Accomplishments: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published an article on "Epidemiological, Entomological, and Climatological Investigation of the 2019 Dengue Fever Outbreak in Gewane District, Afar Region, North-East Ethiopia" in the journal Insects.
Dengue Fever (DF) is an important…
Jennifer Pharr (EOH), Lung-Chang Chien (EAB), Max Gakh (EOH), Jason Flatt (SBH), Krystal Kittle (SBH), and Emylia Terry (EOH) from the School of Public Health recently published, "Moderating Effect of Community and Individual Resilience on Structural Stigma and Suicidal Ideation among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in the United…
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye, and Erick B López (both Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) published their research, "Improving the Identification of Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels: A Pilot Project Using an Academic Detailing Approach," in the Journal of Community…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-published a paper on "Protective efficacy of holed and aging PBO-pyrethroid synergist-treated nets on malaria infection prevalence in north-western Tanzania" in the journal PLoS Global Public Health.
This study presents the durability of two types of nets with and without the…
June Cho (Nursing) recently published the paper titled, "Sociodemographic and Biological Factors of Health Disparities of Mothers and Their Very Low Birth-Weight Infants," with Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) in Advances in Neonatal Care, 22(5), pp. E169-181.
Daidre Gamboa, Casey Barber, Erin Sheehy, Selam Ayele, and Shawn Gerstenberger (all Environmental and Occupational Health) published the article, "Lead-Based Paint and Other In-Home Health Hazards in Las Vegas, Nevada: Findings of the Las Vegas Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program," in the Journal of Environmental Health.
The…
Asma Awan, Siddharth Raich, Brittany Klenczar, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Miklo Alcala (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented two papers at Nevada Public Health Association’s Annual Conference on September 13 and September 14, 2022.
The papers were titled, “A model-based community-based…
Emylia Terry (Public Health), Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), Jason Flatt, and Krystal Kittle (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster on "Problem Gambling within the LGBTQIA+ Community: A Community Needs Assessment Survey Approach" at the National LGBTQ Health Conference in Chicago, Illinois, in July.
Terry…
Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Max Gakh (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) presented on "State protection alignment index as a measure of structural stigma's impact on the mental health of sexual and gender…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) is a recipient of a 2022 Springer Nature Editorial Contributions Award for her editorial service to the Malaria Journal.
Through their assessment of new submissions and rigorous management of the peer review process, Springer Nature's editors and editorial board members safeguard the…
Alireza Rezaee and Lung-Wen Antony Chen (both Environmental & Occupational Health), Ge Lin (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Mark Buttner and Max Gakh (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Emma Frances Bloomfield (Communication Studies) published an article on "Air Quality Health Benefits of the Nevada Renewable Portfolio…
Jennifer Pharr (Environmental & Occupational Health), Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Max Gakh (Environmental & Occupational Health), Jason Flatt and Krystal Kittle (both Social & Behavioral Health), and Emylia Terry (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article on "Serial Mediation Analysis of the…