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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Vestigial-like 1 is a shared targetable cancer-placenta antigen expressed by pancreatic and basal-like breast cancers, Sherille Denae Bradley
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
An Information Theory Model for Optimizing Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquisitions, Drew Mitchell
A NOVEL SWITCH-LIKE FUNCTION OF DELTA-CATENIN IN DENDRITE DEVELOPMENT, Ryan Baumert
A SIGNATURE ENRICHMENT DESIGN WITH BAYESIAN ADAPTIVE RANDOMIZATION FOR CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS, Fang Xia
ASSESSMENT OF NEW INNOVATIONS IN PET/CT FOR RESPIRATORY MOTION CORRECTION, Joseph Meier
Bilirubin Nanoparticle as an Anti-Inflammatory Therapy for Graft versus Host Disease, Sumedha Pareek
Commissioning of Micro-Cube Thermoluminescent Dosimeters for Small Field Dosimetry Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy, Brandon Luckett
COMPUTATIONAL GENOMIC MODELS FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL INVESTIGATION OF EARLY LUNG CANCER PATHOLOGY, Smruthy Sivakumar
Cross-presentation Is A Source of Tumor Antigens For Multiple Myeloma Immunotherapy, Alexander A. Perakis
Current Practices and Perspectives of Genetic Counselors and Reproductive Endocrinologists Regarding Transfer of Mosaic Embryos, Angelica Starnes
Deconvolute brain tumor genomic alterations based on DNA methylation, Jie Yang
DETERMINATION OF THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL COMPOSITION AND PROLIFERATION DURING THE PERINATAL TO ADULT TRANSITION, Scott Casey
DEUBIQUITINATING ENZYMES PROMOTE CANCER PROGRESSION AND METASTASIS VIA REGULATING PROTEIN STABILITY, Zhenna Xiao
Development of a High-Throughput System for Screening of Anti-Prion Molecules, Katherine Do
DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATED RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING FOR CERVICAL AND BREAST CANCER FOR RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED CLINICS, Kelly Kisling
DHHC5 REGULATES BETA-ADRENERGIC SIGNALING IN THE HEART THROUGH PALMITOYLATION OF G ALPHA PROTEINS, Jie Chen
DISSECTING THE ROLES OF HUMAN SMC COMPLEXES IN TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION AND CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION, Ruoyu Wang
Endosomal Trafficking and Exosomal Secretion Of EGFRvIII, Kimiya Memarzadeh
Evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of Grb2 inhibition in ovarian malignancies, Olivia Lara
Exploring Experiences & Expectations of Prenatal Healthcare and Genetic Counseling/Testing in Immigrant Latinas, Georgiann Garza
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL YIELD OF PRENATAL TESTING BY EVALUATING A POSTNATAL POPULATION WITH STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES, Peyton Busby
FASTING REDUCES INTESTINAL RADIOTOXICITY ENABLING DOSE-ESCALATED RADIOTHERAPY FOR PANCREATIC CANCER, Marimar de la Cruz Bonilla
GCN5 Loss Impacts MYC-Driven Cancer in Mice and Human Cells, Aimee Farria
GENETIC COUNSELOR UTILIZATION AND INTERPRETATION OF SOMATIC TUMOR TESTING IN EVALUATION FOR LYNCH SYNDROME, Danielle Williams
Hsp70-mediated regulation of Hsf1 transcriptional activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sara Peffer
Hypoglycemia in Mitochondrial Disorders, Allison Moats
Identification And Molecular Analysis Of DNA In Exosomes, Jena Tavormina
Identifying and Targeting Adaptive Changes to BET Inhibition in Ovarian Cancer, Christopher LaFargue
Identifying Interest in and Barriers to Psychiatric Genetic Counseling, Samantha Montgomery
Identifying Pathogenic Variants in Hereditary Cancer Syndrome Genes via Tumor Molecular Profiling, Carol Nowlen
IL-6/JAK1 DRIVES PD-L1 PHOSPHORYLATION AND GLYCOSYLATION TO PROMOTE CANCER IMMUNE EVASION, Li-Chuan Chan
INHIBITION OF UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA BY TYPE I INTERFERON ACTIVATION OF THE INNATE AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE, Devin Plote
Investigating the role of CD109 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, MennatAllah Shaheen
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THE P63 ISOFORM ΔNP63 IN LUNG STEM CELL POPULATIONS AND LUNG CANCER, Sarah J. Wu
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP IN KAINATE RECEPTORS USING FÖRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER, Douglas Litwin
IPSC BASED GENE CORRECTION AND DISEASE MODEL OF A NEW CLASS OF LGMD DUE TO POGLUT1 MUTATION, Jose Ortiz-Vitali
Metabolic Control, Quality of Life, and Body Image in Patients with Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia, Alexa Bream
MODELING CANCER USING LI-FRAUMENI SYNDROME PATIENT-DERIVED INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, Ruoji Zhou
Modeling Proton Relative Biological Effectiveness Using Monte Carlo Simulations of Microdosimetry, Mark A. Newpower
MOLECULAR CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH TAZ EXPRESSION IN GLIOMAS, Visweswaran Ravikumar
MULTIMODALITY SOMATOSTATIN ANALOG FOR FLUORESCENCE-GUIDED SURGERY IN CANCER, Servando Hernandez Vargas
OBSCURIN MEDIATES ANKYRIN COMPLEX FORMATION IN THE HEART, Janani Subramaniam
Oxidative Phosphorylation: A Critical Feature and Novel Therapeutic Target in Melanoma Brain Metastases, Grant Fischer
P53R245W MUTATION ELICITS METASTATIC PHENOTYPE IN PTEN DEFICIENT PROSTATE CANCER, Ky Pham
PLATISCITY OF C. ELEGANS GERMLINE STEM CELLS UNDER NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC STRESS, Kenneth Trimmer
QUANTIFYING UNCERTAINTY IN A MEASUREMENT-BASED ASSESSMENT OF RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS IN CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY, Shannon Hartzell
QUANTITATIVE IMAGING FOR PRECISION MEDICINE IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS, Rachel Ger
Rejuvenation of the Epigenetic Landscape of the Aged Brain Through Manipulation of Circulating Factors, Edward Koellhoffer
Relevance of FGFR1 and its Isoforms in Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases, Estefania Labanca
ROLE OF c-MET and EGFR IN ACQUIRED RESISTANCE TO PARP INHIBITORS IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, Clinton Yam
ROLE OF NUDT21 MEDIATED ALTERNATIVE POLYADENYLATION AND HYALURONAN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, Scott Dale Collum
Sequence-Specific Gene Correction of Cystic Fibrosis Airway Basal Cells, Varada Anirudhan
Termination for Fetal Anomaly: What is The Impact of Genetic Counseling on Coping?, Cayleen Smith
THE CHARACTERIZATION OF T-CELL MANUFACTURING FOR ADOPTIVE T-CELL THERAPIES, amir ALPERT
The effect of traumatic brain injury on tau pathology by a potential seeding mechanism, George Edwards III
THE GSK-3β-FBXL21 AXIS REGULATES TCAP VIA UBIQUITIN-MEDIATED PROTEASOMAL PATHWAY IN THE CYTOPLASM, Jiah Yang
The impacts of insurance and billing considerations on the practice and attitudes of genetic counselors, Emily Krosschell
THE INFLUENCE OF THE PEP-PTS AND OTHER METABOLIC SYSTEMS ON THE MASTER VIRULENCE REGULATOR ATXA AND TOXIN GENE EXPRESSION IN BACILLUS ANTHRACIS, Naomi Bier-Reizes
THE ROLE OF GAMMA OSCILLATIONS AND CORTICAL INHIBITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING MEMORY IN ADOLESCENCE, Christopher P. Walker
THE ROLE OF GENE EXPRESSION NOISE IN MAMMALIAN CELL SURVIVAL, Kevin Farquhar
THE ROLE OF MEMBRANE DOMAINS IN PROTEIN AND LIPID SORTING DURING ENDOCYTIC TRAFFIC, Blanca B. Diaz-Rohrer
Thiol-based Misfolding: Linking Redox Balance to Cytosolic Proteostasis, Ford Amy
TRACKING TREATMENT RESPONSE AND RESISTANCE TO PARP INHIBITION (TALAZOPARIB) IN HEREDITARY PANCREATIC CANCER., Jennifer Goldstein
Uncovering the ZEB1 Interactome to Identify Novel Regulators of Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Roxsan Manshouri
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
3D SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR QUENCHING CHARACTERIZATION FOR SCANNING PROTON BEAMS, Fahed Alsanea
A Compressed Sensing Approach to Detect Immobilized Nanoparticles Using Superparamagnetic Relaxometry, Sara Thrower
ADENYLYL CYCLASE TYPE 9: REGULATION AND CARDIAC FUNCTION, Tanya A. Baldwin and Tanya A. Baldwin
Aging Exacerbates Neutrophil Pathogenicity in Ischemic Stroke, Meaghan Roy-O'Reilly
A ROLE FOR EPAC1 AND EPAC2 IN NOCICEPTOR HYPEREXCITABILITY AND CHRONIC PAIN AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY, Samantha Berkey
ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY OF SURFACE PROTEINS IN ACTINOMYCES ORIS, Sara Siegel
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
Bayesian Designs for Early Phase Clinical Trials with Novel Target Agents, Heng Zhou
BAYESIAN INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF OMICS DATA, Youyi Zhang
BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS, INFLAMMATION, AND MULTIORGAN DAMAGE IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Morayo Adebiyi
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
Characterizing the recognition motif and novel substrates of CARM1, Sitaram gayatri
Cholinergic Control of Cortical Circuit Activity, Rajan Dasgupta
Computational insights into the generation of chromosomal copy number changes, Yihua Liu
CURRENT GENETIC COUNSELING PRACTICE FOLLOWING POSITIVE NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING FOR SEX CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITIES, Lauren Fleddermann
Design, Fabrication, and Validation of 3D Printed, Patient-Specific Compensators for Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy, Daniel Craft
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 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
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
EVALUATION OF PRESAGE® AS A 3D DOSE VERIFICATION TOOL IN PROTON BEAMS, Mitchell Carroll
EVOLUTION VIA GENE DUPLICATION AND ALTERNATIVE SPLICING IN THE EUKARYOTIC SKI7 AND HBS1 GENES, Alexandra Marshall
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENETIC COUNSELORS’ IMPLICIT ATTITUDES TOWARD DISABILITY AND THEIR PRACTICE METHODS, Helen W. Gould