Congratulations to these doctoral candidates on reaching this incredible milestone in their academic journey!
Department of Epidemiology doctoral students who recently defended their dissertations:
Audrey Gaskins – Diet in relation to fertility and fecundity
Jason Wong– Occupational and Biological Predictors of Genomic Trauma
Sarah Markt– The role of circadian disruption in prostate cancer risk and progression
Nadia Abuelezam– Individual-based HIV transmission and prevention models: Evaluation, calibration and application
Brittany Charlton– The Epidemiology of Oral Contraceptive Use and Long Term Heath Effects
Rebecca Graff– Molecular Subclassification of Prostate Cancer: The Epidemiology of TMPRSS2:ERG
Guido Falcone– Common Genetic Variation in Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Related Phenotypes
Qian Li– Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in China
Isha Agarwal—Exploring the associations between diabetes, fibrosis-related biomarkers and cardiovascular disease
Eric Shiroma—Physical activity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: A closer examination of the 2008 US Federal Guidelines
Fan Mu—Endometriosis and Cardiovascular Disease
Peter Wahl—Overcoming Challenges of Utilizing Electronic Health Records for Confounding Control in Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
Chien-Chang Lee— Risk of Incident Active Tuberculosis and Use of Gastric-Acid-Suppressive Drugs
Ibironke Olofin—Nutritional status and interventions in relation to infectious disease and mortality
Dae Hyun Kim—Lifestyle and Clinical Predictors of Functional Status in Older Adults
Batool Haider—Risk of Adverse Outcomes Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adults
Sonja Swanson— Contributions to Instrumental Variable Methods in Epidemiology
Marcelle Dougan– Body size throughout the life course, diet quality, and endometrial cancer risk