Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Dr. Allison McNickle (Medicine) presented on "Extended Field Care for the Civilian Search and Rescue Professional" at the Special Operations Medical Association's 2022 Annual Scientific Assembly in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a volunteer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Mountain Rescue Team, she shared her experience and lessons…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently joined the Nevada Public Health Association (NPHA) Executive Board as a statewide secretary. The NPHA serves as the voice for achieving equitable health outcomes in Nevada.
Katherine Howard, Karl Kingsley, Austin Taylor and Brennan Truman (all Dental) with Keegan Lott, Paris Collier and Marc Ringor (all Medicine) published the "Assessment and Analysis of Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs) Biomarkers and Viability Following Cryopreservation Reveals Novel Association with miR-218 Expression" in the journal EC Dental…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) and Dr. Joe-Lawrence Bigcas (Medicine) presented a poster, “Hematologic Malignancy Presenting as Submandibular Duct Sialolithiasis” during the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology National Annual Meeting in April. The study’s results indicated that although metastases to the oral cavity are rare, they should…
Lindsay Buczek (Medicine) presented a poster, "The Data Error Criteria (DEC) for Retrospective Studies: Development and Preliminary Application," that was created by Buczek, Fadi Azar, Justin Bauzon, Kavita Batra, Caleb Murphy, and Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj (all Medicine). The presentation was made at the American College of Physicians Internal…
Katherine Hertlein (Medicine) and Edwin Oh (Medicine and Sciences) are recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Barrick Scholar Award, given to senior faculty to honor excellence in research. Hertlein, a professor in the couple and family therapy program in the department of psychiatry and behavioral health, and Oh, associate professor of internal…
Kavita Batra (Medicine), Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Jennifer R. Pharr, and Emylia Terry (both Environmental and Occupational Health) published a study, "Assessing Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among Parents of Children Returning to K-12 Schools: A U.S. Based Cross-Sectional Survey," in the Healthcare journal. The purpose…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) co-edited a research monograph, "Integrative, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Healthcare." The monograph complies latest research advances on these modalities of treatment being employed in health care. The intended audience for this monograph are researchers…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from the United States, Australia, and China, published a manuscript titled "Mental disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America – a systematic review and meta-analysis" in the journal Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. This study provides meta-analytical evidence on mental…
Kavita Batra ('20 Ph.D. Public Health and Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) with Farooq Abdulla (University Medical Center of Southern Nevada), and Patricia Cruz, Chad L. Cross, Neeraj Bhandari, Jennifer R. Pharr, and Mark P. Buttner (all Environmental & Occupational Health), co-authored an article, "Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures of…
Drs. Gregory P. Brown, Lisa Durette, Timothy Ebright, and Katie Cho, wrote the lead article, "Restoring Wholeness to Psychiatry: Models of Understanding." for the International Journal of Healing and Caring. All four are from the department of psychiatry and behavioral health.
Rachell A. Ekroos (Medicine) and colleagues from multiple outside organizations published an article in the Journal of Forensic Nursing titled “Improving the Forensic Documentation of Injuries Through Alternate Light: A Researcher–Practitioner Partnership.” The translation-into-practice project introduced in the article focuses on developing and…