News: Department of Environmental and Global Health

Graduation surprise
Campus News |

News stories from the summer featuring 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó students and faculty.

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Campus News |

How the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó/CCSD Pollen Monitoring Program can help you keep tabs on local allergens.

a set of model teeth with blue plastic gums
Campus News |

News highlights featuring 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó faculty and students who made local and national headlines.

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People |

After spending most of her public health career living out of a suitcase, Louisa Messenger has settled down to bring her expertise in infectious diseases and insects to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp.

Remember sculptor Claes Oldenburg who created U.N.L.V.'s iconic Flashlight sculpture this month.
Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting university experts’ insights on and contributions to health, environment, and society.

People walk and job along a trail.
Business and Community |

Working with a local nonprofit, public health professor Sheila Janofsky's class literally led students down a path toward learning: They evaluated walking trails in Southern Nevada.

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Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and events at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó.

medical worker in full protective suit making "LV" sign with hands
Business and Community |

As the pandemic tightened its grip on Nevada, the nation, and the world, 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó responded in ways big and small. Members of the media also turned to 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó's faculty experts for answers.

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Research |

Physical therapy professor Szu-Ping Lee relies on patients – particularly veterans and seniors – as well as clinicians to help guide his research on ways to improve mobility after limb loss.

Man on balcony with 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp in the background.
People |

One of the best things about public health is its interdisciplinary nature, according to practitioner Jason Flatt, who says it allows him to tap into fields as diverse as sociology, medicine, nursing, and psychology.

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Business and Community |

A collection of news stories from 2019 highlighting 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó's impact in Southern Nevada and beyond.

Ann Vuong sitting in an office.
People |

A new face at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó, this professor brings unique perspective of public health focused on neurodevelopment in children and chemical exposures during pregnancy.