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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

A Compressed Sensing Approach To Detect Immobilized Nanoparticles Using Superparamagnetic Relaxometry, Sara Thrower

A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Leukocyte Telomere Length and It's Relationship with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mexican Americans, Jessica Rodriguez

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

Aging Exacerbates Neutrophil Pathogenicity In Ischemic Stroke, Meaghan Roy-O'Reilly

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

Analysis of Baseline for a School-Based Plate-Waste Study Focused on Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Travis Rea Croom

An Assessment of Gender Differences in Somatic Symptoms and Functional Impairment Due to Depression in an Adolescent Population, Afrida Faria

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

An Overview of Costs, Utilization, Geographical Distribution & Influence of Mobile Clinics in Rural Healthcare Delivery in the United States, Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo

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

Assembly And Display Of Surface Proteins In Actinomyces Oris, Sara Siegel

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

Attitudes Toward Updated Genetic Testing Among Patients With Unexplained Mismatch Repair Deficiency, Jessica Omark

Auto-Delineation Of Oropharyngeal Clinical Target Volumes Using Deep Learning Techniques, Carlos Eduardo Cardenas

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

Bayesian Adaptive Designs for Early Phase Clinical Trials, Yiyi Chu

Bayesian Designs For Early Phase Clinical Trials With Novel Target Agents, Heng Zhou

Bayesian Spatial and Nonparametric Models for Cancer Radiomics, Xiao Li

Biological Clocks, Inflammation, And Multiorgan Damage In Sickle Cell Disease, Morayo Adebiyi

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

Book Review – From Human Trafficking to Human Rights: Reframing Contemporary Slavery , Neyerlin Valerio

Book Review: The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grownups, Caroloyn Wade

Book Review: The Study of Violent Crime: Its Correlates and Concerns, Richard Riner

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

Changes In The Testes Following Spinal Cord Injury And The Attenuating Effects Of Licofelone, Ryan Fortune

Characteristics Of Individuals Undergoing Panel Genetic Testing For Primary Brain Tumors, Sarah Azam

Characterization Of Metronidazole- And Vancomycin-Resistant Clinical Isolates Of Clostridium Difficile, Chioma Odo

Characterization Of Notch1 And Pi3K-Pten-Akt/Mtor Pathway Interaction In Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Kyriante' Henry

Characterizing The Recognition Motif And Novel Substrates Of Carm1, Sitaram gayatri

Cholinergic Control Of Cortical Circuit Activity, Rajan Dasgupta

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

Computational Insights Into The Generation Of Chromosomal Copy Number Changes, Yihua Liu

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

Critical Issues: Defining and Debunking Misconceptions in Health, Education, Criminal Justice, and Social Work/Social Services, Leigh G. Van Horn Dr., Nina Barbieri, Ronald Beebe, Heather H. Goltz, Bernardo E. Pohl jr, Rebecca Pfeffer Ph.D., and Jace Valcore

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

Current Genetic Counseling Practice Following Positive Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing For Sex Chromosome Abnormalities, Lauren Fleddermann

Cytoplasmic Cyclin E Mediates Resistance To Aromatase Inhibitors In Breast Cancer, Iman Doostan

Debunking the Myth of the Efficacy of “Push-down Academics”: How Rigid, Teacher-Centered, Academic Early Learning Environments Dis-Empower Young Children, Flora Harmon and Radhika Viruru

Deciphering The Roles Of Δnp63 In Regulating Epithelial To Mesenchymal Transition, Cancer Progression And Metastasis, Ngoc Bui

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

Design, Fabrication, And Validation Of 3D Printed, Patient-Specific Compensators For Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy, Daniel Craft

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

Development And Characterization Of A Bi-Specific Antibody Targeting Hla-A2/Pr1, Amanda Herrmann

Development And Commissioning Of An Independent Peer Review System For A Small Animal Irradiator, Mary Peters

Development And Implementation Of A Homogeneous And A Heterogeneous Anthropomorphic End To End Quality Assurance Audit System Phantom For Magnetic Resonance Guided Radiotherapy Modalities Ranging From 0.35 T To 1.50 T, Angela Steinmann

Development Of 3D-Printed Patient Specific Bolus For Clinical Use In Total Scalp Irradiation, Garrett Baltz

Discovery And Effects Of Pharmacological Inhibition Of The E3 Ligase Skp2 By Small Molecule Protein-Protein Interaction Disruptors, John K. Morrow

Dissecting The Molecular Mechanism Of Early Tumor Dissemination In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Xingtong Liu

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

Effect of Diabetes Treatment on Breast Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Joanna-Grace Mayo Manzano

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

Enhancing Radiation Sensitivity In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Yifan Wang

Epithelial To Mesenchymal Transition As A Predictor Of Response To Polo-Like Kinase 1 Inhibition-Induced Apoptosis In Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Pavitra Viswanath

Equipment To Address Infrastructure And Human Resource Challenges For Radiotherapy In Low-Resource Settings, Rachel McCarroll

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 Measures and a Brief Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening, Vishnu Prasad Nepal

Evaluation Of Presage® As A 3D Dose Verification Tool In Proton Beams, Mitchell Carroll

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

Evidence-Based Skin Champion Program Reduces Pressure Injuries in a Pediatric Hospital, Alexandra Luton MN, RN, NCNS-BC; Mary D. Gordon PhD, RN, CNS-BC; Megnon Stewart MSN, RN; Ellena Steward-Scott MSN, RN; Joellan Mullen MSN, RN, CCRN-K; Angela Jones MN, RN, NE-BC; and Joseph Hagan ScD

Evolution Via Gene Duplication And Alternative Splicing In The Eukaryotic Ski7 And Hbs1 Genes, Alexandra Marshall

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

Examining the Myth of Accountability, High-Stakes Testing, and the Achievement Gap, Julian Vasquez Heilig, T. Jameson Brewer, and Jimmy Ojeda Pedraza

Examining The Relationship Between Genetic Counselors’ Implicit Attitudes Toward Disability And Their Practice Methods, Helen W. Gould

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 Risk Factors for Falls and the Application of the Model of Human Occupation for People Living with HIV, Amber Bianca Armstead

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 Heterogeneity Of Fibroblasts In Dermal Wound Healing, Ehsan Ehsanipour

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

Functional Similarity Of Prd-Containing Virulence Regulators In Bacillus Anthracis, Malik Raynor

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

Genetic Evolution And Prognostic Determinants Of Pancreatic Cancer On Longitudinal Liquid Biopsies, Vincent Bernard

Genetic Testing Practices Of Genetic Counselors, Geneticists, And Pediatric Neurologists With Regard To Childhood-Onset Neurogenetic Conditions, Sara Wofford

Genomic And Transcriptomic Landscape Of Colorectal Premalignancy, Kyle Chang

Genomic Evolution Of Chemoresistance In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Delineated By Single Cell Sequencing, Charissa Kim

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

Human Trafficking: It’s Not Just a Crime, Frances H. Recknor and Makini Chisolm-Straker

Hypothalamic Circuits In The Control Of Feeding And Emotional Behaviors, Leandra Mangieri

Identification And Utility Of Dna In Exosomes, Paul Kurywchak

Identification of Cancer Driver Genes Through a Gene-based Permutation Approach, Alice Blanche Sylvie Djotsa Nono

Identification Of Intracranial Lesions With Dual-Energy Computed Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Phase Imaging, Megan C. Jacobsen

Identification Of Tissue And Circulating Biomarkers For Premalignant And Malignant Lesions, SHU-HONG LIN

Identifying Molecular Targets And Validating Novel Therapies For Ovarian Cancer, Alejandro Villar-Prados

Identifying Subunit Organization And Function Of The Nuclear Rna Exosome Machinery, Jillian Losh

“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

Improved Target Coverage Of Spinal Metastases Through The Use Of Flattening Filter Free Beams, Laura Bennett

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

Improving Two-Generational Outcomes of the Global HIV Epidemic: A Scoping Review of Family - Strengthening Programs for HIV/AIDS Affected Families, Yejin D Kim

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

Incidence, Survival Trends, and Comparative Effectiveness of Novel Agents for Mantle Cell Lymphoma Patients in the U.S., Shuangshuang Fu

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 Comorbidities and Socioeconomic Factors on the Association Between Anemia and Mortality in Adults with Heart Failure: A Population Based Study, Johnbosco Chukwuma Umejiego

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

Intratumoral Sting Activation Sensitizes Poorly Immunogenic Cancers To Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy, Casey Ager

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 Invasion In Ductal Carcinoma In Situ With Topographical Single Cell Genome Sequencing, Anna Casasent and Anna Casasent

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

Investigating The Impact Of Intragenic Dna Methylation On Gene Expression, And The Clinical Implications On Tumor Cells And Associated Stroma, Michael McGuire

Investigating The Roles Of Tap63 And Tap73 In Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma And Lung Adenocarcinoma, Andrew J. Davis

Investigating The Single Cell Heterogeneity And Physiological Impact Of Mistranslation, Christopher Evans

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

Involvement Of Gdap1 In The Regulation Of Mtorc1 Activity In A Drosophila Mliv Model, Kristen Clemons

Ischemic Stroke Damage Is Reduced By Inhibition Of Il-6 Signaling With Tocilizumab, Jacob Hudobenko

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

Malnutrition in Older Cancer Patients, Xiaotao Zhang

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

Maternal Hypertension and Hypospadias in Offspring: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Fatima Sheriff

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

Mechanism Of Incorporation And Repair Of Uracil At Highly Transcribed Genes In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Norah Auma Owiti

Mechanisms And Targeting Of Neurodevelopmental Regulator Rest In Medulloblastoma Dissemination, Keri Callegari

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.

Microrna Functions In Uv-Induced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Tran Nguyen

Mir-484 Functions As An Onco-Mir In Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Nashwa Kabil

Mitochondrial Fission After Traumatic Brain Injury, Tara Fischer

Modeling Approaches for Analyzing Healthcare Cost Data, Noopur Singh

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

Multivariate Network Meta-Analysis to Mitigate the Impact of Outcome Reporting Bias, Hyunsoo Hwang

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

Muslim Experiences During Hurricane Harvey: The Importance of Faith-based Organizations in Disaster Relief, Omar Jaber

Mythbusting: Facing the Facts in Public Policy, Robert D. Sanborn and Angelo P. Giardino

Nanoscale Organization Of The Small Gtpase Rac1, Kelsey Maxwell

Omics Approaches To Uncover Germline And Somatic Variation Underlying Inherited Sarcomagenesis, Justin Wong

Outcomes Of Genetic Testing In A Genitourinary Genetics Clinic, Annelise Pace

Patient Attitudes Toward Genetic Testing For Inherited Predispositions To Hematologic Malignancies, Taylor Beecroft

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

Phosphorylation Impairs Dicer1 Function To Accelerate Aging And Tumorigenesis In Vivo, Neeraj Aryal

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

Population Codes And Their Correlates In Decision Making, Neda Shahidi

Power and Possibility in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funding for Global Maternal & Child Health, Anna L Koons

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

Prediction Of 1P/19Q Codeletion Status In Diffuse Glioma Patients Using Preoperative Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Donnie Kim

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

Psychiatric Impact Of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex And Utilization Of Mental Health Treatment, Kate Mowrey

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

Reframing Human Trafficking: From a Criminal Justice Problem to a Social Justice Issue, Rebecca Pfeffer

Residential Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Childhood Leukemias: A Meta-analysis, Kayla-Joi Callahan

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

Role Of P300 Zz Domain In Chromatin Association And Histone Acetylation, Yongming Xue

Scientific Proceedings of the Texas Children’s Hospital’s 16th Session of the Advanced Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Program, Arjun M. Dangre BDS, MPH; Kelly Wallin MS, RN, CHSE; Gertrude A. Leidich MBA, RN; and Angelo P. Giardino MD, PhD

Scientific Proceedings of the Texas Children’s Hospital’s 17th Session of the Advanced Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Program, Arjun M. Dangre BDS MPH; Kelly Wallin MS RN CHSE; Gertrude A. Leidich MBA, RN; and Angelo P. Giardino MD, PhD

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

Simvastatin Does Not Sensitize Ibc3 Her2+ Inflammatory Breast Cancer Brain Metastases To Whole Brain Irradiation In An Immunocompromised Mouse Model, Swaminathan Kumar

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

Social Determinants of Maternal Health: Mapping County-level Maternal Mortality & Sociodemographic Indices in Texas, 2012-2013, Alexia Cooley

Somatostatin Receptor 2 Regulation By C-Terminal Motifs And Pdz Domain Proteins, Courtney Olsen

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

Sphingosine Kinase 1 Regulates Fascin Expression To Promote Metastasis In Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Sunil Acharya

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 Gene-Environment Interactions and High-Dimensional Mediation Analysis, Tianzhong Yang

Statistical Methods for Wearable Sensor Data, Jaejoon Song

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

Stranger Danger!, Aimee Wodda

Stranger Danger: A Mother's Perspective, Priscilla Salas

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 Cleaning Products and Practices with Asthma among Texas Healthcare Professionals, Jenil Patel

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 Cross-Talk Between Neurons And Microglia Through Interleukin-4 After Ischemic Injury, Shun-Ming Ting

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 Epithelial To Mesenchymal Transition In Breast Cancer Induces Alterations In Metabolism, Esmeralda Ramirez-Peña

The Functions Of Setd5 And Mir-221 In Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation, Tsai-Yu Chen

The Future of Substance Abuse Now: A Study of ENDS Devices as a Marijuana and Synthetic Cannabinoid Delivery System among Youth in the U.S., Hsiangyi Tai

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 Influence of Face-to-face and E-mail Patient-provider Communication on Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screenings, Tiffany B Kindratt

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

The Maternal Obstetrics, Perinatal and Postnatal Factors Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jamaica, Sepideh Saroukhani

The Myth of the Well-Known ‘Solution’ of Push-Down Academics, Burhanettin Keskin

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

The Protective Effects Of Memantine On The Morphology And Activity Of Irradiated Dendritic Spines, Thanh Lam

The Regulation Of Dna Methylation In Mammalian Development And Cancer, Nicolas Veland

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 Perivascular Fibrosis In Post-Stroke Glymphatic Impairment And Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Matthew D. Howe

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

The Role Of Tumor Suppressor Dear1 In The Acquisition Of Mammary Stem/Progenitor Cell Properties, Uyen Le

Time Trend Analysis of Perioperative and Long-Term Survival Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Jitesh Baban Shewale

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

Trichuris Muris Whey Acidic Protein Induces Type 2 Protective Immunity Against Whipworm, Neima Briggs

Trim24 As An Oncogene In The Mammary Gland, Aundrietta Duncan

Trim24 In Normal & Malignant Hematopoiesis, Justin Shaw

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

Ube4B Levels Determine The Efficacy Of Egfr And Stat5 Inhibitors In Treatment Resistant Neuroblastoma, David James Savage

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 Β 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

Use of Phase of Care Approach to Estimate the Impact of Targeted Oral Anticancer Medications on the Costs of Cancer Care for Elderly Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Wen-Hsing Wu

Using MicroRNA Coding Sequences and Target Predictions to Improve Functional Prioritization of Non-coding SNVS, Chang Li

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

Utilization of Propensity Score Weighting and Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial for the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence (NIDA-MDS-Modafinil-0001), Weiwei Shan

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

Vaccine Myths: Setting the Record Straight, Julie A. Boom, Rachel M. Cunningham, and Lindy U. McGee

Variable Selection and Imputation for High-Dimensional Incomplete Data, Yunxi Zhang

Vascular Injury In Col3A1+/- Mice Model Of Vascular Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, Ping ZHOU MS

Work-related Violence in Informal and Formal Employment by Gender. A Case Study from Central America, Caryn A Turner

Zika and West Nile Viruses in Body Fluids: Optimization of RNA Detection for Viral Persistence Studies, Rodion V Gorchakov