteins influence the processing and expression of microRNAs…
Dr. Ayodele Ogunlela (Medicine), a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, will be presenting at the 2024 National Conference on Correctional Health Care. His presentation is titled, "Outside the Walls: Best Practices in Juvenile Reentry," and the…
Marketa Trimble (Law) presented at the ALAI Conference in Ottawa, Canada.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was awarded “The Ohio State University College of Medicine Alumni Achievement Award” for contributions to the practice of medicine and to society as a whole on Sept. 19, 2024. He also delivered a lecture entitled, “Contributions to Science by an Academic Public Health Physician: An OSU…
Barbara Lewis (Public Health) presented on the Key Success Factors of Patient and Family Advisory Councils at the 8th Annual Patient Experience Symposium in Boston.   
Cynthia Tochukwu Nnolum (Mathematical Sciences) presented some of her recent results on “Dynamics of solutions to a multiple-patch epidemic model with a saturation incidence mechanism” at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Sectional Meeting at the University of Texas, San Antonio, in the special session on Recent trends in differential…
Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) published a paper with co-authors at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in the international Journal of Epidemiology. The article, titled "Data Resource Profile: Add Health Mortality Outcomes Surveillance," describes newly available mortality data for The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to…
Kathleen Thimsen (Nursing) was appointed to the serve on the Advisory Board for the Hope for Family Resilience Team Nevada Domestic Violence High Risk Teams (DVHRT). The Hope for Family Resilience Program helps to support families through education, programs, and resources. It is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of Clark County, Nevada.…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Effect of Mediterranean diet on body mass index and fatigue severity in patients with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials,” in the journal Heliyon with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Ludwig-…

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