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Upcoming Ph.D Dissertation Defenses:
Jane Lassetter, RN, MS
TITLE: Native Hawaiian Health and Well-Being in the "Ninth Hawaiian Island," Las Vegas
DATE: Friday, August 1
TIME: 1p.m. - 3p.m. - Public Invited
LOCATION: SON 602
COMMITTEE: Nancy Press, PhD, Chair; Sheila Kodadek, PhD; Lynn Callister, PhD; Joan Baldwin, PhD
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Past Dissertations:
- Casey Mayo
Shillam, RN, MS
Title: The Relationship Between Fibromyalgia Symptoms and Physical Function in Older Adults
Committee: Kim Jones- Chair; Lois Miller, George Knafl, Kerri Winters - Amy Johnson,
RN, MS
TITLE: Adolescents Receiving Chemotherapy: Sleep, Symptoms and Quality of Life
Committee: Vivian Gedaly-Duff, PhD, Chair; Kathleen Knafl, PhD; Lillian Nail, PhD; Kyle Jonson, MD (SOM) - Chih-Ju
Chen, RN, MS
Experience of Health Information Seeking of Middle-Aged Chinese Immigrants
Committee: Judith Kendall, Chair; A. Rosenfeld; Y. Lotus Shyu - Amy Miner
Ross, M.S., R.N.
"Evidence of the Acute Phase Response in Transient Ischemic Attack Patients"
Dissertation Committee: Kathleen Potempa- Chair; Nancy Perrin, and Lisa Wood, Patricia Hurn. - MaryLou
Robinson, RN, MS
Barriers and Motivators for Snow Sport Helmet Wear: An Inquiry Into A Link with Risk Taking
Committee: Catherine Salveson, Chair; Juliana Cartwright; Susan Butterworth; and Merlin Simpson - Carla Hagen,
RN, MPH
Dosage and the Differential Effectiveness of PREP: A Tailored Home Health Intervention - Sarah
Kooienga RN, MSN, FNP
Mexican-American Families Experience of Type 2 Diabetes A Narrative Inquiry Amy Ross, RN, MS, CNS
Evidence of the Acute Phase Response in Transient Ischemic Attack Patients - Catherine
Van Son
Managing Chronic Illness: Older Adults from the Former Soviet Union
Committee: Judith Kendall, RN, PhD, Chair; Deborah Messecar, RN, PhD, MPH; Laura Rogers, RN, PhD - Martha
Driessnack
"Eliciting information from young children about their fears: A mixed method study"
Committee: Sheila Kodadek, RN, PhD, Chair; Gail Houck, PhD, RN; Vivian Gedaly-Duff, DNSc, RN; Carol A. Lindeman, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, Professor and Dean Emeritus, OHSU School of Nursing - Yoshiko
Yamashita Colclough, MS, RN
"An Exploration of End-of-Life Decision Making Within Japanese-American Families"
Dissertation Committee: Beverly Hoeffer, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Chair; Sheila Kodadek, RN, PhD; Heather Young, PhD, RN, GNP; Kathleen Chafey, RN, PhD - Eric Hodges,
RN, MSN
"Early Childhood Feeding Interactions"
Dissertation Committee: Gail Houck PhD, RN, Chair; Thomas Kindermann, PhD; Elizabeth LeCuyer-Maus, PhD; Sheila Kodadek, RN, PhD