Joshua Moses Corbin | Department of Pathology | Functional Analyses of TMEFF2 in Prostate Regeneration and Cancer Lead to the Identification of a Prognostic Gene Signature and Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Prostate Cancer
Defense Date: Friday, May 3, 2019 | 8:30 am | Biomedical Science Building | Hensley Library, Room 433
Committee in Charge: Maria Ruiz-Echevarria, PhD, Doris Benbrook, PhD, Wei-Qun Ding, PhD, Yuechueng Liu, PhD, Joe Zhao, PhD
Alexandra Crowe | Graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences | Regulation of Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 Transport Function and Phosphorylation by a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism c. 521 TC and Protein Kinase/Phosphatase Modulators
Defense Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | 2:00 pm | College of Pharmacy | Room 101
Committee in Charge: Wei Yue, PhD, Jessie L.S- Au, PharmD, PhD, Lucila Garcia-Contreras, PhD, Sukyung Woo, PhD, Doris Benbrook, PhD, and Jie Wu, PhD
Kaitlin McGrew | Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Estimation of and Correction for Misclassification of Injection Drug Use Status among Infective Endocarditis Hospitalizations
Defense Date: Monday, April 29, 2019 | 9:00 am | Hudson College of Public Health | Room 320
Committee in Charge: Tabitha Garwe, PhD, Co-Chair; Hélène Carabin, DVM, PhD, Co-Chair; Mary B. Williams, PhD; Yan Daniel Zhao, PhD; Douglas A. Drevets, MD; S. Reza Jafarzadeh, DVM, PhD
Valerie Lewis | Department of Pathology | Molecular characterization of CXorf21 provides further insight into sex disparities in both innate immunity and SLE pathogenesis
Defense Date: Monday, April 29, 2019 | 1:30 pm | Biomedical Science Building Room 433
Committee in Charge: Robert Hal Scofield, MD, Chair; Robert C. Axtell, PhD; Kristi Koelsch, PhD; Christopher J. Lessard, PhD; Yuechueng Liu, PhD; Zhizhuang Joe Zhao, PhD
Juell Homco | Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Impact of Misclassification Error on Estimated Cardiovascular Care Performance
Defense Date: Monday, April 29, 2019 | 1:00 pm | Hudson College of Public Health, Room 144
Committee in Charge: Hélène Carabin, DVM, PhD; Tabitha Garwe, PhD; Zsolt J. Nagykaldi, PhD Sydney A. Martinez, PhD; Yan Daniel Zhao, PhD
Benjamin Frempah | Graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences | THE ROLE OF IL-6Rα IN IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS
Defense Date: Monday, April 29, 2019 | 9:00 am | College of Pharmacy, Room 339
Committee in Charge: Randle M. Gallucci, PhD, Chair; Michael A. Ihnat, PhD, William Michael McShan, PhD; Robert D. Foreman, PhD; T. Kent Teague, PhD; David M. Sherry; PhD
Rabab (Ruby) Sharif | Department of Cell Biology | Potential Role of Prolactin-Induced Protein as a Disease Biomarker and the Effect of Corneal Cross-Linking on Keratoconus Microenvironment
Defense Date: Friday, April 26, 2019 | 10:00 am | Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109
Committee in Charge: Dimitrios Karamichos, PhD; H. Anne Pereira, PhD; Randle M. Gallucci, PhD; Jody A. Summers, PhD; and Michelle C. Callegan, PhD
Kimberly McCullor | Graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences | Bacteriophage and Phage-Like Elements of Clinically Important Streptococci: Role in Horizontal Gene Transfer and Enhanced Virulence
Defense Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | 9:00 am | College of Pharmacy Building | Room 230
Committee in Charge: William M. McShan, PhD; Allison F. Gillaspy,
PhD Nathan Shankar, PhD; Michael A. Ihnat, PhD; H. Anne Pereira, PhD
Emily Clowdus | Cell Biology | Separable Roles for Rif1 in Replication Timing and Transcription Control During Early Embryonic Development
Defense Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019 | 10:00 am | Biomedical Research Center, Room 109
Committee in Charge: Christopher L. Sansam, PhD, Chair;
Gary J. Gorbsky, PhD; Linda F. Thompson, PhD
Scott M. Plafker, PhD; Courtney T.
Griffin, PhD; David A. Jones, PhD
Shayna Medley | Cell Biology | The roleof STAT1 in the myofibroblast transition:
Defense Date: Monday, February 25, 2019 | 10:00 am | Biomedical Research Center, Room 109
Committee in Charge: Lorin E. Olson, PhD; James J. Tomasek, PhD; Eric W. Howard, PhD; Courtney T. Griffin, PhD; Florea Lupu, PhD; Jonathan D. Wren, PhD
Defense Date: Friday, February 22, 2019 | 11:00 am | Robert M. Bird Library Building, Room 299
Committee in Charge: Willard Freeman, PhD, (Chair); Arlan Richardson, PhD; Jonathan Wren, PhD; David Sherry, PhD; Cecil Lewis, PhD
Taleah Farasyn | Department of Graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences | ASSESSING IMPAIRED OATP1B1- AND OATP1B3-MEDIATED TRANSPORT BY MTOR INHIBITORS, MULTI-KINASE INHIBITOR VEMURAFENIB AND BY PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATION
Defense Date: Friday, December 7, 2018 | 10:00 am | College of Pharmacy Building, Room 339
Committee in Charge: Wei Yue, PhD Chair; Nathan Shankar, PhD; Doris M. Benbrook, PhD, Lucila Garcia-Contreras, PhD, Guangpu Li, PhD
Jennifer Leigh Heck | Graduate Nursing | “It was a Season…” Postpartum Depression in American/Alaska Native Women
Defense Date: Friday, December 7, 2018 | 1:00 pm | College of Nursing Building, Room 473
Committee in Charge: Janet Sullivan Wilson, PhD, RN, Chair; Valerie Eschiti, PhD, RN; Barbara J. Holtzclawz, PhD, RN, FAAN; Stephanie Marfurt, PhD, RN and Judy Goforth Parker, PhD, APRN, FACHE
Maulin M. Patel | Department of Cell Biology | Role of ADTRP (Androgen-Dependent Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor Regulating Protein) in Vascular Development and Function
Defense Date: Friday, November 30, 2018 | 2 - 3 pm | Biomedical Research Center, Room 109
Committee in Charge: Florea Lupu, PhD, Chair; Lorin E. Olson, PhD; Sathish R. Srinivasan, PhD; Eric W. Howard, PhD; Lijun Xia, MD, PhD
Hem Sapkota | Department of Cell Biology | Determinants and Consequences of Cohesion Fatigue in Mammalian Cells
Defense Date: Friday, October 8, 2018 | 12 Noon | Biomedical Research Center, Room 109
Committee in Charge: Gary J. Gorbsky, PhD, Chair; Susannah Rankin, PhD; Scott M. Plafker, PhD; Leonidas Tsiokas, PhD; Karla K. Rodgers, PhD
Hailey Houson | Department of Graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences | Glucaric Acid As A Positron Emission Tomography Agent to Detect Necrosis
Defense Date: Friday, October 12, 2018 | 1:00 pm | College of Pharmacy Building, Room 339
Committee in Charge: Vibhudutta Awasthi, PhD, Chair; Kelly M. Standifer, PhD; Alexander L. Mdzinarishvili PhD; Michael A. Ihnat, PhD; Garo P. Basmadjian, PhD; Rheal A. Towner, PhD
Chelsea L. Smith | Department of Allied Health Sciences | Sibling’s Influence on Subsiding Behaviors Related to Obesity (SIS-BRO)
Defense Date: Wednesday, June 27 , 2018 | 10:00 am | College of Allied Health Building, Room 1117
Committee in Charge:
Susan B. Sisson, PhD; Sandra H. Arnold, PhD; Jennifer L. Graef PhD; Laura Hubbs-Tait, PhD; Allen W. Knehans PhD
Jordan Hearod | Department of Health Promotion Sciences | Lessons Learned from Three Qualitative Inquiries
Defense Date: Monday, June 4 , 2018 | 1:30 pm | Tulsa Schusterman Center, Room 1G12
Committee in Charge:
Thomas Teasdale, DrPH, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH, Alicia L. Salvatore, DrPH, MPH, Marianna S. Wetherill, PhD, MPH, RDN-AP/LD, Lisa Byers, MSW, PhD