Digital dissertations from 2006-2008. Free access is limited to the HAM-TMC community; others may be able to access them through their own libraries or purchase them from ProQuest. For remote access click here.
Submissions from 2007
Barriers to cross-border research projects: A prelude to improving professional collaborations between the United States and Mexico, Alison L Days
Adherence to medication regimen among children with persistent asthma in Houston, Texas, Joy M De Los Reyes
The role of transforming growth factor beta signaling in cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in heart failure, Vijay Ganesh Divakaran
Logistic regression models for ordinal response: A study of self-efficacy in colorectal cancer screening, Yongquan Dong
A global perspective on intimate partner violence during pregnancy: An analysis of twelve developing countries, Demori E Driver
Catalytic antibody response to the Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor Efb, Katherine F Duncan
Antigenic variation in surface proteins of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' disease), Heather E Elfman
Correlation between dental care utilization and oral cavity cancer in a large sample of community-based United States residents, Sreekanth R Emani
Lab animal allergy surveillance at a private medical school in three dissimilar animal research facilities, Jeffrey P Feinberg
Depression, interpersonal violence and lack of social support as barriers to cervical cancer screening among recently immigrated Latinas, Maria Eva Fernandez
Latino patients' desire to participate in informed decisions regarding colorectal cancer screening, Norma P Fernandez
Pre-employment drug testing among job applicants at a Texas tertiary level pediatric hospital: 1992--2006, Savithri Fernando
Evaluation of residential bioaerosol concentrations and their related health effects, Carissa M Flores
The association of HSV 1 and 2 with atherosclerosis defined by CRP level, Wednesday Foster
Cancer in Vietnam veterans, Erin Elizabeth Fox
A cross sectional examination of risky sexual behaviors among a population of drug users, Marcie Garcia
Demographic and social factors which influence periodontal disease using the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES), Diana Josephine Garcia-Upright
Mexican American parent atttitudes towards research participation, Krista Georgas
The population health performance of medical students at two medical schools, Anne C Gill
Zoning and the built environment: A public health analysis of zoning in Austin, Texas, Betsy A Goldstein
Optimal frequency of Imiquimod (Aldara(RTM)) 5% cream treatment of external genital warts in immunocompetent adults. Systematic review and meta-analysis, Elena P Gotovtseva
NRAS and BRAF mutations in primary cutaneous melanoma: A comparison of mutation rates between radial and vertical growth phases in individual tumors, Victoria R Greene
A PCR based assay for the detection of enteric pathogens from Hemoccult(RTM) cards, Kevin Anthony Grimes
Access to health care among children in the U.S.: Use of health inequalities measures to evaluate progress in reduction of disparities from 1997 to 2005, Alicia C Guerrero
Stepwise forward multiple regression for complex traits in high density genome-wide association studies, Xiangjun Gu
Outcome-based adaptive randomization for binary data in clinical trials---Compare and contrast, Xuemin Gu
Self-injury in a residential treatment population of children and adolescents, Jane Hamilton
Measuring the quality of life of patients with diabetes: Validating the tool and determining the effects on quality of life, Karen R Harker
Hepatitis B and C infections in U.S. incarcerated populations: Prevalence and related mortality, Amy Jo Harzke
HIV sexual risk behavior and drug use in four racial/ethnic groups in Houston, Murad Hasan
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in urban middle and high school Hispanic and African American students, Brandon Robert Hatch
The preparticipation sports physical examination and wilderness athletes, Arthur A Islas
Variation of genotype and prevalence of Noro virus in U.S. students in Mexico with Traveler's Diarrhea, summer of 2004 and 2005, Sridivya Jaini
The results of a barrier analysis on complementary feeding practices among mothers in the Central River Division of the Gambia, Sabine Kasper
Hepatitis B vaccination of high risk pregnant women: A clinical trial at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Atoosa Kourosh
Assessing the need and options available for trauma physician funding in Texas, Cameron McDonald Krier
The prevalence of food insecurity and associated factors among households with children in Head Start programs in Houston, Texas and Birmingham, Alabama, Michelle LaCour
Gasoline and leukemia: A review, Zizhuang Li
The use of culturally related health practices and health care utilization among Hispanic women in farmworker communities, Jicela Longoria
The mark of a good healer: Examining health care behaviors in the Vietnamese community, Cherylynn MacGregor
Physician's adherence to the standard protocol for diabetes treatment in Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Celestino Mario Martinez
Optimization of a DNSH passive sampling method to measure airborne carbonyls, Coty Marie Maypole
Texas laboratory healthcare workforce: Meeting the needs in 2015, Karen Jean McClure
Patient perceptions of balance in prostate cancer screening decision aids, Gena MaLea McKinley
Fruit and vegetable dietary patterns and weight loss in Mexican-American women, Carla Isabel Mercado
The role of smoking status on postoperative complications and survival in lung cancer patients presenting to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Kelly Willis Merriman