Accomplishments: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Srishti Awasthi, Maryam Zolfaghari Dehkharghani (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article titled "Emergence to dominance: Estimating time to dominance of SARS-CoV-2 variants using nonlinear statistical models" in the journal PLOS ONE. Their research work models the emergence of鈥
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, 鈥淭op comorbidities in osteoporotic fracture patients in a northeast population in China," in the journal BMC Public Health, along with researchers from China. The paper examined the pattern of comorbidity in fracture patients and non-fracture individuals.
Chad L. Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), along with colleagues from the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and Pescare Hospital, Italy, published the paper, "Dynamic neurocognitive adaptation: A follow-up exposome investigation in aging," in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical鈥
Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), Lung-Chang Chien, Chad Cross, Edom Gelaw (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and colleagues published an article on "Towards optimization of community vulnerability indices for COVID-19 prevalence" in the journal BMC Public Health.
In this study the team established a practical approach to鈥
Chad L. Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) qualified as a Board Certified Entomologist (BCE) with a specialty credential in Medical & Veterinary Entomology. The BCE highlights professionals who work in increasingly complex entomological disciplines where credentialing provides assurance of training and expertise. The specialty鈥
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), along with researchers from Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Canada, coauthored a paper titled, 鈥淧renatal PFAS exposures and cardiometabolic health in middle childhood in the MIREC cohort," in the journal Environmental Research. The paper examined prenatal exposure to鈥
Megan R. Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Andrew Woods (Center for Business and Economic Research) composed an expert panel for a special collaborative episode of Vegas PBS's Nevada Week and KNPR's State of Nevada that looked back at the COVID-19鈥
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Social and Behavioral Health), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Binita Adhikari (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled 鈥淔actors Associated with Hospital Length of Stay and Intensive Care Utilization Among Pediatric COVID-19 Patients鈥
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, 鈥淕estational PBDE concentrations and executive function in adolescents with self- and caregiver-report: The HOME study," in the journal Environmental Research, along with researchers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island, Georgia and Canada. The paper studied the adverse鈥
An-Pyng Sun (Social Work), Chih-Hsiang Ho (Mathematical Sciences), Daria J. Kuss (Nottingham Trent University), and Chad L. Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently published an article, 鈥淭he temporal stability of problematic gaming and gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis,鈥 in the journal Addictive Behaviors Reports鈥
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled 鈥淕estational exposure to environmental chemical mixtures and cognitive abilities in children: A pooled analysis of two North American birth cohorts" in the journal Environmental International, along with researchers from Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Canada. The鈥
Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) and Kavita Batra (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine) published an article titled, "Profile Analysis of Handwashing Behavior Among a Sample of College Students in the Multi-Theory Model Framework," in the journal, Hygiene. The study investigated the鈥