Research and Practice
Doctoral Dissertations
Doctoral Dissertations
Below are doctoral student dissertations from the past few academic years. Please note that for some titles, the full text is currently under embargo and only the abstracts are available for viewing.
AY 2025-2026
AY 2025-2026
- Air Pollution, Atrial Fibrillation, and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Nationwide Study in a High-Risk Population
AY 2024-2025
AY 2024-2025
- Inferring Transmission Pathways from Incomplete Data: Applications to Contact Network Structure and Household Data
- Temporal Trends in HIV and Hepatitis C Prevention Efforts among People Who Inject Drugs in Baltimore, Maryland
- Estimating Heterogeneity of Harm-Benefit Balance of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Living Longer and Stronger: A Mixed Methods Study of Dimensions of Aging among Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease
- Early-life Gut Microbiome: Determinants and Cardiovascular Consequences
- Optimizing Community-based Strategies for Tuberculosis Screening
- Emergence and Epidemiology of Mpox in the US: Lessons Learned and Future Strategies
- Discerning Glucose Patterns and Variability using Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Older Adults
- Ultra-processed Food Consumption: Classification, Proteomic Biomarkers, and Clinical Consequences
- Hearing Loss and Sleep Disturbances: Linking Both to Neuroimaging Markers and Cognitive Decline
- Implementation of HIV Treatment Support Strategies for Female Sex Workers Living with HIV in South Africa
- Quantifying the Proportion of Dementia Risk Attributable to Hypertension, Diabetes, and Smoking
- Effects of Shifting Cystic Fibrosis Therapies on Survival and Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes
- Associations between Major Depression, Breast Cancer Treatment & Outcomes
- Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension Treatment Management among Adults with uncontrolled Hypertension: Patterns, Consequences and Interventions
- Pregnancy Perceived Stress Exposure and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence and Biologic Insights From ECHO
- Evaluation of Polygenic Risk Scores as a Valid Instrument to Conduct Mendelian Randomization in Diverse Ancestry Populations
AY 2023-2024
AY 2023-2024
- The Role of Gut Microbia in Cardiometabolic Disease in Childhood and Adulthood
- Prenatal Exposure to a Metal Mixture and Childhood Autistic Traits, Incorporating Genetic Susceptibilities
- Advancing Understanding of the Etiology and Early Detection of Smoking-associated and Other Cancers Using ‘Omics Markers’
- Daily Physical Activity Patterns as Markers of Early Cognitive Impairment
- Etiology and Prevention of Late-Life Frailty: A Proteomics Approach
- Vascular Risk Factors and Long Term Risk of Dementia
- Challenges and Opportunities of Children and Adolescents Living with HIV in the Age of Universal Antiretroviral Therapy
- Generating Epidemiological Evidence for Innovations in Malaria Interventions Across transmission strata in Zambia: Exploring the timing of indoor residual spraying and implementation of elimination strategies
- Environmental Justice and US Cancer Disparities: Investigating the Role of Contaminant Metals