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Thesis Topics and Employment Positions:
Masters students with prior doctorates, 2002 - 2003



Thesis Topics and Employment Positions of Masters Graduates¹
Department of Epidemiology

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGYCARDIOVASCULAR EPIDEMIOLOGYCHRONIC DISEASEINFECTIOUS DISEASE
INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGYMATERNAL CHILD HEALTH BEHAVIORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

  Degree DISSERTATION TITLE
EMPLOYMENT POSITION
EMPLOYER NAME
CANCER Epidemiology MS Androgens and the insulin-like growth factor system in normal middle age men: Correlates of serum hormones and binding proteins potentially related to prostate cancer risk.
Senior Fellow
U of Washington Medical Center
  MPH Association of DNA repair gene polymorphisms with second primary neoplasms and mortality in oral cancer patients.

Physician

US Air Force
  MS Iron deficiency and gastrointestinal malignancy: A population-based, cohort study.
Postdoctoral Fellow
U of Washington, Division of Gastroenterology
  MS Mammographic density as a potential modifiable noninvasive biomarker of breast cancer risk in the breast cancer prevention trial.
Acting Instructor
U of Washington, Dept of Medicine- Oncology
  MPH Prostate cancer screening by ethnic background using prostate specific antigen in a military medical treatment facility.

Division Surgeon

US Army, Preventive Medicine Clinic, 1st Infantry Division
  MPH Risk factors for progression of proliferative benign breast changes to invasive breast cancer: A nested case-control study in Shanghai, China.
Study Coordinator
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research
CARDIOVASCULAR
Epidemiology
MPH Consumption of cereal, fruit, and vegetable fiber and the risk of cardiovascular disease in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Instructor of Medicine Harvard School of Public Health, Channing Laboratory and Brigham Women's Hospital
  MS The long term risk of cardiovascular and thrombo-embolic events following a hypertensive pregnanacy.
Clinical Fellow
U of Washington, Medicine, Division of Nephrology
  MS Relative risk of congestive heart failure in elderly population treated with periferal Alpha-1 antagonists. Senior Fellow U of Washington, General Internal Medicine & VA Puget Sound Health Care System
OTHER
Chronic Diseases
MPH Daily ambulatory activity does not increase the risk of foot ulcer in people with diabetes mellitus. Clinical Instructor U of Washington, Family Medicine
  MPH HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are associated with reduced mortality in ESRD (end-stage renal disease) patients. Research Fellow U of Washington, Nephrology
  MS The risk of hip fracture among dialysis and renal transplant recipients.
Postdoctoral Fellow
U of Washington, Dept of Nephrology
INJURY Epidemiology MPH Effect of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome on outcome in severe trauma patients. Senior Fellow & PhD Student University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland; U of Washington, Epidemiology
INFECTIOUS Disease

(see also MCH)
MPH Breastfeeding and maternal HIV-1 disease progression.
Senior Research Officer
Kenya Medical Research Institute
  MPH Correlates of mortality in an African cohort of children with vertically acquired human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection.

Physician & Lecturer

U of Nairobi, Dept of Pediatrics, Kenya
  MPH Evaluation of genital sites and sampling techniques for HPV DNA detection in men.
Senior Fellow Trainee
U of Washington, Center for AIDS Research, Allergy & Infectious Diseases
  MPH HTLV-l infection is not associated with early developmental delay in children.
Epidemiologist & Consultant to the Office of Epidemiology
Naval Medical Research Center Detachment & Instituo de Ciencias Neurologicas, Peru
  MPH Perceptions of HIV/AIDS among high school students in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Qualitative Assurance & Qualitative Control Monitor
Vietnam Department of Health, Johns Hopkins Project
  MPH Prevalence and risk factors for HPV 16 infection among young women in Lima, Peru: Comparisons of community-based and student samples. Associate Researcher Universidad Cayetano Heredia, ETS-SIDA, Escuela de Salud Publica, Peru
  MPH Sexual behaviors associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection among men who have sex with men. Acting Instructor U of Washington, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
  MPH Shedding of HHV-8 (human herpesvirus-8) in oral and genital secretions from HIV-1 seropositive and HIV-1 seronegative women. Medical Epidemiologist Centers for Disease Control
  MPH Social support mediators and antiretroviral adherence. Pharmacist and Clinical Assistant Professor U of Washington, Harborview Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy
MATERNAL
Child Health
MS Family history of chronic hypertension and diabetes mellitus in relation to preeclampsia risk.
Research Associate
Swedish Medical Center, Center for Perinatal Studies
  MPH Maternal infection and the risk of Cerebral Palsy in term and preterm infants.
Acting Assistant Professor
U of Washington, Pediatrics (Neonatology)
  MS Screening for developmental delays and patterns of referral in primary care: A national survey with an experimental design.
Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve, Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies Hospital
  MPH Trends in incidence and antimicrobial resistance of early-onset neonatal sepsis, 1998-2000: Population-based surveillance in San Francisco and Atlanta.
Preventive Medicine Resident
CDC, Practicum at Public Health: Seattle-King County, 2002/03
BEHAVIORAL Epidemiology MPH A comparison of sustained release bupropion and nicotine patch for smoking cessation in the Ft. Lewis, WA population.
Chief of Preventive Medicine Service
Moncrief Army Community Hospital
  MPH Depression and smoking in patients with diabetes. Senior Fellow U of Washington, Allergy & Infectious Disease, Harborview
MPH Health literacy and adherence to preoperative instructions: A study of patients at a Veterans Affairs health care facility. Senior Fellow VA Puget Sound, Health Services Research and Development


¹Based on 29 graduates from Autumn 2002 through Winter 2003.
    


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