Helen J. Wing (Life Sciences) received a new NIH award — a diversity supplement to support the training of Ph.D. candidate Elizabeth Huezo. The award (totaling $149, 536) will supplement Wing's active R15-05 award and runs until the end of the current project period (November 2026).
Renato M. Liboro, Lianne Barnes, Sherry Bell, Brandon Ranuschio (all Psychology), Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), recently published a peer-reviewed article in the Social Sciences journal entitled, "Lifetime Experiences of Housing Insecurity among Gay Men Living with HIV at…
Karl Aharonian, Henry Krasner, Jeffrey Martin, Kavita Batra, Meher Yepremyan (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study entitled "Climate and Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: A Comprehensive Review" at the Global Ophthalmology Summit held in Portland, Oregon.   Aharonian, Krasner,  Martin are third year medical students and…
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published an article with collaborators Rochelle Gutiérrez and Marrielle Myers, titled "Political Conocimiento in Teaching Mathematics: mathematics teacher candidates enacting their ethical identities" in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.
Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) testified as an expert witness on K-12 educational finance for a Nevada State Public Charter School Authority (SPCSA) hearing to determine whether Eagle Charter School of Nevada's charter should be terminated due to the school's mismanagement of nearly $1 million in public…
Pearl Kim, Chris Cochran, Neeraj Bhanderi (all Healthcare Administration and Policy), Billy Bai  (Hospitality), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy, Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Increasing Emotional Distress and Use of Health Services among Hospitality Industry Workers During and After the COVID-…
Adam Paul (Film) presented a paper at the 78th Annual University Film and Video Association Conference in Cleveland, Ohio on July 31 entitled "The Disembodied Actor: Exploring the Craft of Screen Acting in an Era of Artificial Intelligence and Realistic Performance Capture."
Hannah Fraley (Nursing) co-authored two refereed publications with research team members from Texas Christian University and Duquesne University. She co-authored "Exploring Screening Practices for Child Sexual Abuse in School Settings: An Integrative Review" in the Journal of School Nursing and "Examining School Nurses' Knowledge…
Riana Durrett and Marla Royne Stafford (both Cannabis Policy Institute) were honored to join the Institute of Cannabis Research for the ICR's 8th Annual Cannabis Research Conference, Aug. 7-9, 2024. Stafford and Durrett presented the "Cannabis and Gaming: Working Together" panel alongside UNLV International Gaming Institute…

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