Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Impulsivity and diverse forms of sports wagering in the U.S.: An examination of the UPPS-P model," in Addictive Behaviors. 

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by USA TODAY Homefront for an article on "How to get rid of ticks in your yard."  The article discusses what attracts ticks, how to get rid of them, and how to prevent them. Cross provides his expertise on ticks, types of products and pesticides that can help repel ticks and mites,…

Robert Futrell (Sociology) was recently featured in articles on far-right extremism: 1) Bellingcat's "Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah" and 2) The Las Vegas Weekly's "Radicalized Online: How Digital Rabbit Holes Lead to Violent Extremism."

Laurencia Bonsu, Tim Grigsby, Chris Johansen, Asma Awan, Sidath Kapukotuwa and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “A scoping review of determinants of drinking and driving behavior among young adult college students in the US,” in the journal Psychoactives. The article identifies factors responsible…

Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) was interviewed by MDLinx for an article on "COVID's surprising role in the surge of food recalls." The article discusses whether or not food recalls have been increasing, and if anything in particular is causing them. Labus talks about how there's nothing to be concerned about, and if anything, the…

Robert Swaim, Nancy Delcid, Kenneth Izuora (all Medicine) published findings of a quality improvement project looking at the accuracy of vaccine documentation in the electronic medical record. The abstract for this project was presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (May 9 - 11).

Chad Cross (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health), and Sean Neiswenter (Life Sciences) were selected to receive a UNLV 2024 Faculty Opportunity Award for their project titled, "Emerging Parasitic & Vector-Borne Diseases: Disease Ecology from a One Health Perspective." The Faculty…

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was selected for the Fred Rogers Inquiry Educators 2024-2025 cohort. In collaboration with the Fred Rogers Institute, she will explore how Mr. Rogers' work addressed the inclusion and sense of belonging for young children with disabilities and their…

Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy, School of Public Health) published "Implementation Levels of Electronic Health Records and their Influence on Quality and Safety" in the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics.