Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Valarie Burke (Graduate College) and Annie Weisman (Medicine) recently presented at the 2022 NASPA Annual Conference.
In the interactive session — titled Best Practices in Crisis/Suicide Prevention: Perspectives from Graduate, Law, Medical, and Post-Graduate Programs — presenters introduced Early Alert, a theoretically grounded,…
Dr. Syed F. Saquib, Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls, and Samantha Slinkard-Barnum (all Medicine) published an article, "Pediatric Burn Care: How Burn Camps Survived and Thrived During the Coronavirus Pandemic," in Journal of Burn Care & Research.
Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Science) was awarded a Developmental Research Project Grant from the Nevada INBRE. This two-year grant will investigate the circadian regulation of exercise induced cardiovascular benefits including training adaptations and protection against cardiovascular disease (i.e. heart attack). Richard Tillett of…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) have coauthored an article, “Prevalence and Predictors of Burnout Syndrome among Italian Psychologists Following the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in collaboration with researchers from Italy and…
Drs. Kenneth Izuora and Matthew Ng (both Medicine) published a commentary looking at hearing loss among individuals with diabetes and the impact of gender differences on the risk of developing hearing loss among this population.Izuora is with the department of internal medicine, while Ng is with the department of otolaryngology.
Lindsay Buczek, Laura K. Gryder, Kavita Batra, Allison G. McNickle, Douglas R. Fraser, Deborah A. Kuhls, and Paul J. Chestovich (all Medicine), along with Samantha Slinkard-Barnum (University of South Carolina) and Cassandra Trummel (Southwest Career and Technical Academy) published a study, " Evaluating Long-Term Outcomes of a High…
Dr. Evelyn Montalvo Stanton (Medicine) received the Health Care Headliners Honoree Award from Vegas, Inc. for Southern Nevada earlier this month. She chairs the pediatric department.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a book chapter, "Deaths of Despair among College Students amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Action." As highlighted in this review chapter, early identification of at-risk students, promoting parental education to develop open communications with their young children, and building mental health…
Dr. Kyaw Min "Daniel" Tun (Medicine) has co-authored several articles that have been published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. They are:
"A Case of Pleuro-Biliary Fistula Formation and Intrapulmonary Gallstones Due to Complication From Prior Cholecystectomy"
"Gastric Siderosis: An Under-Recognized Side Effect of Oral Ferrous…
Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with researchers from Saudi Arabia and India, published an article, "Literature Review of Omicron: A Grim Reality Amidst COVID-19," in the journal "Microorganisms."
Dr. Sadaf Fakhra (Medicine) was accepted into the American College of Cardiology IM Women in Cardiology program. She will be the resident advocate in Nevada for other female residents interested in cardiology, and will promote and foster that interest. Fakhra will be attending seminars to train to become a mentor for interested residents, and be…
Manoj Sharma, Christopher Johansen, Siddharth Raich (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) have published a manuscript, "Explaining Correlates of Cervical Cancer Screening among Minority Women in the United States" in the journal Pharmacy. The article provides evidence for Sharma's multi-theory model (MTM) of health…