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Author:

Stanhewicz, Anna E.

Title:

LOCAL TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN AUGMENTS REFLEX CUTANEOUS VASODILATION IN AGED HUMAN SKIN

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

tetrahydrobiopterin
skin blood flow
aging

File:

Download Stanhewicz.2011.2.pdf

Committee Members:

William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Parker, Beth A.

Title:

Age and Sex Differences in Local Vasodilation and Exercise Hyperemia

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

femoral artery
leg blood flow
sex differences
aging
leg vascular conductance
flow-mediated dilation

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Member

Author:

Ramamurthy, Bhagavathi

Title:

Glycation as a post-translational modification of myosin structure and function; Role of Glutathione; Glycation and aging

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

aging
glutathione
myosin
glycation

File:

Download ramamurthy_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Farrell, Committee Member
Sally Johnson, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Charles H Lang, Committee Member
Lars Larsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

DeGroot, David W.

Title:

Thermoregulation and Individual Characteristics during Cold and Heat Stress

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

predicting modeling
core temperature
aging
skin blood flow

File:

Download final_thesis_master_3_7_07.pdf

Committee Members:

William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
David Nathan Proctor, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member
George Havenith, Committee Member

Author:

Koch, Dennis William

Title:

Effects of Age on Sympathetic Vasoconstrictor Responsiveness in Exercising Leg Muscles

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

vascular control
vasoconstriction
sympatholysis
sympathetic
blood flow
exercise
aging

File:

Download Koch_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Member
Lawrence Isaac Sinoway, Committee Member
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member

Author:

Beverly, Elizabeth Ann

Title:

Incorporating Comorbidity, Values and Preferences into Clinical Care Guidelines Designed for Older Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

type 2 diabetes
aging
comorbidity
values
preferences
qualitative research

File:

Download BeverlyEA_finaldissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Ann Wray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger John Mccarter, Committee Member
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Committee Member
Sheila Grace West, Committee Member
Janice Lee Penrod, Committee Member

Author:

Mack, Holly Ann

Title:

Heritability Estimates For Functional Capacity Measures in an Elderly Swedish Twin Sample

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

functional capacity
aging
genetics
lung function
body mass index
grip strength

File:

Download ham113dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Patrick Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald Eugene Mc Clearn, Committee Member
Stig Berg, Committee Member
Stephen A Petrill, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Hsiao-an Sammy

Title:

DESIGN OF SHALLOW AND THERMALLY STABLE CONTACTS ON ANTIMONIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

metal/semiconductor contact
ohmic contact
Schottky barrier height
gate metallization
shallow reaction
thermal stability
aging
wet processing
surface passivation
antimonide based compound semiconductors
InGaSb
InAs
AlGaAsSb
HBT
HEMT
I-V characteristics
cross-sectional TEM

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Lang, James Andrew

Title:

SYMPATHETIC NORADRENERGIC MECHANISMS OF THERMOREGULATORY VASOCONSTRICTION IN AGED HUMAN SKIN

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

aging
adrenergic
skin blood flow
tetrahydrobiopterin

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Kelly J Karpa, Committee Member

Author:

Scholz, Joseph Robert

Title:

Aging Rates In PZT Ferroelectrics With Mixed Acceptor-Donor Dopants

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

PZT
PZT-SKN
aging
mixed dopants
domain walls
defects

File:

Download Scholz-Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kuipers, Nathan T.

Title:

Effect of Exercise Muscle Temperature on Renal and Sympathetic Responses to Isometric Exercise in Humans

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

heat
aging
ACE-inhibition
cool
kidnet

File:

Download kuipersthesis5608.pdf

Committee Members:

Chester A Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence Isaac Sinoway, Committee Member
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Thomas C Pritchard Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Mitas, Ondrej

Title:

POSITIVE EMOTIONS IN MATURE ADULTS’ LEISURE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

Graduate Program:

Leisure Studies

Keywords:

aging
leisure
emotions
group travel
ethnography
older adults
mixed-effects linear growth models
tourism
mixed methods

File:

Download dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Careen M Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Careen M Yarnal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Dr Harry Zinn, Committee Member
Garry Chick, Committee Member

Author:

Kolluru, Pavan Venkata Narayana

Title:

EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE HISTORY ON THE SURFACE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOAT GLASS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Float glass
tin diffusion
aging
weathering
leaching
surface cleaning
pH
nanoindentation
reduced elastic modulus
hardness

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final__Macros_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher L Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Motch, Susan Marie

Title:

MIDI MOUSE AS A NOVEL MODEL FOR INVESTIGATING IGF-1 IN AGING

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

physical activity
metabolism
heat shock proteins
midi mouse
aging
IGF-1
stress

File:

Download smotch_dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger John Mccarter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger John Mccarter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Henry Green, Committee Member
Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member
Wesley Craig Hymer, Committee Member
Joseph Tobias Stout, Committee Member

Author:

Molls, Roshni Rajendra

Title:

NUTRITION AND IMMUNE FUNCTION IN HEALTHY OLDER WOMEN

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

Nutrition
immune function
aging
variation

File:

Download final_thesis_pdfversion1.pdf

Committee Members:

Namanjeet Ahluwalia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gordon C Handte, Committee Member
Terryl Johnson Hartman, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Helen Smiciklas Wright, Committee Member

Author:

Ridout, Samuel James

Title:

AGE AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR LIMITS TO EXERCISING MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

cardiac output
aging
women
plasma volume expansion
exercise

File:

Download Ridout-Dissertation-07-31-11-FINAL-EDITION.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member
Urs Andreas Leuenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Kapur, Shweta

Title:

FINGER INTERACTION IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL PRESSING TASK: CONTROL OF FORCE MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION AND AGE RELATED DIFFERENCES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

finger interaction
aging
synergy
enslaving
hand
Motor Control

File:

Download Shweta_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shrestha, Srijana

Title:

Quality of life among elderly nepali women

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

quality of life
aging
women
culture

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Jeanne Marecek, Committee Member

Author:

Vasilopoulos, Terrie

Title:

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Relationship between Cognitive and Physical Function

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

biomarkers
pulmonary function
grip strength
blood pressure
quantitative genetics
twins
aging

File:

Download vasilopoulos_final_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

George Patrick Vogler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Gerald Eugene Mc Clearn, Committee Member
George Patrick Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Xu, Xingren

Title:

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF AGING THROUGH TRANSITIVITY: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO CHINESE ELDERS’ NARRATIVES

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

narratives
Chinese
transitivity
aging

File:

Download XingrenXuDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sandra J. Savignon, Committee Member
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Committee Member

Author:

Tomicek, Nanette J.

Title:

Estrogen receptor beta and adiponectin as targets in cardiovascular and metabolic disease

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

aging
female
coronary heart disease
metabolic syndrome
adipose

File:

Download Tomicek_Dissertation_post_defensef.pdf

Committee Members:

Donna Hope Korzick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles H Lang, Committee Member
Roger John Mccarter, Committee Member
Ramesh Ramachandran, Special Member

Author:

Hsiao, Pao

Title:

Identification of dietary patterns and relationship with weight and health outcomes in older adults

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

dietary patterns
older adults
obesity
diet
aging

File:

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Committee Members:

Gordon Lee Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terryl Johnson Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon M Nickols Richardson, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member
Martin John Sliwinski, Committee Member

Author:

Reyes, Adriana Marie

Title:

Left Out of the Equation: Older Immigrants and Health Insurance Coverage

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

immigrants
aging
health insurance
inequality

File:

Download Reyes_MAThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vankirk, Colleen Amanda

Title:

Characterization and regulation of the major histocompatibility complex class I in the Cns: functional implications for brain aging and sexually dimorphic differences in neuroinflammation

Graduate Program:

Pharmacology

Keywords:

aging
MHCI
brain
neuroinflammation

File:

Download Dissertation_8-28-13_edits_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Willard M Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member
Andras Hajnal, Committee Member
Scot R Kimball, Committee Member
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member

Author:

Stanhewicz, Anna E.

Title:

The Aging Cutaneous Microvasculature: Altered Mechanisms and Novel Intervention Strategies

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

aging
skin blood flow
vascular health
tetrahydrobiopterin

File:

Download Stanhewicz_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lacy Marie Alexander, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy R Mc Connell, Committee Member
Kelly J Karpa, Committee Member

Author:

Butler, Nan Ellen

Title:

Effects of Surface Roughness and Aging on the Electrical Contact Resistance and Residual Stress in Gold-nickel-copper Connector Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

surface roughness
aging
electrical contact resistance
residual stress
gold
nickel
copper
connector

File:

Download NanButler_MS_Thesis_-_Final__11-5-2014_.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kishida, Moe

Title:

Coping with the Menopausal Transition: Identifying Resilient Resources for Successful Adaptation

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

physical activity
women's health
aging
wellbeing

File:

Download Thesis_FINAL_mk.pdf

Committee Members:

Steriani Elavsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David E Conroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sy Miin Chow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maher, Jaclyn P

Title:

The dynamics of daily sedentary behavior in older adults

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

sitting
aging
intraindividual
dual process
motivation
life satisfaction
intervention
behavior change

File:

Download JPMaher_Dissertation_03302015.pdf

Committee Members:

David E Conroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David E Conroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Jean Bopp, Committee Member
Steriani Elavsky, Committee Member
Martin John Sliwinski, Committee Member

Author:

Davis, Lindeon Sherlock

Title:

Prediction of Indirect Losses, Direct Losses, and Seismic Resilience of Aging Highway Bridges

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

indirect losses
direct losses
resilience
bridge
recovery
sigmoidal
corrosion
aging
highway
seismic

File:

Download Lindeon_S._Davis_SP15_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bowman, Caitlin Rose

Title:

Recall-to-reject: Aging effects on the neural correlates of recollection rejection

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

aging
memory
fmri

File:

Download BowmanDissertation_format.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Kathyrn Suzanne Scherf, Committee Member
Martin John Sliwinski, Special Member

Author:

Ravi, Suhana

Title:

Effects of aging, immobilization and high fat diet on alternative splicing of fast Troponin T in rat gastrocnemius muscle

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

aging
disuse atrophy
high fat diet
Tnnt3
alternative splicing
immobilization
remobilization
obesity

File:

Download Suhana_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Scot R Kimball, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pakoz, Ugur

Title:

Effect of Changing Injection Water Salinity on Oil Recovery from Oil-wet Carbonate Rocks

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Carbonate rocks
salinity
oil recovery
wettability
aging
core flooding
water flooding

File:

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Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dmitrieva, Natalia O.

Title:

A PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO MODELING DIURNAL CORTISOL: THE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENCES IN AGE AND STRESSOR EXPOSURE

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

aging
stress
cortisol
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

File:

Download Dmitrieva_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David M. Almeida, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Committee Member
Douglas Teti, Committee Member

Author:

Hu, Xiaogang

Title:

CONSTRAINTS, REDUNDANCY, AND PATTERNS OF FORCE COORDINATION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

aging
motor control
isometric force
force coordination
redundancy

File:

Download Hu_DissertationFinal071211.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl M. Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Member
Jinger S. Gottschall, Committee Member

Author:

Garvin, Alexandra M

Title:

Mitochondria as Central Mediators of Cardiac Cell Death with Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Aged Female Rats

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

heart
ischemia/reperfusion
mitochondria
aging
female
cell death

File:

Download A._Garvin_Final_Dissertation_11-18-16.pdf

Committee Members:

Donna Hope Korzick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member
Gregory C Shearer, Outside Member
Chee Lim, Special Member

Author:

Jackson, Morgan A

Title:

Impact of age-associated estrogen deficiency on innate immune responses to myocardial ischemic injury in the female rat heart

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

heart
aging
estrogen
inflammation
macrophage
ischemia reperfusion injury

File:

Download Final_Revision_Jackson_Masters_Thesis__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Catharine Ross, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Zhangjun

Title:

Help from Whom? Cross-cultural Differences in Received Support among the Aging Adults in the U.S. and China

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

social support
aging
elder care
cross-national
demography
functional limitation

File:

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Committee Members:

Steven Andrew Haas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member
Michelle Lynn Frisco, Committee Member

Author:

Gertel, Victoria Haley

Title:

GRAPH THEORETICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN YOUNGER AND OLDER ADULTS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

language production
aging
graph theory
fMRI
functional connectivity

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Victoria_Gertel_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michele Theresa Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Koffer, Rachel Elyse

Title:

Stress, Health, and Well-Being across the Adult Life Span: A Multiple Time-Scale Approach

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

intraindividual variability
daily stress
entropy
lifespan development
aging

File:

Download Koffer_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Committee Member
Idan Shalev, Outside Member

Author:

Meredith, Scott

Title:

Impact of Atomization and Processing Gas on the Heat Treatment Response of Additively Manufactured 17-4 PH Stainless Steel

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

stainless steel
precipitation hardening (PH)
additive manufacturing (AM)
nitrogen
gas atomization
aging

File:

Download ScottMeredith_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Committee Member
Jayme Scot Keist, Committee Member

Author:

Webb, Christina Eileen

Title:

Are false memories universal? Individual differences in susceptibility to false memories in older adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

aging
cognition
memory
false memory

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Theresa Diaz, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Outside Member

Author:

Salam, Sajjad

Title:

Cyclic Behavior of Fine Coal Refuse and Seismic Stability of Coal Tailings Dams

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cyclic behavior
coal tailings
liquefaction
physical modeling
PM4Silt
seismic stability
stochastic modeling
aging
strain history

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Sajjad_Salam.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Armendariz, Marina

Title:

A Biopsychosocial Examination of the Residential Environment as a Social Determinant of Cardiometabolic Risk: The Role of Latino Ethnicity

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

neighborhood characteristics
Latinos
aging
obesity
diabetes
inflammation

File:

Download Armendariz_Dissertation_Final_Submission_12-2-20.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda A. Wray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda A. Wray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes, Committee Member
Shedra Amy Snipes, Committee Member
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Outside Member
Thomas J Gould, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ramirez, Daniel Nicholas

Title:

In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Health disparities, mortality, and off-spring effects of exposure to the Dutch Famine.

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Dutch famine
early life
population heatlh
aging
life course

File:

Download Ramirez_Dissertation_FRev__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Andrew Haas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Molly Martin, Committee Member
Jonathan Kyle Daw, Committee Member
Brian Clemens Thiede, Outside Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Carpenter, Catherine

Title:

Memory Processes as we Age: A Dissociation of Unitization, Association and Item Memory Over Time

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

psychology
memory
aging
associative memory
unitization

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Levchenko, Yuliana

Title:

EXPLORING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF NURSING HOME ADMISSION

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

aging
nursing homes
disability
health

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Committee Members:

Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ashton Verdery, Major Field Member
Andrew Fenelon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Van Hook, Major Field Member

Author:

Desmet, David

Title:

How Older and Young Adults Balance Competing Lateral Stepping Objectives During Walking Maneuvers

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

walking
lateral maneuvers
aging
balance
multi-objective regulation

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Joseph Cusumano, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarkeshwar Singh, Major Field Member
Jonas Rubenson, Major Field Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Fleeman, Rebecca

Title:

Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Conveyed by Apolipoprotein E ε4: Immunometabolism and the Brain-Body Connection

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

immunometabolism
alzheimer's disease
APOE4
cytokine signaling
multivariate modeling
neurodegeneration
aging
astrocytes
neurons

File:

Download Fleeman_Dissertation_2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Mailman, Outside Field Member
Elizabeth Proctor, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yongsoo Kim, Major Field Member
Amy Arnold, Outside Unit Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Kent Vrana, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Bennett, Hannah

Title:

Regional heterogeneity of the mural and vascular network in the adult mouse brain and associated vulnerability and anatomical remodeling in aging

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

brain
pericyte
vascular
aging
serial two photon tomography
light sheet fluorescent microscopy
iDISCO
mural
mouse

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Committee Members:

Patrick Drew, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anirban Paul, Major Field Member
Kirsteen Browning, Major Field Member
Yongsoo Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chamberlain, Jordan

Title:

Attentional Neural Mechanisms Associated with Cognitive Training in Healthy Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

aging
cognitive training
attention
fmri
speed of processing training
univariate
resting state

File:

Download Chamberlain_Dissertation_Complete_Final_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradley Wyble, Major Field Member
Frank Hillary, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair