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University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• Reno Gazette Journal
The COVID-19 strain known as D614G was described as a “mutation of interest” by Mark Pandori, director of the Nevada State Public Health Lab and an associate professor in the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
• edible Reno-Tahoe
Mark S. Riddle, M.D., a doctor of public health and associate dean of clinical research at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, explains the different types of stress and how each one affects the GI system.
• 8 News Now Las Vegas
Testing is occurring at high levels in public and private laboratories, according to Dr. Mark W. Pandori, Director of Nevada State Public Health Laboratory; Associate Professor of Pathology at UNR School of Medicine. According to the state lab’s data, over 10% of the Nevada population has received a swab, PCR/molecular test for the COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 virus. He said the lab in Reno is well-stocked with testing capability, and he thanks the emergency management team for helping them to maintain supply levels.
• 8 News Now Las Vegas
In an effort to provide the latest testing data, it was announced that Dr. Mark W. Pandori, Director of Nevada State Public Health Laboratory and Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Reno, Nevada School of Medicine, will join weekly COVID-19 media calls every Thursday
• Las Vegas Review Journal
The state public health lab in Reno, which had been taking anywhere from one to three days to process test results, now is taking on average four days, according to a calculation by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, said Mark Pandori, the lab’s director. Turnaround times “correlate directly with the bulk of specimen traffic coming into the lab,” Pandori said.
• Northern Nevada Business Weekly
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) has named Lucia Notterpek, Ph.D., as associate dean for biomedical research and professor of physiology and cell biology.
• Nevada NewsMakers
UNR Med Dean Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D., visits with Sam Shad about being a medical doctor, a School of Medicine Dean, and a business expert while navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
• This is Reno
On June 17, Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick said the district will suspend testing for asymptomatic individuals because of a backlog in processing at the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.
• Reno Gazette Journal
From an office that is overwhelmingly unassuming, it takes a minute to match the modest surroundings to Dr. Mark Pandori, the scientist with the weight of testing for the entire Silver State on his shoulders.
• Fox 5 Las Vegas
The Nevada State Public Health Lab has added staff to address a backlog of processing COVID-19 tests and the backlog should be cleared Thursday evening, the lab's director Mark Pandori said.
• RI News Today
Dr. Peter Reed, Director of the Sanford Center for Aging at the University of Nevada Reno, discussed a portal he created for older adults in Nevada to easily communicate their needs in areas including telehealth, social support, and food and medicine. This portal, called the Nevada COVID-19 Aging Network Rapid Response (Nevada CAN), was launched on April 1st and has served hundreds of seniors during the pandemic.
• KNPR Nevada Public Radio
Dr. Nelson Quezada is also about to start his career. He's a new graduate from UNR Med. He's going to be working at a hospital in Los Angeles.
• McKnight's Senior Living
Peter Reed, Ph.D., director of the Sanford Center for Aging at the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine, said he has “never seen a crisis with the potential to cause as much harm to older adults as the COVID-19 pandemic.”
• Med Page Today
In responding to the needs of seniors amidst the pandemic in his state, Peter Reed, PhD, director of the Sanford Center for Aging in Reno, Nevada, identified three core areas of focus: daily essentials, telehealth, and social support. On April 1, Reed helped launch the Nevada COVID-19 Aging Network Rapid Response, which included a survey for older adults to complete to help steer them toward the correct services.
• Las Vegas Review Journal
The predominant coronavirus strain circulating in Nevada has a mutation that may make it more contagious, UNR scientists have found.
• The Record Courier
Director of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory Mark Pandori said Nevada is on track to pass the national rate of 2 percent coronavirus testing a month. However, determining who has had the disease is still a project. Washoe County Health District has been doing random antibody testing.
• 3 News Las Vegas
As the Silver State reopens, Nevada Public Health Laboratory Director Dr. Mark Pandori said the state would continue to rely on nasal tests that detect an active infection rather than antibody tests, which determine whether individuals were previously infected.
• Nevada Current
“What we want is a high capacity to test on a daily basis as we reopen because we don’t know what’s going to happen and we want to be able to squash outbreaks quickly,” said Dr. Mark Pandori, director of the Nevada Public Health Laboratory and the State’s Chief of Testing.
• KOLO Channel 8 News
"I think we're not only following the NCAA guidelines, but also being more cautious and preventative," said Dr. Arthur A. Islas M.D., Nevada's Sports Medicine Fellowship Director. "Taking the best foot forward when it comes to preventing any spread of the virus that may exist."
• The New York Times
Dr. Mark S. Riddle, a doctor of public health and associate dean of clinical research at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine sees parallels between those findings and what he’s seeing right now: persistent stress is mucking up people’s plumbing.
• KRNV Channel 4 News
June is aphasia awareness month and the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine's Speech Pathology and Audiology is providing resources to people living with this.
• Reno Gazette Journal
Dr. Mark Pandori, director of the Nevada Public Health Laboratory, said the Silver State was also continuing to expand its testing capacity. Nevada is now testing around 6,000 residents per day, Pandori said, and hopes to eventually test more than 2 percent of the state’s population per month.
• KOLO Channel 8 News
“Aphasia doesn't go away,” says Tami Brancamp Ph.D an Associate Professor in the Speech Pathology Department at UNR School of Medicine . “It is an injury to the brain that has impacted language. So, it can be treated. The person will continue to improve. I can't promise that you will be exactly as you were the moment before the stroke. But it will definitely get better,” she says.
• KNPR
Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed Nevada State Public Health Laboratory Director Dr. Mark Pandori as the state’s Chief of Testing, where he will “help direct and coordinate Nevada’s immediate and long-term testing strategy.”
• KOLO Channel 8 News
UNR Med's Dr. Maria Fernandez says in medical school they talked about telemedicine as a method to service rural areas. But these days she says it is becoming more common place no matter where the patient lives.
