Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Understanding Cancer Grade and Survival Disparities Among Young Adults Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) Residing in South Carolina, Prema S. Bhattacharjee
Association Between Autoimmune Diseases and Lymphoma Risk Using the UK Biobank, Hannah Grace Dice
Association of Polygenic Risk Scores of the Different B Cell Malignancies with the Risk of B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Case-Control Study, Nadine EL Kalach
Associations Between the Use of SSRI Medication in Older Adults and Cognitive Decline and Impairment, Paige Jones
Simulation Study on Count Data Based on Double Poisson Distribution, Chao Ma
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Sexually Transmitted Infections in South Carolina: a Cross-Sectional Survey and Comparison to Geographically-Associated Social Determinants of Health, Sean Patrick Sweeney
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Examining Associations Between Social Needs and Mental Health Among Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes, Andrea Danielle Brown
The Genetic Associations of Circadian Rhythm and Sleep Disorder Traits With Risk of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Multiple Myeloma, Brittany Crawford
Multilevel Description of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Among Humans, Animals, and the Environment in Miraflores, Colombia, and South Carolina, USA, Lidia Gual Gonzalez
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Infectious Causes of Congenital Morbidity and Mortality in Central America: TORCH, El Salvador, Mary Katherine Lynn
Food Insecurity in Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes: Prevalence and Association With Health Behaviors, Lauren Helene Martini
The Utility of Bayesian Predictive Models to Forecast Arboviruses in the United States of America and Territories, Maggie Suzanne Jennave McCarter
Prenatal Depression and Breastfeeding Practices Healthy Start Participants, 2019-2022, Peyton Ashleigh Mosher
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Determinants of Health in Relation to Cigarette Smoking and E-cigarette Use Among Adults, Kankana Sengupta
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Risk of Liver Cancer, Longgang Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Longitudinal Relation of Dietary Quality and Hemoglobin A1C in Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes, Hope Bercaw
Unearthing an Emerging Neglected Bacterial Disease: Evidence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in El Salvador, Kyndall Christian Braumuller
Longitudinal Assessment of Hospital Utilization Among Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Mothers with Opioid Use, Florida 1998-2018, Amanda Louise Elmore
Extensions of Discrete Choice Experiment Theory for Public Health, Farahnaz Islam
Trajectories, Prevention Strategies, and Health Impacts of Perinatal Depression, Sabrina Karim
Novel Dietary Index for Gut Microbiota and Associations With Colorectal Cancer and Breast Cancer Risk, Bezawit Eyob Kase
Rural-Urban Differences in Survival Among People With Early Onset Colorectal Cancer, Radhika Ranganathan
The Impact of Cannabis and Alcohol Use on the Management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Joshua Eric Sellner
Association Between Postpartum Weight Retention and the Dietary Inflammatory Index, Nyrobi Tyson
Associations of the FTO Gene and Risk of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Avery Ulrich
Topics in Multilevel Mediation Analysis, Chung Li Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Inflammatory Potential of Diet and its Relationship with Metabolic, Mental, and Cardiovascular Health among Childhood Cancer Survivors: The St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE), Christian Ricardo Alvarado
Association of NSAIDs and Acetaminophen Prescriptions During Pregnancy With Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Child, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury
A Multilevel and Spatial Analysis of Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer in South Carolina, Deborah M. Hurley
Utilization of Remote Sensing to Analyze AEDES Mosquito Egg Abundance With Combined Weather Variables in Two Southeastern Coastal Cities, Danielle M. Johnson
Diabetes, Anti-diabetic Medication Use, and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer, Chantaezia Joseph
Household Food Security, Lifestyle Factors, and Glycemic Control Among Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes, Lauren A. Reid
Dysbiosis-Related Medications and the Association With Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia, Nicholas Victor Resciniti
Intersection of Maternal Disability Status, Prescription Opioid Use Before And During Pregnancy, and Adverse Birth Outcomes, Chelsea Lynes Richard
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
An Examination Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and Caregiver Mental Health in South Carolina, Dana Mahmoud AlHasan
The Impact of Psychosocial, Clinical, and Neighborhood Factors on Inflammatory Outcomes Among African American Women, Malcolm Seth Bevel
Surveying Tuberculosis Screening Practices of South Carolina Hospital Employees, Tamara T. Carree
Circulating Calcium, Phosphorus, and Parathyroid Hormone and Aggressive Prostate Cancer in the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project, Brittany Crawford
The Interaction Between Caffeine Consumption, Alcohol Use, and Amount of Sleep on Bone Health, Haley Davis-Martin
Associations Between County-Level Socioeconomic Status and Opioid Overdose Rates in Northern New England, Samuel Godfrey
Association Between Urinary Enterolignans as a Marker for Gut Microbiome Diversity and Depression in NHANES, Marie Knoll
Gestational Infections and Obesity: Implications for Intellectual Disability Risk, Maggie S. J. McCarter
Optimal Pregnancy Outcomes and Subsequent Postnatal Development, Maria Sevoyan
Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis and Its Association With Inflammation and Meditarrenean Diet, Tushar Trivedi
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Prevalence Trends of Victimization among High School Students by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender – YRBSS 2009-2017, Carlos Avalos
Identifying Predictors of Racial Disparity in Treatment and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed with Breast Cancer in South Carolina, Oluwole Adeyemi Babatunde
Exploring Breast Cancer Care Variation in CoC-Accredited Facilities, Sarah Grace Barron
Extension of Risk-Based Measure of Time-Varying Prognostic Discrimination for Survival Models, Shujie Chen
An Evidence Based Rationale for Making Tick - borne Relapsing Fever a Nationally Notifiable Disease, Kyle M. Hatcher
Disparities in Colorectal Cancer: Measuring Spatial Accessibility, Screening, and Surveillance Outcomes in South Carolina, Michele J. Josey
Individual- and Community- Level Associations With Healthcare Utilization Among a Health System, Emergency Department Population, Carlene A. Mayfield
Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on Sleep, Joshua Mercadel
Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Women with Physical Disabilities: A Retrospective Cohort Study in South Carolina, Iffat Nahar
Disparities in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the United States: An Examination of Treatment, Survival, and Access to Care, Cassie Lewis Odahowski
Dietary Advanced Glycation End-Products (Ages) and Breast Cancer Risk and Survival, Omonefe Opeyemi Omofuma
Longitudinal Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Youth and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Predictors and Health Outcomes, Melanie Whitmire Sutherland
The Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Advancing Age Among Those With and Without Type II Diabetes, Amber Kathlyn Watson
Role of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in Cognitive Performance, Chronic Pain, and Related Symptoms, James P. Winstead
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes in South Carolina 2009-2015, Andrew Tyler Broadway
Association Of Objective Measures Of Sleep And Inflammation Markers On Police Officers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Megan R. Buss
Effect Modification By Stroke To The Relationship Between Tooth Loss And Cognitive Decline, Amanda Collins
Polyp Detection During Colonoscopy Among Uninsured Patients In South Carolina, Lauren Hill
A Longitudinal Analysis Of Shiftwork And Self-Reported Depression In A Police Cohort, Meghan Holst
Hiv In The United States: A Spatial Examination Of Testing And Outcomes, Sazid Shameem Khan
Food Insecurity And Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment And Control, Alexandra N. Luttrell
Food Acquisition And Shopping Patterns And Associations With Body Mass Index, Xiaonan Ma
Comparative Effectiveness of Conventional and Novel Sampling Methods for the Recruitment of Sexual Minority Identified Women, Sarah M. Piperato
Sleep, Shiftwork Adaptation, Autonomic Dysfunction, And Metabolic Syndrome, Torrance Torrance
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Analysis of Food Exposures in Foodborne Disease Outbreaks, Alecia T. Alianell
Assessing The Relationship Between Periodontal Disease And Subsequent Inflammatory Responses And Headache Disorders, Bryn E. Davis
Utilization Of Lung Cancer Screening And Molecular Testing To Improve Lung Cancer Outcomes, Jennifer Lynne Ersek
Development Of An Estrogen-Related Dietary Pattern And Lifestyle Score To Examine Breast Cancer Risk In Postmenopausal Women, Mark Andrew Guinter
Socially Assigned Race, Reactions to Perceived Racial Discrimination and Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Jourdyn A. Lawrence
Early Life Factors And Health Outcomes In Children And Mothers, Olubunmi Olufunke Orekoya
The Association between Sexual Risk Behaviors of Latinos and HIV Knowledge in South Carolina, Danielle Nicole Sill
Effects of a Mindfulness Based Intervention on Diurnal Cortisol in Cancer Survivors, Susannah Small
Association of Gestational Weight Gain during Twin Gestations and Adverse Maternal Outcomes, Kerry Spillane
The Impact of Autoimmune Disease on Breast Cancer Survival, Samantha Truman
Association between Diabetes and Cancer in Indian and US Populations using Longitudinal Study Design, Shraddha S. Vyas
Trends in Gestational Weight Gain in South Carolina, 2004 - 2015, Marilyn Elizabeth Wende
Marginal Structural Cox Model for Survival Data with Treatment-Confounder Feedback, Yanan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Sleep Disorder Trends, Epigenetic Markers, And Genetic Variation Of Circadian Genes In Adenomatous Polyp Formation, Melannie Alexander
The Association Between Physical Activity And Serum Immunoglobulin G (IGG) Antibodies Against Periodontal Bacteria, A. Paige Anderson
Depression Among Pregnant Latinas In South Carolina, Andrew Fogner
Relationships Of Chronotype, Social Jetlag, Sleep, Physical Activity And Diet With Mood, Perceived Stress, Obesity, Blood Pressure And Prostate Cancer, Daria M. McMahon
Progesterone-Only Oral Contraceptive Pill, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, and Stroke, Marsha Ema Samson
The Influence of Fine Particulate Matter on Inflammatory Bowel Disease In South Carolina: An Ecological Analysis, Joshua Eric Sellner
Influence of Thyroid Disorders On Pregnancy Outcomes, Brittany Sullivan
Influence Of Built Environment On Physical Activity Outcomes Among African Americans In Community-Based Obesity Intervention Studies, Amanda Sue Thomas
The Reflected-Shifted-Truncated-Gamma Distribution for Negatively Skewed Survival Data with Application to Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome, Sophia D. Waymyers