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Author:

Gruver, Adrienne Brook

Title:

Epidemiological Exploratory Data Analysis Tasks in a Geovisualization Environment

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

exploratory spatial data analysis
epidemiology
geovisualization
tasks

File:

Download Gruver_MSthesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia Ann Brewer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Houser, Beth Ann

Title:

Toxigenic Clostridium difficile in the Bovine Calf Gut: Association with Enteric Disease in Calves and Significance to Public Health

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

Clostridium difficile
epidemiology
public health
calf enteritis

File:

Download Houser_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bhushan M Jayarao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhushan M Jayarao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Committee Member
Gary H Perdew, Committee Member
Arthur Hattel, Committee Member
Arlyn Judson Heinrichs, Committee Member
David R Wolfgang, Committee Member
Jeanne Ann Lumadue, Committee Member

Author:

Conley, Jamison Fisher

Title:

Automated Hypothesis Generation of Processes Causing Clusters in Geographic Datasets

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

hypothesis generation
cluster analysis
epidemiology
image moment invariants

File:

Download CONLEY_DISS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Gahegan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Michael Downs, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member

Author:

Willyerd, Katelyn Tilley

Title:

FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT DISEASE DEVELOPMENT AND MYCOTOXIN ACCUMULATION IN WHEAT

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

electron capture detection
masked mycotoxin
gas chromatography
deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside
ergosterol
vomitoxin
DON
deoxynivalenol
Fusarium damaged kernels
disease severity
infection-timing
Fusarium graminearum
plant pathology
epidemiology
mycotoxicology

File:

Download KTW_Thesis_7.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas D Archibald, Committee Member
Erick D De Wolf, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
Henry K Ngugi, Committee Member

Author:

Ferrari, Matthew J

Title:

Mixing Models and the Geometry of Epidemics

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

epidemiology
basic reproductive ratio
plant pathogen
vector-borne disease
networks
vaccination

File:

Download Ferrari_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member

Author:

Soehnlen, Marty Katherine

Title:

"Molecular Characterization and Epidemiology of Mycoplasma bovis"

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

vaccination
epidemiology
cattle
Mycoplasma bovis
veterinary medicine
antimicrobial

File:

Download Mycoplasma_Dissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Bhushan M Jayarao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhushan M Jayarao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Committee Member
Arthur Hattel, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member
Jeanne Ann Lumadue, Committee Member
David R Wolfgang, Committee Member

Author:

Bharti, Nita

Title:

Spatial heterogeneities in epidemic connectivity in real landscapes

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

infectious disease
metapopulation
epidemiology
measles
Niger

File:

Download bharti.dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Grenfell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bryan T Grenfell, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
Alan Maceachren, Committee Member

Author:

Capasso, Sarah Jane

Title:

STUDIES ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF BACTERIAL SPOT OF PEACH AND NECTARINE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni
survival analysis
disease assessment
bacterial spot
rating scale
peach
epidemiology
agreement study

File:

Download Bardsley_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry K Ngugi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry K Ngugi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stack, Joseph Conrad

Title:

Assessing the phylodynamics of RNA viruses which cause acute disease

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

evolution
disease
infection
epidemiology
phylodynamics
coalescent

File:

Download jcs_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Shapiro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member

Author:

Parker, Daniel M

Title:

Border demography and border malaria among Karen populations along the Thailand-Myanmar border

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Thailand
Myanmar
demography
epidemiology
spatio-temporal
malaria
migration

File:

Download Dissertation_Parker_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

James William Wood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Monrad Weiss, Committee Member
Liwang Cui, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member

Author:

Mcmenamin, Alexander James

Title:

Ecology of Bee Viruses

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Honeybees
bees
agriculture
viruses
Deformed Wing Virus
Apiculture
ecology
epidemiology
colony losses
management

File:

Download McMenamin.MSc_Thesis.Entomology.IID.2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cristina Rosa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Carran, Spencer Alexander

Title:

Equity in Disease Management

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Measles
Public health policy
epidemiology
disease management

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member
Timothy Charles Reluga, Committee Member

Author:

Quevillon, Lauren Elise

Title:

The ecology, epidemiology, and evolution of parasites infecting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Ants
social insects
epidemiology
evolution
ecology

File:

Download Quevillon_dissertation_FINAL_28June2018.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jessica Maral Conway, Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
Jessica Maral Conway, Outside Member

Author:

Tran, Thu

Title:

Computational Epidemiology of Large Multi-Dimensional Data Streams in Malaria and COVID-19

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

malaria
plasmodium
falciparum
mathematical model
public health
epidemiology
fitness
evolution
infectious disease
antimalarial
kelch13
sub sahara africa
bayesian
rhode island
massachusetts
connecticut
drug resistance
vaccine
vaccination strategy
optimization
population immunity
attack rate
pandemic
USA
doubling time
covid 19
sars cov 2
differential equation
artemisinin

File:

Download ThuTran_dissertation_230905.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Schaeffer, Co-Chair of Committee
Justin Pritchard, Co-Chair of Committee
Manuel Llinas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Maciej Boni, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Van Every, Hannah Leigh

Title:

Dietary and metabolic factors and rheumatoid arthritis risk

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

rheumatoid arthritis
epidemiology
nutrition
inflammation

File:

Download VanEvery_PhD_thesis_draft_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Vishal Singh, Major Field Member
Penny Kris-Etherton, Major Field Member
Xiang Gao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Le Bao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nancy Olsen, Special Member
Gregory C Shearer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ray, Allyson

Title:

Deformed wing virus in the Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) : Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation Across Contexts and Scales

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

deformed wing virus
Varroa destructor
Apis mellifera
epidemiology
virus evolution
experimental evolution
viral variation
virulence
transcriptomics
genomics

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Committee Members:

David Kennedy, Outside Field Member
Moriah Szpara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Major Field Member
Christina Grozinger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Rasgon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dhingra, Radha

Title:

Understanding the Bi-directional Relationship between Mental Illness and Cardiovascular Disease

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

epidemiology
mental illness
depression
PHQ-9
PHQ-9 trajectory
cardiovascular disease
hypertension
diabetes
dyslipidemia
electronic health record
measurement-based care

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Erika F H Saunders, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Yanosky, Major Field Member
Duanping Liao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Laila Al-Shaar, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member