Research

Theses & Dissertations


Graduate Degree Title Advisor
Samantha Banks MS Associations between green space and depressive symptoms in young adults: a longitudinal study Anjum Hajat
Logan Dearborn MPH Role of air pollution in development of asthma among children with a history of bronchiolitis in infancy Catherine Karr
Eli Davis MPH Neighborhood cultural environment and anxiety and depression symptoms among majority Mexican American adults: Results from the HCHS/SOL Steve J. Mooney
Boeun Kim MPH Associations of Air Pollution and Gait Speed in Older Adults Annette L. Fitzpatrick
Gabriella LaBazzo MPH Assessing Climate Driven West Nile Virus Risk in Washington State Christine M. Khosropour
Marnie Hazlehurst PhD Residential green space and behavioral and mental health outcomes in early childhood Catherine Karr
Jennifer Zengjing Liu MPH Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution, Gestational Weight Gain, and Offspring Birth Weight Daniel A. Enquobahrie
Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot PhD Does the union make us strong? Labor unions, health, and health inequities in the United States Anjum Hajat
James Buszkiewicz PhD The influence of state minimum wage increases on health and behavior Adam Drewnowski
Tri Nhan Dai Le MPH Sociodemographic, behavioral, and neighborhood-environment predictors of diabetes prevalence across Asian American ethnicities: Analyses of CHIS (2013-2015). Anjum Hajat
Lindsay Horn MPH Precipitation Associated with Increased Diarrheal Disease in Mozambique; A Time Series Analysis Anjum Hajat
Marnie Hazlehurst MS Air pollution exposure and novel biomarkers of inflammation and cardiac stress in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air) Joel D. Kaufman
Rebecca Brander MPH Host and environmental correlates of multi-drug resistance in Kenyan children with acute bacterial diarrhea Grace C. John-Stewart
Leora R. Feldstein PhD The 2014 chikungunya virus outbreak in the U.S. Virgin Islands: epidemiology, long-term health outcomes, and economic burden Elizabeth Halloran
Gloria C. Chi PhD Methylomic and Transcriptomic Insights Linking Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis Joel D. Kaufman
Jillian Neary MPH Role of Support Persons in Adolescent and Young Adult Voluntary HIV Testing and Counseling in Kenya Jennifer Slyker
Monisha Sharma PhD Evaluating the efficiency of community-based HIV testing and counseling strategies to decrease HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa Ruanne Barnabas
Chelsie Porter MPH Socioeconomic Status and Health Behavior in Nepal Annette L. Fitzpatrick Roxanne P. Kerani
Sanju Bhattarai MPH Influence of household remittance on childhood stunting in Nepal Annette L. Fitzpatrick
Griffith Bell PhD Air Pollution and High Density Lipoprotein Structure and Function Joel D. Kaufman
Xiao Zhang MPH Ambient ozone pollution and daily mortality in three megacities in China Joel D. Kaufman
Amy Rice MPH The Association of Maternal Occupations and Deliveries by Cesarean Section for Infants Born in Washington, 2011 to 2013 Joel D. Kaufman
Gillian Tarr PhD Escherichia coli O157:H7 Phylogenetics: Implications for Virulence and Disease Distribution Amanda Phipps
Megan Suter MS Implications of combined exposure to household air pollution and HIV on neurodevelopment in Kenyan children Grace C. John-Stewart
Michael Young PhD Air Pollution, Change in Retinal Vascular Caliber, and Cellular Adhesion in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Joel D. Kaufman
Coralynn Sack MPH Occupational Exposures and Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease: The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) Air–Lung Study Joel D. Kaufman
Jamaica Robinson PhD Effects of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on outcomes following a colorectal cancer diagnosis Polly A. Newcomb
Sabah Quraishi PhD Exposure to ambient air pollution and outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization Anjum Hajat
Elizabeth Hom PhD Association of air pollution with longitudinal changes in arterial stiffness and correlates of longitudinal change in arterial stiffness in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Joel D. Kaufman
Samantha Rice MPH Relationship power and partner support for family planning among postpartum adolescents in Kenya Alison Drake
Emily Scott MPH Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus illness in children and adults in Seattle, WA over five seasons Anna Wald
Michelle Passater MPH Predictability of West Nile virus based on climate variables in Washington State Jeffrey Duchin
Laura Chambers PhD Urethral sexual exposures: relationship with prevalent nongonococcal urethritis, the urethral microbiota, and resolution of symptoms Lisa E. Manhart
Kennedy Muni PhD Effect of road safety-conscious motorcycle taxi programs on riding behaviors and risk of road traffic crash among motorcycle taxi drivers in Kampala, Uganda Brandon Guthrie
Lorraine Twohey-Jacobs MS Health care service utilization of individuals in permanent supportive housing in Seattle, WA accessing care through Public Health – Seattle and King County’s Health Care for the Homeless Network Anjum Hajat
Yu Ni PhD Assessing the Individual and Interactive Associations of Pre- and Postnatal Air Pollution Exposures and Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy with Child Blood Pressure: A Prospective Study in a Community-based Birth Cohort Catherine Karr
Thomas Austin PhD Long-Term Air Pollution in Relation to Cardiac Structure, Function, and Supraventricular Arrhythmias Susan R. Heckbert