Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Manoj Sharma, Ravi Batra (Social and Behavioral Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), Chia-Laing Dai (Teaching and Learning), and David Cappelli (Dental Medicine) have published a manuscript titled, “Predicting Flossing through the Application of the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change among…
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), along with colleagues, presented a symposium paper on "Indirect effects of adverse childhood experiences on self-reported substance use problems through mental illness among sexual and gender diverse individuals" at the 2022 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies annual meeting in Atlanta, GA…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article on "Gestational exposure to organophosphate esters and infant anthropometric measures in the first 4 weeks after birth" in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
Few studies have examined whether gestational exposure to organophosphate esters (OPEs), widely used…
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…
Anita Chatterjee, Laurencia Bonsu, and Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant of $3,000 each for their proposal titled, “A phenomenological qualitative study based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to identify factors and ways to design interventions for quitting gambling among older…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article titled, “Mother-daughter’s relationship with menstrual hygiene and premenstrual symptoms in Iranian teenage girls,” in the Journal of Education and Community Health with authors from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The article highlights the crucial role of mothers to buffer…
Sidath Kapukotuwa, Anita Chatterjee, and Laurencia Bonsu (all Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant of $3,000 each for their proposal titled, “Explaining the correlates of problem gambling behavior based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change among college students: A cross-sectional study,” by the UNLV's…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-authored an article titled, “Application of the multi-theory model to explain veterinarians’ intentions to use telehealth/telemedicine,” in the journal Veterinary Record, with authors from Lincoln Memorial University; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; and University of Mississippi Medical Center.…
Siddharth Raich (Social and Behavioral Health) received the American Public Health Association (APHA) Cancer Forum's Inaugural Cancer Public Health Student Award at this year's APHA national conference.
This award recognizes student achievement and passion in addressing cancer screening disparities and engagement with research and leadership…
Jennifer Pharr and Emylia Terry (both Public Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented "Protective and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation Among Lesbian and Bisexual Women in the United States" at the American Public Health Association Conferences in Boston.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) orally presented the paper, "Explaining readiness to change in physical inactivity behavior among college students in Mississippi using perfection quotient (PQ) model," at the 150th American Public Health Association annual meeting in Boston. He was also a co-presenter on 11 other presentations at this…
The following individuals have been elected to the 2022-2023 Delta Theta Delta Omega Chapter:
President: Shawn Gersternberger (Public Health)
President-elect: Kavita Batra
Vice president: Timothy Grigsby
Secretary and treasurer: Bertille Mavegam Tango Assoumou
Undergraduate student liaison: Sara Conners
Graduate…