Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Jeffrey Martin, Henry Krasner, Crysty-Ann Olaco, Kavita Batra and Dale Netski (all Medicine), along with Nicolette Harmon (Public Health) received the Best Oral Presentation Award for their paper, "Community level correlates of COVID-19 booster vaccine hesitancy in the United States: A cross-sectional analysis," from the Vaccines journal in their…
Dr. Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) hosted and presented in a workshop titled, "R Programming for WQS, LWQS, and BYM Models," at the School of Public Health. This workshop was part of the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) Geospatial Project. Chien provided instruction to SNHD staff on writing R code to conduct variable…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been ranked in the top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide (of about 29 million ranked) by ScholarGPS. This platform provides rankings of individuals and institutions Overall (in all Fields), in 14 broad Fields (such as Medicine, Engineering, or Humanities), in 177 Disciplines (such as…
Sidath Kapukotuwa, Tara Nerida, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article, “Utilization of the Multi-theory Model (MTM) of Health Behavior Change to Explain Health Behaviors: A Systematic Review,” In the journal, Health Promotion Perspectives (Impact Factor: 2.4). The article synthesizes…
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…
Vishal Sharma (Healthcare Administration and Policy) co-authored "Temporal JSON Keyword Search" in Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data, Volume 2, Issue 3. The journal is the premier venue for major technical advancements in the field of databases, and the conference proceeding is one of the oldest and most prestigious venues (51…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) co-presented a poster titled, "Improving pediatric atopic dermatitis care: Online intervention in Mississippi," at the Children’s Hospital of Mississippi Pediatrics Research Meeting held in Jackson, MS on July 19, 2024 with co-presenters from University of Mississippi Medical Center.…
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-…
Manoj Sharma, Mohammad Sohail Akhter, and Asma Awan (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “Salient lessons from a state-wide process evaluation of health disparity efforts using the RQFSM model in the United States,” at the II. Bilsel International Kibyra Scientific Research Congress, which was held in Burdur, Turkiye…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article titled, "Gestational exposure to environmental chemicals and epigenetic alterations in the placenta and cord blood mononuclear cells," in the journal Epigenetics Communications.
Exposure to environmental chemicals such as phthalates, phenols, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented an interdisciplinary paper titled, “Legitimizing Self versus Other Conflict in Digital Space: Analyzing User’s Online Comments about Afghan Refugees in U.S. Media (2016-2022),” in collaboration with a Fulbright Professor, Maneesh Pandeya at the 3rd International…
Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) contributed to a guest column about how "Inclusive housing empowers the LGBTQ+ community to age with dignity," published in the Las Vegas Sun.
The U.S. population of LGBTQ+ adults over age 50 is expected to reach 7 million by 2030. As this community grows, the need to address housing disparities in our…