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Rotavirus Transmission in Rural, Coastal Ecuador
(2017)
Rotavirus is a major cause of under-five mortality, particularly in the developing world, yet how it is transmitted is not well understood. How and why rotavirus spreads through populations is a critical concern for both ...
Mapping Protein-Protein Interactions in Self-Sufficient Cytochrome P450 Enzymes
(2021)
Cytochrome P450 (P450) proteins are heme-containing mixed function oxidase enzymes that play a critical role in the metabolism of drugs and toxicants. For P450 enzyme catalysis, a flavin-containing reductase must shuttle ...
Policy Flexibility in the Children's Health Insurance Program : Who Is It Good For?
(2022)
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was born of bipartisan congressional compromise to cover the millions of children who were uninsured due to their household income being too high for Medicaid and their parents ...
Methodological Approaches to Account for Residential Self-Selection and Time-Varying Confounding in the Association Between the Neighborhood Environment and Cardiovascular Disease.
(2013)
Despite the growing body of research investigating the relationship between the neighborhood environment and cardiovascular disease-related outcomes, many studies have methodological limitations. A major challenge in the ...
A Comparative Analysis of Variations in Synthetic Biology Regulation.
(2016)
Synthetic biology is an emerging technology with the potential to offer significant scientific developments to various fields such as with pharmaceutical development. Despite such promise, it has uncertain potential risks ...
Age, Place, and Health: Exploring the Impact of Environmental and Technological Innovations on Enhancing Quality of Life in Older Adults
(2023)
‘Aging-in-place’ as a globally embraced health policy has prompted numerous environmental and technological innovations to improve the well-being of older adults. While these innovations enable seniors to stay in their ...
Chronic Psychosocial Stress and Cardiometabolic Health: Variations in Measurement and Structural Determinants
(2022)
There is growing recognition that chronic psychosocial stress may accelerate aging, increase risk of diseases, and contribute to health disparities. Variability across findings and methodological challenges limit our ability ...
Essays on Health, Human Rights, and Social Development
(2023)
Spanning diverse perspectives, the five chapters of this dissertation relate to health, human rights, and social development. Broadly speaking, the first two chapters center on the supply side of healthcare provision in ...
Incorporating Biodiversity into Food Systems Modeling: Fisheries-Nutrition Linkages in Ghana
(2023)
Food systems in low- and middle-income countries are rapidly transforming due to population growth, urbanization, rising consumer incomes, and changes to built and natural environments. These trends are associated with a ...
Functional Data Analysis Methods for Analyzing Accelerometry Data in Mobile Health
(2023)
Accelerometry data collected by high-capacity sensors present a primary data type in smart mobile health. Such data enable scientists to extract personal digital features that are useful for precision health decision making. ...