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Carey, Kelly (2017) An analysis of Act 92: how inpatient admission versus observation status affects cost of care and health outcomes. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Goeke, Leah (2017) An exploratory analysis of the relationship between aflatoxins and growth impairment in children from Zambia. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Sierminski, Elizabeth (2017) A comparative review of patient and provider perspectives on apology in medical error disclosure. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Thompson, Tiffany (2017) A literature review of the histology of Rift Valley Fever virus neurological disease comparing rodent and NHP models to human disease. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Liu, Guning (2017) Adverse thyroid health effects of coal ash exposure. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Wilkins, Amanda (2017) A review of centralized scheduling implementation in pediatric ambulatory care. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.

Selker, Kristin (2017) A cross-sectional study on asthma hospitalization rates and unhealthy air quality index frequency in Pennsylvania. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Monahan, Meghan (2017) A family-based approach to alleviating disparity in early childhood caries experience. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Andrews, Haylee (2017) Association of perceived stigma with glycemic control in youth and young adults with type 1 diabetes in Rwanda. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Goode, Rachel Woodson (2017) Appetite awareness treatment to prevent obesity in African-American Women. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Bozich, Corrine (2017) A case control study of risk factors associated with CRE/CRO and ESBL. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Moore, Cody (2017) Assessment of immunosuppression adherence after solid organ transplantation: review and future directions. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Shedlock, Gregory (2017) A literature review and analysis of organizational frameworks and systems-level outcomes of HIV primary care integration. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Kroemer, Andrew (2017) A comparison of 8-hour versus 12-hour shift duration on fatigue and fatigue-related indicators in Emergency Medical Services and related shift workers: A systematic review. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Lopata, Erin (2017) Budget impact analysis of a medicaid policy change for Hepatitis C treatment. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Herrmann, Riley (2017) Best practice standards in home management of pediatric chronic invasive mechanical ventilation: A policy review for western Pennsylvania. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Yi, Yan (2017) Cost-Effectiveness analysis of biopsy strategies for endometrial cancer diagnosis in women with postmenopausal bleeding: Pipelle sampling curette versus dilatation & curettage. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Lopez, Carlos (2017) Characterization of evening temperature inversions in Allegheny County Pennsylvania. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

O'Brien, Taylor (2017) Climate change and sulfur dioxide. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Liu, Chen (2017) Conventional mining emission of methane and contributions to regional global warming in northeastern cities in China. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Chatta, Noreen (2017) Contributing factors to gaps in vaccination coverage in conflict-affected populations. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Feng, Haidong (2017) Cost effectiveness analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest management strategies. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Hummel, Rachel (2017) CNA Turnover and Retention in nursing homes. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Phelos, Heather (2017) Demographics, clinical measurements, and behavioral predictors of Type 1 Diabetes mortality in Rwandan adults. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Ojeda, Lauren (2017) Domestic minor sex trafficking and technology. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Britton, Rachel N. (2017) Environmental and personal risk factors for Sarcoidosis: a case-control study. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Welk, Amanda (2017) Evaluation of Naloxone take-Home kit distribution to emergency department patients treated and released for opioid overdose. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Kaufer, Jamie (2017) Evaluation of age one connect the dots - a course to address infant oral health. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Wang, Anne (2017) Evaluating Oral Health and Quality of Life in the Aging U.S population. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

King, Gregory (2017) Enhanced recovery after surgery: UPMC program evaluation. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Lundquist, Patrick R (2017) Emergency department patient flow. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Bauer, Matthew (2017) Enhancing care delivery models the implementation of geographic patient placement. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Resciniti, Nicholas (2017) Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Salay, Melessa (2017) Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis: eight-year experience at a tertiary referral center. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Berry, Erica (2017) Factors influencing the utilization of intermittent preventative treatment for malaria in pregnant women in the African region: a literature review. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Dodson, Morgan (2017) Going forward with the AACI: routes for improvement and the role of human genetics in delivery of cancer care. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Greer, Nicole (2017) HVP: vaccine education and promotion campaign. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Paivanas, Tessa (2017) High-crime neighborhoods as a war zone: comparing trauma as a result of war and neighborhood violence. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Jeronimo Talavera, Maria (2017) Hospital readmission prevention: a literature critique. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Miller, Sarah (2017) History and evaluation of outpatient antimicrobial parenteral antibiotic therapy. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Budney, Alexandria (2017) Housing First: an in-depth look at the Fair Chance at Housing Legislation and the effects of subsidized housing on health. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Hughes, Kailey (2017) Influence of polypharmacy on 30-day readmission rates among Medicare recipients. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Cheng, Jessica (2017) Interaction between ethnicity and smoker type: a comparison of daily and intermittent African-American and Caucasian smokers. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Raygada-Rabanal, Patricia (2017) Improving access to oral health care for pregnant women in Pennsylvania: strategies and recommendations. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Finkelstein, Evan (2017) Improvement of patient experience of care through updated environmental services communications at UPMC Mercy Hospital. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

McGhee, Leah M (2017) Implementing enhanced physical activity programs in schools. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Hughes, Meredith (2017) International Approaches to Family Caregiver Support: Lessons for the United States. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Stoner, Jerone (2017) Investigating the impact of human rights violations on access to HIV prevention and treatment services for men who have sex with men in Africa. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Scarpinato, Mario (2017) Lessons learned from Medicare Part D's and Affordable Care Act's risk stabilization programs applied to future affordable care act replacements. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Valerio, Paolo (2017) Measuring the impact of automated dispensing cabinet initiatives at a tertiary care hospital. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Frazier, Winfred (2017) Medication-assisted treatment and opioid use response to opioid overdose sentinel events. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Gupta, Taru (2017) Mitigating the opioid epidemic in dental practice by promoting provider education and patient counseling. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Bongiorni, Dante (2017) Management structures of the academic medical center. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Wasson, Emily (2017) Neural correlates of fatigability in older adults by 7T magnetic resonance imaging(MRI). Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Madrecha, Smriti (2017) Oral health of refugees in Pittsburgh. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.

Garfield, Jared (2017) Optimization of electronic screening in clinical research practice. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Hosman, Emma (2017) Photovoice project assessing lived experience at local Pittsburgh School. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Zilinskas, Anna Leigh (2017) Pharmacological treatments of interstitial cystitis: a review of the literature. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Nelson, Jenna A. (2017) Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of Rifampicin-sensitive and Rifampicin-resistant Tuberculosis in the South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Straw, Erin (2017) Polymers to Pollution: An Examination of Polyurethane Foam and Solutions for its Devastating Effects on the Environment. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Sandrian, Sarah (2017) Program evaluation of a structural intervention aimed at improving maternal health outcomes in rural Zambia. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Hendrickson, Emily (2017) Public policy in green spaces: striving for environmental justice. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Law, Carrie (2017) Policy critique on the World Health Organization's burial practices used during Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Ie, Kenya (2017) Physician factors associated with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among family medicine residency practices. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Cable, James (2017) Patient flow analysis at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Mukhtar, Sabrina (2017) Pediatric Keratoconus - a review of the literature. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Yin, Xiaolie (2017) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cooking oil: exposure of food professionals in rated restaurants in Shanghai. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Cerep, Danielle (2017) Population health approach at the Children's Institute: a case study. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Person, Dyanna (2017) Patient barriers to initial genetic risk assessment and follow up. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Hallam, B and Kuza, CC and Rak, K and Fleck, JC and Heuston, MM and Saha, D and Kahn, J (2017) Provider Perceptions Of Rounding Checklists In The Intensive Care Unit. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Seresin, Daniel (2017) Rabies surveillance in Allegheny County, 2015-2016. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Kimmel, George M (2017) Relating neuropathic symptoms and impaired monofilament detection to knee osteoarthritis patients following total knee replacement. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Chadwell, Scott (2017) Spatial heterogeneity of MMR vaccine coverage: New York State, 2014-2015. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Sun, B and Cloonan, YK and Collett, BR and Speltz, ML (2017) Sleep outcomes in children with single-suture craniosynostosis compared with unaffected controls. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Heilman, Dana (2017) Social disorganization theory and Hepatitis C incidence. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Fetterolf, Michael (2017) Survey of legal pressure in assisted living. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Carter, Julia (2017) Sustained obesity and depressive symptoms over 6 years: race by gender differences in the health and retirement study. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Harati, N and Iyengar, A and Adams, E and Eisenring, C and Reardon, L and Deng, M and Ardehali, A and DePasquale, E (2017) Socioeconomic Status and Heart Transplantation. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Swetts, Eric (2017) Social Mixing Patterns in Rural India. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Teachout, Jocelin (2017) Strategies to reduce the high cost of hepatitis C antiviral treatment: a literature review. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Hampton, Benjamin (2017) Trends over time in the prevalence of Clostridium difficile within a large community hospital setting: 1997-2007. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Corey, Catherine (2017) The effects of aging on platelet bioenergetics. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Taweewigyakarn, Pantila (2017) The association of climate, socioeconomic factors and recent incidence on the cyclical dengue epidemic in Thailand, 2013. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Ranginani, Manasa (2017) The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Consequences of Repealing the Act. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

LoNigro, Adam (2017) The implications of hospital value-based purchasing on academic medical centers. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Garrett, Kimberly (2017) The effect of climate change on risk of anthrax infection in the Kobuk Valley, Alaska. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Cox, Erin (2017) Trends in coal miners' exposure to coal mine dust before and after implementation of the continuous personal dust monitor and reduced exposure limit. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Hackshaw, Marie E. (2017) The development of a postpartum depression care pathway at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Guo, J and Fujiyoshi, A and Masaki, K and Vishnu, A and Kadota, A and Barinas-Mitchell, EJM and Hisamatsu, T and Ahuja, V and Takashima, N and Evans, RW and Willcox, BJ and Miura, K and Rodriguez, B and Ueshima, H and Kuller, LH and Sekikawa, A (2017) The role of initial and longitudinal change in blood pressure on progression of arterial stiffness among multiethnic middle-aged men. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Yu, Fangchen (2017) Toxicological effects of cadmium and lead during pregnancy -- in tobacco smoke, secondhand smoke, and thirdhand smoke. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Horvat, Christopher (2017) Use of structured electronic health record data to evaluate temporal trends and risk factors in the management of childhood diabetic ketoacidosis. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

Yuqing, Chen (2017) Utility of self-administered silica exposure survey and semi-quantitative method to evaluate exposure risk in systemic sclerosis patients. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Ferguson, Robert (2017) Variations in treatment intensity at end of life: review of evidence and policy and program implications. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Lowery, Joel (2017) West Nile virus surveillance in Allegheny County in 2016. Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.