Research

Theses & Dissertations


Graduate Degree Title Advisor
Mimi Ton PhD Cancer detection to treatment: Health disparities and factors that contribute to them Amanda Phipps
Yuhan Huang PhD Aromatase inhibitor use, co-morbidities, and cardiovascular disease risk in breast cancer survivors Heather Greenlee
Anissa Chan MPH Association Between Time of Day of Combination Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Administration and Overall Survival in Advanced Melanoma Patients Amanda Phipps
Shelly Xin Cheng MPH Physical Inactivity and Obesity in Relation to Tumor Site and Age Onset for CRC on the Rising Incidence of Early-onset Colon Cancer and Early-onset Rectal Cancer Amanda Phipps
Leigh Sheridan MPH Cervical Cancer Screening Rates in Females Living with HIV at Three Healthcare Settings in the United States, 2010-2019 Aruna Kamineni
Hanbing Guo PhD Post-Diagnosis Statin Use and Survival Among Patients with Cancer Christopher I-Fu Li
Boya Guo PhD Pathogenic Variant Status of High-Risk Genes, Polygenic, Epidemiological Risk Factors, and Utilization of Risk Management Options in Breast Cancer Sara Lindstroem
Adino Tsegaye PhD Identifying opportunities to reduce cervical cancer prevention disparities in Western Washington Rachel L. Winer
Ling Guan MS KRAS Codon 12 and Codon 13 Mutations in Relation to Overall Survival among Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Ulrike Peters
Douglas Gaitho MPH Long-term risk of recurrence of pre-cancerous cervical lesions among women living with HIV in Kenya McGrath, Christine
Mariama Bah MS Pregnancy and cervical cancer: a retrospective study of the associations of age at first pregnancy and parity with non-invasive and invasive cervical lesions among HIV-negative women in Senegal Stephen E. Hawes
Candice Wilshire MPH Factors associated with guideline-concordant biomarker testing in patients with stage IB-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer Noel Weiss
Nicole Lorona PhD Characterizing modifiable risk factors of breast cancer recurrence and mortality in a cohort of women with luminal, triple-negative, and HER2-overexpressing breast cancer Christopher I-Fu Li
Kristine Karvonen MS Historical redlining and survival among children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer diagnosed between 2007-2019 in Seattle/Tacoma Stephen Marc Schwartz
Mary Casagrande MPH Association between environmental modifiable risk score and molecular subtypes in colorectal cancer patients Ulrike Peters
Nicole Briggs MPH The role of multivitamins: an investigation into the association with colorectal cancer survival Amanda Phipps
Eric Bakwa MS Association Between Prediagnostic Cigarette Smoking and Colorectal Cancer Survival by Molecular Subtypes and Age-onset Status. Amanda Phipps
Zeyuan Yang MS Migraine and the risk of different molecular subtypes of breast cancer Christopher I-Fu Li
Ali Khaki MS Utilization of systemic therapy in cancer patients near the end-of-life in the pre- vs. post-checkpoint inhibitor eras Stephen Marc Schwartz
Hongjie Chen PhD Genetics, Mammographic Density and Breast Cancer Risk Sara Lindstroem
Madelyn Sather MPH The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Daniel A. Enquobahrie
Colin Sallee MS Early Cumulative Fluid Balance and Outcomes in Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients with Acute Respiratory Failure Susan R. Heckbert
Gui Liu PhD Cervical cancer prevention in the context of abating HIV prevalence in Kenya Ruanne Barnabas
Margaret Lind PhD Using Big Data to Improve Bacterial Sepsis Risk Stratification Among Immunocompromised Cancer Patients Amanda Phipps
Anurekha Hall MS Socioeconomic Factors and Adherence to Healthcare Recommendations in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors Beth A. Mueller
Matthew Goldberg MPH Fusobacterium Nucleatum Enrichment in Colorectal Cancer and its Relationship with Tumor Attributes Amanda Phipps
Arthur Sillah PhD Cancer incidence, mortality, and immunotherapy outcomes in relation to sleep problems: Results from Cardiovascular Health Study and a cancer immunotherapy cohort Amanda Phipps
David Wenger MS Factors associated with poor patient recall of lung cancer screening follow-up recommendations and the association with adherence Amanda Phipps
Angela Steineck MS Hospitalization and mortality outcomes in the first five years after a childhood cancer diagnosis: a population-based study Beth A. Mueller
Sarah McNabb MPH Effect modification of the alcohol – colorectal cancer association Ulrike Peters
Trenton MacAllister MPH Trends in incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization and bacteremia among hematopoietic cell transplant recipients at a large comprehensive cancer care center Amanda Phipps
Cameron Haas MPH Patterns in completion of colorectal cancer screening using fecal immunochemical tests in a health maintenance organization setting Amanda Phipps
Sophie Mayer MS CYP2D6 inherited variation and inhibiting medication use in relation to adverse breast cancer outcomes after tamoxifen therapy Kathleen E. Malone
Jovana Martin MPH Racial Disparities in the Utilization of Preventive Health Service among Older Women with Early Stage Endometrial Cancer Enrolled in Medicare Melissa A. Schiff
Ata Moshiri MPH Polyomavirus-negative Merkel cell carcinoma: a more aggressive subtype based on analysis of 282 cases using multi-modal tumor virus detection Stephen Marc Schwartz
Lu Chen PhD Hypertension and diabetes treatment and risk of adverse outcomes among breast cancer patients Christopher I-Fu Li
Jessica Citronberg PhD Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, associated factors, and colorectal cancer Johanna W. Lampe
Richard Harbison MS The Mutational Landscape of Recurrent vs Non-Recurrent Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer Stephen Marc Schwartz
Manali Vora MPH Analysis of types of Tumor-Infiltrating Immune Cells in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) and their associations with survival of OSCC patients Chu Chen
Emily Wu MPH The impact of HIV infection on cervical cancer presentation and survival in Uganda Stephen Marc Schwartz
Xiaoliang Wang PhD Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Chronic Inflammation and Colorectal Cancer Risk Emily White
Julie Rivers MS Defining Optimal T-Cell Characteristics for Pediatric Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Trials Christopher I-Fu Li
Tyler Ketterl MS Impact of Cancer, Cancer Directed Therapy and Its Lasting Effects on Employment and Finances in Young Adult Cancer Survivors Amanda Phipps
Kristina Jordahl PhD Pre-Diagnostic Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in Blood and Risk of Bladder Cancer
Sebastian Jara MPH The Association of Sleep Apnea and Cancer in Veterans Amanda Phipps
Jamaica Robinson PhD Effects of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on outcomes following a colorectal cancer diagnosis Polly A. Newcomb
Barbara Harding PhD Commonly used medications and survival from ovarian cancer Noel Weiss
Sharon Greene PhD A Randomized Controlled Trial for Treatment of High-Grade Cervical Lesions Among HIV-Infected Women in Kenya Grace C. John-Stewart Rachel L. Winer
Soyeon Lippman MS Effects of Washington’s opioid prescribing rules for chronic, non-cancer pain management on opioid overdose mortality and pharmaceutical opioid distribution: 1999-2017
Audrey Hu MPH Can passive smoking explain the higher radiation-related excess relative risk of lung cancer for women compared to men among atomic bomb survivors Amanda Phipps
Hang Yin MS Genetic variation in telomere maintenance genes and survival after colorectal cancer diagnosis Polly A. Newcomb
Francys Verdial Argueta MPH Body Mass Index and Risks of Recurrence and Mortality by Breast Cancer Subtype Christopher I-Fu Li
Paneen Petersen PhD Diet, inflammation, and genetic predictors of tissue-specific gene expression: A functionally-informed gene-environment interaction analysis for risk of colorectal cancer. Ulrike Peters
Nicole Lorona MS Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Risk of Breast Cancer Mortality by Molecular Subtype and Stage at Diagnosis Christopher I-Fu Li
Feng Su MS Hepatocellular carcinoma screening reduces cancer-related mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection: a case-control study Noel Weiss
Jorge Soledad MPH Use of Bevacizumab for Newly Diagnosed Ovarian Cancer: A National Analysis Daniel A. Enquobahrie
Colin Malone PhD Reaching underscreened women: correlates of cervical cancer underscreening, reactions to mailed HPV self-sampling kits, and cost-effectiveness of HPV self-sampling programs Rachel L. Winer
Xinwei Hua PhD Inflammatory Biomarkers, Genetics, and Survival among Colorectal Cancer Patients Polly A. Newcomb
Soyeon Lippman MS Effects of Washington’s Opioid Prescribing Rules for Chronic, Non-Cancer Pain Management on Opioid Overdose Mortality and Pharmaceutical Opioid Distribution: 1999-2017 Noel Weiss