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.Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Heart Rate Variability, and Fitness in Obese African American Youth, Belinda J. Fleming
Stepped Care for Smoking Cessation: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Simulation of Future Outcomes, Brandi E. Franklin
Impact of Parent’s HIV Status on Their Uninfected Child—A Comparative Analysis of the Child’s Healthcare Utilization, Access and Health Outcomes, Arijit Ganguli
The Influence of Biofilm on the Antifungal Activity of Amine Oxide, Jonathan Michael Hart
Effect of Obesity on the Traditional and Emerging Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in African American Women, Queen Obiageli Henry-Okafor
Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Osteoarthritis Treatments among the Medicare Population, Meghan Alexis Hufstader
Generation and Characterization of a Knock-In Allele of EKLF: Probing the in vivo Role of the Chromatin Remodeling Domain in Definitive Hematopoietic Cells, Valerie Malyvanh Jansen
The Role of Interferon Gamma in the Regulation of IL-18 Binding Protein and the Development of Autoimmune Arthritis in a Genetically Non-Susceptible Mouse Strain, Timothy Daniel Kayes
Chitosan/Ellagic Acid Composite Materials for Local Cancer Therapy, Sung Woo Kim
The Effects of Glucose Tolerance, Hypertension, and Race on Heart Rate Variability, QT Interval Duration, and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Overweight-Obese Adolescents, Shirleatha T. Lee
Studying the Specificity of hPXR Antagonists Using a Panel of Cell-based Assays, Fang Lei
The Use of Spectroscopic Techniques in the Characterization of Mycobacterial Metabolites, Engy Abdelhameed Mahrous
Contribution of the Membrane-Proximal Region of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Glycoprotein to Host Cell Entry and Membrane Fusion, Elizabeth Lane Matheny
Associations among Health Literacy Levels and Health Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes in an Urban Setting, Rosemary Ann McLaughlin
Pax5 Haploinsufficiency Cooperates with BCR-ABL1 to Induce Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Christopher B. Miller
Multiscale Genomic Analysis of the Corticolimbic System: Uncovering the Molecular and Anatomic Substrates of Anxiety-Related Behavior, Khyobeni Mozhui
Symbiotic Caregivers: A Qualitative Case Study of African American Custodial Grandparents and Their Grandchildren, Stella Enyichi Nwokeji
Physical and Functional Coupling of CFTR and PDE3A, Himabindu Penmatsa
Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients, Nicholas S. Phillips
Structural Characterization of the C-terminus of the Cochlear Motor Protein Prestin: Intrinsic Disorder Linked to Voltage Sensor Function, Michael S. Podgorski
Differential Stimulation of Monocytes to Secrete Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor by Lipopolysaccharide of Periodontal Pathogens, Jason Todd Primm
Determinants of Physical Activity Behavior and Self-efficacy for Exercise among African American Women, Bridget K. Robinson
Use of CVM Stages in Assessment of Young Orthodontic Patients to Estimate Growth Potential, David Justin Sander