Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Vidhani S. Goel (Public Health), Sheniz Moonie (Public Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented at the Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from April 21-22, 2026. The lightning talk titled When the Pantry Is Empty, the Airways Suffer: Food Insecurity and Asthma Outcomes Across the Life Course鈥
Dana Surwill (Public Health), Ph.D. graduate Theresa T. Roeher, Jennifer Pharr (Environmental and Global Health), Patricia Cruz, and Mark Buttner (Emerging Diseases Laboratory) coauthored a paper titled 鈥淎irborne Fungal Monitoring in Healthcare Environments: A Systematic Review鈥 in the Journal of Fungi, alongside College of Education faculty. The鈥
Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Won Yoo (Internal Medicine), Lorraine Brown (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Isabelle Kwak (Internal Medicine), Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article, "Widening Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospitalizations for Asthma with Type II Diabetes: A trend analysis (鈥
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Global Health) presented collaborative research with Laurencia Bonsu, Kwame Obeng, Totimeh Totimech, Gbadago Gbadago, Louisa Messenger, and Josh Garn (all Public Health) titled 鈥淎ssessment of Heavy Metals in Groundwater and Proximity to Illegal Artisanal Mining Sites in Ghana鈥 at the International Conference on鈥
Haboush-Deloye presented on collaborative research with Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Erika Marquez, Elizabeth Lawerence, Courtney Coughenour (all Public Health) titled, 鈥淧renatal Exposure to Organophosphate and Pyrethroid Pesticides in an Urban U.S. Population: Implications for Children鈥檚 Environmental Health,鈥 at the International Conference on鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored a textbook, Introduction to Community and Public Health (3rd edition) with his former student, Prof. Paul Branscum of Miami University, and published by Wiley. This is the only textbook that delivers definitive treatment of all five core areas of public health, viz.,鈥
Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored a paper titled, 鈥淒ecreasing prevalence in youth depressive episodes: Evidence from the 2021-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health,鈥 in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, along with researchers from Kentucky, Florida and Mississippi. The study analyzed major depressive episodes among鈥
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Medicine) presented a poster titled, "A Multi-Theory Model鈥揃ased Intervention to Promote Stress Relaxation Behaviors among U.S. Veterans," on April 28, 2026, at the VA Research Week and Affiliate Partnership Council Event held at VA Southern Nevada鈥
Asma Awan and Manoj Sharma (both Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, 鈥淭ailoring evidence-based interventions and practices in public health workforce development: A mixed methods evaluation of the ARPA Nevada pipeline initiative public health workforce鈥 at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) 77th Annual Conference鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淎ssociations Between Parental Misperceptions of Preschoolers鈥 Weight and Diet- and Physical Activity-Related Parenting Attitudes and Practices鈥 in collaboration with researchers from Chongqing Medical University in the Maternal and Child Health Journal (鈥
Md. Sohail Akhter, Rupam Mitra, Ishrat Zaman, Asma Awan (all Public Health) and Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) presented and participated in a panel discussion for ARPA Scholarship Project titled "ARPA: Experiential Learning for Public Health Workforce Augmentation" on April 22, 2026 at the Nevada Public Health Association鈥
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, 鈥淭ailoring Evidence-Based Interventions and Practices in Public Health Workforce Development: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the ARPA Nevada Pipeline Initiative Public Health Workforce" on April 22, 2026 at the鈥