Accomplishments: Department of Social and Behavioral Health

Jace Flatt  (Social and Behavioral Health), recently co-edited a special issue titled, “Promoting Cognitive Health in LGBTQIA+ Clinical Neuropsychology,” with Anthony Correro II. This special issue, published in The Clinical Neuropsychologist, delves into key research areas in LGBTQIA+ clinical neuropsychology. The research focuses…
Asma Awan, Sharmistha Roy, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) recently published a paper, "Occupational stress and burnout among physicians in the United States: Challenges and interventions for a global health crisis," in the journal GIPMEL . The article explained that acute and chronic stress in physicians,…
Jace Flatt (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published a paper, "An especially hidden population: sexual and gender minority dementia caregivers," with colleagues in the Alzheimer's & Dementia journal. This study found that sexual and gender minority  caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Effects of Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis supplementation on intestinal permeability, antioxidant and inflammatory markers, quality of life and disease severity in patients with constipated-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized double‑…
Anam Fatima and Asma Awan (both Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, "Mentoring and Training the Entry-Level Public Health Workforce on Experiential Learning in an Academic Setting" at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference held…
Rupam Mitra (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, “Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices and their association with the nutritional status of adolescent girls in the Rohingya community in Bangladesh" at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)…
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a poster titled, “A qualitative interpretive approach to examine different aspects of experiential learning in public health students" at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Annual Conference held at Long Beach,…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) has been ranked 20th globally in Stress Management in his career in the database, Scholar GPS, which ranks over 29 million scientists. Sharma is known for the books, Practical Stress Management (8th ed.), Introspective Meditation for Complete Contentment (Santosha) (2nd ed.),…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article titled, “Exploring barriers to formal mental health help-seeking among Iranian adolescent girls: A qualitative study using the PRECEDE model,” in the International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (5-year Impact factor 3.8) with coauthors from Shiraz University of…
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article association with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences titled, “The effects of saffron supplementation on inflammatory factors and clinical outcomes in sepsis patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU): Study protocol for a double-blind…
Manoj Sharma (Social & Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article association with coauthors from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences titled, “The effects of concurrent alpha-linolenic acid, L-carnitine supplementation on clinical symptoms, mental health, and quality of life in women with migraine: A randomized, triple-…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) coauthored an article as a senior collaborator in the GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators Group titled, “Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: A forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease…