News: School of Public Health
UNLV collaborates with community partners to inspect and fix homes, making them safe and improving the living conditions of local residents.
UNLV working with local nonprofits and churches to lead pregnancy prevention program.
Study shows hazards in synthetic turf poses health risk to kids.
UNLV Center for Health Disparities Research Partners with Local Churches on Prevention Program Targeting African-American Youth
A study by UNLV ecologist Scott Abella shows that full recovery of desert ecosystems after a wildfire can take up to 65 years.
The Life In Balance Program, Funded by the National Institutes of Health, Aims to Blunt Adult Onset Diabetes in an Expanding Southern Nevada Native American Population
Temperature Shifts and Invasive Plants Contribute to Disruption in Re-Establishment of Native Vegetation; Recovery Can Take Up to 65 Years
When alumnus Jim Holland finished his thesis, "climate change" was far from being coined. Thirty years later, the work has been dusted off to help researchers predict the evolution of Southern Nevada's desert ecosystem.
While drought conditions in the West continue to produce record drops in water levels at Lake Mead, a rising tide of research at UNLV seeks to address some of the region's most pressing water issues.