Accomplishments: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, coauthored an article titled, 鈥淕lobal, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990鈥2023: A Global Burden of Disease study,鈥 in collaboration with GBD 2023 IHD and Dietary Risk Factor Collaborators in the鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, 鈥淎pplication of the multi-theory model to determine predictors of initiating and sustaining stress management behaviors in undergraduate college students,鈥 in the Journal of Public Health in the Deep South in collaboration with coauthors from the鈥
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), as a senior collaborator, coauthored an article titled, 鈥淕lobal, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990鈥2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023,鈥 in the journal,The Lancet Neurology (impact factor: 45.5).鈥
Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine) was inducted as a Master of Critical Care Medicine at the 37th Annual Convocation of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) co-authored a clinical practice guidance document summarizing evidence-based strategies to assist healthcare professionals with the diagnosis and management of adults with pre-diabetes and diabetes. This publication is the 2026 update to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Diabetes Management Algorithm.
Dr Vivek Pamulapati (Surgery; Medicine) presented a quickshot titled, "Unplanned Extubation in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes," at the 2026 Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress in Chicago, Illinois. This study evaluated the risk factors and morbidity associated with self-extubation in鈥
Sarah Hartzell, Ph.D., (BeHERE NV) was a guest on the Public Health Epidemiology Conversations Podcast (Episode #449). In the conversation she discusses the behavioral health workforce shortage and the importance of engaging with people, especially youth, about considering the pursuit of a career in behavioral health.
Sarah Kazemeini, Kendra N. Coleman, Marianne Estrada, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) have published their work titled 鈥淚nstitutional Efforts to Support First-Generation, Low-Income (FGLI) Medical Students in the United States鈥 in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health. This work systematically maps existing evidence on鈥
Min Ju Kang and Dr. Aroucha Vickers (both Medicine), presented a poster titled, 鈥淥ne Year, Two Eyes, One Diagnosis: B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma,鈥 at the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2026 Annual Meeting.
The poster describes a case of sequential bilateral optic neuropathy in a 76-year-old patient, ultimately diagnosed as B-cell non-鈥
Dr Brandon Karcher (Medicine) and his co-authors in the Department of Surgery published a challenge in trauma and acute care surgery case report titled, "Management of devastating mesenteric trauma leading to short gut syndrome," in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open.
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a virtual oral paper titled, 鈥淭he genesis of Perfection Quotient (PQ) in health promotion research,鈥 at the 4th International Congress on Behavioral & Social Science Research (ICBSSR 2026) held in Rome, Italy. Perfection Quotient is a novel behavioral model developed by鈥
Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health), Ashis Roy (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, 鈥淢ultilevel mental health determinants among college students: A social ecological scoping review,鈥 in the journal, Mental Health & Prevention (Impact factor鈥