Dissertations and Theses (Open Access)
Open-access, full-text copies of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences dissertations from 2009 onwards. Topics include all aspects of the biomedical sciences.
Authors who expect to publish do have the option to withhold full text for a limited period of time. When that has been done, the reader will see a release date posted with the abstract.
Older GSBS dissertations (from approximately 1979-1999) are available, in print format only, at McGovern Historical Center. They can be found via OneSearch. Search by subject heading: "Dissertations, Academic--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences" for the full list, click DigitalCommons@TMC, or use the main search box on the left navigation menu section to search for known individual dissertations.
Some older GSBS dissertations are also available online via ProQuest, but full-text access is restricted to TMC academic institutions affiliated with The TMC Library.
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Age- and Sex-Related Immune Dysfunction in the Tumor Microenvironment Shortens Survival in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Jocelynn G. Colunga Minutti
Age- and Sex-Specific Roles of Sirtuin 1 on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function and Lineage Determination, Michelle M. Winkler
Agent-Based Modeling of Cellular Dynamics in Adoptive Cell Therapies, Yujia Wang
AI-Driven Segmentation and Volumetric Response Modeling of Liver Regions to Radiotherapy, Aashish Chandra Gupta
Artificial Intelligence-Based Radiotherapy Plan Review Education, Skylar Gay
Assessment of Clinical Quality Metrics for IROC Houston SRS Phantom Performance Evaluation, Derek M. Garcia, Dennis Mackin, Tucker Netherton, Stephen F. Kry, Ruitao Lin, and Mallory Glenn
A tractable nematode model for the emerging fungal pathogen, Candida auris, Melissa Martinez
A Urine-Induced Transcriptional Program Links Biofilm Formation to Conditional Fluconazole Resistance in Candida albicans, Shane Alan Cristy
CCR7-Mediated Lymphovascular Invasion Promotes Metastatic Spread in Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Caren I. Sanchez
Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates from Deep Musculoskeletal Infections for an In Vitro Biofilm Model for Phage Therapy, Raquel C. Luna
Deciphering Somatic Evolution and Metastasis Through Single-Cell Copy Number Profiling, Junke Wang
Decipher the role of lipid metabolism in radiotherapy induced neurotoxicity, jiani xing
Decoding Breast Cancer Development Through Single Cell and Spatial Genomics, Siyuan He
Defining the Role of SpxA1 and SpxA2 in Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Gretchen Anne Morrison
Determinants driving myeloid-facilitated renewal and glial-mediated maintenance of myelin, Joseph A. Barnes Dr.
Developing an End-to-End Anthropomorphic Multi-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery Phantom, Michael Yang
Developmental Loss of Astrocytic QKI Compromises Postnatal Central Nervous System Homeostasis, Rocio Zorrilla and Rocio Zorrilla
Development of Personalized MR Functional Brain Mapping in Clinical Patients, Jian Ming Teo
Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in High-Risk Patients, Marissa B. Williams and Marissa B. Williams
Disordered Eating in Metabolic Patients: Examining Patient-Provider Dialogue, Sara Pickett
Dissecting the Role of Mertk in Trigeminal Ganglia from Nitroglycerin-Induced Mouse Pain Model Using Single-Cell RNA Sequencing, Sun Young Kim