Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Zahra Dossaji, Mark Hsu, Kyaw Min Tun, Adam Khattak, Jonathan Hansen, Kavita Batra, and Vignan Manne (all Medicine) published an abstract "Investigating Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Hypoxic Hepatitis: A Single Institutional Study" in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Magnus Chun, Kavita Batra, Lily Liu, Kyaw Min Tun, Robert Gish (all Medicine) published an abstract "Is Octreotide Adjunctive Therapy Advantageous in Non-Variceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Magnus Chun, Kyaw Min Tun, Tahne Vongsavath, Kavita Batra, David Limsui, Erin Jenkins (all Medicine) published an abstract in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Vidhani S. Goel, Ana L. Reyes, Bertille Assoumou, Dodds P. Simangan, Megumi Akiyama, Deborah A. Kuhls, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) along with Farooq Abdulla from United Healthcare, Nevada, presented their study "Maternal substance abuse and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission among Medicaid beneficiaries: a state-wide audit" at the…
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented a poster, “Integration of public health informatics dashboard into State Systems Development Initiative (SSDI): A quality improvement initiative for marginalized youth healthcare," on the digital platform at the American Public Health Association 2024 Annual Meeting (…
Lloyd Jensen Medicine) gave an initial presentation on "Importancia y organizacion del sistema de transporte pediatrico y neonatal" at the annual Instituto Nacional de Pedinatalogogic de Mexico- Curso Hibrido Internacional de Transporte Medico Pediatrico y Neonatal.
Yash Desai (Medicine) was selected to present his study "Characteristics and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Births in Las Vegas Nevada" at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition in the Section on Transport Medicine.
Sarah Kazemeini, Ahmed Nadeem-Tariq, Ryan Shih, John Rafanan, Nabih Ghani, and Thomas A. Vida (all Medicine) published "From Plaques to Pathways in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Mitochondrial-Neurovascular-Metabolic Hypothesis" in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is expected to impact over 13 million people in…
Noehealani Antolin, Selam Ayele, Bertille Mavegam, Blessing Imade, Ana Reyes, Kavita Batra, and Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine), presented their research poster titled, "Paving the Way for Traffic Safety: Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives and Educational Outreach at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV" at the UNLV…
Ana L. Reyes, Noehealani Antolin, Nicole Bacani, Kavita Batra, Bertille Assoumou, and, Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine) presented their study "Transportation insecurity and distressed communities: A descriptive analysis of non-adjudicated speeding behavior-related traffic citations issued to Nevada drivers from 2018-2021" at the American…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was featured in a nationwide Podcast titled, “Yoga: The Eight Limbs and Treatment of Depression, Anxiety, and Mental Health of Cancer Patients,” in the forum THERAPY+. Sharma explained about yoga and his research in mental health in this podcast.
Vidhani S. Goel, Ana L. Reyes, Bertille Assoumou, Dodds P. Simangan, Megumi Akiyama, Deborah A. Kuhls, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) along with Farooq Abdulla from United Healthcare, Nevada, presented their study "Utilizing a hybrid approach to link maternal and neonatal records" at the American Public Health Association’s 152nd Annual Meeting…