Accomplishments: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
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.
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…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) was interviewed by KTNV Channel 13 about "Vets reminding pet owners about heartworm risks as more mosquitoes show up across Southern Nevada."
Messenger explains that in the last few years, Las Vegas has seen a massive uptick in mosquitoes, partially due to the weather.
The…
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Louisa Messenger, Miklo Alcala (both Environmental and Occupational Health), and Bryson Carrier (Integrated Health Sciences) presented "Soil-transmitted helminths in the United States: using big data to characterize patients and analyze disease trends" during the 100th anniversary annual meeting of the…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article on "Uncovering the genetic diversity in Aedes aegypti insecticide resistance genes through global comparative genomics" in the journal Scientific Reports.
Aedes aegypti is a vector of many arboviruses including Zika, dengue, yellow fever, West Nile and Chikungunya.…
Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez, Samantha Smith, Tiana Tu (all Environmental and Occupational Health), and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) co-published an article titled, "Exploring the role of the social vulnerability index in understanding COVID-19 immunization rates,"…
Dr. Francisco S. Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health), professor and chair, serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health for the "Health of Women of U3 Populations Data Book," which was launched by NIH on May 15, 2024, during National Women’s Health Week.…