Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani from The New Mexico University and Dr. Srikanta Banerjee from the Walden University published a study "Mortality risk among adult americans living with cancer and elevated CRP" in the journal Cancer Epidemiology. This study underscores the need of exploring pathways by which the the…
Nabih Ghani (Medicine) was awarded second prize at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV for his podium presentation titled, "Science Education for the Youth (SEFTY): A Neuroscience Outreach Program for High School Students in Southern Nevada During the COVID-19 Pandemic." The following faculty and…
Sarah Kazemeini (Medicine) was awarded 1st place at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV with her podium presentation, “Alzheimer’s and the APP Gene: Insights from the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium.”
This study emphasizes the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene's significant role in…
Stephanie Wang (Medicine) earned 2nd place at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV for the poster presentation, “Investigating Artificial Intelligence in Bioethics and Medical Education: Can ChatGPT Answer Ethical Questions Appropriately?” Collaborating with Raul Saucedo, Kaitlin Hock, Timothy Shaw (all…
Lily Liu (Medicine) secured 2nd place at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV for her study, "Investigating The Use of Open vs. Endoscopic Drainage for Pancreatic Pseudocyst Among Adults: A 2017-2020 National Inpatient Sample Study," in collaboration with Camryn Schroeder (Medicine), and physicians Renuka…
Jacquelyn Fields (Medicine) secured first place at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV with her poster: CEM radiomics for distinguishing lesion from background parenchymal enhancement in patients with invasive breast cancer.
Collaborating with B.A. Varghese, M. Perkins, S. Cen, X. Lei, J. Jamie, B.…
Alex Woster (Medicine) presented his study "Sensitivity and Specificity of Sex for Detecting Differences in Depth Jumps Performed by NCAA Athletes" at the 26th Annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum at UNLV.
Collaborating with Talin Louder, Brennan J. Thompson, and Eadric Bressel from Utah State University, the team…
Lisa Durette (Psychiatry) co-authored a chapter about the role of child and adolescent psychiatrists within the child welfare system for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America's edition Bringing the Village to the Child: Addressing the Crisis of Children’s Mental Health, An Issue of Child And Adolescent Psychiatric…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a study, "Serum-soluble ST2 as a novel biomarker for COVID-19 severity and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. This meta-analysis identifies serum-soluble ST2 as a significant biomarker for assessing the severity and predicting mortality in COVID-19…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators published a study "Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021" in the Lancet journal. Per findings of…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from Morocco, Italy, Iran, Turkey, and Poland published a study "The effect of learned helplessness on the psychological health of healthcare workers" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) was recently invited to become a member of the Global Health Educators Community (GHECo), which is a part of the new Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). The GHECo provides professional development and networking opportunities for professors who teach global health courses, design curricula and experiential…