Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition Thesis Projects
2006:
Whitney (Silverstein) Ellersick, MS, RD
Comparison of Body Composition by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry and Bioelectrical Impedance in Obese Individuals: A Subanalysis of the Insight Weight Loss Study
Chair, Diane D. Stadler, PhD, RD
Clair Stephenson, MS, RD
Impact of a School-Based Nutrition Curriculum on Intake of Dietary Calcium among Adolescents
Chair, Victoria Warren-Mears, PhD, RD
Elizabeth Legg, MS, RD
Are Nutritional Beliefs Consistent with the Dietary Practices of Female Endurance Walkers?
Chair, Dorothy Hagan, PhD, RD
2007:
Natalia Bailey, MS, RD
Influence of Food Consistency on Spontaneous Caloric Intake Following Traumatic Brain InjuryChair, Robert Martindale, MD
Stacey (LaVoie) Lamb, MS, RD
Normal Plasma Fatty Acid Concentrations Among Young Children With Phenylketonuria
Chair, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD
Yueh-Han Lin, MS, RD
Vitamin D and Thrombosis
Chair, Jackilen Shannon, PhD, RD
2008:
Sherri (Fechter) Hall, MS, RD
The Effects of High-and Low-Carbohydrate Diets on Urinary Calcium Excretion, Bone Turnover Markers, and Bone Quality
Chair, Diane Stadler, PhD, RD
Anna Forester, MS, RD
Quercetin and Prostate Cancer: A Case–Control StudyChair, Jackilen Shannon, PhD, RD
Erica (Strobl) Van Mieghem, MS, RD
Food Insecurity During Pregnancy and Its Relation to Birth Weight
Chair, Elizabeth Adams, PhD, RD
Mary Travis, MS, RD
Food Insecurity and Children With Special Health Care Needs
Chair, Elizabeth Adams, PhD, RD
Svetlana (Zubkova) Didenco, MS, RD
Normal Plasma Vitamin E Metabolite Concentrations in Pregnant Women and Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma
Chair, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD
2009:
Melissa Kumagai, MS, RD
Acute Effect of High-and-Low Carbohydrate Meals on Postprandial Concentrations of Weight Regulation Markers
Chair, Diane Stadler, PhD, RD
Krista (Schaefer) Miller, MS, RD
SPARTA Pro: Dietary Protein Intake and Injury Rate Among High School Athletes
Chair, Diane Stadler, PhD, RD
Julie Smith, MS, RD
The Postprandial Excursion of Total and Undercarboxylatated Osteocalcin Following Low-versus High-Complex Carbohydrate Meals in the Healthy Weight Adult
Chair, Tracy Ryan-Borchers, PhD, RD
Julie (Feifers) McGuire, MS, RD
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Inflammation, and Outcome in Men with and without Prostate Cancer
Chair, Jackilen Shannon, PhD, RD
Sarah (Bergman) Tesar, MS, RD
Effects of Low-and-High Carbohydrate Meals on Postprandial Concentrations of Circulating Plasma LipidsChair, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD
2010:
Danielle Podesta, MS, RD
Impact of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet versus a High-Carbohydrate Diet on Fasting Plasma Fatty Acid and Inflammatory Marker Concentrations
Chair, Diane Stadler, PhD, RD
Sarah Lowe, MS, RD
Risk of Fasting Induced Hypoketotic Hypoglycemia in Children with CPT1A Deficiency
Chair, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD
Stephanie Miksa, MS, RD
Change in Vitamin D Concentration in Obese Individuals After a 6 Month Weight Loss Intervention of High-versus Low-Carbohydrate Diets
Chair, Diane Stadler, PhD, RD
Christine Murphy, MS, RD
Breast Feeding Duration of Oregon African-American Women
Chair, Elizabeth Adams, PhD, RD
Annie Behrend, MS, RD
Effects of MCT Supplementation on Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Long-Chain 3-Hydroxy Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (LCHAD) Deficiency
Chair, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD
2011:
Emily Kennedy, MS, RD
The Effects of High Fructose Meal on Postprandial Substrate Oxidation
Chair, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD
2012:
Anne Southworth, MS, RD
A Single Session Nutrition Intervention in the Context of a Health Fair Might Positively Influence the Factors that Determine and
Mediate the Dietary Behaviors of 4th-6th Grade Students
Chair, Diane Stadler, Ph.D, RD
Jessica Peretti, MS, RD
Group Education for Children with Phenylketonuria
Chair, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD
Tysen Cullen, MS
Association between Body Mass Index and the Development of New Onset Diabetes Mellitus or the Worsening of Pre-existing Diabetes Mellitus in Adults after Kidney Transplantation
Maureen McCarthy, MPH, RD
Katie Geiger, MS
Serum Vitamin D Among Children with Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Chair, David Koeller, MD
Ariela (Brodsky) Nielson
Comparison of Plasma Vitamin E Concentration in Maternal Smokers and Non-Smokers and Matching Umbilical Blood Cord Pairs
Chair, Cynthia McEvoy, MD
