This collection includes theses and dissertations from the School of Public Health & Information Sciences. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Pediatric anxiety and/or depression problems : associations with PM10, fly ash, and metal exposure., Abby Nicole Burns Hagemeyer
Functional data analysis methods for predicting disease status., Sarah Kendrick
Estimation of the three key parameters and the lead time distribution in lung cancer screening., Ruiqi Liu
Sample size calculations and normalization methods for RNA-seq data., Xiaohong Li
Evaluating work place wellness in greater Louisville's technology organizations : a case study., Andrew L. McCart
Coal ash exposure and asthma in children., Jack Anthony Pfeiffer
Prenatal depression screening among a diverse healthy start population., Evangeline Pierce
The particulars about particulates : metal exposure and self-regulation of children living near coal ash., Clara G. Sears
Novel statistical approaches for missing values in truncated high-dimensional metabolomics data with a detection threshold., Jasmit SureshKumar Shah
The effect of caffeine on fecundability : differences in coffee, tea, and cola consumption., Emily Kathleen Steinmetz
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Propensity score based methods for estimating the treatment effects based on observational studies., Younathan Abdia
Cost of care for hospitalized patients with pulmonary mycobacterial diseases in the United States., Mary Beth Wells Allen
The impact of Medicaid expansion on utilization of mental health services in west Louisville, Kentucky., Susan Theresa Buchino
Inference for a zero-inflated Conway-Maxwell-Poisson regression for clustered count data., Hyoyoung Choo-Wosoba
Propensity score methods : a simulation and case study involving breast cancer patients., John Craycroft
Expression of genes for peptide/protein hormones and their cognate receptors in breast carcinomas as biomarkers predicting risk of recurrence., Michael Wesley Daniels
Some contributions to nonparametric and semiparametric inference for clustered and multistate data., Sandipan Dutta
A log rank test for clustered data under informative within-cluster group size., Mary Elizabeth Gregg
The influence of nutrition education and self-efficacy on fruit and vegetable consumption for low-income women in rural west Kentucky., Lewatis Darnell McNeal
Semi-parametric methods for personalized treatment selection and multi-state models., Chathura K. Siriwardhana
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) onset and "remission"., Srikanth Tangelloju
Memory and fine motor skill test performance among children living near coal ash storage sites., Lindsay Koloff Tompkins
Environmental vegetation : a possible association with cardiovascular disease risk., Ray Anthony Yeager II
The impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program on adverse selection : first year case study., Steven K. Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Evaluation of liver transplant prioritization methods for hepatocellular carcinoma patients using multistate models., Sarah Katharine Alver
Summary of survival analysis with SAS procedures., Derek Duane Childers 1990-
The effect of the patient protection and Affordable Care Act on the Medicare Part D coverage gap as reflected in diabetes medication adherence., Jennifer A. Forristal
The relationship between financial empowerment and health related quality of life in Family Scholar House participants., Chelsey Erbaugh Franz
Charitable activities reported by tax-exempt hospitals in Kentucky., Alexander Aldridge Kerns
The influence of child physical activity programs on parent physical activity in a rural community., Katie F. Leslie
Impact of numeracy on parental self-efficacy and treatment outcome of children on complex diets., Diana Cardina Pantalos
OptCluster : an R package for determining the optimal clustering algorithm and optimal number of clusters., Michael N. Sekula
Implementation of break time for employee nursing mothers at the University of Louisville : a case study., Robin Elise Weiss, 1971-
The association of medical student debt on choice of primary care specialty and rural practice location., Craig Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Markers and mechanisms of metabolic aging., Peter Dziewornu Ahiawodzi
The impact of preconception maternal stress on fecundability and adverse pregnancy outcomes., Shekufe Akhter
Quality of primary care from the patient perspective in Saudi Arabia : a multi-level study., Khalid Awad Alahmary
Classification of clinical outcomes using high-throughput and clinical informatics., Alexander Carswell Cambon
Statistical methods for assessing treatment effects for observational studies., Kristopher C. Gardner 1984-
Effectiveness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management program at the University of Louisville., Malhar Anantbhai Jhaveri
An examination of the relationship between sense of coherence, engagement in health behaviors, and individual coping style., Dean Todd Misener 1973-
Cognitive decline and polypharmacy in an elderly population., Ximena A. Oyarzun Gonzalez
The performance of the K6 scale in a large adolescent sample., Nicholas Chalmer Peiper 1982-
Coal ash and children's sleep : a community-based study., Clara G. Sears
Patient rule induction method for subgroup identification given censored data., Patrick James Trainor
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Cardiovascular disease among diabetic women with bilateral oophorectomy., Duke Appiah
TGF-B signaling pathway, ER-a and the heterogeneity of breast cancer risk among hispanic and non-hispanic white women., Stephanie Denkhoff Boone
Novel methods based on regression techniques to analyze multistate models and high-dimensional omics data., Sutirtha Chakraborty
Environmental regulation of cardiovascular disease risk and regenerative capacity., Natasha Krystal DeJarnett
Vitamin D plus calcium supplementation among postmenopausal women : effect on risk of heart failure in the Women's Health Initiative., Macarius Mwinisungee Donneyong
Simulation study for the lead time in cancer screening when human lifetime is a competing risk., Sarah K. Kendrick
Preliminary assessment of a school-based healthy lifestyle program among rural children., Jiying Ling
Compound identification using penalized linear regression., Ruiqi Liu
Repair of the airway epithelium after chlorine-induced injury., Sadiatu Musah
The effect of cervical cancer on survivor's sexual dysfunction and quality of life., Katie F. Myatt 1986-
Predicting mental well-being in assisted living communities : the roles of social capital and the built environment., Sarah Elizabeth Walsh
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Propensity score matching for surgical outcomes with observational data., Robert M. Cannon 1983-
Building a dynamic model linking potential mercury regulations to risk to susceptible populations., Caroline Biagi Chan
Genetic polymorphisms in the folate metabolizing pathway and breast cancer survival., Nandita Das
The trends and disparities in the diagnosis of breast cancer by mobile mammography at a comprehensive cancer center., Dianhong Luo
Teenagers' safety at work : dangerous tasks and safety training., Teresa Jane McGeeney 1987-
Genetic variation in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : associations with blood pressure dipping in the Jackson heart study., Jersy L. Napoleon 1984-
Analysis of microRNA microarray (MM chip) data for aging mice models., Vikranth Shetty
Tobacco dependence treatment education for dental students using standardized patients., Jacqueline A. Singleton 1955-
Utility of a goodness-of-fit index for the graded response model with small sample sizes : a Monte Carlo investigation., Christina Ruth Studts 1971-
Parasitic nematodes in humans : exploring the host-parasite dynamic through historical, biological, and public health evaluations of infection., Erin Christine Welsh 1987-
Application of linear mixed-effects models to crossover designs., Lei Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The barriers and enabling factors to public health advocacy skills in Kentucky local health departments., Joan Buchar
Mixed-effects models for modeling cardiac functions and treatment effects., Hyejeong Jang
Regression methods for survival and multistate models., Farida Mostajabi
Design and inference in phase II/III clinical trials incorporating monitoring of multiple endpoints., Herman E. Ray
An adaptive ensemble learner function via bagging and rank aggregation with applications to high dimensional data., Jasmit SureshKumar Shah
The induction of positive affect in a community setting using electronic communications., Philip Andrew Smeltzer
Determining the most effective way in which to manage congestive heart failure patients., Beatrice Ugiliweneza
Knowledge-sharing networks of hospital-based infection preventionists in Kentucky., Timothy Lee Wiemken 1979-
Consistency of differentially expressed gene rankings based on subsets of microarray data., Dake Yang
Evaluation of methods for analyzing gene-gene interaction data for survival outcomes., Jie Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
A phase II two stage clinical trial design to handle latent heterogeneity for a binary response., Christopher Noel Barnes
Comparing pre and post-surgical self-efficacy behavior changes by introducing prehabilitation exercise., Anthony Kent Brown
Does Health Hoops Kentucky improve the health of children with asthma?, Yu-Ting Chen 1982-
Technology-driven heart failure management system : changes in functional capacity and quality of life., Venkata S. Chilakapati
Placebo effect for low back pain : a meta-analysis., Matthew Aaron Lanham 1982-
An investigation of sliced inverse regression with censored data., Daniel W. Riggs
Comparison of different methods for longitudinal data with missing observations., Lin Sun
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Reliability and validity of EMS dispatch code-based categorization of emergency patients for syndromic surveillance., Matthew Raymond Groenewold
Clustered longitudinal data analysis., Ming Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
A theory-based intervention to increase dental utilization by disadvantaged children., Catherine J. Binkley
