Deborah Kuhls (Medicine), who serves as professor and chief of the Acute Care Surgery Division and associate dean of Research, received the Nevada Public Health Associations' Public Health Advocate Award on April 9, 2025 in recognition of her exceptional contributions to public health. This…
Minnie Wood (Nursing) has been named the 2025 Public Health Hero by the Southern Nevada Health District for her contributions to creating a healthier, more resilient community. Wood works with several community partners and has collaborated with the health district on various projects to survey and…
Michelle Tusan (History) was a panelist for the Chamber of Commerce Women's History Month event.
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been elected as the Chair-Elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Research on Women in Education (RWE) Special Interest Group (SIG) for the upcoming year. This appointment follows…
Molly Ray, Kavita Batra, Kristina Domanski, and Ashley Barrile (all Medicine) presented their study titled "From Classroom to Clinical Practice: Incorporating Child Abuse Medicine into Emergency Medicine Resident Education" at the Western Medical Research Conference, held January 16-18, 2025, in…
Christina Hall (Jean Nidetch Care Center) authored a chapter in The Expanding Continuum of Gender-Based Violence: Trauma-Informed Care, Volume 1 titled, "Intimate Partner Violence and Sexually Transmitted Infections."
Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled “Global metabolomic alterations associated with endocrine-disrupting chemicals among pregnant individuals and newborns," in the journal Metabolomics, along with researchers from Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Rhode Island,…
Leslie Griffin (Law) authored a new blog post on Verdict titled, "Sexual Abuse is NOT Charitable."
Annaliese Grant (Sociology) recently published a book chapter titled, "Caring Through It: Mothers' and Daughters' Perspectives on Disability and Interdependence in Financially Struggling White Families," in the book, Disability and the Family: Challenges, Resources, and Resilience. Co-authored…
Candace Burton (Nursing) received the Grad Academy Champion Award from the Grad Academy in recognition of her commitment to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó graduate and professional students. Burton regularly supports students' professional and academic development through the Grad Academy. She will receive a conference…
Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) authored a study that uses autoethnographic data obtained from the authors to examine cultural (cultural perception of care, sense of familism, care reciprocity, and gendering of care), social (use of technology), and economic factors (role of remittance) and their…
Margaret Harp's (World Languages and Cultures) modern English translation of Jacques Yver's Le Printemps d'Yver, Jacques Yver's Winter's Springtime, has been published by Amsterdam University Press.