Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Sohail Akther, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai, and Omolola Odejimi (both Education) published an article, “Theory-Based Determinants of Stopping Drowsy Driving Behavior in College Students: A Cross-Sectional Study,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public…
Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues Gabriela Buccini, Miguel Fudolig, Manoj Sharma (all Public Health), William McCarthy (UCLA), and Stephanie Pitts (East Carolina University), has been awarded a four-year, $748,052 grant (1R16GM154708-01) from the NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The…
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…
Deborah A. Kuhls, Bertille Mavegam Tango, Kavita Batra , Noehealani Antolin (all Medicine), along with Courtney Coughenour, Max Gakh, William Porter, Darin Mains, Kacie Washburn (all Public Health), and William Sousa (Urban Affairs), presented findings from the Statistical Transparency of Policing (STOP) Project, resulting from SB 236 (…
Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy, Center for Health Disparities Research) co-authored "Hospital management and healthcare policy: financing, resourcing and accessibility" in Frontiers in Public Health.
Priyambda Kumra (Public Health) wrote a blog post "On Getting Vaccinated Against HPV" published on Shot@Life, an advocacy campaign of the United Nations Foundation.
In the article, Kumra shares her HPV vaccination story, dispels myths about the vaccine, and calls for expanding access.
Kumra is a graduate student.
Siddharth Raich, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Healthcare Administration), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article, titled, “Developing a theory-based instrument for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake in people of color using a qualitative approach,” in the journal Healthcare (…
Lung-Chang Chien and formal doctoral student Leigh Ann Richardson (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-authored “Short-term associations between precipitation and gastrointestinal illness-related hospital admissions: A multi-city study in Texas,” which published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The study conducted a…
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…
Pearl Kim, Chris Cochran, Neeraj Bhanderi (all Healthcare Administration and Policy), Billy Bai (Hospitality), and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy, Center for Health Disparities Research) recently published "Increasing Emotional Distress and Use of Health Services among Hospitality Industry Workers During and After the COVID-…
Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Ji Won Yoo (Internal Medicine), and Tae Ha Chung (Internal Medicine) published an article, "Class III Obesity as a Risk Factor for Persistent Asthma," in Respiratory Care.
They found that obesity was identified as a risk factor for persistent asthma,…
Ana Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health), Richard Rosenkranz, Chris Acosta, Andrew Hooyman, Jose Hidalgo, CindyRomina Ballesteros-Paniagua, and Sara Rosenkranz (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published, "Variability and error in measurement of infant formula powder and water: an experimental study," in the journal…