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December 2020 Graduates

Elizabeth Troutman Adams, Mass Communication, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Brian Southwell, Dissertation: Moral failing, medical menace, societal scourge: Media narratives of America’s opioid epidemic

Andrew Garrett Allmon, Biostatistics, Doctor of Public Health, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Michael Hudgens, Dissertation: The Lasso and the Monkey: Feature Selection, Extraction, and Testing in Repeated Low-Dose Challenge Data

Akram Al-Turk, Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Kenneth Andrews, Dissertation: The Rise of Performance-Based Accountability in Education in the United States: 1965-1994

Catherine Lawrence Alves, Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor John Bruno, Dissertation: Assessment of reef and fisheries management in Belize using a social-ecological systems approach

Jonet Artis, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Linda Watson, Dissertation: Infants at Elevated Likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Language Development Patterns and Caregiver Coaching Strategies

Sandeep Avula, Information and Library Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Jaime Arguello, Dissertation: Characterizing and Understanding User Perception of System Initiative for Conversational Systems to Support Collaborative Search

Nikki Barczak-Scarboro, Exercise and Sport Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Jason Mihalik, Dissertation: Combat-Related Stressors on Special Operations Forces Combat Service Members’ Resilience and Mental Health

Samuel Leroy Keith Baxter, Health Policy and Management, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Morris Weinberger, Dissertation: Examining race differences in cardiovascular health among young men: The role of residential segregation

Alma Beciragic, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Howard Weinberg, Dissertation: Assessing Nanofiltration Membrane Leachates and Their Impact on Drinking Water Quality

Kelly Elizabeth Bird, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Albert Bowers, Dissertation: Investigation of Thiopeptide Mechanism of Action for the Development of Thiopeptide Therapeutics

Alexander Michael Brugh, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Gerald Meyer, Dissertation: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Inorganic Spin Chemistry

Renee N. Bush, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Lisa Woodley, Dissertation: Implementation of an Educational Intervention to Increase Nurses’ Knowledge and Self-Confidence With Family Presence During Pediatric Resuscitation

Raelysha Butler James, Curriculum and Instruction, Doctor of Education, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Rita O'Sullivan, Dissertation: Technology and Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Using Flipped Instruction To Teach Middle School Mathematics

Yanwei Cai, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor William Valdar, Dissertation: Analysis of Genetic and Gene-by-Treatment Effectsin the Collaborative Cross Mice

Andrew Camp, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Alexander Miller, Dissertation: Switchable Olefin Isomerization in Iridium Complexes

Cheng Cao, Geological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Xiaoming Liu, Dissertation: Geochemical investigation of continental weathering and paleo-ocean redox evolution

Carmen Caruthers, School Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Steven Knotek, Dissertation: Factors Influencing School Selection Decisions of African American Caregivers of Children with Autism in the Era of School Choice

Leah Chapman, Nutrition, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Alice Ammerman, Dissertation: Use of a Natural Experiment to Evaluate the First Phase of a Policy-Mandated Minimum Wage Increase on Dietary Intake: A Mixed Methods Analysis

Jane Shihmei Chen, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Brian Pence, Dissertation: Improving HIV Detection at Malawian Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinics

Brittney Renwick Chesworth, Social Work, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Rebecca Macy, Dissertation: Exploring State Policies and Program Practices for Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence

Giehae Choi, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Stephanie Engel, Dissertation: Maternal Exposure to Organophosphate Esters during Pregnancy, Maternal Thyroid Function, and Offspring Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Investigation in the Context of Mixtures

Samah Selina Choudhury, Religious Studies, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Juliane Hammer, Dissertation: American Muslim Humor, Secular Aesthetics, and the Politics of Recognition

Billy Clark, Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Jason Franz, Dissertation: Interaction Between Triceps Surae Muscles and the Achilles Tendon in Young and Older Adults: Mechanisms and Functional Consequences

Jonathan David Crabtree, Information and Library Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Helen Tibbo, Dissertation: Evidence for Trusted Digital Repository Reviews: An Analysis of Perspectives

Cheynna Anne Crowley, Biostatistics, Doctor of Public Health, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Yun Li, Dissertation: Analysis of Chromosome Spatial Organization Data and Integration With Gene Mapping for Complex Traits

Kevin Currin, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Karen Mohlke, Dissertation: Chromatin Accessibility Changes and Genomic Integration Identify Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms

Dirk Alexander Davis, Health Behavior, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Clare Barrington, Dissertation: How Health Navigation Affects Mental Health: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study with Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV in Guatemala

Bethany DiPrete, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Brian Pence, Dissertation: Prescription opioid use, opioid overdose, and links to syphilis diagnoses in North Carolina

Dalila Dragnic-Cindric, Education, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Jeffrey Greene and Janice Anderson, Dissertation: Uncertainty and Social Regulation of Learning in Collaborative Inquiry and Design Tasks in Science

Connor Drake, Health Policy and Management, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Christopher Shea, Dissertation: An Evaluation Of Primary Care Based Social Needs Screening Implementation Among Community Health Centers In North Carolina

Nicole Eilers, Education, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor James Trier, Dissertation: Developing a Critical Disability Studies Approach to Inclusive Early Childhood Education: A Participatory Action Research Project

Samantha Mercedes Ervin, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Matthew Redinbo, Dissertation: Structure, Function, and Inhibition of Gut Microbial Enzymes

Yael-Natalie Escobar, Toxicology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Ilona Jaspers, Dissertation: Propylene Glycol and Glycerol, the Unlikely Culprits: A Study of the Biological Effects of Electronic Cigarette Generated Aerosols on Airway Epithelial Cells

Mike Essman, Nutrition, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Lindsey Smith Taillie, Dissertation: A Multimethod Approach to Evaluating a Threshold-Based Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in South Africa: Changes in Dietary Intake, Behavioral Drivers, and the News Media

Evan Scott Feura, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Mark Schoenfisch and Wei You, Dissertation: Polysaccharide Formulations for Localized Nitric Oxide Delivery

Steven Robert Fleming, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Albert Bowers, Dissertation: Biochemical Methods for Preparation and Study of Peptide Natural Product Libraries

Carlee S. Forbes, Art History, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Victoria Rovine, Dissertation: Making for New Markets: Art, Innovation, and Collecting in Colonial-Era Congo, 1880–1940

Shannon Hennessy Ford, Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Eric Hodges, Dissertation: The Gut-Brain Axis (GBA): A Pathway for the Analysis of Factors Associated With Biopsychological Health Outcomes in Adolescents

Federico Fuchs, Political Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Evelyne Huber, Dissertation: The Politics of Informality

Adam Gold, Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Michael Piehler, Dissertation: The Effects of Urbanization on Coastal Hydrology and Biogeochemistry

Fotis Grigoris, Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Eric Ghysels and Christian Lundblad, Dissertation: The Term Structure of Municipal Bond Yields, Local Economic Conditions, and Local Stock Returns

Xu Han, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Marc Niethammer, Dissertation: Registration of Images with Pathologies

Heather Dawn Hanna, Geological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Xiao-Ming Liu, Dissertation: Geochemical Investigation of Fluid-Rock Interactions During Chemical Weathering and Subduction

Austin Hepperla, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Ian Davis, Dissertation: Integrative Genomic Analyses of Chromatin and Epigenetic Regulation Across Eukaryotes: A Journey from Yeast Transcription to Human Cancer

Maurice M Horton, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Jian Liu, Dissertation: Development and Utilization of a Diverse Heparan Sulfate Microarray

Sherita Lonelle House, Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Margaret Wilmoth, Dissertation: Military and Civilian Healthcare Professionals' Experiences of Relational Coordination, Job Satisfaction, and Intent to Stay in a Military Treatment Facility

Chong Jin, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Wei Sun and Danyu Lin, Dissertation: Statistical methods in intra-tumor heterogeneity

Kay Jowers, Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Neal Caren, Dissertation: Diminishing or Increasing Returns? State Policy Responses to Environmental Inequality and Environmental Justice Mobilization

Caroline Marie Kraft, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Grace Hubbard, Dissertation: Adapted Dialectical Behavior Group Therapy for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Program Evaluation

John Samuel Krieg, Romance Languages and Literatures, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Rosa Perelmuter, Dissertation: Images of Instability in the Literature of Viceregal Lima (1687-1797)

Paul Malcolm Kruse, Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Justin Sawon, Dissertation: Moduli spaces of Bridgeland stable objects on K3 surfaces and their P3 relatives

Rashmi Janaki Kumar, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Gaorav Gupta, Dissertation: The DNA Damage Response in TP53 Deficiency

Natalie Love, Romance Languages and Literatures, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Juan Carlos González Espitia, Dissertation: The Hysterical Mirror: Staged Masturbatory Fantasy and Gender Transgression in Late Nineteenth Century Male Authored Literature of the Hispanic World

Luis Enrique Maldonado, Nutrition, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Linda Adair and Sandra Albrecht, Dissertation: A Posteriori Dietary Patterns, Years Living in the US, and Type 2 Diabetes by Cultural Heritage: Unpacking Heterogeneity among Hispanics/Latinos

Rita Marie Celine Meganck, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Aravind Asokan and William Marzluff, Dissertation: Engineering elements for improved RNA stability

Rebecca J. Michael, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Meg Zomorodi, Dissertation: Measuring the Impact of Nurse-Led Debriefing Sessions on Moral Distress and Burnout in the Cardiovascular and Thoracic ICU

Carly Maria Moreno, Marine Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Adrian Marchetti, Dissertation: Coupled Molecular Physiology and Ecology of Southern Ocean Diatoms in Response to Shifting Iron and Light Availability

Leah Lind Morgan, Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Mary Lynn, Dissertation: Fluctuations in Nurses' Burnout

Gina Lee Morgan, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Bo Li, Dissertation: Biosynthesis of small molecules produced by Pseudomonas virulence factor encoded enzymes

Laura Kathleen Mudge, Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor John Bruno, Dissertation: The Resilience of Coral Reef Communities to Climate-Driven Disturbances

Michele Suzanne Mullaney, Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Ed Maydew, Dissertation: Does Tax Evasion in Foreign Countries Incentivize or Deter Foreign Investment by U.S. Firms?

Christopher Michael Munna, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Charles Evans, Dissertation: Eccentric-orbit binary black hole inspirals: Informing the post-Newtonian expansion through black hole perturbation theory and multipole moment analysis

Bich-Tuyen Nguyen, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Grace Hubbard, Dissertation: Implementation of a Medication Adherence Rating Scale to Increase Antidepressant Medication Compliance in the Veteran Population: A Practice Change

Natalie Rose Nielsen, Cell Biology and Physiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Joan Taylor, Dissertation: Novel Insights into Cardiac Lymphatics, GPCR:RAMP Interactions, and Adrenomedullin Signaling

Jeffrey Olander, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Roberto Camassa, Dissertation: Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Flows in a Simple Model of the Human Trachea

Tim O'Leary, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Jian Liu and Qisheng Zhang, Dissertation: Chemical and enzymatic methods for the analysis and synthesis of heparin and heparan sulfate

Melissa Orenduff, Nutrition, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Stephen Hursting, Dissertation: Calorie Restriction and the Aging Muscle: A Multispecies Approach

Giulia Christine Pancani, Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Peter Gordon, Dissertation: The Impact of Foveal and Cognitive Load on Parafoveal Preview Processing

Khyati J Patel, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Jessica Williams, Dissertation: Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Onboarding of New Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) at a University based Outpatient Neurology Clinic

Mallikaben Bhanubhai Patel, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Ashley Bryant, Dissertation: Piloting a Self-Reported Symptom Assessment Tool in Three Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care Clinics

Emily Pfaff, Health Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Ashok Krishnamurthy, Dissertation: Cohort Identification Using Semantic Web Technologies: Ontologies and Triplestores as Engines for Complex Computable Phenotyping

Cammie Moore Presler, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Meg Zomorodi, Dissertation: Every Breath You Take: Incorporating a Yoga and Mindfulness Intervention into a New Nurse Residency Program

Matthew T. Price, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Rachel Noble, Dissertation: Understanding Fecal Contamination Dynamics Through the Integration of Molecular Pathogen Quantification and Land-Water Interface Characteristics

David Alexander Pritchard, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Yufeng Liu and Matthew Psioda, Dissertation: Some Contributions In Complex Statistical Data Analysis for Classification, Feature Selection, and Human Fertility Models

Randolph Qian, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Xiao Xiao, Dissertation: Bioengineering of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 5 for Increased Liver Transduction and Retention of Low Humoral Seroreactivity

Caroleen Quach, Health Policy and Management, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Bryce Reeve, Dissertation: Integrating Patient Experience Data to Enhance Treatment Benefit Evaluation in Oncology Trials: An Application of Joint Models

Brandy Jane Reardon, Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Mark Toles, Dissertation: Adapting Interventions to Address Physical Health Needs of Adults With Severe Mental Illness for Implementation on Assertive Community Treatment Teams

Justin Martin Rectenwald, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Kenneth Pearce and Stephen Frye, Dissertation: Technology Development for Inhibitor Discovery of Chromatin Associated Proteins Linked to Lysine Methylation

Sarah Ailleen Reifeis, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Michael Hudgens and Michael Love, Dissertation: Causal Inference for Observational Genomics Data

Amelia Rock, Health Behavior, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Clare Barrington, Dissertation: Relationships Between Stigma and Intimate Partner Violence Among Female Sex Workers Living with HIV in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Michelle T. Sadler, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Carrie Palmer and Jennifer Alderman, Dissertation: Improving Sleep Quality and Hours in Patients in the Outpatient Psychiatric Setting Using Sleep Hygiene Education and Screening Tools

Sara Nicole Salerno, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Daniel Gonzalez, Dissertation: Application of Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Characterize CYP3A-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions in the Pediatric Population

Timothy Daniel Schwochert, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Marcey Waters and Eric Brustad, Dissertation: Engineering Artificial Enzymes and Biomimetic Peptide Catalysts

Kendrick Linwood Smith, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Jeffrey Johnson, Dissertation: I. Development of Donor-acceptor Cyclopropanes for the Preparation of Complex Tetrahydrofurans II. Application of Rhodium Catalysis to the Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclohexanes and Glycolates

Laura Smith, Nutrition, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Stephen Hursting, Dissertation: Impact of Advanced Age and Dietary Energy Balance on Mammary Tumor Progression and the Tumor Microenvironment

Shannon Leigh Speer, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Gary Pielak, Dissertation: Protein Complex Stability in Living Cells

Rebecca Cox Stebbins, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Allison Aiello, Dissertation: Lifecourse Pyschosocial Stressors, Immune Function, Infection, and Cognitive Decline & Dementia

Rachel Amy Stemerman, Health Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Rebecca Kitzmiller, Dissertation: Machine Learning Approaches to Identifying Social Determinants of Health in Electronic Health Record Clinical Notes

Yufei Su, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Gregory Characklis and Jordan Kern, Dissertation: Quantifying Uncertainties and Risks Associated With Hydrometerological Variables for Bulk Electric Power Systems and Market Participants

Alison Dora Swiatlo, Maternal and Child Health, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Siân Curtis, Dissertation: Latent Contraceptive Behavior Dynamics and Pregnancy Experiences Among A National Sample of U.S. Women

Alicia Tagliatela, Cell Biology and Physiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors James Bear and Stephanie Gupton, Dissertation: Coronin 1c Inhibits Melanoma Metastasis Through Regulation of MT1-MMP-containing Extracellular Vesicle Secretion

Arik Michael Tashie, Geological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Tamlin Pavelsky, Dissertation: Estimating the Effective Hydraulic Properties of the Subsurface and their Spatiotemporal Response to Climate Using a Modified Streamflow Recession Analysis

Laura Word Taylor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Leena Nylander-French, Dissertation: Bioinformatic Assessment of Molecular Signatures Associated with Isocyanate Biomarkers of Exposure and Susceptibility to Isocyanate-Induced Asthma

James Taylor, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Mark Schoenfisch and Leslie Hicks, Dissertation: Elucidating Biological Mechanisms of Host Response to Nitric Oxide-Releasing Glucose Biosensors

Colin Thomson, Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Roberto Camassa, Dissertation: Theory, Experiments, and Simulations of Internal Waves in Deep Water

Tammy A Triglianos, Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Carrie Palmer, Dissertation: Addressing Organizational Engagement Gaps: A Pilot Project for Oncology Advanced Practice Provider Grand Rounds

Fabio Lee Urbina, Cell Biology and Physiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Stephanie Gupton, Dissertation: The Discovery and Regulation of Modes of Exocytosis Through the Lens of Computer Vision

Benjamin Vadala-Roth, Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Boyce Griffith, Dissertation: Stabilization of the Hybrid Immersed Boundary Method

Eric Daniel Van Buren, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Yun Li and Di Wu, Dissertation: Improved Methods for the Analysis of Single-cell RNA-sequencing and Imaging Data

Scott Karl Van Buren, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Naim Rashid and Michael Love, Dissertation: Incorporation Of Quantification Uncertainty Into Bulk and Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis

Samantha Wakil, Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Ram Neta and Jack Justus, Dissertation: Explications for Engineering

Rui Wang, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Stephen Pizer and Jan-Michael Frahm, Dissertation: 3D Textured Surface Reconstruction from Endoscopic Video

Justin Alden Wilson, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Henry Fuchs and Ming Lin, Dissertation: Multimodal Learning for Audio and Visual Processing

Chen Wu, Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Mary H. Palmer, Dissertation: Unsupervised Behavioral and Pelvic Floor Muscle Training Programs that Target Women’s Storage-Type Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Youli Xia, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Charles Perou, Dissertation: Integrative Genomics Approaches to Identify Genetic Drivers of Human Breast Cancer

Ming Yang, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor James Anderson, Dissertation: Sharing GPUs for Real-Time Autonomous-Driving Systems

Dwight Edward Yin, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Stephen Cole, Dissertation: Accounting for Adherence in Comparisons of Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy

Waylin Yu, Pharmacology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Thomas Kash and Juan Song, Dissertation: Sex-Specific Regulation F Pain: A Novel Role for Dopamine and Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Signaling in the Midbrain and Extended Amygdala

Ibrahim Zaganjor, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Andrew Olshan, Dissertation: Maternal exposure to disinfection by-products and risk of hypospadias in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (2000-2005)

Rui Zhang, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Cynthia Sturton, Dissertation: Towards Automated Security Validation for Hardware Designs

Ziqiao Zhou, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professor Michael Reiter, Dissertation: Evaluating Information Leakage by Quantitative and Interpretable Measurements

Yuzixuan Zhu, Statistics and Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy, December 2020, Advisors: Professors Quoc Tran-Dinh and Gábor Pataki, Dissertation: Preprocessing and First-Order Primal-Dual Algorithms for Convex Optimization

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