Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Sidath Kapukotuwa, Manoj Sharma, Christopher Johansen (all Social and Behavioral Health), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article titled, "Testing the efficacy of RESPONSIBLEPLAY©: A multi-theory model (MTM)-based intervention protocol for promoting responsible gambling among college students," in the International Journal of…
Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) published an article with colleagues from Cal Poly and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln titled "Can You See The Change? Visual Perception in Change Point Analysis" in the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. Their research tests the ability of humans to detect changes in means for…
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, “Epigenetic signatures of maternal-fetal health: insights from cord blood and placenta," in the journal Epigenetics, along with researchers from Rhode Island, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The paper examined maternal-fetal placental health when relying on…
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…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “The effects of saffron supplementation on inflammation and hematological parameters in patients with sepsis: A randomized controlled trial,” in the Nutrition Journal (impact factor 4.4) in collaboration with coauthors from the Isfahan University of…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Testing of a multi-theory model (MTM) to determine factors associated with the initiation and maintenance of adequate sleep behavior among students from a Southeastern United States medical school” in the journal, BMC Public Health (impact factor 3.5) in…
Dean Shawn Gerstenberger (Public Health) and Dean Muge Akpinar-Elci with the UNR School of Public Health co-authored a column about supporting a strong public health system in Nevada.
Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was the keynote speaker at the Betsy Lehman Center Spring Forum. She presented her research on hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils.
Barbara Lewis (Public Health) was the keynote speaker at the Betsy Lehman Center Spring Forum. She presented her research on hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils.
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, “Top 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…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) was interviewed on KNPR's State of Nevada to discuss how cases of skin cancer are a public health issue, and how to prevent them.