Jordan Craig Evans | A conserved cholesterol-dependent cytolysin motif directs prepore and pore formation and reveals a new class of pore-forming proteins.
Defense Date: Friday, August 14, 2020 | 10 am | Zoom Meeting ID:965 5368 6167 | Password: CVsx%m1w
Committee in Charge: Rodney K. Tweten, PhD, Chair; Jimmy D. Ballard, PhD; Zachary D. Dalebroux, PhD; David W. Dyer, PhD; Augen A. Pioszak, PhD
Jimmy Manyanga | Department of Cell Biology | Electronic Cigarettes: Implications on Cancer Risk and Cisplatin Resistance in Oral Epithelial Cells
Defense Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | 2 pm | Zoom Meeting ID: 962 9100 4026 | Password: 51666737
Committee in Charge: Lurdes, Queimado, MD, PhD; Priyabrata, Mukherjee, PhD; H. Anne, Pereira, PhD: Susannah Rankin, PhD; James J. Tomasek, PhD
Leslie D. Carroll | Department of Health Promotion and Sciences | COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLANS AT NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS: AN ANALYSIS OF PLANS AND AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN AN URBAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Defense Date: Friday, July 24, 2020 | 1:30 pm | Meeting Location: https://ouhsc.zoom.us
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Thomas A. Teasdale, DrPH, JGSA, FAGHE; Marianna S. Wetherill, PhD, MPH, RDN-AP/LD; Kerstin Reinschmidt, PhD, MPH; Chan Hellman, PhD, M.A., Michael Stout, PhD, MA
Sarah Jane Bland | Department of Microbiology & Immunology | Characterization of factors influencing cytotoxicity, structural stability, and receptor binding of Clostridioides difficile toxin B aracterization of factors influencing cytotoxicity, structural stability, and receptor binding of Clostridioides difficile toxin B
Defense Date: Thursday, July 23, 2020 | 10 am | Meeting Location: http://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/ 92526133298?pwd=N1NSeXByUmo xSDZWdFVRdFJmZWRGZz09 Password: 4jys1@Ns
Committee in Charge: Jimmy Ballard, PhD, Chair; Rodney Tweten, PhD; Mark Lang, PhD; Ann West, PhD; David Dyer, PhD
Fauziyya Y. Muhammad | Department of Microbiology and Immunology | PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF REGULATORY T CELLS NECESSARY FOR SUPPRESSION OF UVEITIS
Defense Date: Monday, July 20, 2020 | 10:00 am | Zoom Meeting: https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/96762460723
Password: 56923316
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Darren J. Lee, PhD, Chair; Michelle Callegan, PhD, Daniel J.J. Carr, PhD; William H. Hildebrand , PhD Robert C. Axtell, PhD, Scott M. Plafker, PhD
Allshine Chen | Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology | NOVEL APPROACHES TO CREATING SYNTHETIC DATA FROM MULTIVARIATE SURVEY DATA FOR STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE CONTROL
Defense Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 10:00 am | Zoom Meeting ID: 96457348125
Zoom Location: https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/96457348125?pwd=cjkzZVdGRm1pYU1BQ3dkZ0VXRERnUY09
Committee In Charge: Daniel Zhao, PhD; Sixia Chen, PhD; Nasir Mustaq, PhD; Chao Xu, PhD; Changjie Cai, PhD
Vasileios Gerkopoulos | Department of Cell Biology | Role of the Polycystin complex in cell deciliation
Defense Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 10:00 am | Zoom Meeting ID: 982 5298 4161
Zoom Location: https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/98252984161?pwd=aTZib1RjNnh3ZHc5MlhGZHlUK1BZUT09
Committee In Charge: Leonidas Tsiokas, PhD: Myron Hinsdale, PhD; Guangpu Li, PhD; Scott M. Plafker, PhD, RPh; Lawrence I. Rothblum, PhD
Jason M. Booe | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Modulation of CGRP and Adrenomedullin Peptide Selectivity by Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins
Defense Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2020, 12:00 Noon | Zoom Meeting ID: 957 4487 5237
Zoom Location: https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/95744875237
Committee In Charge: Augen A. Pioszak, PhD , Chair; Paul L. DeAngelis, PhD; Rodger P. McEver, MD; Jialing Lin, PhD and William H. Hildebrand, PhD
Ashley Martin | Department of Physiology | Maternal Adiposity Alters Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Neurodevelopmental Landscapes in the Fetal Hippocampus
Defense Date: Thursday, May 28, 2020, 9:00 am | Zoom Meeting ID: 854 1046 5378
Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85410465378?pwd=TXlmeFY0d1F5Q25sNEtwdGFseE1qQT09 |
Committee In Charge: Dean A. Myers, PhD; Willard M. Freeman, PhD; Kennon M. Garrett, PhD; Michael A. Ihnat, PhD: David M. Sherry, PhD
Christopher Michael Hoover | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Podoplanin prevents formation of brain aneurysms at midgestation by regulating activity of primitive megakaryocytes
Defense Date: Thursday, May 7, 2020 , 12:00 Noon | Zoom Conference Call : Meeting ID: 967 8305 4390
https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/96783054390?pwd=bU4waWVqN0JnNC96MFYwdFZUWjlrdz09&status=success
Committee in Charge: Lijun Xia, MD/PhD; Ann Louise Olson, PhD; Augen A. Pioszak, PhD; Guangpu Li, PhD; Courtney T. Griffin, PhD
Amanda Roehrkasse | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Receptor engagement and G protein recruitment by the cardioprotective peptide Adrenomedullin 2/Intermedin
Defense Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 , 12:00 Noon | Zoom: https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/93764730371
Committee in Charge: Augen Pioszak, PhD, Rodger McEver, MD, Ann Louise Olson, PhD, Paul DeAngelis, PhD, Mary Beth Humphrey, MD/PhD.
Dawn Bender | Department of Cell Biology | Mechanisms of ESCO- dependent cohesin regulation
Defense Date: Friday, April 24, 2020, 2:00 p.m. | Zoom: https://omrf.zoom.us/j/369307669 | Meeting ID: 369 307 669
Committee in Charge: : Susannah Rankin, PhD; Gary Gorbsky, PhD; Chris Sansam, PhD; Eric Howard, PhD; Karla Rodgers, PhD; Sanjay Bidichandani, PhD
Md Huzzatul Mursalin | | Department of Microbiology & Immunology | Bacillus S-Layer Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Endophthalmitis by Triggering TLR2/4-Driven Inflammatory Responses
Defense Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | 1.30 pm | Zoom: https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/267175845 Meeting ID 267175845
Committee in Charge: Michelle Callegan, PhD, Chair; Allison F. Gillaspy, PhD; Zachary D. Dalebroux, PhD; Darren J. Lee, PhD; Michael H. Elliott, PhD
Kathleen A. N. Aithinne | Department of Occupational & Environmental Health | Determination of anaerobic endospore-forming bacteria cultivability losses and evaluation of novel media collection efficiencies using impingersDetermination of anaerobic endospore-forming bacteria cultivability losses and evaluation of novel media collection efficiencies using impingers
Defense Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 1 pm | Location: Hudson College of Public Health, Room 144 & Zoom: https://ouhsc.zoom.us/j/697286218
Committee in Charge: David L. Johnson, PhD., Chair; Margaret L. Phillips, PhD; Robert A. Lynch, PhD; Bradley S. Stevenson, PhD; Chao Xu, PhD
Agnieshka Maneesha Agasing | Department of Microbiology & Immunology | The Impact of Type 1 Interferon on B Cells in Two Distinct Neuroninflammatory disorders: Neuromylitis Optica & Multiple Sclerosis
Defense Date: Friday, April 17, 2020 | 9:15 am | Location: BRC109 | Zoom: https://omrf.zoom.us/j/894523879?pwd=d0RKLzZpUXl0SEZnaEFKakRlb1l0dz09
Committee in Charge: Robert C. Axtell, PhD; Lauren A. Zenewicz, PhD; Madeleine W. Cunningham, PhD; William H. Hildebrand, PhD; Robert H. Scofield, MD
Micah Denay McCumber | Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Venous thromboembolism surveillance in Oklahoma County: Using multiple surveillance methods and data sources to improve case identification and description of VTE disease among patients with cancer history
Defense Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020 | 3:00 pm | Hudson College of Health Building, Room 144
Committee in Charge: Aaron M. Wendelboe, Ph.D., Chair, Dale Bratzler, D.O., M.P.H., Janis E. Campbell, Ph.D., Kai Ding, Ph.D., Gary E. Raskob, Ph.D.
Nana Safoah Twum-Ampofo | Department of Allied Health Sciences | POSTURAL SWAY VELOCITY AND SITTING ACQUISITION AMONG INFANTS WITH AND WITHOUT THE RISK FOR CEREBRAL PALSY
Defense Date: Thursday, December 5, 2019 | 4:00 pm | Allied Health Building, Room 3025
Committee in Charge: Thubi H.A. Kolobe PT, PhD, FAPTA; Carol P. Dionne DPT, PhD; Andrew Fagg PhD; Elizabeth Hile PT, PhD; Nicholas Stergiou PhD
Gavin Pharaoh | Department of Physiology | Targeting Hydroperoxides in Neurogenic Atrophy
Defense Date: Thursday, December 5, 2019 | 9:00 am | Biomedical Research Center, Room 109
Committee in Charge: Holly Van Remmen, PhD, Chair Willard M. Freeman, PhD; Kenneth M. Humphries, PhD; Scott M. Plafker, PhD; Arlan G. Richardson, PhD; Kevin R. Short, PhD
Michael George Machiorlatti | Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology | EXPLORATION OF SELECTION BIAS, THE HECKMAN CORRECTION AND MISSING DATA IMPUTATION
Defense Date: Friday, November 22, 2019 | 12:30 pm | College of Public Health, Room 144
Committee in Charge: Sixia Chen, PhD, Co-Chair, Sara Vesely, PhD, Co-Chair, Janis Campbell, PhD, Kai Ding, PhD, and James George, MD.
Samrita Dogra | Department of Graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences | Apelin/APJ Pathway: Functional Characterization in Drug Resistance and Metastasis in Ovarian Cancer
Defense Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 12:00 Noon| College of Pharmacy Building, Room 101
Committee in Charge: Sukyung Woo, PhD, Chair; Youngjae You, PhD; Jessie L. Au, PharmD, PhD; Randle Gallucci, PhD; Resham Bhattacharya, PhD
Kimberly Perrella Veirs | Allied Health Sciences | EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF FIRST METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT MOBILITY ON THE YOUNG BALLET DANCER’S ABILITY TO ASSUME THE EN POINTE POSITION USING A MULTI-SEGMENT FOOT MODEL
Defense Date: Monday, November 18, 2019 | 7:00 am | College of Allied Health Building, Room 3025
Committee in Charge: Carol P. Dionne, DPT, PhD, Chair; Andrew Fagg, PhD; Amgad Haleem, MD, PhD; Lynn Jeffries, PT, PhD; Kenneth E. Randall, PT, PhD; Susan Sisson, RD, PhD
Erich A. Schnell | Department of Radiological Sciences | High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Gynecologic Cancers
Defense Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 | 12:30 pm | Stephenson Cancer Center, Room 6036
Committee in Charge: Tania De La Fuente Herman, PhD, Chair; Salahuddin Ahmad, PhD; Spencer Thompson, MD; Hosang Jin, PhD; Daniel Zhao, PhD; Jagadeesh Sonnad, PhD
Hooman Yari | Graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences | Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen-Targeted Theranostic Liposomes for Active Targeting of Prostate
Defense Date: Monday, November 4, 2019 | 10:00 am | College of Pharmacy Building, Room 339
Committee in Charge: Vibhudutta Awasthi, PhD, Chair; Nathan Shankar, PhD; Michael A. Ihnat, PhD; Alamdar Hussain, PhD; Rheal A. Towner, PhD