Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Manoj Sharma, Jennifer Pharr, Courtney Coughenour (all Environmental & Occupational Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching & Learning), Kavita Batra (Medicine), and Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education), along with Asma Awan (Purdue University), and Hannah Catalano (University of North Carolina Wilmington), published an article “Using the Multi…
Amalie Alver, Kavita Batra, Amrita Patel, and Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Antonina Capurro, Civon Gewelber, Kristin Baca, Shelley Williams, and Jeffrey Ebersole (all Dental) presented the results of their research collaboration, “Predictor of Food Insecurity among Ambulatory Patients with…
Kenneth Izuora and Scott Lee (both Medicine) in collaboration with colleagues at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Michael Jakoby, Vanessa Williams, Stacey Ward, and Michael Buhnerkempe) presented their research, “Glycemic Control is Not an Independent Predictor of Mortality or Length of Stay for Patients Hospitalized with…
Manoj Sharma, Jason Flatt (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), published an article, “Testing the Multi-theory Model (MTM) to Predict the Use of New Technology for Social Connectedness in the COVID-19 Pandemic” in the journal, Healthcare. The article tackles the public health issue of social isolation that…
Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) was invited as a lead speaker to present "Nuts and Bolts of the Research and Statistical Analysis" in an International E-Conference on Innovation and Practices of Modern Sports Science and Traditional Yoga (endorsed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India) organized by the Physical…
Drs. Elissa Palmer and Dr. James Alexander (both Medicine) worked together to obtain a $2.9 million Health Resources and Services Administration training grant for UNLV Medicine's department of family medicine. The grant will be used to enhance family medicine education in maternity care and obstetrics training for resident physicians in Las…
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV will begin creating a Division of Rheumatology, thanks to a generous donation from the Engelstad Foundation. The donation will be used to hire and train rheumatologists, helping combat a severe shortage of the specialists in Southern Nevada. Rheumatologists typically treat arthritis…
Micajah Daniels, Manoj Sharma (both Environmental & Occupational Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a commentary, "Social Media, Stress and Sleep Deprivation: A Triple “S” among Adolescents" in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. The commentary discuss the impact of social media on youth development and implications for…
Dr. Marc J. Kahn (Medicine) and his colleague published a front-page editorial Sunday in the Las Vegas Sun detailing the fact that the separation of public health from clinical medicine has led to problems dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Kahn and his colleagues offered suggestions for future health care crises.
Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health), associate professor, and Kavita Batra (Medicine), statistician, recently published "Propensity Score Analysis Assessing the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases among the Transgender Population in the United States Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2017…
Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), professor of surgery and interim assistant dean for research co-authored a journal article "American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prevention Committee Review: family justice centers - a not-so-novel, but unknown gem
in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open.
Dr. Kavita Batra (Medicine) was interviewed for a feature in Inside Higher Ed called “Suicide Prevention Shouldn’t Be Optional” based on a peer-reviewed article she published in co-authorship with Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) and other co-authors from the University of Utah and Coforge Ltd. The…