Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored an article titled, “Food safety-related practices among residents aged 18–75 years during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Southwest China,” in the journal BMC Public Health (Impact factor 4.1) with coauthors from Chongqing Medical University. The…
Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) is a recipient of the Service Member Patriot Award, a recognition earned through the nomination of her doctoral student, Keishmer Cardoso, a captain in the National Guard.
This distinguished award acknowledges the support provided by individual supervisors and bosses to an employee serving in the…
Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) presented a poster with Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) during the American Public Health Association meeting titled "Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and Threats Analysis of ChatGPT in Oral Health Education." The authors concluded ChatGPT has the promise to augment the oral healthcare…
Jalal Uddin (Master of Public Health student and lead author), Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health), and colleagues published, "Examining the Role Between Social Antecedents and Depression among LGBTQ+ Older Adults Eligible for Low-Income Housing," in OBM Geriatrics. This study found that social antecedents (i.e., demographics, early…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has coauthored an article titled, “Understanding the knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP) of healthy eating among adolescents in Chongqing, China: An empirical study utilizing structural equation modeling (SEM),” in the journal Nutrients (Impact factor 5.9) with coauthors from…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Association between body weight misperception and snacking patterns among adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study,” in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing Medical University in the journal, BMC Public Health (Impact factor 4.5). The…
The UNLV School of Public Health and University of Nevada, Reno's School of Public Health have partnered in committing $10,000 to support joint grant submissions, publications, community-engaged projects, contracts, professional presentations and training sessions. Dean Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) and UNR SPH Dean Muge Akpinar-Elci have…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published a paper titled, “Asynchronous Online Teaching of Research Methods to Graduate Students: Application of the Multi-Theory Model of Health Behavior Change,” in ICERI 2023 Proceedings. The article is a case study of a successful pedagogical application of his fourth-generation…
Laurenica Bonsu, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) & Buddhadeb Dawn (Medicine), presented their talk “Role of Yoga for Improving Cardiovascular Health” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 13 in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Innovations in Integrative, Complementary, and…
Miklo Alcala, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), presented their poster “Conforming to Filipino male masculinity norms and the effects on psychological well-being” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 14, in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for…
Siddharth Raich, Asma Awan, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Health Care Administration and Policy) and Kavita Batra (Medicine), presented their poster, “Disparities in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake interventions among Asian Americans: A scoping review of current interventions” during…
Siddharth Raich, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), and a colleague from Howard University presented a roundtable “Portion size control: A comprehensive review of dietary interventions” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 13 in Atlanta, Georgia,…