This collection contains Honors in the Major theses completed in Medicine.
Theses from 2018
Studies on E2 Conjugation Enzyme Partners of Mulan E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Rebekah J. Fitzpatrick
Reducing the Rate of Misdiagnosis of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Isabelle C. Gill
Investigating the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Huntington Disease, Casey G. Hart
Targeted Delivery of a Therapeutic Protein for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, Heather Holman
Bacteria That Resist Centrifugal Force, Nickolas Kessler
Investigation of Aminoglycoside Induced Nanoparticle Self-Assemblies, Michael Leong
Effects of Dietary Factors on the Incidence and Progression of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Spencer L. Lessans
Investigating the Role of the Caspase-6 Cleavage Fragment of Mutant Huntingtin in Huntington Disease Pathogenesis, Jourdan A. McKinnis
An Exploration into the Psychotic Symptoms Associated with Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder, Kyndester I. Michael-Samaroo
The Effects of Site-Directed Mutagenesis on Hemerythrin-like Protein Rv2633c, Kelly M. Rosch
Development of Methods to Modulate Natural Killer Cells, Kari A. Shaver
Parasympathetic Nerve Derived Exosomes Inhibit Hyperglycemia Induced Apoptosis in Cardiomyoblast Cells, Reetish K. Singla
Theses from 2017
The Use of Hands-on Educational Pedagogy in A Standardized Science Curriculum, Sarah Alam
Analysis of the Prevention of Biocorrosion Caused by Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20, Michael Boring
The Role of Frabin (FGD4) in Aggressive Prostate Cancer, Alexia M. Bossan
The Role of Breastfeeding in Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS: A Comparative Case Study of Three Countries, Anjali Cherukuri
Testing Mice at Risk of Pancreatic Cancer for Altered Protein Pathways Found in Diabetes, Henley Cheung
Validating Drug Targets through Inhibition of Protein-Protein Interactions in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Erin C. Driscoll
Alpha-Synuclein: Insight into the Hallmark of Parkinson's Disease as a Target for Quantitative Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Baggio A. Evangelista
Micro-Spectroscopy of Bio-Assemblies at the Single Cell Level, Jeslin Kera
Activation and Expansion of Natural Killer Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy With EX21 Exosomes, Sara Khederzadeh
The Response of Satellite Glial Cells to P2X7 Receptor Activation, Christina D. Kursewicz
Characterizing the Function of the N-Terminal Domain of Omi/HtrA2, Christine Nguyen
The Effect of K562-IL21-2 Plasma Membrane Particles on the Proliferation of Natural Killer Cells to Fight Cancer, Michelle Prophete
To Evaluate the Function of the Oxytocin Receptor in the Context of Ovarian Cancer Cell Microenvironment to Determine if Oxytocin can Induce an Anti-Inflammatory Response, Benjamin I. Schachner
Structural Transition During Fibrillogenesis of Amyloid β Peptide, George Sidrak
Identifying the Effects of a Human Dynein Mutation on GFP-Rab7 Axonal Transport in Embryonic Mouse Neurons, Natalie E. Wilson
Theses from 2016
Characterization of Hemerythrin-like Protein Rv2633c, Michelle D. Cherne
Microenvironment Changes in the Pancreatic Stroma Induced by Inflammation, Kathryn Cline
Identification and Characterization of Interactors of Plasmodium falciparum PfPK6, An Atypical Protein Kinase, Andi J. Cummins
The Role of the Intermembrane Domain of Mulan in Mitophagy and Cell Death, Jared M. Herbert
Identification of the Effects of Diabetes Mellitus on the Brain, Tryphina A. Mikhail
Aptameric Sensors: In Vitro Selection of DNA that Binds Bromocresol Purple, Derek B. Miller
Screening for Anticancer Agents to Inhibit Mitotic Kinases and Proliferation of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cells, Khoa Nguyen
The Effect of Caffeine on Migraine Headaches, Deborah Shimshoni
Cardiac Consequences of Selective Adrenergic Cell Ablation in Mice, Lahari Tumuluri
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Effects of GHRKO Visceral Fat Transplant on Insulin Signaling, Mohammed Bennis
Identification of the Domain(s) in Protein Disulfide Isomerase Required for Binding and Disassembly of the Cholera Holotoxin, Laura Herndon
Polyamine Transport Inhibitor Effects on Pancreatic Cancer Proliferation Cells in Vivo, Frederick Hogan
Characterizing the Onset and Progression of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy in H304R Mutant Mice, Aaron Ledray
The Relationship Between Patient Education and Adherence to Antibiotic Regimens: Exploring Profiles of Adherent Groups, Morgan McSweeney
Homophobia and HIV Transmission: A Six-Country Comparative Analysis, Tiernan Middleton
The Effect of Bacterial Vaginosis Associated Bacteria on Epithelial Factors Mediating HIV Transmission, April Nguyen
Analysis of the Pathomechanism of Migraines with a Focus on Current Treatment Plans and the Role of the Neuropeptide CGRP, Marvi Qureshi
Detection and Characterization of Pathogenic Mycobacteria Using Binary Deoxyribozymes, Bradley Rosenkrantz
Hepatic Lipase Regulates LipoProtein Trafficking in Hepatocytes, Simeon Thibeaux
Development of a Fluorescent Drug Screening Platform for Inhibitors of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Protein-Protein Interactions, Zina Versfeld
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Understanding the Role of a Hemerythrin-Like Protein in Mycobacterium Tumerculosis, Caitlyn Herndon
In Vitro Selection of DNA Aptamers Against Prostate Cancer Peptide Biomarkers, Elif Kuguoglu
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Stimulator of neurotropic effects determining the mechanism of action of the MS-818 compound through protein identification by affinity chromatography and SDS-PAGE, Charlene Seraphina Dass
Analysis of the repair of topoisomerase II DNA damage, Eric D. Goldstein
MicroRNA regulation of prostate cancer desensitization to androgen receptor antagonist drugs during androgen deprivation therapy, Robert A. Lorch
Plant-made oral vaccines evaluation of capsules, James Stewart New
A tripartile biosensor for real-time SNSs detection in DNA hairpin motif, Camha Nguyen
Cerium oxide nanoparticles for the detection of antimicrobial resistance, Alexander J. Noll
Identification of physiological substrates of Plasmodium falciparum PfPK5, a CDK-like kinase, Catherine Sullenberger
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Isolation of potential protein targets of MS-818 using affinity chromatography, Jad M. Jaffal
Determination of the structure-function relationship of human group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 and two tryptopan-containing mutants, Christopher Reid Reilly
Acute Changes in Protein Prosphorylation and Schwann Cell Morphology Following Inactivation of the Neurofibromatosis Type II Gene in Vitro, Nicklaus A. Sparrow
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism identification of trebouxia lichen photosymbionts, Kevin Gysling
Use of the yeast two-hybrid system to define the function of THAP5 protein, Paiyal V. Popat
An inexpensive, plant-derived, dual vaccine for rotavirus and cholera, Andre L. Torres
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Black populations in epidemiological Alzheimer's disease case-control and cohort studies : a discussion and review, Christopher Downing
Transfection of a neuronal cell line with the Wlds gene to further study its neuroprotective phenotype, Jose M. Morales
Inhibition of stat3 protein as an approach to sensitizing ovarian cancer cells to cisplatin, Ashley N. Startzman
Determination of matriptase-prostasin cleavage sites in the extracellular domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Sarah Elizabeth Weaver