Items where Division is "School of Public Health > Epidemiology" and Year is 2013

Acharya, Sushama D and Evans, Rhobert W and Brooks, Maria M and Linkov, Faina and Burke, Lora E (2013) Total and high-molecular-weight adiponectin levels in relation to insulin resistance among overweight/obese adults. Cent Asian J Glob Health, 2 (2). 55 - ?.

Aida-Yasuoka, K and Peoples, C and Yasuoka, H and Hershberger, P and Thiel, K and Cauley, JA and Medsger, TA and Feghali-Bostwick, CA (2013) Estradiol promotes the development of a fibrotic phenotype and is increased in the serum of patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 15 (1). ISSN 1478-6354

Althouse, Andrew (2013) Peripheral Arterial Disease: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Diagnosis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ambeba, Erica Joy (2013) Associations Between Weight Loss and Regain, Cytokine Concentration, and Insulin Resistance Among Overweight/Obese Adults. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Anderson, Carrie (2013) Agent-based modeling of coccidioidomycosis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ando, Kiyotaka and Nishimura, Rimei and Tsujino, Daisuke and Seo, Chiaki and Utsunomiya, Kazunori (2013) 24-Hour Glycemic Variations in Drug-Naïve Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)-Based Study. PLoS ONE, 8 (7). e71102 - e71102.

Argyropoulos, C and Wang, K and McClarty, S and Huang, D and Bernardo, J and Ellis, D and Orchard, T and Galas, D and Johnson, J (2013) Urinary MicroRNA Profiling in the Nephropathy of Type 1 Diabetes. PLoS ONE, 8 (1).

Arias Aravena, Macarena (2013) Regional disparities in HIV/AIDS in Chile: epidemiological profile of the disease in the north of the country. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Armah, Kaku (2013) Cornonary Heart Disease Risk and HIV Infection: The Roles of Inflammation and Co-Morbid Disease. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Armah, Kaku A and Quinn, Emily K and Cheng, Debbie M and Tracy, Russell P and Baker, Jason V and Samet, Jeffrey H and Freiberg, Matthew S (2013) Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C, and inflammatory biomarkers in individuals with alcohol problems: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13 (1).

Ayyash, Ali (2013) Electronic cigarettes could save america: a review on electronic nicotine delivery devices as a tool for smoking cessation. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Barry, Amanda (2013) An Analysis of the Perception of the Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Body Mass Index in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Bell, MJ and Roberts, JM and Founds, SA and Jeyabalan, A and Terhorst, L and Conley, YP (2013) Variation in endoglin pathway genes is associated with preeclampsia: A case-control candidate gene association study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13.

Boyan, BD and Hart, DA and Enoka, RM and Nicolella, DP and Resnick, E and Berkley, KJ and Sluka, KA and Kwoh, CK and Tosi, LL and O'Connor, MI and Coutts, RD and Kohrt, WM (2013) Hormonal modulation of connective tissue homeostasis and sex differences in risk for osteoarthritis of the knee. Biology of Sex Differences, 4 (1).

Brar, Jaspreet (2013) An Association of Socio-Demographic and Lifestyle Factors with Diabetes and Hypertension in Patients with Schizophrenia and Related Disorders. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Brownwright, Tenley (2013) Spatial Analysis of Measles Vaccination Rates, East Africa: 2007-2011. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Cooper, JA and Manini, TM and Paton, CM and Yamada, Y and Everhart, JE and Cummings, S and Mackey, DC and Newman, AB and Glynn, NW and Tylavsky, F and Harris, T and Schoeller, DA (2013) Longitudinal change in energy expenditure and effects on energy requirements of the elderly. Nutrition Journal, 12 (1).

Dechant, Jason (2013) Exploration of MTDNA Variants In Relation To Post-traumatic Seizure After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Doyle, Mark and Pohost, Gerald M and Shaw, Leslee J and Vido, Diane A and Kelsey, Sheryl F and Johnson, BD and Rogers, William J and Rayarao, Geetha and Sharaf, Barry L and Pepine, Carl J and Merz, Noel B and Biederman, Robert W (2013) Does expanded artificial intelligence improve the prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging? A report from the NHLBI-sponsored women's ischemia syndrome evaluation (WISE). Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 15. P273 - P273. ISSN 1097-6647

Eastman, Jamie (2013) Studies of reproductive health among childbearing age women in rural South India. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Egwuogu, Heartley (2013) The Longitudinal Effect of Impaired Kidney Function on Bone Mineral Density and the Association of Body Composition on Biomarkers of Kidney Function Among Afro-Caribbean Men of West African Ancestry. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Gingo, MR and Balasubramani, GK and Kingsley, L and Rinaldo, CR and Alden, CB and Detels, R and Greenblatt, RM and Hessol, NA and Holman, S and Huang, L and Kleerup, EC and Phair, J and Sutton, SH and Seaberg, EC and Margolick, JB and Wisniewski, SR and Morris, A (2013) The Impact of HAART on the Respiratory Complications of HIV Infection: Longitudinal Trends in the MACS and WIHS Cohorts. PLoS ONE, 8 (3).

Glynn, NW and Santanasto, AJ and Boudreau, R and Koster, A and Caserotti, P and Lange-Maia, B and Harris, T and Newman, AB (2013) CHOOSING AN OPTIMAL SELF-REPORT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MEASURE FOR OLDER ADULTS: DOES FUNCTION MATTER? Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Haidari, LA and Connor, DL and Wateska, AR and Brown, ST and Mueller, LE and Norman, BA and Schmitz, MM and Paul, P and Rajgopal, J and Welling, JS and Leonard, J and Chen, SI and Lee, BY (2013) Augmenting Transport versus Increasing Cold Storage to Improve Vaccine Supply Chains. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Helsel, Alexis A (2013) Prenatal Depressive Symptoms and Offspring Internalizing Symptoms at 22 Years. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Henry, Chad (2013) Exposure to Maternal Depression during Early Childhood and Risk for Childhood Overweight. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Inoue-Choi, M and Nelson, HH and Robien, K and Arning, E and Bottiglieri, T and Koh, WP and Yuan, JM (2013) Plasma S-adenosylmethionine, DNMT polymorphisms, and peripheral blood LINE-1 methylation among healthy Chinese adults in Singapore. BMC Cancer, 13.

Jin, A and Koh, WP and Chow, KY and Yuan, JM and Jafar, TH (2013) Smoking and Risk of Kidney Failure in the Singapore Chinese Health Study. PLoS ONE, 8 (5).

Kelemen, LE and Bandera, EV and Terry, KL and Rossing, MA and Brinton, LA and Doherty, JA and Ness, RB and Kjær, SK and Chang-Claude, J and Köbel, M and Lurie, G and Thompson, PJ and Carney, ME and Moysich, K and Edwards, R and Bunker, C and Jensen, A and Høgdall, E and Cramer, DW and Vitonis, AF and Olson, SH and King, M and Chandran, U and Lissowska, J and Garcia-Closas, M and Yang, H and Webb, PM and Schildkraut, JM and Goodman, MT and Risch, HA (2013) Recent alcohol consumption and risk of incident ovarian carcinoma: A pooled analysis of 5,342 cases and 10,358 controls from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. BMC Cancer, 13.

Kruchten, Stephanie (2013) The economic burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection in Brazil and potential impact of new drug therapies. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Kuo, Shihchen (2013) Cost-effectiveness of Implementing the Interventions for Diabetes Prevention and Control in the Community and Military Settings. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Kurta, Michelle L. (2013) Ovarian Cancer Epidemiology: Risk, Diagnosis, and Prognosis. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Linkov, Faina and Guzman, Robert and Soisson, Sean and Freese, Kyle E and Sheikh, Aamir H and Shubnikov, Eugene and LaPorte, Ronald E (2013) The Central Asian Supercourse to Increase Scientific Productivity. Cent Asian J Glob Health, 2 (1). 46 - ?.

Liu, CT and Monda, KL and Taylor, KC and Lange, L and Demerath, EW and Palmas, W and Wojczynski, MK and Ellis, JC and Vitolins, MZ and Liu, S and Papanicolaou, GJ and Irvin, MR and Xue, L and Griffin, PJ and Nalls, MA and Adeyemo, A and Liu, J and Li, G and Ruiz-Narvaez, EA and Chen, WM and Chen, F and Henderson, BE and Millikan, RC and Ambrosone, CB and Strom, SS and Guo, X and Andrews, JS and Sun, YV and Mosley, TH and Yanek, LR and Shriner, D and Haritunians, T and Rotter, JI and Speliotes, EK and Smith, M and Rosenberg, L and Mychaleckyj, J and Nayak, U and Spruill, I and Garvey, WT and Pettaway, C and Nyante, S and Bandera, EV and Britton, AF and Zonderman, AB and Rasmussen-Torvik, LJ and Chen, YDI and Ding, J and Lohman, K and Kritchevsky, SB and Zhao, W and Peyser, PA and Kardia, SLR and Kabagambe, E and Broeckel, U and Chen, G and Zhou, J and Wassertheil-Smoller, S and Neuhouser, ML and Rampersaud, E and Psaty, B and Kooperberg, C and Manson, JAE and Kuller, LH and Ochs-Balcom, HM and Johnson, KC and Sucheston, L and Ordovas, JM and Palmer, JR and Haiman, CA and McKnight, B and Howard, BV and Becker, DM and Bielak, LF and Liu, Y and Allison, MA and Grant, SFA and Burke, GL and Patel, SR and Schreiner, PJ and Borecki, IB and Evans, MK and Taylor, H and Sale, MM and Howard, V and Carlson, CS and Rotimi, CN and Cushman, M and Harris, TB and Reiner, AP and Cupples, LA and North, KE and Fox, CS (2013) Genome-Wide Association of Body Fat Distribution in African Ancestry Populations Suggests New Loci. PLoS Genetics, 9 (8). ISSN 1553-7390

Lo-Ciganic, Wei-Hsuan (2013) Pharmacoepidemiologic Studies: An Interrupted-time Series Analysis on Drug Utilization and Evalution of Beneficial or Adverse Drug Effects. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Loucks, Tammy L. (2013) Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Middle Aged Women With a History of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Ma, D and Jasinska, A and Kristoff, J and Grobler, JP and Turner, T and Jung, Y and Schmitt, C and Raehtz, K and Feyertag, F and Martinez Sosa, N and Wijewardana, V and Burke, DS and Robertson, DL and Tracy, R and Pandrea, I and Freimer, N and Apetrei, C (2013) SIVagm Infection in Wild African Green Monkeys from South Africa: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Evolutionary Considerations. PLoS Pathogens, 9 (1). ISSN 1553-7366

Mansuri, Fahad (2013) Treatment challenges in patients with co-infection of drug resistant tuberculosis and human imunodeficiency virus in south east Asia region - a literature review. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Marshall, Sara (2013) Youth and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in the Life for a Child Program in Rwanda, Africa. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Mehta, Neha (2013) Growth and type 1 diabetes in Rwanda. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Metti, Andrea (2013) Potential Blood Biological Markers of Alzheimer's Disease. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Milaneschi, Yuri and Cesari, Matteo and Simonsick, Eleanor M. and Vogelzangs, Nicole and Kanaya, Alka M. and Yaffe, Kristine and Patrignani, Paola and Metti, Andrea and Kritchevsky, Stephen B. and Pahor, Marco and Ferrucci, Luigi and Penninx, Brenda W. J. H. (2013) Lipid Peroxidation and Depressed Mood in Community-Dwelling Older Men and Women. PLoS ONE, 8 (6). e65406 - e65406.

Novak, Victoria (2013) Disparities in substance abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals: is homophobia the driving force? Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Peters, U and North, KE and Sethupathy, P and Buyske, S and Haessler, J and Jiao, S and Fesinmeyer, MD and Jackson, RD and Kuller, LH and Rajkovic, A and Lim, U and Cheng, I and Schumacher, F and Wilkens, L and Li, R and Monda, K and Ehret, G and Nguyen, KDH and Cooper, R and Lewis, CE and Leppert, M and Irvin, MR and Gu, CC and Houston, D and Buzkova, P and Ritchie, M and Matise, TC and Le Marchand, L and Hindorff, LA and Crawford, DC and Haiman, CA and Kooperberg, C (2013) A Systematic Mapping Approach of 16q12.2/FTO and BMI in More Than 20,000 African Americans Narrows in on the Underlying Functional Variation: Results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study. PLoS Genetics, 9 (1). ISSN 1553-7390

Pugh, Sarah (2013) Review of the findings and methodology in the study of gestational weight gain and birthweight in twins. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Rockette-Wagner, Bonny (2013) Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Populations with Impaired Glucose Metabolism and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Roush, Rebecca (2013) Dance, Dance Revolution: Change in Executive Function Following a Video Dance Intervention in Postmenopausal Women. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Sachdev, PS and Lipnicki, DM and Kochan, NA and Crawford, JD and Rockwood, K and Xiao, S and Li, J and Li, X and Brayne, C and Matthews, FE and Stephan, BCM and Lipton, RB and Katz, MJ and Ritchie, K and Carrière, I and Ancelin, ML and Seshadri, S and Au, R and Beiser, AS and Lam, LCW and Wong, CHY and Fung, AWT and Kim, KW and Han, JW and Kim, TH and Petersen, RC and Roberts, RO and Mielke, MM and Ganguli, M and Dodge, HH and Hughes, T and Anstey, KJ and Cherbuin, N and Butterworth, P and Ng, TP and Gao, Q and Reppermund, S and Brodaty, H and Meguro, K and Schupf, N and Manly, J and Stern, Y and Lobo, A and Lopez-Anton, R and Santabárbara, J (2013) COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups. BMC Neurology, 13.

Santanasto, Adam J. (2013) The Association Between Body Composition, Mitochondrial Function and Fatigability and Physical Function in Older Adults. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Schafer, Gerald L (2013) The Participant Experience in Community-Delivered Diabetes Prevention Interventions: Health-Related Quality of Life and Direct Nonmedical Expenses. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Sedlak, TL and Johnson, BD and Pepine, CJ and Reis, SE and Bairey Merz, CN (2013) Brachial Artery Constriction during Brachial Artery Reactivity Testing Predicts Major Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Women with Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: Results from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study. PLoS ONE, 8 (9).

Soulakis, Nicholas (2013) Syndromic Surveillance for Bioterrorism-related Inhalation Anthrax in an Emergency Department Population. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Thyagarajan, B and Wang, R and Nelson, H and Barcelo, H and Koh, WP and Yuan, JM (2013) Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Associated with Breast Cancer Risk. PLoS ONE, 8 (6).

Tian, Qu (2013) Body-brain Dynamics - An Observational Epidemiological Perspective. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Toney, Nicole (2013) Representativeness of women enrolled in a clinical gynecologic cancer research database at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, 2008-2011. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Ward, Rachel E (2013) Peripheral Nerve Decline Impacts Lower Extremity Muscle Function in Older Adults. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

Weinzierl, Valarie (2013) The relationship between self-efficacy for low-fat diet and exercise, dietary restraint, and weight loss. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Welburn, Sharon (2013) Changes in Daytime Sleepiness and Depressive Symptoms Among Women Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Endometrial Cancer Risk. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Wiringa, AE and Shutt, KA and Marsh, JW and Cohn, AC and Messonnier, NE and Zansky, SM and Petit, S and Farley, MM and Gershman, K and Lynfield, R and Reingold, A and Schaffner, W and Thompson, J and Brown, ST and Lee, BY and Harrison, LH (2013) Geotemporal analysis of Neisseria meningitidis clones in the United States: 2000-2005. PLoS ONE, 8 (12).

Xiang, H and Mertz, KJ and Arena, VC and Brink, LL and Xu, X and Bi, Y and Talbott, EO (2013) Estimation of Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Stroke Hospital Admissions in Wuhan, China. PLoS ONE, 8 (4).

Xu, X and Hu, H and Dailey, AB and Kearney, G and Talbott, EO and Cook, RL (2013) Potential health impacts of heavy metals on HIV-infected population in USA. PloS one, 8 (9).

Yantz, Laura (2013) The Acceptability of Offering Emergency Contraception to Domestic Violence Shelter Clients. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Yuan, JM and Fan, Y and Ognjanovic, S and Wang, R and Van Den Berg, D and Govindarajan, S and Yu, MC (2013) Genetic polymorphisms of epidermal growth factor in relation to risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: Two case-control studies. BMC Gastroenterology, 13 (1).