Exams and Defenses April 3, 2009

Ida Hatoum, doctoral student in the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, will present a dissertation, “Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 and Incident Coronary Heart Disease,” on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Kresge G-3.

Monica Ter-Minassian, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health, will present a dissertation, “Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in Lung and Neuroendocrine Cancers,” on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Building (1) 1302.

Ponpan Matangkasombut, doctoral student in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, will present a dissertation, “The Role of Natural Killer T-Cell in Asthma,” on Monday, April 13, 2009, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM, FXB 301.

Beth McManus, doctoral student in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, will present a dissertation, “Social Determinants of Adverse Neurodevelopment in Young Children,” on Monday, April 13, 2009, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Kresge 606.

Candice Belanoff, doctoral student in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, will present a dissertation, ”Population Disparities in Breastfeeding in the United States,” on Monday, April 13, 2009, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Kresge 708.

Lijian Wang, doctoral student  in the Department of Nutrition, will present a dissertation defense, “The Effect of Iron on TLR4 Activated Macrophage Responses,” on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Kresge G-2.

Malavika Subramanyam, doctoral student in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, will present a dissertation defense, “Social Epidemiology of Self-Rated Health and Childhood Under-nutrition: Multilevel Analyses from the United States and India,” on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Kresge 708.

Speciosa Wandira, doctoral student in the Department of Global Health and Population, will present a dissertation, “Older People and HIV in Uganda: Measuring Sero-Prevalence, Mortality and Living Arrangements,” on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Building (1) 1208.

Sharon Iron-Segev, doctoral student in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, will present a dissertation, ”Life Course Approach to Disordered Weight Control Behaviors: A Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidence,” on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Kresge 606.

Chunyan He, doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology, will present a dissertation, “Genome-Wide Association Study of Age at Menarche and Age at Natural Menopause,” on Wednesday, April 13, 2009, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Kresge 907.

Monique Perron, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health, will present a dissertation, "Development, Application and Evaluation of Bioavailability-based Sediment Toxicity Assessment Tools," on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Landmark 414A.

Kassandra Munger, doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition, will present a dissertation, “Measures of Vitamin D Nutrition and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis,” on Friday, April 17, 2009, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Kresge G-2.

Glenn Rice, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health, will present a dissertation, “Characterization of the Health Benefits of Environmental Mercury Reductions,” on Friday, April 17, 2009, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, FXB G-12.