Jessica Immonen (Dental), Ph.D., M.S., received the Clinical Anatomy Senior Faculty Award for her presentation at the annual American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) Conference recently held at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, New York. Her presentation was titled, "Biomechanics of Bruxism Determine the Sites of Severe TMJ…
Ana Gonzalez, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “Implementing a 3-Year-Long Community-Based Participatory Evaluation Program Based on a Model Process Evaluation Framework," at the 10th International  Congress on Scientific Research, held in Ankara, Turkey, on June 25-27, 2024.…
David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently was part of an International Ombuds Association seminar called “The Numbers Share (some of) the Story: Using Data in Daily Ombuds Work.” The panel considered how ombuds can collect and utilize data  to refine their services, publicize their offices, and demonstrate return on investment.
Gary Totten (Faculty Affairs) wrote a guest post, "Peer Review, Academic Integrity, and AI," for the AAUP's Academe Blog discussing peer reviewers' central role in addressing AI's threats to academic integrity in publishing.
Associate professors Hannah Fraley and Candace W. Burton and assistant professor Clariana Vitoria Ramos de Oliveira (all Nursing) published their article, "Trauma-Informed Research With Emerging Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence," in the Sage Journal.  The article focuses on the complexities of conducting research with emerging adult…
Dagmawit Teka and Francisco Sy (both Environmental and Occupational Health) presented "Career Advancement and Faculty Retention of Mountain West Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Pilot Grant Awardees" at the 9th Biennial National IDeA Symposium for Biomedical Research Excellence, June 17-19, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
Lorraine Evangelista, Joseph Guerrero Lopez, and Francisco Sy (all Environmental and Occupational Health) and Reimund Serafica (Nursing) received the first-place award for the "Best Overall Scientific Poster" out of 517 posters presented at the 9th Biennial National IDeA Symposium on Biomedical Research Excellence', June 17-19, 2024, in Washington…
Lorraine Evangelista, Joseph Guerrero Lopez, and Francisco Sy (all Environmental and Occupational Health) and Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented "Promoting Community Engagement and Capacity-Building to Address Health Disparities in Diverse Communities: Experiences of a Community Engagement and Outreach Team" at the 9th Biennial National IDeA…
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by Las Vegas Review-Journal on "Mosquitoes species 'exploded all over the valley': What can the health district do?" Cross along with colleagues from the PARAVEC Laboratory talk about how they are currently raising mosquitoes for insecticide testing. The results will be sent to the…

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