Appointment/Election: Andrew Thomas Reyes
Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) has been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Minority Health and Equity of the Nevada Office of Minority Health and Equity (NOHME) of the Department of Health and Human Services. The committee was created in NOHME pursuant to NRS 232.482. NOHME's overall mission is to improve the quality of health care services and…
Honors: Rebecca Rice
Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies) was awarded the Linda L. Putnam Early Career Scholar Award from the International Communication Association. This award recognizes the contributions of an early career scholar to organizational communication research. Specifically, this award honors a scholar no more than six years past receipt…
Presentation: Paul Lewis, Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Deborah Kuhls, Allison McNickle
Dr. Paul Lewis (Medicine) presented a poster entitled "Tread Lightly: Evaluating Geographic Distribution and Severity of Pedestrian vs. Auto Injuries in a Major Metropolitan Area" at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma in Las Vegas, on behalf of his school of medicine colleagues Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Deborah…
Notable: Eve Hanan
Professor Eve Hanan (Law) was interviewed on CityCast Las Vegas about the differences between juvenile and criminal court in relation to the recent prosecutions in the Rancho High School homicide.
Published: Jo-Lawrence Bigcas, Sonal Shah
Dr. Jo-Lawrence Bigcas (Medicine), Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental), and ENT resident Dr. William Montagne (Medicine), along with a colleague at Washington State University, co-authored "Diagnosis and Prognostic Implications of Primary Intraosseous Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review," which published Sept. 11 in the journal Cureus. The article…
Presentation: Kasra Ghaharian, Mana Azizsoltani
Kasra Ghaharian and Mana Azizsoltani (International Gaming Institute) attended the bi-annual conference for the European Association for the Study of Gambling (EASG). Ghaharian presented on the importance of AI ethics and governed for the gambling sector. Azizsoltani presented his research on the robustness of the most utilized screening…
Published: Kavita Batra
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators, published a study "Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in the Lancet Infectious Diseases. This study reported the…
Presentation: Ryan Grinnell, Matthew Perryman, Allison McNickle
Ryan Grinnell (Medicine) presented a poster, "Growing Pains: Expanding on the BIG Criteria to Include Minor Fractures," at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting in Las Vegas on behalf of his coauthors Dr. Matt Perryman and Dr. Allison McNickle (both Medicine). This project evaluated whether…
Published: Ozioma Nwosu
Ozioma Nwosu (Nursing) published an article in the Journal of Mental Health and Clinical Psychology titled, "Mood Disorders and Rapid Screening: A Brief Review." The article explores the differences between mood disorders to help increase diagnostic accuracy with the opportunity to provide treatment that may lead to improved patient outcomes.…
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