Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Joo-Hyun Park, Jung Yong Hong, and Jay Shen (all Public Health) recently published an article, "Association Between Glycemic Status and the Risk of Kidney Cancer in Men and Women: A Nationwide Cohort Study," in a high impact journal, Diabetes Care (IF 17.152). Hong and Park were visiting scholars and guest lecturers in the School of Public Health…
Jason Flatt and Krystal Kittle (both Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues, recently published, “Inclusive Care Practices and Policies Among Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults,” in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) published an article on "COVID-19 Concerns, Perceived Stress, and Increased Alcohol Use Among Adult Women in the United States" in the journal Clinical Nursing Research.
The objective of this study was to assess the direct and indirect (via perceived stress) effects of different types of pandemic-…
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…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) coauthored an article titled, “Association between modes of delivery and postpartum dietary patterns: A cross-sectional study in Northwest China,” published in the journal, Frontiers in Nutrition, with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University and Qatar University. The article found that Cesarean…
Ravi Batra, Manoj Sharma (both Public Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented a poster, "Yoga for anxiety relief among college students: Current state of interventions," at the American Public Health Association 150th annual meeting in Boston. Ravi Batra is a doctoral student.
Kavita Batra (Medicine), Manoj Sharma, and Ravi Batra (both Social and Behavioral Health) along with researchers from the University of Utah published a meta-analysis, "Assessing the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among College Students: An Evidence of 15 Countries," in February 2021. As of today, this meta-analysis remains among the top 20…
Jay Shen and Pearl Kim (both Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Ji Yoo and Laurie Kim (both Medicine) recently presented "Assessing Effects of the IETHTC Program on Clinical Outcomes and Cost of Care in a Healthcare Provider Shortage Area in USA” at the conference of ISPOR — a professional society for Health Economics and Outcomes…
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was appointed to the international council of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) for the term 2022-2028. ISID has a mission to is to "support health professionals, non-government organizations, and governments around the world in their work to prevent, investigate, and manage…
Emily C. Strickler (Medicine, '22 Public Health alumna) was nominated by the UNLV School of Public Health's Delta Theta chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society to present her thesis research at the 2022 Delta Omega poster session at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting. Strickler was one of 29 students invited to present…
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) presented a poster on "Immigration and adaptation related stressors and bullying behaviors among ethnic minority youth: The promise of developmental assets" at the American Public Health Association 2022 annual meeting in Boston, MA.
Krystal Kittle and Jason Flatt (both Social and Behavioral Health) recently published, “Feasibility of the Savvy Caregiver Program for LGBTQ+ Caregivers of People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias,” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.