Accomplishments: School of Public Health
Sidath Kapukotuwa, Anita Chatterjee, Laurencia Bonsu, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented two papers titled, "Explaining the correlates of problem gambling behavior based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change among college students: A cross-sectional study," and, "A phenomenological study based on…
Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-authored a paper titled, "Impacts on Teamwork Performance for an Engineering Capstone in Emergency Remote Teaching," published in the Journal of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
The researchers analyzed how teamwork performance was impacted for engineering…
Tim Grigsby (Social and Behavioral Health) gave a paper presentation on "Exploring the causes and consequences of homelessness among sexual and gender diverse adults in Texas" and a poster presentation on "Latent profiles of sociocultural stressors in a sample of immigrant origin Hispanic and Somali adolescents: Associations with mental health"…
Chad Cross, Brianna Rivera (both Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) published a paper titled, "Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis of Cestode Infections in Nevada: Characterizing Patients and Analyzing Trends using Patient Utilization Records, 2013-2019," in the Nevada Journal of Public…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) published a paper on "Vector control for malaria prevention during humanitarian emergencies: a systematic review and meta-analysis" in The Lancet Global Health.
Humanitarian emergencies can lead to population displacement, food insecurity, severe health system disruptions, and malaria…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) co-authored an interdisciplinary article titled, “Single parenthood and minor children: Vulnerability factors for fear of crime," in collaboration with colleagues from Jackson State University and Auburn University at Montgomery in the journal The Pursuit. The article found…
Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented during the American Mosquito Control Association 89th Annual Meeting from Feb. 27-Mar. 3 in Reno, Nevada.
She gave three oral presentations and one poster presentation on the following topics:
"Investigating molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance in the Eastern…
Asma Tahir (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Eric Matesen (CCSD/51ԹϺ Pollen Monitoring Program) presented a poster titled, "Annual Comparison of Grass, Tree, and Weed Pollen in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 2019-2021," during the annual conference of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology on Feb. 24-27 in San Antonio, Texas.…
Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-authored an article titled, "Cancer Disparities among Pacific Islanders: A Review of Sociocultural Determinants of Health in the Micronesian Region," in the journal Cancers.
Micronesia is an ethnogeographic region within the continent of Oceania that represents an underserved area of the…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) delivered a keynote address to the International Conference on Emerging Need to Strengthen Global Public Health Policies and Sports Sciences (ICGPHPSS) titled, “The role of newer health behavior theories in global public health.” The conference was held as a hybrid at Sikkim Manipal…
Tara Nerida (Social and Behavioral Health), Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Brain Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning) published an article titled, “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance behavior among Hispanics/Latinxs in…
Jason Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published with colleagues, “A systematic review of measures of gender and biological sex: Exploring candidates for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) research,” in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. This research highlights current…