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50 Years After the War on Poverty, Thomas McInerny

50 Years After the War on Poverty: Successes Should Inspire the Next Bold Steps for Poor Children, Olivia Golden

A Call for Book Reviews, Michael Connell

Acculturaiton, body image, and their interplay with breastfeeding behaviors among Hispanic origin women, Galya Bigman

Accurate Mutation Annotation And Functional Prediction Enhance The Applicability Of -Omics Data In Precision Medicine, Tenghui Chen

Addressing healthcare system barriers to timely initiation of tuberculosis treatment: A case review of the Uganda National TB Program, Michael Juma

Adherence to stage-specific treatment guidelines and its effect on survival in stage IIA & IIB/IIIA extremity and trunk soft tissue sarcoma patients, Rachel K Voss

Adolescent tobacco use in public and private schools in Uruguay: A comparative qualitative analysis, Erin Peterson

A hierarchical model of mutations with genotyping errors and maximum likelihood estimation of the male-to-female mutation rate ratio, Jia Sun

A large-scale candidate gene association study of blood pressure change in children and adolescents, Elena Valeryevna Feofanova

Allelic imbalance analysis of uterine carcinosarcoma: A comparison of two components of the neoplasm, Aditya Deshpande

Analysis of bivariate longitudinal discrete data: A joint continuous-time Markov chains approach, Chih-Hsien Wu

Analysis of rare and common variants to identify inherited and maternal genes associated with conotruncal heart defects, Anshuman Sewda

Analysis of the Staphylococcus aureus houshold colonization profile in Starr County, Texas, Katherine Garrett

An Assessment of the Human Papillomavirus Immunization Knowledge, Practices, and Prevention Among a Cohort of Urban College Students, Nancy H. Busen PhD, FNP-BC, APRN; Robert G. Hanks PhD, RN, FNP, APRN; Eileen R. Giardino PhD, RN, APRN, FNP; and Stanley Cron MSPH

An Automated Syringe Pump System For Improving The Reproducibility Of Dynamic Hyperpolarized Mri Phantoms, Harlee G. Harrison

An examination of internal and external factors upon financial performance of participating ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for the year 2013, Noel Marie Pugh

Ankyrin-B And Mtor Complex 1 In The Regulation Of Electrical Activities In The Heart, Henry C. Wu and Henry C. Wu

Annual Report 2014-2015, Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library

Antidiabetic medication utilization patterns and related levels of glucose control among Mexican Americans in Starr County Texas - A cross sectional secondary analysis, Boomadevi Muthumarthandarajan

Antiretroviral drugs logistics management and HIV/AIDS service delivery in Baylor-Uganda supported health facilities in eastern Uganda, Hilda Sekabira Nakalema

An Unconditional War on Poverty: Action and Reaction, Robert Sanborn and Christopher Greeley

A Phase I Dose-Escalation Study Of The Braf Inhibitor Vemurafenib In Combination With The Mtor Inhibitor Everolimus In Subjects With Advanced Cancer, Javier Munoz

A pilot of a smartphone-based intervention to enhance antiretroviral therapy adherence among people with HIV in Vietnam, Nga Thi Hoang Nguyen

A qualitative analysis on parent-youth perspectives of "The Secret of Seven Stones": An online, intergenerational HIV, STI, and pregnancy prevention computer game, Jessica Hua

A qualitative review of Hispanic food choice: Exploring factors for healthy and unhealthy eating among Hispanic children and adolescents living in the U.S., Sarah Marie Stott

A snapshot of community health worker training in the United States, Jessica Uriarte

Assessing factors associated with clusters of DNA index distribution in patients with cervical neoplasia, Meiling Pan

Assessing whether the number of predictors affect the power of the Hosmer-Lemeshow test in large data sets, Christina Theoktisto Blanchard

Association between resting state functional connectivity and major depressive disorder, Satyajit Mohite

Association between vaccinations and childhood rhabdomyosarcoma in Texas, Hari Sankaran

Association of small dense LDL-cholesterol with incident type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome: The atheroscleosis risk in communities (aric) study, Wensheng Sun

Associations among food store selection, socio-demographic characteristics, food served in the home, and child diet and weight status in low-income, ethnically diverse families in Texas, Michelle Bita Maurer

Associations Between Neighborhoods and Summer Meals Sites: Measuring Access to Federal Summer Meals Programs, Rachel L. Wilkerson, Durwesh Khalfe, and Kathy Krey

Associations between overweight, obesity, physical activity, body image and social support among Texas adolescents, Ian Turpin

A systematic review of exposure to toxic metals as a risk factor for hematologic malignancies, Mary Akosile

Attitudes Towards Prenatal Genetics Among Southeast And East Asian Women: A Qualitative Pilot Study, GINGER J. TSAI

Autism spectrum disorder and particulate matter pollution: A systematic review of literature, Payel Acharya

Autoimmune Responses To Atherosclerotic Lipids: A Study In Murine Models Of Atherosclerosis And Obesity, hanjing wu

Bayesian analysis of multi-type recurrent events with dependent termination, Li-An Lin

Bayesian dynamic mediation analysis, Jing Huang

Benefits of a snacking intervention as part of a school-based obesity intervention for Mexican American children, Jennette P. Moreno, Afshan Mohammed, Carolyn E. Moore, and Craig Johnston

Bias And Variability In Image-Based Volumetric Yttrium-90 Dosimetry, Wendy Siman

Book Review: Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States, William W. McClanahan

Book Review: Promising Practices for Engaging Families in Literacy, Grace H.C. Huang

Book Review: Reconceptualizing Agency and Childhood: New Perspectives in Childhood Studies, Carrie Cutler

Book Review: Women Doing Life: Gender, Punishment and the Struggle for Identity, Alicia M. Godoy

Brown Beauty: Body Image, Latinas, and the Media, D. Milton Stokes, Christopher F. Clemens, and Diana I. Rios

Buruli Ulcer: Insight into the epidemiology, transmission, prevention and control, Yao Akpalu

Caring Minds, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing

Caring Minds, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing

Chagas disease in Texas: From diagnosis to clinical epidemiology, Sarah M Gunter

Characterization Of Erbb4 Expression In Osteosarcoma, Nupur Lala

Characterization Of Stem Cell Turnover In A Living Epithelial Bilayer, Elizabeth Sumner

Characterization Of The Ato Gene Family In Alternative Carbon Metabolism, Heather A. Danhof

Characterizing and predicting progressive hemorrhagic injury: A problem with significant public health impact, Jay Karri

Chemotherapy induced symptom burden in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing induction therapy, Seema Prasad

Children living on the street in semi-rural Kenya—a formative evaluation of community perceptions and children's health outcomes, Sarah Seidel

Chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in Central America: A systematic review, Parvaneh Ehsanzadeh

Circumstantial Disconnection: Homelessness and Parental Relationships with Children, Jonathan Holland and David Branham Sr.

Circumventing Cisplatin Resistance In Ovarian Cancers Through Reactivation Of P53 By Non-Cross-Resistant Platinum Analogs, Michelle Martinez-Rivera

Clinical Significance Of Homologous Recombination Deficiency Score Testing In Endometrial Cancer, Jean M. Hansen

Cll Metabolism Is Regulated By Prognostic Factors, Modulated By Stroma And Abrogated By Pi3K Inhibition, Hima Vangapandu

Colorectal cancer educational intervention and screening outcomes, Leigha Sharp

Community-Based Partnerships: Collaboration and Organizational Partnerships in Criminal Justice, Meghan E. Hollis

Comparative effectiveness of CT and MR imaging for surveillance of pediatric thoracoabdominal neoplasms, Robert Chappell Orth

Comparison of end of life care practices and resource utilization by ovarian cancer patients of varying racial, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds in Texas, Jolyn Taylor

Comparisons of the t test and Wilcoxon rank sum test for the time, late time and focus: CCTRN trials, Yiwen Cao

Computational Modeling Of Rna-Small Molecule And Rna-Protein Interactions, Lu Chen

Cost-benefit analysis of recommended treatments for hepatitis C virus genotype 1a infected Medicaid beneficiaries, Sarita Mantravadi

Covariates adjustment for nonparametric tests for two sample comparison, Jiabu Ye

Data-adaptive SNP-set-based association tests of longitudinal traits, Yang Yang

DataGauge: A Model-Driven Framework for Systematically Assessing the Quality of Clinical Data for Secondary Use, Jose Franck DiazVasquez

¬¬Define The Epigenetic Profiles And Subtype-Specific Genes Of Breast Cancer, Wenqian Li

Defining The Functions Of Usp22 And Usp44 In Regulation Of H2Bub1 Levels, xianjiang Lan

Defining The Molecular Networks Necessary For Thymus Fate And Organogenesis, Kaitlin A. Reeh

Delayed gastric emptying following pancreatic resection: Incidence, risk factors, and impact on healthcare utilization, Somala Mohammed

Demographic characteristics, HIV service utilization and barriers among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Houston area, Tay Za Kyi Win

Description and rate of musculoskeletal injuries in Air Force basic military trainees, 2012-2014, Michelle R Milner

Detecting prediabetes using an oral insulin-glucose tolerance test in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients without diabetes, Yi-Ting Shen

Detection Of Genes Influencing Chronic And Mendelian Disease Via Loss-Of-Function Variation, Alexander H. Li

Determining Mechanisms Of Response To Polo-Like Kinase 1 Inhibition In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Ruchitha Goonatilake

Determining The Mechanisms Generating Soluble Il-15 Complexes, Scott Anthony

Developing a mobile health (mHealth) HIV testing text message campaign for an ambulatory clinic population, Stephen A Manning

Developing And Using Methyl-Specific Antibodies To Study The Biological Roles Of Arginine Methylation, Vidyasiri Vemulapalli

Developing the Improving Post-event Analysis and Communication Together (IMPACT) Tool to Involve Patients and Families in Post-Event Analysis, Madelene J. Ottosen PhD, RN; Emily W. Sedlock MPH; Aitebureme O. Aigbe DrPH; Jason M. Etchegaray PhD; Sigall K. Bell MD; Thomas H. Gallagher MD; and Eric J. Thomas MD, MPH

Developing Understandings of Collaborative Partnerships Between University and Community, Judith Harris, Rebecca Pfeffer, Bernardo Pohl, Myrna Cohen, and Leigh Van Horn

Development And Implementation Of An Anthropomorphic Head & Neck Phantom For The Assessment Of Proton Therapy Treatment Procedures, Daniela Branco

Development Of An In Silico Kir Genotyping Algorithm And Its Application To Population And Cancer Immunogenetic Analyses, Howard Rosoff

Development Of Rational Combination Therapy With Parp Inhibitors And Kinase Inhibitors In Tnbc, Wen-Hsuan Yu

Direct and indirect cost of epilepsy: Latest estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Shin Jeong

Direct Regulation Of Apoptosis By Linear Ubiqutin Chain Assembly Complex (Lubac) And Feedback Regulation Of Lubac Function By Caspases, Donghyun Joo

Disparities in adherence to breast cancer care, Pragati Advani

Does place matter?: Institution type and resource utilization for hospitalized children, Michelle A Lopez

Dr. R. Lee Clark's Philosophy, George M. Stancel PhD and Tacey A. Rosolowski PhD

E-cigarette school policies, advertising, and use among Texas adolescents, Nicole E Nicksic

Effect of medical history on hemostatic recovery after coagulopathy reversal with prothrombin complex concentrate, Irene Tabas

Effect Of Photographs Of Visible Genetic Conditions On Quality Of Life Perceptions, Christina Falugi

Effects of cognitive changes on survival for persons with Alzheimer's Disease - joint modeling analysis, Eveleen Darby

Effects of exposure to organic solvents and occupational noise on hearing loss and tinnitus in US adults from 1999 to 2004, Amanda Marie Staudt

Effects Of Pharmacological And Genetic Disruption Of Chemokine Receptor Cxcr4 In B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Shubhchintan Randhawa

Employer-based occupational injury and illness surveillance: Amputation injury as a framework for the survey of reporting practices, tools and outcomes, Rhandi N Selde

Employing T Cells For Antigen Presentation: Role Of Ny-Eso-1+ T-Apc Vaccine In Multiple Myeloma, Krina K. Patel

Encapsulated Contrast Agent Markers For Mri-Based Post-Implant Dosimetry, Tze Yee Lim

Enhancement Of Hiv Persistence By Adipose Tissue, Jacob Couturier

Epigenetic Modulation In Braf Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Van Morris

Estimating evolutionary history and geographic spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, Varuna Manthena

Ethnic Identity And Teratogenic Risk Perceptions, Katie M. Chan

Etiology of nosocomial diarrhea attributable to causes other than Clostridium difficile, Shephaly Soni

Evaluating long-acting reversible contraception adherence among adolescent girls, Lauren Camille Jackson

Evaluation and recommendation of implementing time-driven activity-based costing in healthcare, Yu-Ting Huang

Evaluation of DustTrak DRX to estimate respirable quartz during hydraulic fracturing, Justin Miguel Lopez

Evaluation of racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to toxic metals in the United States, Hiroshi Awata

Evaluation of the National Alliance on Mental Illness peer-to-peer educational program: A pilot study to assess the potential to improve well-being and quality of life, Steven Kent Lawrence

Examination of clinical and economic outcomes of anal cancer treatment, Ashish A Deshmukh

Exploring neighborhood problems and perceptions as influences on social cohesion, collective efficacy, and place attachment as a strategy to improve health, Allison Marshall

Exploring the association between sexual behavior, socio-demographic and biological factors with HIV infection using data from the 2011 Uganda Aids Indicator Survey (UAIS), Charles Luswata

Ex Vivo Expanded Cord Blood Natural Killer Cells As A Novel Therapeutic For Multiple Myeloma, Nina Shah

Factors Influencing Uptake Of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy By Brca1 And Brca2 Mutation Carriers, Victoria E. Breen

Factors prognostic of survival in advanced stage uterine papillary serous carcinoma, Navdeep Pal

Female invasive breast cancer mortality trends among Hispanic population in the United States from 1990 to 2012, Hari Krishna Raju Sagiraju

Finding Latino/a Voices in the Storytelling Process: Preservice Teachers Tell Their Stories in Digital Narratives, Laura A. Mitchell, Diane M. Miller, and Colin Dalton

Fish consumption, omega-3 fatty acid intake, and pregnancy outcomes, Renata Hughes Benjamin

Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in U.S. Adolescents, Elisabeth L P Sattler and Vibha Bhargava

Food Security, Hunger-coping, and Hunger-Symptoms, and Their Relationship With Daily Fruit and Vegetable Intake Frequency in a Low-income Sample, Hollyanne E. Fricke, Eric E. Calloway, Teresa M. Smith, Courtney A. Pinard, and Amy Yaroch

Foster youth, aging out, and early parenting, Elizabeth Sue Curnow

From the Editors-in-Chief, Joanne V. Hickey PhD, RN, ACNP, FAAN, FCCM and Eileen R. Giardino PhD, RN, APRN, FNP

Functional Analysis Of Synthetic Gene Circuits Controlling A Protein Pump In Yeast, Junchen Diao

Functional Regulation Of Yap By Aurora A Kinase In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Shih-Shin Chang

Function And Mechanism Of Alkbh5 In N6-Methyl-Adenosine Rna Modification In Glioblastoma, Sicong Zhang

Gastrointestinal manifestations of acute West Nile virus infection in humans, Kristofer Harris

Gating Mechanisms Of The Canonical Trp Channel Isoform Trpc4, Dhananjay P. Thakur

Gender differences in non-leisure time physical activity and its association with overweight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes among U.S. Mexican-American and Mexican adults, Luis Humberto Solis Canto

Genomic Drivers Of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Development, Vida Chitsazzadeh

Germline Mutation Detection In Next Generation Sequencing Data And Tp53 Mutation Carrier Probability Estimation For Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, Gang Peng

Gsk3Beta-Mediated Ezh2 Phosphorylation Suppresses Methylation Of H3K27 And Ezh2’S Oncogenic Functions, How-Wen Ko

Head Start since the War on Poverty: Taking on New Challenges to Address Persistent School Readiness Gaps, Pamela Joshi, Kimberly Geronimo, and Dolores Acevedo-Garcia

Health and economic burdens of norovirus disease and cost-effectiveness analysis of norovirus vaccination among school age children in the United States, Margaret M Venuto

Hepatitis C virus infection: See beyond the liver, Parag Mahale

Histone H3 K4 Methylation Regulates The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Through Direct Binding Of Multiple Checkpoint Components And Cdc20, Andria C. Schibler

Household food insecurity status and Hispanic immigrant children’s body mass index and adiposity, Daphne C. Hernandez, Layton Reesor, Yanely Alonso, Sally G. Eagleton, and Sheryl O. Hughes

IAF: Examples of Institutions Organizing on Behalf of Families, Willie Bennett and Rev. John Ogletree

Identifying Protein Kinase Tbk1 As A Novel Inhibitor Of Intestinal Tumorigenesis, Amber L. Mathews

Identifying Treatment Planning System Errors In Iroc-Houston Head And Neck Phantom Irradiations, James Kerns

Image classification using segmentation, functional principal component analysis and sparse sufficient dimension reduction, Wenqian Liang

Impact of electronic cigarettes on indoor air quality A systematic review, Parinita Sah

Implementation of a Comprehensive Clinical Toolkit for Postpartum Depression Screening: Breaking Barriers in Women's Health Care, Liza C. Rivera DNP, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC

Implications of Computational Cognitive Models for Information Retrieval, Joshua Caleb Goodwin

Improving Attenuation Correction In Hybrid Positron Emission Tomography, Hua Asher Ai

Incidence of bacterial tracheitis in pediatric patients with artificial airways, Ana Maria Gomez-Rubio

Insights Into Determinants That Contribute To Colonization, Virulence And Antibiotic Resistance In Enterococci, Maria Camila Montealegre

Integrating health impact assessment with legally required environmental impact assessment processes: An analysis of effectiveness considerations, Ann Al-Bahish

Integration Of Multi-Platform High-Dimensional Omic Data, Xuebei An

Integrative Bayesian modeling of imaging and genetic data, Shabnam Azadeh

Interrogating Dux4 Mrna 3′ End Processing, Natoya J. Peart

Interview with Asha Kapadia, Asha Kapadia Ph.D.

Interview with Elizabeth Travis, Elizabeth Travis Ph.D.

Interview with Janet Butel, Janet Butel Ph.D.

Interview with Robin Britt, Robin Britt EDD, RN

Introduction to the Issue on Organizational Partnerships, Russell Wolff and Rebecca Pfeffer Ph.D.

Investigating Metastatic Lineage In Colorectal Cancer By Single Cell Dna Sequencing, Marco Leung

Investigating the association between depression and high-risk sexual behavior in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Houston, Texas, Cristina Espinosa da Silva

Investigating The Interaction Of Aurka And Ube2C In Colorectal Cancer Cells, Apurva M. Hegde

Investigating The Roles Of Δnp63 As A Suppressor Of Migration, Invasion, And Metastasis, Ramon E. Flores Gonzalez

Investigating the surgical transmissibilty of amyloid-based neurodegenerative disease: A retrospective case control study, Kelly Ressler

Investigation Of Quatitative Image Features From Pretreatment Ct And Fdg-Pet Scans In Stage Iii Nsclc Patients Undergoing Defintive Radiation Therapy, David Fried

In Vivo Functional Significance Of Ccat2 Long Non-Coding Rna In Myelodysplastic Syndrome, MAITRI Y. SHAH

In Vivo Kinome Screen Reveals Non-Canonical Cdk-Driven Metabolic Adaptation In Brain Metastasis, Frank J. Lowery III

In Vivo Significance Of The Mdm4 And P73 Interaction During Development And Tumorigenesis, Mehrnoosh Tashakori

Latino Civic and Social Engagement, Bernardo E. Pohl Jr, Viola Garcia, and Traqina Emeka

Leveraging University-School District Research Partnerships: Exploring the Longitudinal Effects of an Early Kindergarten Transition Program, Beth Tarasawa, Nicole C. Ralson, and Jacqueline Waggoner

Lipocalin 2 Promotes The Establishment Of A Pro-Tumorigenic Microenvironment In Pancreatic Cancer, Sobeyda B. Gomez-Chou

Literacy: A Continuously Evolving Concept, Angelo P. Giardino, Robert D. Sanborn, Elvon Christopher Lloyd, and William V. Flores

Literacy: A Multidimensional and Ever-Present Entity, Amelia Hewitt and Kim Pinkerton

Long acting reversible contraception use in adolescent and young adult military dependent females and active duty service member, Daniel Chiles

Maternal workplace emotional stressors and physical activity and adverse birth outcomes, Laura J Lee

Measurement Of The Electron Return Effect Using Presage Dosimeter, Gye Won Choi

Mechanisms Of Regulation Of Tau Ires Mediated Translation, Niza Nemkul

Mechanistic And Functional Characterization Of B And T Lymphocyte Attenuator (Btla) In Cd8 Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes, krit ritthipichai

Medical direction in the United States Army: Comparison of U.S. Army Doctrine regarding medical direction of emergency medical services with national policy and position statements, Stephen Harper

Meta-analytical methods and their applications to biomedical studies, Yulun Liu

Metabolic Profiling Of Prions In The Gastro-Intestinal Tract, Uffaf Khan

Methylation Of Egfr By Arginine Methyltransferase Prmt1 Enhances Egfr Signaling And Cetuximab Resistance, Hsin-Wei Liao

Mobilization Of Adipose Stromal Cells In Obesity And Cancer By Sparc And Its Proteolytic Isoforms, Chieh Tseng

Molecular Regulation Of Vascular Calcification In Murine Models Of Atherosclerosis, Shanshan Gao

Multiple imputation for non-response in population-based HIV health care survey: Medical Monitoring Project, Cheng-Yu Lin

Navy En Route Care: A three-year review of 428 Navy air evacuations, Benjamin D Walrath

Network Dynamics Of Visual Object Recognition, Mehmet C. Kadipasaoglu

Nipt Results Indicative Of Maternal Neoplasms: Genetic Counselors' Preferences And Attitudes, Meagan E. Giles

No Difference In Health Related Quality Of Life Between Therapeutic Options For Type 1 Gaucher Disease, Victoria Wagner

Normal Glycolytic Enzyme Activity Is Critical For Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1A Activity And Provides Novel Targets For Inhibiting Tumor Growth, Geoffrey Grandjean PhD

Novel Mechanisms Of Β-Adrenergic Signaling In Prostate Cancer Progression, Mohit Hulsurkar

Nutrition and Food Insecurity, Christopher Greeley and Robert D. Sanborn

Organization And Regulation Of Proteins Required For Initiation Of Cell Division In Escherichia Coli, Veronica W. Rowlett

Outbreak response and risk communication issues associated with the potential threat of a domestic outbreak of Marburg virus disease: A policy analysis, Jessica M Romano

Outcomes associated with pharmacist participation in a heart failure transitional care clinic through medication reconciliation and education, Kimberly Putney

Outcomes of HIV exposed infants before and after implementing Option B+ prevention of mother to child HIV transmission guidelines in Mulago Hospital, Uganda: A retrospective cohort study, Peter James Elyanu

Parental and environmental influences on hispanic children's nutrition and physical activity, Leticia Ann Gatus

Parental influences on dietary intake and weight status of children age 2 to 12 through household food rules and mealtime practices, Alison Winters Massie

Parent and child factors influencing attendance in a community-based obesity intervention, Aubri Michelle Kottek

Patient Perception Of Negative Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Results, Ann Theresa Wittman

Patterns and correlates of internet use, cellphone use, and attitudes towards patient portals among a predominantly Mexican-American clinic population, Meredith Trubitt

Pelvic floor dysfunction and quality of life in women with spinal cord injury, Lisa A Hughes

Perceptions of Effectiveness of School Counselors with Former Graduates in a TRIO College Program, Marguerite Ohrtman Dr., Sarah Cronin, Erik Torgerson, Marin Thuen, and Emily Colton

Periconceptional use of NuvaRing® or Ortho Evra™ and major structural birth defects in offspring, Amy Hallmark

Photovoice assessment of an orphan empowerment program in rural Kenya, Katherine Ackerman

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell-Mediated Humoral Autoimmunity, Stephanie M. Dorta-Estremera Ph.D.

Policy analysis of hospital infections in the United States, Medhat Daioub

Poly (Adp) Ribose Polymerase Inhibitors For The Treatment Of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, Christine M. Kivlin

Posttraumatic stress syndrome in remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots and the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) community: Policy analysis and recommendations for action, Stefanie Melissa Watkins-Nance

Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use In Older Patient With Breast And Colorectal Cancer, Meghan S. Karuturi

Predicting H5N1 lineage specific human CD8+ T-cell-reactive epitopes for vaccine selection, Xueting Qiu

Predicting Sense Of Community in a Historic Latino/Latina Neighborhood Undergoing Gentrification, Laurie A. Walker, Jesse Littman, Amanda Riphenburg-Reese, and Devra Ince

Prediction Of Laser Ablation In Brain: Sensitivity, Calibration, And Validation, Samuel J. Fahrenholtz

Preeclampsia: The Roles Of Acute Inflammation And Intrauterine Stress, Nicholas Parchim

Preventing cervical cancer in rural Tanzania: A model program for health worker trainings, Peter Barclay Morrison

Preventing Thymus Involution In K5.Cyclin D1 Transgenic Mice Sustains The Naïve T Cell Compartment With Age, Michelle L. Bolner

Primary care access survey in Smith County, Katherine Calaway

Process Mining of Medication Revisions in Electronic Health Records, Deevakar Rogith

Project SAFE: A brief water safety and drowning prevention program for preschool children, Kelly S Frindell

Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Reduces The Incidence Of Brain Metastasis In A Mouse Model Of Metastatic Breast Cancer, Daniel L. Smith

Protocol to Increase Administration of Herpes Zoster Vaccine in a Long-Term Care Facility, Stephen Mbola DNP, RN, ANP-BC

Quality Assurance Of Advanced Treatment Modalities Using Presage® Dosimeters, Ryan G. Lafratta

Quality Improvement and Safety in Healthcare: Reflections on essential frameworks to guide applied scholarship that promotes transformation and innovation, Angelo P. Giardino MD, PhD, MPH

Quality of life outcomes in children participating in the weight management program from the Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (Tx CORD) study, Ana C Monterrey

Quantification Of Imrt Severity Scores For Improvement Of Fmea Results, Jacqueline T. Faught

Redirecting T Cells With Chimeric Antigen Receptors To Target Cd123+ Leukemia, Radhika Thokala

Refugee health education: Evaluating a community-based approach to empowering refugee women in Houston, Texas, Elizabeth Frost

Regulation Of Autoimmune Germinal Center Reaction By Tfh Cells And Application Of Tfr-Like Cells For The Treatment Of Autoimmune B Cell Responses, Young Uk Kim

Regulation Of Breast Cancer Initiation And Progression By 14-3-3Zeta, Chia-Chi Chang

Regulation Of The Escrt Function Of Alix, Sheng Sun

Regulation Of The Oxidative Stress Response By Arid1A, Suet Yan Kwan

Rerouting Pre-Existing Host Vaccine-Induced Immunity Towards Breast Cancer, Bharat Kumar Reddy Chaganty

Response to healthcare related deficiency citations at U.S. nursing homes: Do organizational and market factors matter?, Raphael Ezeagu

Risk factors associated with cyberbullying victimization and perpetration among Taiwanese children, Mi-Ting Lin

Risk factors for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children with Down syndrome: A case control study, Zenab Idris Yusuf

Role Of Stat3 In Human Nk Cell Functions, Prasad V. Phatarpekar

Self-reported depression among cancer survivors in Medicare beneficiaries: A statistical method comparison between complex survey design and simple random sample design, Bo Zhao

SEL: Third Ward Intervention, Mike Malkemes and Joan Waters

Sensation seeking and e-cigarette use in Texas adolescents and young adults, Kathleen Case

Si Votan: Texas Latino Politicians Perspectives on Engaging Latino Voters in the Electoral Process, Rebecca Pfeffer Ph.D. and Robert D. Sanborn

Spatial statistical analysis of childhood blood lead exposure in Texas, Qi Yu

Statistical models for recurrent events during alternating restraint and non-restraint periods, Xiaoqi Li

Statistical tests for homogeneity using parametric and semiparametric models with applications to meta-analysis and statistical genetics, Chuan Hong

Success of horizontal strategic alliances in healthcare: A combined resource dependence and competitive advantage theory perspective, Erin Harrison Cannon

Symptoms trends after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Saad J Samargandy

Syndemic conditions and resilience factors among Tanzanian men who have sex with men (MSM): Pathways towards a strength-based HIV intervention, Adeniyi Abolaji Adeboye

Targeting Oncogenic Mirnas With Small Molecules For Breast Cancer Therapy, Paloma del C. Monroig

Task Persistence: A Potential Mediator of the Income-Achievement Gap, Sara S. Whipple, Christine K. Genero, and Gary W. Evans

The association between antenatal depression and adverse birth outcomes: A statistical analysis and systematic review, Deborah Trevino Seghers

The association between obesity and low back pain in adults: Data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, Trent Peng

The association of caffeine intake with components of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among cancer survivors, Hadeel F Anan

The Continuum of Lens through Which Teachers View Cultural Differences: How Perceptions Impact Pedagogy, Constance Harris Russell, Denise McDonald, Lisa A. Jones, and Laurie Weaver

The effect of social media use and TV watching on body image in Texas middle schoolers: Analysis of data from the CATCH Middle School Project, Kayla Albrecht

The effects of a novel Clostridium difficile quorum sensing molecule on growth and virulence factor production in Staphylococcus aureus, Heather T Essigmann

The Empowering Effects of Cooperative Development Among Indigenous Women in Southern Mexico, Dawn McCarty 2212729, Damaris Cortez, and Beth A. Bee

The Future of Healthcare Delivery: IPE/IPP Audiology and Nursing Student/Faculty Collaboration to Deliver Hearing Aids to Vulnerable Adults via Telehealth, Robert E. Novak Ph.D, ASHA Fellow; Adelita Gonzales Cantu PhD., RN; Amanda Zappler AuD; Laura Coco AuD; Craig A. Champlin PhD, ASHA Fellow; and Julie C. Novak DNSc, RN, FAANP, FAAN

The gendered intersection of violence and drug use among people who use methamphetamine in San Diego County, California, Hitomi D Hayashi

The Immune Microenvironment Of Microsatellite Instable Endometrial Cancer, Janelle B. Pakish

The Impact Of Cortical State On Neural Coding And Behavior, Charles Beaman

The impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria incidence in Ixcán, Guatemala and the associated identification of spatial clusters of malaria, Lucio Malvisi

The Impact of the California Drought on Food Security among Rural Families of Mexican Origin, Lizette Rodriguez, Marcel Horowitz, Dorina Espinoza, Alberto Aguilera, Adela de la Torre, and Lucia L. Kaiser

The impact of the Texas Grow! Eat! Go! (tTGEG) garden and physical activity school-based interventions and connectedness on attendance in Texas schools, Christine Jovanovic

The Importance of Civic and Social Engagement in Minority Communities, Lisa A. Jones

The influence of “westernization” on nutrition and physical activity behaviors of adolescents in New Delhi, India: Are we exporting an epidemic of obesity?, Melissa Harrell, Emily Ussery, Blanche Greene-Cramer, Nalini Ranjit, Shreela V. Sharma, and Monika Arora

The Latino Experience in America, Robert D. Sanborn and Angelo P. Giardino

The Little Mexican Girl that Could: An Immigrant Child Becoming a Bilingual Teacher, Leslie M. Gauna and Christine E. Beaudry

The Notch Target Hes4 Promotes Osteosarcoma Tumor Growth And Metastasis By Inhibiting Osteogenic Differentiation, And Has Potential As A Prognostic Biomarker For Newly Diagnosed Patients With High Grade Osteosarcoma., Madonna McManus

The Novel Regulation Of Histone Modification In Cancer Development, xian zhang

The prevalence of risk behaviors among 4th and 5th form high school students in the Commonwealth of Dominica 2014, Wilhelmine Catherine Adrien

The Psychosocial Effects Of The Li-Fraumeni Education And Early Detection (Lead) Program On Indivdiuals With Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, Jessica L. Ross

The quality of life of minority women in the United States with lupus: Assessment by an internet based survey, Angelique Harding

The relation of gender to modifiable risk factors for stroke, Kathryn K McCaslin

The Role Of 5-Alpha Reductase 3 In Steroid Metabolism, zahi mitri

The Role Of Amp-Activated Protein Kinase (Ampk) In Tumorigenesis, Fei Han

The Role Of Dna Methylation And Hydroxymethylation In Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Change During Atherogenesis, jason Williams

The Role Of Gdf15 In Ovarian Cancer, Daisy I. Izaguirre

The Roles Of Malt1 In Nf-Κb Activation And Solid Tumor Progression, Deng Pan

The story of raw milk in the 84th Texas Legislature: A policy analysis, Daphne Hackenberg

The Strengths of Recent Latino Immigrant Parents Raising Young Children: An Application of the Concepts of Human Agency, Angel L. Gullón-Rivera Dr.

The Strengths Perspective: Providing Opportunities for Teen Parents and their Families to Succeed, Nila Ricks

The Thioredoxin Trx-1 Regulates The Major Oxidative Stress Response Transcription Factor, Skn-1, In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Katie C. McCallum

The Tumor Suppressor Notch Inhibits Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Hnscc) Tumor Growth And Progression By Modulating Proto-Oncogenes Axl And Ctnnal1 (Α-Catulin), Shhyam Moorthy and Shhyam Moorthy

The unintended financial impact on patients of hospital based physicians opting out of commercial insurance networks, Luis J Garcia Morales

The use of potentially harmful drugs in heart failure hospitalizations, David R Putney

Tnf Signaling During Tissue Damage-Induced Nociceptive Sensitization In Drosophila, Juyeon Jo

Tobacco product message exposure and use in real-time: An ecological momentary assessment approach, Emily T Hebert

Trends in Child Poverty by Race/Ethnicity: New Evidence Using an Anchored Historical Supplemental Poverty Measure, Laura Nolan, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, JaeHyun Nam, Jane Waldfogel, and Christopher Wimer

Trends in demography, risk assessment, and prevalence of pressure sores in nursing home active residents in state of Texas between 2011 and 2015, Rafeek Adeyemi Yusuf

Trim24 Orchestrates Metabolic Reprogramming And Emt In Breast Cancer, Kaushik Thakkar

Trim28 Interacts With Ezh2 To Regulate Its Activity, Jing Li and Jing Li

Two-part mixture models for zero-inflated longitudinal measurements with heterogeneous random effects and time to event data, Huirong Zhu

Understanding Eating Behaviors of New Dehli's Youth, Melissa Harrell, Jose Medina, Blanche Greene-Cramer, Shreela V. Sharma, Monika Arora, and Gaurang Nazar

Understanding The Mechanism And Extent Of Vlse Recombination In Borrelia Burgdorferi Using Next-Generation Sequencing, Surabhi Tyagi

Undocumented and Unafraid: The Emergence of an Undocumented Movement and Its Impact on Immigration Policy, the DREAM Act, DACA, DAPA, and Family Unification, William V. Flores Ph.D.

Using the theory of self-regulation to assess the correlation between self-monitoring adherence, lifestyle behaviors, and health outcomes among type two diabetic patients, Ila Davidson Casselberry

UT GSBS News, Fall/Winter 2015, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Utilizing Computed Tomography Image Features To Advance Prediction Of Radiation Pneumonitis, Shane P. Krafft

Vancomycin and acute kidney injury following hip and knee surgery: A retrospective cohort study at five hospitals, Joshua Taylor Swan

View from the Street: Partnerships and Collaboration, Josh Reynolds and Richard Simonds

Vitamin B12 and homocysteine associations with physical function measures in older adults, data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, Michelle L Wilkinson

Voices from the Field: Exploring Partnerships with the African American Library at Gregory School in Houston, Texas, Bernardo E. Pohl jr

Voxel-Level Absorbed Dose Calculations With A Deterministic Grid-Based Boltzmann Solver For Nuclear Medicine And The Clinical Value Of Voxel-Level Calculations, Justin Mikell

Women's attitudes towards cervico-vaginal self-sampling for high risk HPV infection on the U.S.-Mexico border, Eribeth K Penaranda

Worksite intervention to prevent obesity among hospital employees, Mudita Upadhyaya