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A Comparison of Sociodemographic Correlates of Cigarette, Alcohol, and Energy Drink Consumption among High School Students in the United States, 2010-2015, Eun Me Cha, Nalini Ranjit, and Deanna M. Hoelscher

Activity-specific pathways among duration of organized activity involvement, social support, and adolescent well-being: Findings from a nationally representative sample., Benjamin Oosterhoff, Julie B Kaplow, Laura Wray-Lake, and Katherine Gallagher

Adaptive Group Sequential Designs with Population Enrichment and Endpoint Assessment in Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trials, Arup Kumar Sinha

Addressing Youth Perceptions of Harm in Marijuana Prevention Programming, Kristen J. Quinlan, Maria Valenti, Gisela Rots, Joshua Esrick, Kimberly Dash, and

A Descriptive, Dimensional Model of Pay-for-Performance Incentives, Elizabeth Crabtree

Adolescent Marijuana Use and Co-Occurrence with Tobacco Use: Implications for Tobacco Regulation, Erika Trapl and Sarah J. Koopman Gonzalez

Adult Physical Activity Behaviors in Transportation and Leisure Time, Xiaohui Tang

A Food Prescription Program Promotes Produce Intake and Decreases Food Insecurity, Jennifer N Aiyer

A Joint Logistic Regression and Markov Chain Model with Application in Predicting 6-Month Outcome after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Maria Laura Rubin

A LICENSE TO KILL: UNDERSTANDING NATURAL KILLER CELL LICENSING TO FIGHT CANCER, Jolie Schafer

A Limited Program Evaluation of OSHA's Consultation Services, Timothy D Read

A Longitudinal Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome and its Impact on Mental Health-Related Quality of Life and the Development of Depression, Victoria Marie Limon

A Mobility Equity Index for Evaluating Transportation Options to Access Healthy Food Outlet Points in Austin, TX, USA, Patricia A Moncure

A Moral Debate at the Invisible Rainbow: Thoughts about Best Practices in Servicing LGBTQ Students in Special Education, Bernardo E. Pohl jr, Matthew Fugate, and John Kelly

An Evaluation of Serological Titers for Q Fever in Several Texas Panhandle Populations, Christopher D Bass

Annual Report 2016-17, Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library

Applying Intervention Mapping to Adapt a Community-Based Education Program to Promote Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Among Latinas, Andrea C Siceluff

A Review of Cardiotoxicity Risk Mitigation in the Use of Anthracyclines in Treating Cancer, M'Lissa Louise Quintanilla

Are We Delivering on the Promise of Patient-Centered Care?, Ricci Sanchez

Assessing the Role of Infant Crying, Infant Sleep and Maternal Sleep on Postpartum Depression Amongst Mothers of Colicky Infants, Nkiruka Stephanie Ehiemere

Association between Dopaminergic Therapy and Frequency of Adverse Events in Early-onset Parkinson's Disease Patients: Secondary Analysis of NET-PD LS-1 Data, Shaun Bulsara

Association Between Intimate Partner Violence and Undernutrition among Ever Partnered Nepalese Women of Ages 15-49 Years, Arun Chaudhay

Associations among adolescent sleep problems, emotion regulation, and affective disorders: Findings from a nationally representative sample., Cara A. Palmer Ph.D.; Benjamin Oosterhoff Ph.D.; Joanne L. Bower Ph.D.; Julie B Kaplow Ph.D., ABPP; and Candice A. Alfano Ph.D.

Associations among mother-child communication quality, childhood maladaptive grief, and depressive symptoms., Danielle N. Shapiro, Kathryn H. Howell, and Julie B Kaplow

Associations Between the Family Emotional Climate and Child Behavioral Outcomes Among Low-Income African-American and Hispanic Women and Their Preschool-Aged Children, Alicia L Thomas

Associations of Physical Activity Behaviors and Cardiovascular Fitness with Carotid Atherosclerosis: Cooper Center Longitudinal Study, Joowon Lee

A Symptom Profile Analysis of Patients with Lung Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Oluwatosin Bamidele

Auxiliary Covariate Augmentation with Correlated Joint Time Toevent and Longitudinal Outcomes, Hannah Pervin

Bayesian Adaptive Designs for Early Phase Clinical Trials, Yiyi Chu

Bayesian Spatial and Nonparametric Models for Cancer Radiomics, Xiao Li

Bone Graft Substitutes in Single or Double Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Systematic Review, Jessica R Stark

Bringing Babies to Work? A Qualitative Study of Infant-at-Work Programs, Riley Stoltenburg

Carbetocin Versus Oxytocin: A Systematic Review of Randomized Control Trials for the Future of Maternal Morbidity & Mortality in the US, Jes'Terieuz J Howard

Cardiovascular Disease and its Risk Factors among Mexican Americans in Starr County, Texas, Vera Won

Care Coordination and Polypharmacy among Working-Age Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Maria Ukhanova

Caregivers' positive emotional expression and children's psychological functioning after parental loss., Britney M Wardecker, Julie B Kaplow, Christopher M Layne, and Robin S Edelstein

Caring Minds, UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing

Causal Inference in Time-Course and Heterogeneous Data, Nan Lin

CHARACTERIZATION OF NOTCH1 AND PI3K-PTEN-AKT/mTOR PATHWAY INTERACTION IN HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, Kyriante' Henry

CIRCULATING AUTOANTIBODIES IN HUMAN TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY SUBJECTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN, Georgene Hergenroeder

Comparing Patient Outcome Preferences in Orthopaedic Trauma, Abed Abdelaziz

Computational Identification of Noncoding Driver Mutations Based on Impact on RNA Processing, Kevin Zhu

CpG Island Methylator Phenotype in Colorectal Cancer, Shailesh Advani

Creating a Common Understanding around Social Emotional Learning: The First Step Toward Coordinated Local Action, Ellen Chernosky Johnson

Current Anti-Prostitution Efforts and Potential of Strategy to Tackle Demand for Addressing Sex Trafficking in the Houston Area, Christine Varghese

CYTOPLASMIC CYCLIN E MEDIATES RESISTANCE TO AROMATASE INHIBITORS IN BREAST CANCER, Iman Doostan

Delaware's Mental Health Consumer Resolution Hotline: A Policy Analysis, Alexia Wolf

Describing Determinants of Negotiation and Bargaining to Access and Utilize Resource Including Health among Immigrant Pakistani Women in U.S., Umber Shahid

Determinants of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among Men Who have Sex with Men: Houston, 2014, Brandi Elaine Markert

Determinants of Women's Health Care Utilization, Child Survival and Child Immunization in Ghana: The Role of Empowerment, Seyram Ahiadeke Butame

Do circumstances of the death matter? Identifying socioenvironmental risks for grief-related psychopathology in bereaved youth., Julie B. Kaplow, Kathryn H. Howell, and Christopher M. Layne

Do Community Led Total Sanitation Interventions Eliminate Open Defecation?: A Synthesis Review of the Factors That Impede or Amplify CLTS Effectiveness, Cleo Stern

Does Exposure and Receptivity to E-cigarette Advertisements Relate to E-cigarette and Conventional Cigarette Use Behaviors among Youth? Results from Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, Nicole E. Nicksic PhD, MPH; L. Morgan Snell MPP; and Andrew J. Barnes PhD

Domestic Vaccination Prevalence among Refugee Arrivals in Texas, Teresa Lin

DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF NK CELL INTERACTIONS WITH PEDIATRIC TUMOR CELLS TO PREDICT RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY, Arianexys Aquino Lopez

Dynamic Prediction of Clinical Events with Competing Risks Using Longitudinal Biomarker Data, Cai Wu

Economic Burden of Infant Drug Exposure in Texas, Matthew G Myers

Economic Evaluation of Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccination Programs in the United States, Van Thi Ha Nghiem

Emergency Department Utilization among Pediatric Patients with Epilepsy in Texas, Shirali Samirkumar Amin

Emotional suppression mediates the relation between adverse life events and adolescent suicide: implications for prevention., Julie B Kaplow, Polly Y Gipson, Adam G Horwitz, Bianca N Burch, and Cheryl A King

ENDOCYTIC TRAFFICKING OF THE AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN IN RAT CORTICAL NEURONS, sahily reyes

Ethnography of Integrative Pain Management at a Large Urban Pediatric Hospital, Isabel J.S Roth

Evaluating Physical Activity Associations with Body Mass Index, and Related Psychosocial Factors Among Hospital Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study, Jemima C John

Evaluating the Association of Multiple Environmental Cofactors Which May Contribute to Neoplastic Sequence of Schistosomal Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder: A Systematic Scoping Review for Potential Public Health Intervention, Victoria Soeung

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Menstrual Hygiene Management Program: The Case of Yuva Unstoppable Program, India, Palak Jalan

EVALUATING THE THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF RESTORING WILD-TYPE P53 ACTIVITY IN P53-MUTANT TUMORS, Connie A. Larsson

Evaluation of the Association of Micro-Level Crime and Infant Maltreatment in Texas, Rachel Rana

Evaluation of the Culinary Medicine Program at the UTHealth School of Public Health, Lucy Lengfelder

Evaluation of Ultraviolet Radiation Disinfection for Preventing the Transmission of Clostridium Difficile Infections in a Healthcare Facility, Mario Soares

Examination of the San Antonio Food Environment: Neighborhood and Food Insecurity Factors Associated with Fresh Food Intake of Overweight and Obese Latino Children, Marisol Daniela McDaniel

Examining Cardiovascular Disease and Human Papilloma Virus Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Lesbian and Bisexual Women In The United States, Vanessa Cox

Examining General Toxicity and Risk Factors for Toxicity in Persons Receiving Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Versus 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer, Weiye Deng

Examining Patterns in AIDS-Related Hospitalizations Among African Americans in the United States From 2009-2014, Prianka Legesse-Sinha

Exploration of Genetically Relevant Representations of Glucose Tolerance Tests Among Mexican Americans in Starr County, Texas, Mandar Karhade

Exploring Clinical and Social Variables Associated with Hepatitis C Infection in Homeless Individuals Residing in Travis County, Texas, Victoria Fleming

Exploring Disparities in Maternal Residential Proximity to Unconentional Gas Development in the Barnett Shale in North Texas, Jennifer Ish

Exploring the Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Advancing the Development of Health Technology in a Global Market: A Case Study of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Chin-Fun Chu

Factors Affecting Food Intake and BMI in Adolescents Using the Social-Ecological Model, Eun Me Cha

Factors Associated With Adherence to Claudication Therapy Among Veterans - The FAACT Study, Sherene Esther Sharath

Factors Associated with Follow-Up Examination Following Positive Teleretinal Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in an Urban Healthcare System, Paul D Chamberlain

Factors Associated with Radiographic Severity in Ankylosing Spondylitis with a Particular Focus on Investigating Interactions Between Environmental Factors and Genes: Results From a Multi-National Longitudinal Study, Bal Krishna Nepal

Food Pantry Analysis for Travis County, Texas: Availability & Access to Food, Cassie Davis

Food Waste Diversion in Food Service Enterprises: An Analysis of Organics Diversion Plans in Austin, Texas, Jason Umlas

Functional Joint Models for Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data, Kan Li

Generational and Job Level Classification Influences on Pre-Employment Personality Testing: Can They Help Predict Employee Job Performance or Turnover?, Christian Deanne Harrison

Hispanic ethnicity and Caucasian race: Relations with posttraumatic stress disorder's factor structure in clinic-referred youth., Ateka A Contractor, Meredith A Claycomb, Brianna M Byllesby, Christopher M Layne, Julie B Kaplow, Alan M Steinberg, and Jon D Elhai

HYPOXIA-INDUCED AMOEBOID CANCER CELL MIGRATION: PRINCIPLES, MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND PLASTICITY, Veronika Boekhorst

“If You Are Old Enough to Die for Your Country, You Should Be Able to Get a Pinch of Snuff”: Views of Tobacco 21 Among Appalachian Youth, Lindsay K. Tompkins, Clara G. Sears, Joy L. Hart, Kandi L. Walker, Alexander S. Lee, and Aruni Bhatnagar

IMPACT OF KRAS/NRAS MUTATIONAL HETEROGENEITY ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN COLORECTAL CANCER, Jonathan M. Loree

Impact of the 340B Discount Drug Program's Proposed Mega-Guidance, Tina Michelle Conlon

Improving Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: An Introductory Curriculum for Medical Students, Ryan D Van Ramshorst

Incidence, Outcomes, and Costs of Pregnancy in Adolescents with and without Diabetes Mellitus, Jaden R Kohn

Individual and psychosocial mechanisms of adaptive functioning in parentally bereaved children., Kathryn H Howell, Danielle N Shapiro, Christopher M Layne, and Julie B Kaplow

Individual-Level and Clinic-Level Factors Associated with HPV Vaccine Initiation Among 11-17 Year Old Adolescents, Serena Ann Rodriguez

Influence Of Highly Correlated Cross-Basis Functions In The Distributed Lag Non-Linear Model, Yunqi Liao

INSIGHTS INTO THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF SALT INDUCIBLE KINASE 1: A NOVEL MECHANISM OF METABOLIC CONTROL, Randi Fitzgibbon

Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis for Somatic-Germline Interaction in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma, Shan Chen

INTEGRATIVE CANCER IMMUNOGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF SERIAL MELANOMA BIOPSIES REVEALS CORRELATES OF RESPONSE AND RESISTANCE TO SEQUENTIAL CTLA-4 AND PD-1 BLOCKADE TREATMENT, Whijae Roh

Intensity and Toxicity of Systemic Treatment for Elderly Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer, Kenneth L Kehl

Inter-Pregnancy Change in Body Mass Index and Risk of Preterm Birth, Sarah K Littlejohn

Interprofessional Surgical Decision Making for Hip Fractures in Elderly Demented Patients, Alice Baker

Interventions that have Impacted Diet Quality of SNAP Participants: A Scoping Review, Anila Rachel Verghese

Interview with Katie McGready, Katie McGready

Interview with Marianne Marcus, Marianne Marcus EdD, RN

Inuusuttuit Nipingit Nuliarniup Mitsaanut Inuit Youth's Voices on Sexual Health Preliminary Analysis, Veronique Morin

Investigating Associations Between Mechanism of Anticoagulant-Associated Major Bleeding and Length of Hospital Stay, Olivia Mahlmann

Investigating TB / HIV Co-Infection in a HIV / AIDS Community Care Center in South India, Charanya Kaushik

In-Vivo and In-Vitro Endocrine Activity and Toxicity of Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3) in Humans and Animals: A Systematic Review, Trissa Marie Mcclatchey

LBPI: A WEB INTERFACE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ALLOSTERIC LIGAND BINDING SITES, Nabina Paudyal

Leadership and Health Promotion in Adults: A Literature Review, Heidi M. Hagen McPherson

Lifestyle Factors and Metastatic Melanoma Treatment Response: A Pilot Study on the Role of Mental Health and the Microbiome, Christine Spencer

Long Term Assessment of Patient Treatment Preferences for Knee Osteoarthritis, Sofia de Achaval

Mapping Colorectal Cancer in Texas Counties: How Age and Socioeconomic Factors Interact with Patients' Stage at Diagnosis with Colorectal Cancer, Kelly G McGauhey

Marijuana and e-cigarette use in a US national sample of 8th and 10th grade never-smokers of conventional cigarettes, Olusegun Owotomo and Julie Maslowsky

Maternal Genetic Variants of Digestive Diseases and Neural Tube Defects, Thanh T Hoang

MATHEMATICAL MODELING REVEALS THAT G2/M CHECKPOINT OVERRIDE CREATES A THERAPEUTIC VULNERABILITY IN TSC2-NULL TUMORS, Hui Ju Hsieh

MATHEMATICAL MODELING REVEALS THAT G2/M CHECKPOINT OVERRIDE CREATES A THERAPEUTIC VULNERABILITY IN TSC2-NULL TUMORS, Hui-Ju Hsieh

MECHANISM OF CANDIDA ALBICANS BIOFILM AND VIRULENCE INHIBITION BY A BACTERIAL SECRETED FACTOR, Carrie Graham

Mediators of Tuberculosis Infection amongst Children that are Household Contacts of Adults with Tuberculosis in Mbabane, Swaziland, Kathryn Mackenzie Hicks

Membrane Bound IL21 Promotes Natural Killer Cell Expansion Through mIR 124-3p Mediated Regulation, Anitha Somanchi

Memory Potential, Molecular Characterization, and Translational Applications of the Novel ThEO/TcEO T Cell Phenotype, Todd Bartkowiak and Todd Bartkowiak

Meta-analysis of the Effects of Exercise Interventions on Obese Adolescents, Brandy E. Strahan PhD, RN; Hyochol Ahn PhD, MS-ECE, MS-CTS, APRN, ANP-BC; and Jonathan Shuster M.Sc., Ph.D.

Mitochondrial Fission After Traumatic Brain Injury, Tara Fischer

Modeling Post Stroke Respiratory Dysfunction, Apneas and Cognitive Decline, Anthony Patrizz

Multi-State Survival Analysis with Simultaneous Events Followed by a Consecutive Event, Misung Yi

Music and Associated Physiological Biomarkers of the Stress Response in General Populations: A Systematic Review, Joanna Saucedo

Patterns of Documented Mental Illness Among Women with a Pregnancy-Related Hospitalization in Texas from 2006 to 2015, Norma I Garza

Perceived Benefits and Barriers of Physician Volunteerism in Free Clinics, Jennifer Nielsen Fan

Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Symptom Domains Relate Differentially to PTSD and Depression: A Study of War-Exposed Bosnian Adolescents., Meredith A Claycomb, Ruby Charak, Julie Kaplow, Christopher M Layne, Robert Pynoos, and Jon D Elhai

Phylogenetic Analysis of HIV-1 Migration into and out of Houston, Texas, Chloe Ng-Wing-Sheung

Pilot Evaluation of the Lunch and Learn Program: Increasing Culinary Literacy through the Utilization of Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education, Rachael Vega

Policy Essay: Fostering the acceptance and inclusion of LGBTQ youth in the child welfare system: Considerations for advancing trauma informed responses for LGBTQ youth in care, Adam McCormick, Karey Scheyd, and Samuel Terrazas

Predictability of Ed Admissions by Triage Nurses, April H Yoo

Predicting adolescent posttraumatic stress in the aftermath of war: differential effects of coping strategies across trauma reminder, loss reminder, and family conflict domains., Kathryn H. Howell, Julie B. Kaplow, Christopher M. Layne, Molly A. Benson, Bruce E Compas, Ranka Katalinski, Hafiza Pasalic l, Nina Bosankic, and Robert Pynoos

Predicting Grief Reactions One Year Following a Mass University Shooting: Evaluating Dose-Response and Contextual Predictors., Andrew J. Smith Ph.D.; Christopher M. Layne; Patrick Coyle Ph.D.; Julie B. Kaplow Ph.D.; Melissa J Brymer Ph.D., Phy.D.; Robert S. Pynoos MD; and Russell T. Jones

Predictors of Art Adherence among HIV-infected Persons Receiving Medical Care in Houston, Texas, Pagna Sok

Pregnancy Intentions and Birth Outcomes in Southern States, Nicole Adele Dierschke

Propensity Score Approach to Treatment Effect Evaluation, Huzhang Mao

Prospective identification of adolescent suicide ideation using classification tree analysis: Models for community-based screening., Ryan M Hill, Benjamin Oosterhoff, and Julie B Kaplow

Psychological and environmental correlates of HPA axis functioning in parentally bereaved children: preliminary findings., Julie B Kaplow, Danielle N Shapiro, Britney M Wardecker, Kathryn H Howell, James L Abelson, Carol M Worthman, and Alan R Prossin

PSYCHOMETRIC PERFORMANCE OF THE ARABIC VERSIONS OF THE CANCER BEHAVIOR INVENTORY‐BRIEF AND THE FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY‐BREAST IN SAUDI ARABIA, Maaidah M. Algamdi MSN

Qualitative Health Needs Assessment of the Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability Clients of a Social Service Agency in Central Texas, Shelby McGhee

Quality of Life: Socio-Demographic and Genetic Determinants as well as Links with Cancer Outcomes, Jeanne Pierzynski

Racial Disparities in Preoperative Chemotherapy Use in Gastric Cancer Patients in the United States: Analysis of National Cancer Database 2006-2014, Naruhiko Ikoma

Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating Patient-Reported Outcomes after Cholecystectomy: A Systematic Review., Krislynn M Mueck, Deepa V Cherla, Amy Taylor, Tien C Ko, Mike K Liang, and Lillian S Kao

"Real Life is Often Suboptimal": Delivery of Diabetic Patient Education in Family Medicine Practice, Taylor Anne Bramblett

Reassessing the Effectiveness of Right Heart Catherization (RHC) Procedure on the Short-Term Prognosis of Critically Ill Patients Using Targeted Learning: A Comparison of Targeting Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Propensity Score Matching Analysis, Mary Akosile

Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Trauma in LGBTQ Youth, Megan Mooney

Revisiting Mhealth (Mobile Health) and Access to Care in Subsaharan Africa: Global, Regional and Individual Disparities, Seohyun Lee

Sexting and Mental Health: A School-based Longitudinal Study Among Youth in Texas, Pooja Chaudhary, Melissa Peskin, Jeff R. Temple, Robert C. Addy, Elizabeth Baumler, and Ross Shegog

Smokeless Tobacco Use and Oral Pre-Malignant Lesions in the Indian Population, Sayali Sunil Tungare

Spatial Analysis of Ambient Benzene and Cancer Incidence Rates in Texas, Chinmay Mungi

Special Issue Introduction: Youth at Risk, MeLisa Creamer, Anna Wilkinson, Deanna Hoelscher, and Steven Kelder

Spine Surgery Outcomes: A Novel Approach to Integrated Patient Outcomes Assessment Targeting a Diverse Prospective Surgical Cohort, Miriam Martha Morales

Statistical Inference for Hierarchical Exponential Random Graph Models and Their Longitudinal Extension with Application on Infectious Disease Spreading, Ming Cao

Statistical Methodology for Design and Analysis of Trials with Biomarker-Guided Strategies, Meilin Huang

Statistical Methods for Wearable Sensor Data, Jaejoon Song

Statistical Methods to Correct for Sampling Bias in Prevalent Cohorts and Meta Analysis, Jin Piao

STRUCTURE BASED DRUG DESIGN OF HIGH AFFINITY KRAS INHIBITORS, Michael McCarthy

STUDY OF REGULATED CELL DEATH IN TWO SYSTEMS: PD-1 IN NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND RIP3 IN NEURONS, YU HUANG

Subclinical Peripheral Arterial Disease is Highly Prevalent in Mexican Americans and is Associated with Decreased Walking Ability, Nelson Gonzalez

Sudden loss and psychiatric disorders across the life course: toward a developmental lifespan theory of bereavement-related risk and resilience., Julie B Kaplow and Christopher M Layne

Surgical Management of Breast Cancer: Patterns, Trends, and Economic Burden of Women in a Privately Insured Population in Texas, Sapna A Prasad

Systematic Review of the Association Between Marijuana Use and Stroke Risk, Jonathan S Huang

The Affordable Care Act and its Impact on the Uninsured Children in Texas, Jenny A Mathai

The Association Between Braf V600E Mutation and Circulating Melanoma Cells in Stage I-IV Melanoma Patients, Jessica Bauldry

The Association Between Inhibitory Control and Dating Violence Outcomes Among Adolescents, Vanessa J Nicholson

The Association of School Absences With Education Attainment in Children With Asthma in San Antonio, Texas From 2011 - 2016, Donna D Gardner

The Changing Landscape for LGBTIQ Families, Angelo Giardino and Robert Sanborn

The Effectiveness of Incentives in Workplace Health Promotion Programs: A Systematic Review, Emily Spencer

The Effectiveness of Mobile Health Clinics in Connecting Residents to Healthcare Services, Marlen Jaime Trujillo

The Effect of Facility Volume on Treatment Guideline Compliance and Overall Survival in Oral Tongue Cancer, Samantha Tam

The Effect of Socio-Demographic Conditions on Vaccination Delinquency at the Elementary School Level, Debanshu Roy

The Effects of Foreign Aid on Women's Health in Egypt and Jordan: A Systematic Review, Lina N Nabulsi

The functions of SETD5 and miR-221 in embryonic stem cell differentiation, Tsai-Yu Chen

The Governance Crisis and Transformation of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT): An Administrative and Advocacy Coalition Analysis, Jennifer Lynn Johnson

The Impact of Television Viewing Time on Body Image and Weight Loss in 5th-Graders from the Healthy Passages, Melinda I Chen

The Limited Resource Effect: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Mandated Health Policy in Resource Constrained Bureaucratic Organizations, Kara McKenzie Elam

The Price of Trauma Team Activation for Low Risk Pediatric Motor Vehicle Collisions, Matthew Wilkinson

The Role of Merlin and Apicobasal Polarity in Endometrial Development and Homeostasis, Erin Lopez

The Role of Online Social Networking on Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicidality in Adolescents: A Systematized Review of Literature, Aksha M Memon

The Role of the Oral and Gut Microbiomes in Impacting Differential Responses to Cancer Therapy, Vancheswaran Gopalakrishnan

Total Worker Health on Occupational Injury among Male and Female, Career and Volunteer Firefighters, Christopher M Kaipust

Traffic, Air Pollution, Built Environment and Obesity in Greater Houston, Xueying Zhang

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Pediatric Embryonal Tumors, Shwetha Vasanth Kumar

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Self-Reported Hypertension among Hispanics of Mexican Origin: Moderation by Neighborhood-Level Stressors, Allyson Chee

TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY: MECHANISMS OF ACQUIRED RESISTANCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMUNE RELATED TOXICITIES, Ashvin Jaiswal

Two Narratives on Chronic Pain Management: A Qualitative Study on the Lived Experiences of Two Individuals Living with Chronic Pain, Zhixin Jiang

Ultraviolet Inactivation of Wild-Type Adenovirus Isolates, Cesar A Navar

Unanticipated Consequences in Health Policy: The Sequelae of Franka, Bates, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Michael S Ewer

Understanding Cancer Patients' Needs, Values, and Preferences: Utilizing Thematic Synthesis and Exploratory Factor Analysis to Inform Patient-Centered Cancer Care, Kerri-Anne Parkes

Understanding Energy-balance Behaviors in Diverse Populations, Natalia Ivana Heredia

Understanding the Associations of the Objective Food Environment, Food Purchasing Behaviors, and Dietary Intake of Fruits and Vegetables in a Community-based Sample in a Low-income, Minority Neighborhood in Austin, Texas, Molly M O'Neil

Understanding the Role of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Immunosuppressed Cancer Patients, Adilene Olvera

Use, Cost, and Comparative Effectiveness of Robotic Versus Laparoscopic and Open Cholecystectomy at U.S. Hospitals, Mubashir Tufail Chaudhry

Use of Blood Indices for B Thalassemia Trait Screening with a Population in Western India, Ashwin P Patel

Use of Fractional Polynomials in Dynamic Prediction and Assessment of Prediction Accuracy: A Simulation Study, Fen Peng

Using Multidimensional Grief Theory to Explore the Effects of Deployment, Reintegration, and Death on Military Youth and Families., Julie B Kaplow, Christopher M Layne, William R Saltzman, Stephen J Cozza, and Robert S Pynoos

Using the Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma to Strengthen Clinical Knowledge in Evidence-based Practitioners, Christopher M. Layne, Virginia Strand, Marciana Popescu, Julie B. Kaplow, Robert Abramovitz, Margaret Stuber, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Leslie Ross, and Robert S. Pynoos

Utilization, Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Side-Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Patients With Prostate Cancer: Findings From a Large National Retrospective Cohort of Elderly Men, Chi Ha Hue Nguyen

Utilizing Propensity Score Methods for Ordinal Treatments and Prehospital Trauma Studies, Thomas J Greene