Maxim Gakh

Maxim Gakh serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law while maintaining his primary role as Assistant Professor at the UNLV School of Community Health Sciences. His academic work centers on the critical intersection of public health, law, and policy implementation across governmental and community settings.

His educational credentials include:

• MPH from The John Hopkins University
• JD from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Research interests focus on legal frameworks for public health interventions, legal preparedness during health emergencies, and mechanisms embedding health analysis in non-health sectors. His recent grant-funded project investigates full-day kindergarten's health implications, revealing correlations with enhanced academic performance and long-term health benefits through legislative and community collaboration.

Key recognition:

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Visiting Attorney Fellowship

Gakh leverages experience as a non-partisan legislative attorney—providing legal research, analysis, and drafting for state policymakers—to inform his current community-partnered grant project on education policy. Media coverage by Fox 5 News and UNLV News Center underscores practical impact of his work linking kindergarten structures to higher test scores and extended life expectancy.

He operates through community partnerships rather than formal laboratories, emphasizing real-world application of health law research with organizations across Nevada and Washington, DC.