Accomplishments: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed for an article on "How to get rid of kudzu bugs – experts share top tips for removing these plant feeders from your yard" by Homes & Gardens.
Kudzu bugs are plant munchers that will feed on everything from foliage to vegetables. Cross talks about their origins and provides tips…
Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented "Assessing COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index - Applications of Novel Approaches Using Social Condition Data in Spatiotemporal Analyses" at the 33rd South Region Statistics Conference, jointly held with the 2024 Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics Annual Meeting and Academic…
Christopher Johansen, Liliana Davalos, Brisa Rodriguez, Marissa Martinez (all Social and Behavioral Health), along with Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), presented, "Parental acculturation and its association with preschool aged child's health behaviors in Nevada," at the 9th Biennial National IDeA Symposium on Biomedical…
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by Las Vegas Review-Journal on "Mosquitoes species 'exploded all over the valley': What can the health district do?"
Cross along with colleagues from the PARAVEC Laboratory talk about how they are currently raising mosquitoes for insecticide testing. The results will be sent to the…
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) published an article on "Prescription Painkiller Misuse in Hispanic and non-Hispanic Adults Ages 50 and Older: Trends and Correlates in a National Sample, 2015-2019…
Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Louisa Messenger, Miklo Alcala (both Environmental and Occupational Health), and Bryson Carrier (Integrated Health Sciences) presented "Soil-transmitted helminths in the United States: using big data to characterize patients and analyze disease trends" during the 100th anniversary annual meeting of the…
Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented a study titled "Visual Detection Probability of Mean Shifts" during the 2024 Symposium of Data Science and Statistics held in Richmond, VA from June 4-7.
Visually detecting trend changes in statistical graphics is often done but rarely studied. This study estimates the detection rate of…
Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez, Samantha Smith, Tiana Tu (all Environmental and Occupational Health), and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) co-published an article titled, "Exploring the role of the social vulnerability index in understanding COVID-19 immunization rates,"…
Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) hosted a recruitment symposium on studying abroad to introduce the UNLV School of Public Health in the Department of Statistics at National Taipei University in Taiwan. He also delivered a seminar talk titled "Variable Dimension Reduction Methods in the Next Generation and Application."
Amruta Godbole and Ann Vuong (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics) along with a colleague published an article on "Associations between neonicotinoids and liver function measures in US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2016" in the journal Environmental Epidemiology. Godbole is a doctoral student.
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Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by USA TODAY Homefront for an article on "How to get rid of ticks in your yard."
The article discusses what attracts ticks, how to get rid of them, and how to prevent them. Cross provides his expertise on ticks, types of products and pesticides that can help repel ticks and mites,…
Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by MDLinx for an article on "COVID's surprising role in the surge of food recalls."
The article discusses whether or not food recalls have been increasing, and if anything in particular is causing them. Labus talks about how there's nothing to be concerned about, and if anything, the…