**About the Editors**

**Kavita Batra**, BDS, MPH, Ph.D., serves as an Assistant Professor and Medical Research Biostatistician with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Dr. Batra received her Ph.D. in Global and Environmental Health from UNLV. Her research interests include maternal and child health, the impact of COVID-19, and disparities among racial and gender minorities. Dr. Batra is an expert in qualitative and quantitative research and presented her work in several state and national public health conferences. She has published multiple peer-reviewed articles to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, social connectedness, and employment vulnerability among different demographic and workforce groups. Dr. Batra' s recent work related to COVID-19 has been featured in reputed outlets, such as Medscape and Inside Higher Ed. Currently, she is editing three Special Issues with the Healthcare journal. She also serves as a key member to the Nevada Taskforce on Sexual Misconduct.

**Manoj Sharma**, MBBS, Ph.D., MCHES® is currently a tenured Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Public Health. He is a prolific researcher and has published 12 books, over 325 peer-reviewed research articles, and over 450 other publications and secured funding for over \$8 million (h-index 44, i-10 index over 175, and over 10,000 citations). He has been awarded several prestigious honors including American Public Health Association' s Mentoring Award, ICTHP Impact Award, and J. Mayhew Derryberry Award and William R. Gemma Distinguished Alumnus Award, from the College of Public Health Alumni Society (Ohio State University) among others. His research interests are in developing and evaluating theory-based health behavior change interventions, obesity prevention, stress-coping, community-based participatory research, and integrative mind-body-spirit interventions.
