Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented an interdisciplinary paper titled, “Legitimizing Self versus Other Conflict in Digital Space: Analyzing User’s Online Comments about Afghan Refugees in U.S. Media (2016-2022),” in collaboration with a Fulbright Professor, Maneesh Pandeya at the 3rd International…
Gillian Gottlieb (Honors College; Nursing) with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an article, "Anxiety and Depression Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase," in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an editorial titled, “Global Health: A Priority that Persists,” in the Italian journal, Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health, in collaboration with a faculty from Berea College. This editorial is a run-up to the forthcoming book by the authors titled…
Salman Mohammed (Medicine), class of 2025, was recently honored with the Clark County Medical Society Student Rising Star Award for his outstanding academic achievements.
“During my journey, I have been very grateful for the many academic and extracurricular opportunities presented to me by the school and community," said the fourth-year medical…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) has recently been invited to serve as the Editorial Board Member to the Healthcare journal. Dr. Batra, who serves as the Senior Statistician and the Executive Director of Medical Research and Scholarly Activities [interim] with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, also holds multiple leadership positions with…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a study, "Spirituality as predictor of psychological well-being at work in the Moroccan context: A cross-sectional study," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. This study demonstrates that enhancing spirituality at work significantly contributes to employees' psychological well-being. Meaningful work…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a study, "Investigating faculty-initiated verbal, physical, social, sexual, and cyberbullying: A cross-sectional study," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. This study involved researchers from Morocco, Italy. Turkey, Colombia, and Iran.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Grounded Theory Assessment of Health Needs in Rural Mississippi Delta Region, USA: Implications for Health Policy and Management,” in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences in collaboration with faculty from Jackson State University (Scopus Cite Score 3…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) co-authored a study, "Investigating the effects of knee valgus orthosis on knee joint contact forces among subjects with knee osteoarthritis: A case series study," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences.
Kavita Batra (Medicine) as a result of her multi-countries' research collaboration published a study, "Changes in Postural Control due to Electrical Stimulation (ES) Therapy for Ankle Instability: A Systematic Review," in the Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research. Findings of this study suggest that ES interventions are crucial…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented and published a paper titled, “Asynchronous, theory-based, measurement and scale development competency building course for doctoral students in public health: A case study,” in the Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Investigating Perceived Core Disaster Competencies of Nurses in Iran: A Case Study of Northwest Hospitals” in collaboration with coauthors from Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon in the journal, Public Health Nursing (Impact factor 2.1). The article…