MPH Thesis Presentations

Upcoming:

Kelsea Shoop
Treatment disparities among elderly colon cancer patients in the United States using SEER Medicare data
December 7, 2009; Seminar: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Campus Services Building, Room 679

Heather Rectenwald
Neurobehavioral effects of low-level chronic pesticide exposure in childre n
December 11, 2009 ; Seminar: 10:00am – 1 1:00 am
Campus Services Building, Room 679

Past Presentations :

Genia Taitano
Food insecurity and hunger among individuals with disabilities in Oregon: prevalence and correlates of disability type and number of disabilities
9/16/09, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Catherine Gonzalez-Maddux 
Effects of body mass index on motor vehicle crash injuries in pediatric cases
9/18/09, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Jill Christensen
Active Healthy Teens: Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines and the Risk for Overweight in Adolescents
9/15/09, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 10:00am – 11:00pm

Jessica Cunningham
Initiation of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in the sheltered homeless in Multnomah County, Oregon
6/19/2009, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 10:00am - 11:00am

Hope Bakker
Factors associated with effective cross-contamination in restaurants
6/18/2009, School of Nursing, Room 107, time 9:00am - 10:00am

Anandam Hilde
The impact of social and emotional isolation on risk behaviors among injection drug users
6/10/2009, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 9:00am - 10:00am

Meena Patil
Impact of regional and racial variation in extent of lymph node dissection on survival in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a SEER Database analysis
6/2/09, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 8:30am - 9:30am

Michael Sean Stanley
Relationship of substance abuse severity to receipt of residential rehabilitation treatment
5/29/2009, School of Nursing, Room 116, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Melissa Curran
Risk of food insecurity in mothers of children with special health care needs
5/18/09, School of Nursing, Room 116, 10:00am - 11:00am

Rachel Linz
Folate and prostate cancer: a case-control study
5/13/09, School of Nursing, Room 122, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Renata Yang
Effect of changes to the Oregon Health Plan between 2002-2004 on adults with schizophrenia
5/1/09, School of Nursing, Room 116, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Priya Srikanth
Women who quit smoking during pregnancy and relapse in the first two years after pregnancy
4/29/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Allison Fairbanks
Annual coronary calcium progression and concurrent lifestyle modification: a pilot study
4/28/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 9:00am - 10:00am

Renee Park
Nomogram predictive of 10-year mortality in differentiated thyroid cancer
4/27/09, School of Nursing, Room 116, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Jennifer Ross
Associations between Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and Cyclospora in Peruvian children
4/15/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 9:00am - 10:00am

Kelly Reavis
The use of otoacoustic emissions to predict ototoxic-induced hearing changes
4/10/09, School of Nursing, Room 116, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Laura Heath
The association between neighborhood accessibility and cognitive function
4/14/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 8:00am - 9:00am

Cara Varley
Retrospective analysis of Clostridium Difficile-associated Disease at Oregon Health & Science University
4/10/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 9:00am - 10:00am

Esther Choo
The effect of hospital services on emergency department diagnosis of intimate partner violence
3/30/09, CDW-EM Conference room, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, 1:00pm - 2:00-pm

Kathryn Stanley
The correlation between living in a rural area and clinical health outcomes in HIV-positive patients
3/20/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 9:00am - 10:00am

James Chao
Lipoprotein risk factors for ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a cohort of ICD patients
3/10/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Rebecca Marshall
Factors correlated with patient activation and associated outcomes among patients with HIV
3/09/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 8:30am - 9:30am

Kaaren Nelson-Munson
Pregnancy intention and breastfeeding duration: an analysis of the Oregon PRAMS 2005 dataset
1/14/09, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 3:00 - 4:00pm

Mimi Choate
Barriers and enhancements to implementing CareOregon’s quality improvement initiative, Primary Care Renewal, and its effect on provider productivity in two Portland-area safety-net clinics.
12/12/08, Campus Services Building, Room CSB679, 10:00am - 11:00am

Amber Moore
A study of insurance coverage and diabetes outcomes in two care models
10/16/08, School of Nursing, Room 358, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Sarah Hargand
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in substance abuse treatment: organizational correlates of adoption and fidelity
8/28/08, School of Nursing, Room 107, 10:00am - 11:00am

Caryn Snyder
Serum Albumin in relation to change in muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle power
7/25/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Sara Haidar
The role of obesity in asymptomatic prostate inflammation: a cross-sectional study of VA patients in Oregon
7/10/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Greg Hoskins, MD
Vasopressin does not improve return of spontaneous circulation in asystolic arrest
6/13/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 10:00am - 11:00am

Amanda Newell
The large worksite turberculosis exposure - devising a functional risk model
6/4/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 10:00am - 11:00am

Michelle Isley, MD
The relationship between formal sex education and contraceptive use at coital debut among female adolescents using the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6 Database
6/6/08, Rudd, Room 7093, Center for Women's Health, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Robert Laing
The effect of summer break length and structured summertime activities on overweight status of children
6/10/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Briar Ertz-Berger, MD
The effect of the OHP Cutbacks on the distribution of diagnostic categories that present to Oregon emergency departments
6/11/08, Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, West, Room 108A, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Rebecca Rdesinski
Incidence of malignant melanoma by geographic location, anatomic site, and gender
4/30/2008, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Alex Foster
A cross-sectional analysis of prescription medication use by children: the implications and impact of acculturation
4/30/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 10:00am - 11:00am

Lisa May Olson
Maternal and infant outcomes from planned primary cesarean versus vaginal delivery among primiparous women giving birth in California in 2002
4/29/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 11:00am - 12:00pm

David I. Buckley, MD
Chronic opioid therapy and receipt of preventive services in rural primary care
4/25/08, School of Nursing, Room 358, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Jacqueline Yates
Maternal depression and food insecurity in Oregon women
4/25/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 9:00am - 10:00am

Sabine Volchok
Risk factors for neonatal death in rural Bangladesh
4/23/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 10:00am - 11:00am

Regan Duffy
An analysis of unmet health care need in Oregon: Results of a multivariate analysis evaluating factors that predict unmet need
4/22/08

Jonathan Kocarnik
Nutritional influences on fall risk among a cohort of women with and without breast cancer
4/21/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Megan Hoopes
Prevalence and correlates of lifetime methamphetamine use and nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers among American Indians and Alaska Natives
4/16/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Beverly Mielke
Who leaves the Oregon Medical Insurance Pool when premiums increase?
3/17/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Ying Han
Using capture-recapture method to estimate multiple sclerosis prevalence in areas around Spokane, Washington
3/12/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 9:00 am - 10:00am

Marika Wolfe
Risk factors associated with postpartum depressive symptoms among Oregon women: An analysis of PRAMS 2004 data
3/10/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lauren Robertson
Risk factors associated with contraception non-use between 1995 and 2002: An analysis of the NSFG, cycle 5 and cycle 6 datasets
2/29/08, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Room 11600, 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Jennifer Holliday
Cancer screening among obese and non-obese individuals in rural Oregon primary care clinics
2/27/08, Campus Services Building, Room 679, 1:30pm – 2:30pm