Yurika Nishioka, doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Health, will take her oral examination on Friday, April 27 at 10 a.m. in SPH I-1301. Major: environmental impact assessment; minors: risk management and environmental economics. Helen Suh will chair the examination committee.

Bruce Schackman, doctoral candidate in the PhD Program in Health Policy, KSG and HSPH, will present his thesis, "The Cost-Effectiveness of Early Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-Infected Adults," on Monday, April 30 at 10 a.m. at the Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue.

Sunmin Lee, doctoral candidate in the Department of Health and Social Behavior, will present her thesis, "Prospective Studies of Work and Caregiving Stress and Coronary Heart Disease," on Tuesday, May 1 at 2 p.m. in FXB G-12.

Emily Feinberg, doctoral candidate in the Department of Maternal and Child Health, will present her thesis, "Enrollment, Crowd Out, and Unmet Health Need Among Children in Publicly Funded Health Insurance Programs," on Wednesday, May 2 at 10:30 a.m. in FXB G-10.

Alayne Ronnenberg, doctoral candidate in the Department of Population and International Health, will present her thesis, "Homocysteine, B-Vitamin Status, and Pregnancy Outcomes in Young Chinese Women," on Wednesday, May 2 at 12:30 p.m. in SPH I-1112.

Patricia Eng, doctoral candidate in the Department of Epidemiology, will present her thesis, "Psycho-social Predictors of Health-Related Behaviors, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality," on Wednesday, May 2 at 2:30 p.m. in Kresge 209.

J. Michael Wright, doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Health, will present his thesis, "Disinfection By-Products in Massachusetts Drinking Water and Their Role in Fetal Development," on Friday, May 4 at 3:30 p.m. in FXB G-12.

Yen-Ching Chen, doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Health, will present her thesis, "Arsenic Exposure, Skin, and Bladder Cancer in Taiwan," on Monday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m. in FXB G-3.

Karen Clements, doctoral candidate in the Department of Epidemiology, will take her oral examination on Monday, May 7 at 1 p.m. in the Epidemiology Department Library. Major: epidemiology; minors: psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics. Fran Cook will chair the examination committee.

Li-Te Chang, doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Health, will present his thesis, "Measurement and Characterization of Hourly Exposures to Fine Particles, Ozone , and Carbon Monoxide," on Tuesday, May 8 at 1:30 p.m. in FXB G-12.

Jie Huang, doctoral candidate in the Department of Biostatistics, will take her oral examination on Tuesday, May 8 at 2:30 p.m. in SPH II-426. Major: biostatistics; minors: theoretical statistics and epidemiology in cancer, AIDS, and genetics. Dimitrios Trichopoulos will chair the examination committee.

Phyllis Kirstin Newby, doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition, will present her thesis, "Dietary Composition and Changes in Body Mass Among Low Income Pre-School Children," on Thursday, May 10 at 1:30 p.m. in FXB G-12.

Carol Shepherd, doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management, will present her thesis, "Strategic Decisions and Critical Choices: A Comparative Case Analysis of Four Maine Hospitals and the Influence of Hospital Financial Health on Physicians’ Decision to Admit," on Thursday, May 10 at 3:30 p.m. in Kresge 439.

Eduardo Villamor, doctoral candidate in the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, will present his thesis, "Micronutrient Supplements and Anthropometric Status of Pregnant Women and Preschool Children" on Friday, May 11 at 2 p.m. in FXB G-12.

Juan Carlos Celedon, doctoral candidate in the Department of Epidemiology, will present his thesis, "The Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa Rica," on Friday, May 11 at 2 p.m. in Kresge 904.