Student Thesis & Dissertation Projects

Nadia Khawaja Mahmud, MPH '10: The Search for Affordable Nutrient Rich Foods: A Comparison of Supermarket Food Prices in Seattle-King County

Kristi Timme, MPH '10: Evaluation of a Multicultural Diabetes Education Program in Seattle, WA

Nila Gregory, MPH '10: Breast Milk Feeding Practices of Singletons and Twins: Initiation, Duration, Exclusivity and Factors Associated with Choice and Achievement

Kimberly Nguyen, MPH '09: Evaluation of Food Quality at an Emergency Food Pantry

Jennifer Tucci, MPH '09: Fast Food Challenge: Impact of a WIC Nutrition Education Program Accompanying Menu Labeling Legislation

Sara Coulter, MPH '09: Access to Healthy and Less Healthy Food Options in a Low-Income, Racially Diverse Seattle Neighborhood

Carley Bollen, MPH '09: Effects of Community Socioeconomics and Demographics on Farmers Markets

Stacy Gilliland, MPH '09: An Examination of Strategies Used to Develop School Wellness Policies in Washington State

Emily Hall, MPH '09: Obesity Guidelines in Practice at Northwest Pediatric Center of Lewis County

Joanna Russell, MPH '08: Change in dietary intake in response to the dietary modification intervention is associated with change in physical activity among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative

Celia Framson, MPH '08: Questionnaire development and associations with yoga, BMI and exercise

Shannon Kirkpatrick, MPH '08: The policy process in trails initiatives: The Healthy Communities Moses Lake Experience

Pablo Monsivais, MPH '07: The Low Monetary Cost of Energy Dense Foods and Diets in Seattle, Washington

Matt Cheung, MPH '07: Evaluation of Nutrition Policies Regarding Vending Machines in Two High Schools in Washington State

Mary Podrabsky, MPH '07: Food Form as a Determinant of Fruit and Vegetable Selection from an Elementary School Salad Bar

Sukwan Nhan, MPH '07: Evaluation of the Ethnic Foods and Education Project in Seattle Public Schools

Gwyneth Jones, MPH '07: Barriers to Change in the Seattle Five-a-Day Worksite Intervention Program

Clairessa Roach, MPH '07: The Impact of Breastfeeding Social Marketing on Policy and Environments in Worksites and Childcare Sites

Rebecca Eastgard, MPH '06: Preferences of Samoan and Tongan Americans in Community Health Promotion

Janice Kao, MPH '06: Analysis of Washington State School District Nutrition and Fitness Policies

Robyn Sakamoto, MPH '06: Weight Change and Diet Costs in Middle-Aged Adults: Is Less More?

Jaclyn Burm , MPH '06: Impact of Take Charge of your Health Senior Nutrition Education Program

Acacia Larson, MPH '06: ClicKit! To Reduce Television in Early Childhood: Evaluation of a Pilot Intervention to Reduce Television Viewing and Increase Physical Activity in the Washington State Early Childhood Education and Assistance Programs

Kirsten Leng, MPH '06: Assessing Potential Adolescent Use of Dance Simulation Games for Physical Activity

Martha Yarbrough, MPH '06: The Moses Lake Youth Wellness Team: A Case Study

Anne Lund, MPH '05: Evaluation of a Lesson Plan for Child Care Providers on Television Viewing and Physical Activity Policy Development

Shoko Kumagai, MPH '05: Towards Healthier Meals and Snacks at King County Child Care: "Fuel & Play the Healthy Way" Child Care Menu Evaluation

Lisa Setyaadmadja, MD, MPH '05: The Applications of Social Network Analysis for Evaluating Integrations at the Network Level: King County STEPS to a Healthier U.S.

Kirsten Sellereit, MPH '05: The effects of gardening on fruit and vegetable consumption and nutrition knowledge in adolescents

Minh Nguyen, PhD, MPH '05: Overweight among Vietnamese adult and related factors through some national sampling surveys

Nicole Campbell, MPH '05: Factors associated with adoption of an innovative approach to nutrition education in WIC

Erica Lamson, MPH '05: Student perceptions of the school environment and it's influence on nutrition and physical activity

Diana Birkett, MPH '03: Understanding the client's perspective on a behavioral approach to WIC services

Sadeem Al-Jammaz, MS '02: Formative Evaluation of Family Meals and Physical Activity Modules in Washington State WIC Programs

Lynne Smith, PhD, MPH '02: Qualitative assessment of participant utilization and satisfaction with the senior farmers' market nutrition program

Sharon Beaudoin, MPH '02: An impact evaluation of the senior farmers' market nutrition pilot program on the fruit and vegetable intake of homebound seniors in King County, Washington