2018 Dissertations and Theses Display!

The New Books display on the third floor of the Isché library features the dissertations and theses of 2018 MS and PhD graduates from LSUHSC. Join us in congratulating the writers as we go into a new year!

• Albritton, Hannah L. The importance of local mucosal antibodies in Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women. Dissertation – Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Autin, Bryant Nicholas. Determining the prevalence of HPV-90 in the Greater New Orleans area. Thesis – Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Callan, Catherine Y. Lan.  Application of SNP interaction pattern identifier (SIPI) to detect gene-gene interactions in the 8q24 region associated with prostate cancer in African American men. Thesis – School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics.
• Fisher, Kiva Ariani. The role of resilience in substance use : psychosocial mechanisms influencing injection-related risk behaviors. Dissertation – School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences.
• Gaudet, Darryl A., Jr. Continuous and binge-like consumption of dietary fat differentially affects gustatory neural circuitry. Thesis – Department of Physiology.
• Lott, Charles Seth.  The effect of CYP1A2-CYP2B4 interaction on the lipid microdomain localization of CYP1A2 and CYP2B4. Thesis – Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Maziveyi, Mazvita. The role of Nischarin in the breast tumor microenvironment. Dissertation – Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
• Moore, Mary E.  Mediation analysis to explore racial and ethnic disparity in mathematics and science among Louisiana students. Thesis – School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics.
• Ningbinnin, Nouriath.  Identification of novel and potentially therapeutic compounds against Chagas’ disease. Thesis – Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Poret, Jonquil Marie.  Obesity : one size doesn’t fit all. A comparison of sex differences in the response to high-fat diet in obesity-resistant and obesity-prone rats. Thesis – Department of Physiology.
• Schreiber, Allyson L.  Brain corticotropin-releasing factor signaling mediates traumatic stress-induced behaviors. Dissertation – Department of Physiology.
• Todaro, Dustin R.  Mechanistic conservation in Nedd4-2/NEDD4L-catalyzed polyubiquitin chain assembly. Dissertation – Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
• Washington, Shannan Darice.  To loop or to insulate? : How CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) regulates the transcriptional program of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) latency and the transition to reactivation. Dissertation – Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

These dissertations and theses are available for checkout in the library, and even more LSUHSC dissertations are available online through ProQuest.