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
Systematic review of interventions designed to reduce screen time in children and adolescents, Stephanie M Wuelling
Simulation study of joint transition and Weibull survival model with shared parameters, Rui Xia
Estimating parameters in Markov models for longitudinal studies with missing data or surrogate outcomes, Hung-Wen Yeh
A meta-analysis: Obesity and colorectal cancer screening, Hong Zhang
DNA nucleotide excision repair gene single nucleotide polymorphisms and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, Nianxiang Zhang
A coalescent analysis for modeling the mutation process in colorectal cancer, Hui Zhao
Submissions from 2006
Risk factors for Clostridium difficile nosocomial diarrhea in patients at the Michael E. Debakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, Frances I. P Abraham
The emergence of the social determinants of health on the policy agenda in Britain: A case study, 1980--2003, Lauri Andress
Evaluation of the city of Houston HIV/STD prevention program in Houston Independent School District (HISD) high schools, Givans Kay Ateka
Low-level serum arsenic and its effect on insulin and the glucose/insulin ratio of non-diabetic fasting human subjects, Ali Ibrahim Bahar
Interrelationships between the structural and functional aspects of social relationships, comorbidity and health related quality of life in breast cancer survivors, Debarati Banerjee
Impact of hormonal therapy on survival and racial disparities in a large community-based cohort of older men with local/regional prostate cancer, Laurens Holmes
Role of the CCAAT-binding protein CBF in cell cycle regulation, Qianghua Hu
Clinical factors associated with growth and mortality of pediatric patients on HAART at Mulago PIDC, Uganda, 2003--2006, Mark M Kabue
Evaluation of a training program to increase the capacity of health care providers to provide antiretroviral therapy to pediatric patients in sub-Saharan Africa, Harrison N Kamiru
Maternal ingestion of radon-222 in drinking water and the absorbed radiation dose to the embryo, Stephen King
Youth-focused empowerment evaluation using Photovoice, Kimberly Kay Lopez
Culture and the social context of health inequalities, Carol L Mansyur
Blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) signal changes in total cortex and subcortex, pain, reward, and vigilance regions during mechanical pressure pain after morphine administration, Theodora Dorina Papageorgiou
Predictors of survival in Alzheimer's disease, Jaya Paranilam
Second, do less harm: The state of states' medical error reporting programs, Monica Lynn Rasmus
The construction of aging and health in older African American women, Ilana Reisz
Breast and gynecologic cancer mortality among women veterans in Texas, 1979--2002, Lara Staub Savas
The combined effect of pravastatin and aspirin on clinical cardiovascular events, Lara Michelle Simpson
Revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standards: The integration of science and policy, Jacqueline Smith
Pediatric antiretroviral adherence and child disclosure in Botswana, Beth A Tippett Barr
Colorectal cancer screening: Racial/ethnic and gender disparities in a population-based cross-sectional analysis of the United States, Evette D Toney
Submissions from 2005
Social and behavioral determinants of consistent condom use among female commercial sex workers (FCSWs) in Ghana, Ahmed Adu-Oppong
Using GIS methods to assess the occurrence of neural tube defect births by residential proximity at conception to hazardous waste sites, Radhiya Yahya Al-Hashimi
Risk of second primary tumors following treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, Pamela K Allen
Adiposity and the perilipin gene: The role of single locus and multilocus variation, obesity-related quantitative traits, and disease-related phenotypes in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, Cristina Sofia Barroso
Effect of maternal weight status on the relationship between prenatal smoking and infant birth weight, Ruby Benjamin-Garner
Everyone is; should healthcare? Outsourcing: Issues in strategic planning, organizational culture, and organizational ethics, Anthony David Bristol
Consumer satisfaction with primary care provider choice and associated trust, Ming Ying Lisa Chu-Weininger
Perceptions of institutional support of community-based participatory research within prevention research centers, Maureen Emery
Factors influencing time to HIV disease progression in Romanian children, Margaret Gwynne Ferris
Adolescent tobacco use: Studies of prevalence, factorial validity, and factorial invariance between African Americans and Whites, Kentya H Ford
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli as a cause of acute diarrhea, David B Huang
Implementing and evaluating a Web-based close call reporting system at an urban hospital, Richard Jimenez
South Asian immigrant cardiovascular risk assessment in Houston, Texas 2005, Aijaz Ali Khowaja
Bayesian dual threshold design with Dirichlet distribution: An alternative way to frequentist multi-stage phase II designs in oncology, Hyung Woo Kim