Research and Practice
Master's Thesis Publications
Master's Thesis Publications
Our students turn curiosity into published science. Below are recent thesis projects from the Department of Epidemiology master's students that advanced to peer-reviewed journal articles — a testament to rigorous mentorship, real-world relevance, and research that matters.
2025
2025
- Outcomes Evaluated in Randomized Controlled Trials of Treatments for Dry Eye: A Systematic Review
- Bat Viral Shedding: A Review of Seasonal Patterns and Risk Factors
- An Exploration of Culture in General Surgery Training Programs: A Scoping Review
- Patient Research Partners in Core Outcome Set Development: A Systematic Review
- Ultra-processed Food Consumption and Subclinical Cardiac Biomarkers: A Cross-sectional Analysis of U.S. Adults in NHANES 2001-2004
- Association of Plant-Based Diets with Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in U.S. Adults, 1999-2004
- Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Sex Hormones, and Bone Mineral Density in Persons who Inject Drugs
- Associations between Discriminatory Experiences and Dementia in the Health and Retirement Study
- Alcohol Consumption Does not Modify the Polygenic Risk Score-Based Genetic Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
- Associations between Neighborhood-level Gun Violence and Child Health Status: An ECHO Cohort Analysis
- Comparing Step Counting Step Counting Algorithms for High-Resolution Wrist Accelerometry Data in Older Adults in the ARIC Study
- Serum Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, and Phosphorus Levels and Risk of Fracture in the Community
- The Uptake of Influenza, Pneumococcal, Shingles, and COVID-19 Vaccines Among US Adults With and Without Kidney Disease: Findings From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2018-2022
- Association of Obesity and Body Composition and Hospitalization Risk with Infection in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study
- Associations between Trust in Public Health, Vaccine Confidence, and COVID-19 Vaccination among American Adults
2024
2024
- Identifying Weather Patterns Affecting Household Date Palm Sap Consumption in Bangladesh, 2013–2016
- Serum Metabolomic Markers of Artificially Sweetened Beverage Consumption
- Ultra-processed Food Consumption and Risk of Incident Hypertension in U.S. Middle-aged Adults
- Chronic Kidney Disease Biomarkers Consortium. Plasma Metabolomics of Dietary Intake of Protein-rich Foods and Kidney Disease Progression in Children
- Serum Metabolite Signature of the Modified Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet
- Association of Alcohol Use with COVID-19 Infection and Hospitalization among People Living with HIV in the United States, 2020
2023
2023
- Associations between Diet Quality and NT-proBNP in U.S. Adults, NHANES 1999-2004
- Chronic Kidney Disease Biomarkers Consortium. Plasma Biomarkers and Incident CKD among Individuals without Diabetes
- Fibrosis-4 Index is Associated with the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number is Associated with Incident Chronic Kidney Disease and Proteinuria in the AIDS Linked to the Intravenous Experience Cohort
- External Validation of Genetically Predicted Protein Biomarkers for Pancreatic Cancer Risk using Aptamer-based Plasma Levels: A Prospective Analysis in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study