Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Forth year student Gemma Lagasca (Medicine) will work with the Las Vegas Raiders, performing a one-month clinical rotation focused on primary care sports medicine. For the second year in a row, the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine is participating in the NFL's Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline initiative. These rotations…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) in addition to her existing leadership positions on multiple journals, was appointed as the new editor-in-chief to the International Perspectives on Health Equity (IPHEE) journal. Given her strong research and scholarly records, Batra aims to motivate, encourage and provide instruction to the other members of…
Melanie Shackleford, Anna Horvath, Mayra Repetto, Andrea Thi, Rory Twells, Maggie Sanders, Stephanie Fernandez, Dale Netski, Kavita Batra, Nadia Gomez, Leanne Free (all Medicine) published a study, "An Analysis of Oral Contraceptive Related Videos on TikTok," in the journal AJOG Global Reports. This study found that TikTok videos related to oral…
Whitney Elks, Christina Dantam, Adam Rooks, Kencie Ely, Spencer Schulte, Kavita Batra, Jocelyn Burke (all Medicine) along with Varun Jain (Medicine, University of Kentucky) presented their study "Role of Resistance Training after Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review" at the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) 40th…
James King (Medicine), assistant director of AV services for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, was presented the award for AV Manager of the Year at InfoComm 2024.
Nataliyah Tahir, Sophie Ahmad, Kavita Batra, Ashok Gupta, and Kenneth E. Izuora (all Medicine) presented their study "Assessing the Relationship Between Bone Loss and Oral Health Among Post-menopausal Women" at the Annual Meeting of Endocrine Society 2024 held in Chicago. Tahir and Ahmad are medical students.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with researchers from Italy, Turkey, Morocco, and Iran published a study "Social Media: Stress Factors or Coping Strategies? A Pilot Study in a Sample of Italian Teachers," in the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal (IRJ). This exploratory research explores the relationship between social media engagement and its…
Deanna Chea and Oscar Toro (both Medicine) are the winners of the 2024 American Family Physician Journal photo contest and will have the winning photo published in July’s edition. They will also receive an award at the AAFP National Convention in August.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) along with the GBD 2019 MSK in Adolescents Collaborators, published a study "Global pattern, trend, and cross-country inequality of early musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 to 2019, with projection from 2020 to 2050" in the Med journal. This study aimed to estimate the burden, trends, forecasts, and disparities of…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently contributed to a study published in Lancet in March 2024 related to the global fertility rates and its forecasting in 2021. The findings of this study were referenced by the Washington Post ("Opinion: A birthrate bomb?") in surveying the world population and what the existing rates of fertility means for…
Deborah A. Kuhls, Bertille Mavegam Tango, Kavita Batra (all Medicine), along with Courtney Coughenour, Max Gakh, William Porter, Darin Mains, Kacie Washburn (all Public Health), and William Sousa (Urban Affairs) presented findings from the Statistical Transparency of Policing (STOP) Project, resulting from SB 236 (2021) at…
Gregory Brown, Kavita Batra, Emily Dorin, Raveena Bakhru, Andrew Han, Arianna Palermini, Robert Sottile, and Sherine Khanbijian (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study, "Comparing AIT and EFT in Reduction of Negative Emotions Associated with a Past Memory: A Randomized Control Study," at the Association of Comprehensive Energy…