Accomplishments: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Louisa Messenger, Karen Figeruoua Chilito and Richard Oxborough (all Environmental and Occupational Health) coauthored a paper titled “Malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: complex trade-offs to combat the growing threat of insecticide resistance” in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health, in association with Filemon Tokponnon. The paper…
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) joined her colleagues Erin Breen (Transportation Research Center) and Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health) at the regional conference with the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) - Las Vegas #74 at the Tuscany Suites and Casino. The panel engaged in…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) coauthored an article titled “Bio-efficacy of field aged novel class of long-lasting insecticidal nets, against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors in Tanzania: A series of experimental hut trials” in the journal PLOS Global Public Health, in association with researchers from London, Canada…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article titled "Evaluation of bio-efficacy of field-aged novel long-lasting insecticidal nets (PBO, chlorfenapyr or pyriproxyfen combined with pyrethroid) against Anopheles gambiae (s.s.) in Tanzania" in the journal Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases…
Samantha Smith, Erika Marquez, Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Tiana Tu, Aaliyah Goodie (all Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), and David Perez (Nevada Department of Health and Human Services) published an article on "Role of community engagement in advancing vaccine equity" in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.
The COVID-19…
Mark Buttner and Patricia Cruz (both Environmental and Occupational Health) received a one-year, $1.35 million award through the Nevada Health and Human Services to conduct molecular microbiological environmental monitoring and research.
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article on "A Pan Plasmodium lateral flow recombinase polymerase amplification assay for monitoring malaria parasites in vectors and human populations" in the journal Scientific Reports.
Robust diagnostic tools and surveillance are crucial for malaria control and…
Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) received the 2024 Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of the Philippines Alumni Association on Aug. 17 in Manila, Philippines.
The award honors Sy for devoting five decades of his life to public health and the empowerment of communities, and for mentoring and supporting…
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…
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye, and Jose Melendrez (both Public Health) along with colleagues published an article on "Harnessing Community Coalition Action Theory (CCAT) for Building Resilient Communities: A Case Study of the NV Minority Health and Equity Coalition" in the Journal of Participatory…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article on "Invasive Anopheles stephensi in Africa: insights from Asia" in the journal Trends in Parasitology.
Anopheles stephensi is a highly competent urban malaria vector species, endemic in South Asia and the Persian Gulf, which has colonised eight countries in sub-…
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.