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Author:

Koya, Vijay

Title:

ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF SAD-A KINASE IN REGULATING ENERGY AND GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine

Keywords:

Hypothalamus
SAD-A Kinase
Obesity

File:

Download Koya_MS_Thesis_PSU_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuguang Shi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuguang Shi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Farde, Amey Madhukar

Title:

Statistical analysis of the potential risk factors for adult obesity in the United States

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Obesity
risk factors
NHANES
obesity model

File:

Download Farde_Amey_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Samuel Oyewole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cintron, Lorna Raquel

Title:

The Impact of Obesity through Increased Body Fat, Added Girth and Added Weight on Lifting Capacity

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Ergonomics
Obesity
BMI
NIOSH
RWL
Lifting Capacity
MAWL
L5S1

File:

Download Lorna_Cintron-Gonzalez_Dissertation-2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Griffin, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Dr Samuel Oyewole, Committee Member
Diane Marie Spokus, Special Member

Author:

Stametz, Rebecca Ann

Title:

Bringing the Adult Learning Experience of Successful Weight Loss Maintenance into Focus: A Narrative Analysis with Implications for Educators and Clinicians

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Transformative learning
Weight loss
Critical Public Pedagogy
Critical Media Literacy
Obesity
Weight Stigma

File:

Download Stametz_Dissertation_11_9_13_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Kesha Baptiste Roberts, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Danhong

Title:

Three Essays on Food Environment, Food Demand, and Health

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

Food Environment
Food Demand
Self-rated Health
Obesity
Meta-analysis
Structural Equations Model
Multilevel Model

File:

Download Danhong_Chen_Dissertation_20140405.pdf

Committee Members:

David Gerard Abler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member

Author:

Jeon, Ha Ram

Title:

VARIATION AND CONVERGENCE IN EDUCATION GRADIENT ON FEMALE IMMIGRANTS' OVERWEIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES: CONCERNS OF PRE-MIGRATION CONTEXTS AND ASSIMILATION

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Education gradient
Overweight
Obesity
Immigrant's health

File:

Download Jeon_Dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Soo Yong Byun, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Feon W

Title:

Health indicators that influence the risk of all-cause mortality and functional decline in older persons

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Obesity
Longevity
Elderly
Prospective cohort study
Metabolic Health
Functional decline
Epidemiology
Data mining

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Feon_Cheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiang Gao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chrisfield, Benjamin James

Title:

THE EFFICACY OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS FOR THE MITIGATION OF OBESITY- RELATED PATHOLOGIES

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Obesity
Fatty Liver
NAFLD
Soy
High-oleic Soybean Oil
Tart Cherry

File:

Download Chrisfield_MastersThesis_FoodScience.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua D Lambert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member

Author:

Hoy, Kyle Adam

Title:

THREE ESSAYS ON ENERGY AND FOOD POLICY

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

Unconventional Energy
Energy Demand
Tax Shifting
Welfare
Candy Tax
Obesity
Energy Tax
Municipal Finance
Shale Gas

File:

Download Hoy_Dissertation_AEREC_Dec17.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Harvey Wrenn II, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Harvey Wrenn II, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Member
Timothy Wayne Kelsey, Committee Member
Joel Reid Landry, Outside Member

Author:

Feng, Mengyang

Title:

ELUCIDATION OF MECHANISMS THAT DETERMINE THE RESPONSIVENESS TO ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG TREATMENTS

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Depression
Antidepressant
Neuroinflammation
High fat diet
Obesity
Ketamine

File:

Download MengyangFeng_Dissertation.pdfDownload Mengyang_Feng_Erratum.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard Luscher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Timothy J Jegla, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Outside Member
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Committee Member

Author:

Dong, Zefeng

Title:

THREE ESSAYS ON CONSUMER DEMAND, HEALTH AND FOOD ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

Consumer Demand
Food Environments
Obesity
Type 2 Diabetes
Physical Activity

File:

Download Zefeng_Dong_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Harvey Wrenn, II, Committee Member
Peter William Newberry, Outside Member
Yizao Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Jaenicke, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Majd, Marzieh

Title:

depressive symptomatology and inflammatory correlates

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Depression
Inflammation
Cytokines
CRP
Cognitive symptoms
Psychomotor speed
Anhedonia
Fatigue
Cognition
Obesity

File:

Download Marzieh_Majd_Disserttaion_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Gerald Engeland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Gerald Engeland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle Wayne Murdock, Committee Member
Joshua Morrison Smyth, Committee Member
Erika F H Saunders, Outside Member
Martin John Sliwinski, Outside Member
Thomas J Gould, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pauley, Abigail

Title:

The Role of Sleep Behaviors in Regulating Energy Balance Among Pregnant Women with Overweight and Obesity

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Energy Balance
Pregnancy
Sleep Behaviors
Overweight
Obesity
Energy Intake
Physical Activity
Gestational Weight Gain

File:

Download AbigailPauleyDissertationAug2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Danielle Symons Downs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Danielle Symons Downs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Cm Molenaar, Outside Member
Ginger A Moore, Outside Member
Scherezade Kelly Mama, Committee Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lyu, Pingyun Yun

Title:

The role of selenoproteins and CCR10 in immune cell homeostasis

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

Selenium
Selenoproteins
B cells
Obesity
IFN
CCR10
ITIM
SHP-1
T cells
Macrophage
Skin
Trspfl/flCD19cre/wt
Trspfl/flLysMcre/wt
CCR10-/-

File:

Download Master_thesis-final_version-Pingyun_Lyu-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joyce Jose, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member
K. Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Coker, Caitlin

Title:

Impact of High Fat Diet and Ethanol on Metabolic and Neuroimmune Function

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

High Fat Diet
Ethanol
Obesity
Alcohol Use Disorder
Neuroimmune
Insulin
Glucose

File:

Download CCOKER_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuval Silberman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuval Silberman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Andras Hajnal, Committee Member
Helen Marie Kamens, Outside Member
Patricia Sue Grigson Kennedy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Michael Graziane, Committee Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Michaels, Jared

Title:

the influence of obesity and associated hyperglycemia on bone homeostasis

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Obesity
Bone
Bone Marrow
Distal Femur
Lumican

File:

Download Michaels-Jared_Resubmit_Masters_Thesis_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Reyad Elbarbary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Fadia A Kamal, Committee Member
Gregory Stephen Lewis, Committee Member

Author:

Morehouse, Jessica

Title:

Diet-Induced Modulation of Brainstem Perineuronal Net Development

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Perinatal high fat diet (PNHFD)
Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV)
Obesity
Brainstem
Neuroplasticity

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Kirsteen Browning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anirban Paul, Committee Member

Author:

Morales, Natasha

Title:

Adverse obesity-related cardiometabolic outcomes of circadian misalignment in adolescents

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Adolescence
Visceral adipose tissue
Obesity
Circadian misalignment
Cardiometabolic health

File:

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Committee Members:

Pat Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Pat Mclaughlin, Major Field Member
Amy Arnold, Major Field Member
Anne-Marie Chang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Duanping Liao, Major Field Member