Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Effect of dietary selenium intake on cardiovascular disease: A retrospective cohort study based on China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data,” in the journal Public Health Nutrition (Impact factor 3.2) in collaboration with colleagues from Chongqing…

Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Public Health), and Ian K. McDonough (Economics) published their article, "Validation of a measure of hospital maternal level of care for the United States."

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) and Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) have been awarded a grant to develop a training program for reducing implicit bias among emergency room staff at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System based on the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change. The intervention will help…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Mental health promotion by medical students: An untapped potential” for UJMS: UCMS Journal of Medical Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal published by his alma mater, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. The article discusses the role…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), & Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), presented a paper titled, "A Theory-Based Approach to Explain the Correlates of Safe Physical Activity in Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals," at the 75th Society for Public Health Education (…

Asma Awan, Priyambda Kumra (Environmental Health), Ana Gonzalez, Muhammad Sohail Akhter, Refat Srejon, Abena Owusu, Susan Dakwa, Blessing Imade, Salim Dweck, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, "Interpretation of Results of a Collaborative 3-Year Post COVID-19 Process Evaluation Program in Nevada" at the…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a coauthor among the GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators for the article titled, “Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) was a coauthor among Global Nervous System Collaborators who published a study, "Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021," in The Lancet Neurology (Impact factor 48.0…

Louisa Messenger (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Karen Figueroa Chilito (Public Health) were invited by United to Beat Malaria, a grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation, to represent the state of Nevada during their annual Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. from Mar. 11-12.  Together, they met with staff members…

Rei Serafica, Andrew Reyes, and Lorene Evangelista (all Nursing) collaborated with Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) to co-author a scholarly article entitled, "Health Information Sources and Health-Seeking Behaviors of Filipinos Residing in Medically Underserved…

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Sidath Kapukotuwa, Liliana Davalos, Laurencia Bonsu (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Theory-based antecedents…

Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) is the recipient of the SOPHE Leaders in Equity & Diversity (LEAD) Fellowship Award, which will be presented during the 2024 Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri from Mar. 19-21. This award is being presented for completion of the fellowship, which sought…