Scheduled Thesis Seminars

Upcoming Thesis Seminars: 

Past Thesis Presentations:

 

 

Kimberly K. Repp
Male human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and association with condom use in Mexico, Brazil and the United States
Friday, April 22, 2011
Seminar: 10:00am - 11:00am
School of Nursing, Room 358
3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239
  

Vivian Siu
The association between residential built environment and walking habits among older women in the Portland metro-area
Monday, April 25, 2011
Center for Health & Healing, Room 12181
3303 SW Bond Avenue
Portland, OR 97239

 

Jennifer Ku
Predictors for the prognosis of retinal vasculitis in uveitis patients and factors that characterize subsets of retinal vasculitis
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Seminar: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Biomedical Research Building, Room 381
3455 SW US Veteran Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

 

Rebecca Allen
Multiple sclerosis:  how cognitive performance relates to quality of life, depression, and perception of deficits
Monday, May 23, 2011
Seminar:  3:00pm - 4:00pm
Campus Services Building, Room 679
3505 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

 

Moira K. Ray
Patient and provider characteristics associated with comfort discussing substance use in HIV clinics
Friday, April 1, 2011
Seminar: 10:00am - 11:00am
Campus Services Building, Room 679
3505 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

Gene Bowman, ND
Pattern analysis of nutrient biomarkers in neuroepidemiology
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Seminar: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Campus Services Building, Room 679
3505 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

 

Elizabeth Olszewski
Validating the POLST algorithm
Monday, February 28, 2011
Seminar: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Campus Services Building, Room 679
3505 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

Gail Larsen
Shocks associated with increased mortality in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Seminar: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Biomedical Information Communications Center (BICC), Room 124
3280 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239

 

Jeffrey "Luke" Williams

Estimates of complications and clinically significant findings in screening and surveillance colonoscopy
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Seminar: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
School of Nursing, Room 122
3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

Nathan Ansbaugh
Agent orange as a risk factor for positive prostate biopsy
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Seminar: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Campus Services Building, Room 679
3505 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

Steven McNamara
Endoscopic ultrasound and impact on survival in rectal cancer patients: a SEER-Medicare study
Monday, September 27, 2010
Seminar: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Campus Services Building, Room 679
3505 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

Nathan Trenholme
Compliance with guidelines for H1N1 vaccination in pediatric Kaiser Permanente members
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Seminar: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Campus Services Building, Room 679

 

Kathryn Carr
Stimulant use and treatment retention among individuals in an opioid maintenance treatment program
Monday, September 13, 2010
Seminar: 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Campus Services Building, Room 679

 

Patrick Hudson
Factors associated with french fry consumption among two year olds in the Oregon PRAMS-2 cohort
Thursday, July 29 2010
Seminar: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
School of Nursing, Room 122
3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239

 

Heather Franklin
Implications for researchers employing web-based respondent driven sampling
July 9, 2010; Seminar: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Campus Services Building Room 679

 

Brigit Hatch
Citizenship documentation requirements for Medicaid eligibility: effects on Oregon children
June 23, 2010; Seminar 1:00pm - 2:00pm
CROET 3524

Allie Buti
Measuring attitudes of first- and fourth-year medical students toward patients with alcohol and other drug abuse disorders
June 16, 2010; Seminar: 10:30am - 11:30am
CROET, Room 3524

 

Seth O'Neal
Surveillance for Taenia solium parasitic infection in Oregon
June 14, 2010; Seminar: 8:30am - 9:35am
Campus Services Building Room 679

 

Melissa Wei
Total magnesium intake and colorectal cancer incidence in men
April 30, 2010; Seminar: 8:45am - 9:45am
Campus Services Building Room 679

 

Ngoc Wasson
Risk of serious skin & soft tissue infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients taking anti-TNF drugs
April 28, 2010; Seminar:  3:30pm - 4:30pm
School of Nursing Room 107

 

Melissa Yamauchi
An unforeseen consequence: the indirect effect of a parent's health insurance coverage  
April 28, 2010; Seminar: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Campus Services Building Room 679

 

Sara Hallvik
Six month risk of complications following ACL reconstruction with allograft or autograft tissue
April 21, 2010
Seminar: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
School of Nursing, Room 358

Erin Masterson
Diarrheal illness and health utilization in Guatemala: factors surrounding oral rehydration therapy use
April 21, 2010
Seminar: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Information Communications Center (BICC), Room 131B

 

Brenna Lobb
Predictors of successful optic nerve sheath decompression in chronic intracranial hypertension
April 21, 2010
Seminar: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
School of Nursing, Room 364

 

Joel Pearson

Disordered cholesterol metabolism in Autism Spectrum Disorders: sterol and genetic analyses
April 23, 2010
Seminar:  1:00pm - 2:00pm
School of Nursing, Room 107

William Bryson
Cost and utilization of extended release naltrexone for alcohol use disorders
April 27, 2010
Seminar: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Campus Services Building Room 679

Sirisha Kovvali
Relationships between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, fasting glucose and insulin levels, and incident prostate cancer in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (MrOS)
April 2, 2010
Seminar: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
School of Nursing, Room 107

 

Emily King
Redefining gold standard diagnosis and application for risk factor analysis in cervical dysplasia
March 12, 2010 ; Seminar: 3:00pm – 4:00 pm
CDRC, Room 3200

Paul Lees
Assessment of physical activity in post renal transplant patients using accelerometers
March 2, 2010 ; Seminar: 12:15pm – 1:00 pm
School of Nursing, Room 107