Topic: health and medicine

Portrait of UNLV Athletics Dietiian Nicole Kiley
People | March 8, 2021

You can. You will. Let's go! That's the mantra that the UNLV athletic department's first sport dietitian uses for herself and for her student-athletes.

Rochelle and Dustin Hines standing in white lab coats
Research | March 8, 2021

UNLV neuroscientists Dustin and Rochelle Hines join rising number of researchers studying possible medical benefits of psychedelics; their work on brain activity recently published by Nature: Scientific Reports.

A woman stands on the beach
People | March 5, 2021

School of Medicine student Diane Han turns to the ER after an attentive doctor played a key role in her father's hour of need.

A woman sits next to a series of three sets of model teeth
Research | March 3, 2021

Dr. Tanya Al-Talib advocates for dentists becoming the first line of defense against sleep apnea and other sleep breathing issues.

nurse in jacket with stethoscope in simulation center
People | March 1, 2021

Accompanying her pediatrician father on house calls helped shape nursing professor Kathleen Thimsen's career.

nurse administers shot to woman
Campus News | February 23, 2021

From Medicine to Nursing to Public Health, UNLV students are front-and-center in COVID-19 inoculation effort.

A woman in a suit leans against a stone wall
People | February 23, 2021

Creating trust among skeptics is an important part of beating back COVID-19, especially in communities of color.

U.N.L.V. school of medicine logo
Campus News | February 19, 2021

School earns accreditation from Liaison Committee on Medical Education, meaning it meets or exceeds the highest standards for schools of medicine.

photo collage of black woman and medical building exterior
People | February 19, 2021

Dr. Brandi Alexander chose family medicine because it provides a range of challenges and opportunities to advocate for women of color.

Two people work on an exercise involving passing a ball back and forth
Research | February 17, 2021

After pivoting from planned research, a physical therapy professor's Zoom classes offer exercise outlet to Down syndrome patients.