Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was recognized for his new book, "Introspective meditations for complete contentment (Santosha), 2nd. ed." through publication of a review in the prestigious, Italian Journal of Psychology and Occupational Health. The book provides a roadmap for applying one's own cognitive power to鈥
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored an article titled 鈥淓nhancing protection against vector-borne diseases in forcibly displaced communities: evaluating the efficacy of spatial repellents for cutaneous leishmaniasis control in North-East Syria鈥 in the journal BMC Medicine, in association with researchers from the United鈥
Samantha E. John (Brain Health), along with Jalal Uddin, Drew Blasco, Timothy J. Grigsby, Chad L. Cross, and Jason D. Flatt (all Public Health), recently published a study titled, "Exploring Discharge to Hospice for Dementia-Related Healthcare Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in Southern Nevada," in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.鈥
Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored a paper titled, 鈥淒emographic correlates associated with blackout rage gallon (BORG) drinking knowledge and participation among college students,鈥 in the journal Substance Use and Misuse, along with researchers from California State University and Texas State University. The paper examined鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was interviewed by New India Abroad on his new book, Introspective Meditations for Complete Contentment (Santosha) (2nd edition), on the International Yoga Day. New India Abroad is a leading newspaper for the Indian diaspora residing in the United States and other countries. The鈥
Tim Grigsby (Environmental and Global Health) coauthored a paper titled, 鈥淎 motivational framework to connect traditional feminine gender roles to alcohol use and consequences among Latina young adults in the United States," in the Journal of Latinx Psychology, along with Perrotte, J. K., Meca, A., Pi帽a-Watson, B., Ham, L., Cano, M. 脕., Martin, J鈥
Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research) and Fye Pinera and Pearl Pinera (both Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine) presented "Association of Atrial Ablation and Palliative Care for High-risk Mortality Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in U.S. Hospitals" at the 19th World Congress鈥
Casey Barber, Lung-Chang Chien, Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Edwin Oh (School of Medicine and the College of Sciences), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), and colleagues published an article on "Application of joinpoint regression to SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA" in鈥
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Global Health) talked to Dean Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) for the latest episode of the "So, You Want to Change the World?" podcast. The episode, "The 'We' in Public Health," touched on her path into public health, work to prevent childhood lead poisoning in Nevada, and the importance of community鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淕eographical distribution disparities and prediction of health satisfaction among middle-aged and elderly adults in China: An analysis based on national data鈥 in the journal, Annals of Epidemiology (Impact factor 3.3) in collaboration with coauthors鈥
Taylor Thompson (Public Health) was honored with the Rebel With A Cause award, which is given to employees whose work furthers the mission, goals and values of 性视界传媒. Her nominators wrote that Taylor鈥檚 dedication and commitment to advancing the mission of the School of Public Health often finds her working late hours and even weekends to promote鈥
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health and Department of Internal Medicine), published a paper titled, "A Theory-Based Approach to Explain the Correlates of Safe Physical Activity in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals," in the Journal of Health and鈥