Accomplishments: Women's Council
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published an invited commentary in the Journal of Nutrition on the role of culinary spices in reducing inflammation associated with cardiovascular disease. The commentary involved a recent article published in the same journal that showed a high-saturated fat and high-carbohydrate meal with…
Blanca Rincon (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) recently published an article, "Anchoring Comunidad: How First- and Continuing-Generation Latinx Students in STEM Engage Community Cultural Wealth," in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.
Karen E. Callahan (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article, "Cancer Mortality Among US Blacks: Variability between African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, and Africans" in the journal Cancer Epidemiology.
Aggregation of all black populations in U.S. cancer mortality profiles masks remarkable heterogeneity by place of birth…
Ann M. Vuong (Environmental and Occupational Health) recently published an article on "Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) and Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Exposures during Pregnancy and Maternal Depression" in the journal Environment International. The objective of the study was to examine the associations between…
Beth Hock, Jocelyn Allen, Kaylie Humphreys, Mary Nara, and Teresa Praus (all Nursing) recently earned their doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degrees.
Hock's DNP project was "Creating a Structural Empowerment Culture: A Professional Development Module for the Novice Nurse Leader."
Allen's project was "Increasing Nurses' Knowledge of Advance…
James Cheng and Starr Hoffman (both Libraries) recently published "Librarians and Administrators on Academic Library Impact Research: Characteristics and Perspectives" in College & Research Libraries April special issue. Funded by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Academic Library Impact…
Jin Ouk Choi, Saba Nikkhah Manesh, Binit K. Shrestha, and Pramen Shrestha (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) and Jaewon Lim (Public Policy and Leadership) published a journal paper, "Spatial Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Construction Occupations in the United States" in…
Samantha Coogan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) has received the 2020 Academic Assessment Award for an individual. This award is given by the office of the vice provost for academic programs and the office of academic assessment.
She was nominated by professor John Mercer and Dean Ronald Brown for her work to…
Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy) presented a webinar last month on "Healthcare Finance Issues During COVID Crisis." This webinar was attended by health care administration faculty, graduate students, and post-docs. She discussed the implications of surge capacity due to the COVID crisis on hospital capacity and capacity…
Holly O'brien (Hospitality) recently was named a recipient of the 2020 UNLV Outstanding Teaching by Part-time Faculty Award. The award recognizes significant contributions to student learning by part-time teaching faculty.
Cindy Kha (Life Sciences) is the recipient of the next year’s President’s UNLV Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. This is the second consecutive year that a life sciences graduate student has been awarded this prestigious fellowship. Kha is a doctoral student whose advisor is professor Kelly Tseng.
Erin Cassin (Life Sciences), a graduate student studying under professor Boo Shan Tseng, was awarded an honorable mention for her National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program application. This program is highly competitive, and an honorable mention is a significant national achievement.