Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Asma Awan, Ana Daniela Gonzalez, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published a manuscript titled, “A Neoteric Approach toward Social Media in Public Health Informatics: A Narrative Review of Current Trends and Future Directions” in the journal Information (Impact factor 3.1). The article is very timely and underscores the…
Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Occupational Health) was featured as a guest on City Cast Las Vegas' podcast on the episode: "Is Flag Football The Future of High School Sports in Vegas?"
Flag football has grown a lot as a sport since it reached Clark County high schools in 2012. Recently approved to debut at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles,…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) and Jennifer Pharr (Public Health), along with an interdisciplinary team of experts that include Aditi Singh, Deborah Kuhls, and Lorraine Evangelista, received a Faculty Opportunity Grant for their pilot project, "Persistent Racism in Sexual Minorities (PRISM): A Two-pronged Approach to Understand Intersecting Axes of…
Drew Blasco (Social and Behavioral Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) were selected to receive a 51ԹϺ 2024 Faculty Opportunity Award for their project entitled, "Theory-based correlates of help-seeking behavior…
Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) has been enlisted by Social Issues Theatre to provide guidance on the development for the Enable Me Theatre Pilot Program.
Social Issues Theatre has unveiled the Enable Me Theatre Pilot Program, a pioneering initiative aimed at revolutionizing dementia care. By employing innovative techniques such as…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an interdisciplinary research article titled, “Explaining the barriers faced by veterinarians against preventing antimicrobial resistance: An innovative interdisciplinary qualitative study,” with researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, Hormozgan…
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health), Andrea Lopez (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Ying Guo (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), along with students and faculty from UNR, UTSA, and CSN published a paper on "Non-response to ACE items is associated with demographic variables and health…
Asma Awan and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “A Program Evaluation to Foster Partnerships for an Equitable Access to Healthcare in Nevada, USA," at the 1st International Canadian Scientific Research Congress, held in Toronto, Canada, from May 1-3, 2024. The presentation focused on the utilization of the…
Asma Awan, Ana Gonzalez, Mohammad Sohail Akhter, Refat Srejon, Abena Owusu, Susan Dakwa, Blessing Imade, Salim Dweck, Sidath Kapukotuwa, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, “A Process Evaluation to Address Health Inequities and Imply Reflexivity: A Qualitative Analysis of Post-Covid-19 Efforts in Nevada,…
Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) was re-appointed to Three Square Food Bank's Board as a 2024 Board Member.
Mohammad Sohail Akhter (Social and Behavioral Health), Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Incidence of emerging Candida auris infection in Bangladesh: A rapid review of the literature” with Konok Akter from International Centre for Diarrheal…
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) co-published a paper on "A confirmatory factor analysis of a revised motives for playing drinking games (MPDG-33) scale among university students in the United States" in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism.
Participating in a drinking game (DG) is common practice among university students and can…