Starting with the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) graduating class of 2002, the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and YSM Office of Student Research have collaborated on the Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library (YMTDL) project, publishing the digitized full text of medical student theses on the web as a valuable byproduct of Yale student research efforts. The digital thesis deposit has been a graduation requirement since 2006. Starting in 2012, alumni of the Yale School of Medicine were invited to participate in the YMTDL project by granting scanning and hosting permission to the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, which digitized the Library’s print copy of their thesis or dissertation. A grant from the Arcadia Fund in 2017 provided the means for digitizing over 1,000 additional theses. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE YALE COMMUNITY AND NEED ACCESS TO A THESIS RESTRICTED TO THE YALE NETWORK, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR VPN (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK) IS ON.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Effects of ambient air quality on children's lung function in urban and rural Iran, Maryam Mandana Asgari
Relationship between modulation of Glomus Cell K+ current and hypoxia transduction in the rat carotid body, Phillip Ming-Da Cheng
Managed care enterprise liability: toward a new paradigm of medical malpractice, Willis Chou
Effects of Tamoxifen on Prostaglandin E2 induced insulin-like growth factor I expression in fetal rat osteoblasts, Kristina A. Crothers
Detection of the mutated K-Ras biomarker in colorectal carcinoma, Benjamin R. Doolittle
Excess sample size and the 'Delta Wobble' in randomized controlled trials, Michael Adam Fischer
A comparison of patients with familial and sporadic cutaneous melanoma, Nina Jennifer Fisher
Alterations in expression of the motility-related proteins thymosin BETA 15 and P120CAS in human cancer, Jason S. Gold
The effect of vasoactive intestinal peptide on chloride conductance in airway epithelial cells, Shelagh Anne Houghton
Long-term outcomes following closed head injury in the elderly, Stephen Michael Kavic
The epidemiology of Necator americanus Infection in Rural Thailand, Karen Minnie Kiang
Changes in cellular retinoic acid binding proteins and nuclear retinoic acid receptors in murine melanoma cell lines following retinoic acid exposure, Raburn M. Mallory
Homebox genes in mouse fetal thymocyte development, Christiana Muntzel
Modulation of the rat potassium channel Kv1.5, Daniel Benjamin Saal
Modulation of the rat potassium channel Kv1.5, Daniel Benjamin Saal
Expression of angiogenesis factors and selected vascular wall matrix proteins in intracranial saccular aneurysms, Mark Skirgaudas
Effect of phenobarbital on extracellular matrix production, cell replication, transforming growth factor-��1 binding, and TGF-�� receptor profile in rat dermal fibroblast cultures, Rani Karina Spudich
Statistical parametric mapping analysis of positron emission tomography images for the detection of seizure foci: results in temporal lobe epilepsy, Jeffrey R. Tseng
"Chicken pot pie?" : a phenomenology of questions asked by patients during primary care visits, David Elliott Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Ethics or etiquette: the history and epidemiology of professional courtesy in medicine, Jeffrey Ian Algazy
Pilot study to evaluate the impact of an educational video about melanoma on knowledge and behavior, Sepideh Bagheri
Effect of transforming growth factor-β1, fibronectin and plasminogen activator inhibitor on migration of bovine aortic endothelial cells, Christine E. Brozowski
Assisted reproductive technologies : legal issues in procreation, Roger J. Chin
Magnetic resonance imaging of the ovary : can it predict low response to empiric superovulation?, Rebecca Jane Crichton
Ouabain potentiates kainate neurotoxicity ; a new rat model of human temporal lobe epilepsy, Amos O. Dare
The topological distribution of olfactory receptor neuron axons in the olfactory bulb glomeruli of the rat : a confocal microscopic study with DiI staining, Jeffrey Marc Dembner
ATP threshold for loss of epithelial cell polarity and elaboration of fodrin cleavage products following in vivo ischemic renal injury, Cynthia Jean Holcroft
The Ming Dynasty : a renaissance in medical thought, Shin-Yin Ho
Prenatal ultrasound biometry combined with umbilical and middle cerebral artery doppler velocimetry for the detection of intrauterine growth restriction, Andrea Toulson Jeffress
Development of an in-vitro technique to study vibration-induced spinal injury, Timothy S. Johnson
Targeting of calcitonin gene-related peptide expression to the pancreatic beta cells prevents insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in non-obese diabetic mice, Armen Khachatryan
Effect of manipulating intraamygdala levels of cGMP on fear conditioning, Judd Warren Landsberg
Photochemotherapy of vascular cells with 8-methoxypsoralen and visible light: a novel approach to the prevention of post-angioplasty restenosis, David Marshall Lee
Perceptions of vulnerability and fears of AIDS: a survey of elementary school children, John S. Maypole
The value of lateral chest radiographs in the assessment of bone density and detection of osteopenia, Monica Anna Medynski
The cloning and characterization of TOAD-64, Jane Elizabeth Minturn
The cloning and characterization of TOAD-64: a gene expressed transiently during neuronal differentiation in the mammalian nervous system, Jane Elizabeth Minturn
Analysis of in vivo tissue expander fluid composition, Richard A. Nahouraii
NMR studies of acyl chain-protein interactions, Mark Christian Oswood
NMR studies of acyl chain-protein interactions, Mark Christian Oswood
The prospective role of duplex ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of axillary lymph node involvement in breast cancer, Jill Suzanne Oxley
Grading the report card : an investigation of consumer-directed information disclosure as the basis of quality assurance systems in health care reform, Jason Ross Penzer
Acute vasoactive effects of estradiol on cerebral vasospasm in women with subarachnoid hemorrhage, Joshua Michael Rosenow
Continuous Monitoring and Display of Emergency Department Patient Flow and Waiting Times : a method to reduce overall length of stay, Martin Rossip
Reconsidering trust in the physician-patient relationship, Julie Anne Rothstein
Characterization of Two Endogenous Trophic Factors Involved in Regeneration of the Goldfish Optic Nerve, Jason Matthew Schwalb
Death due to injury in Quito, Equador, Eric Sean Steenlage
Breastfeeding the preterm infant : a statistical analysis of the factors affecting choice and ultimate success, Lynn Elizabeth Sullivan
Variability of blood lead levels in occupationally exposed construction workers, Susan Bagnoli Truman
Accuracy of antinuclear antibody, anti-double stranded DNA antibody, and anti-histone antibody tests in the setting of antiphospholipid antibodies, David Shiao-Loong Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase in Normal and Malignant Melanocytes, James H. Ahn
Peripheral parasite density and its relationship to severity of disease in pediatric cerebral malaria, Rachel Bronzan
Long-term computed tomography follow-up of sphenoid/sellar skull base reconstruction after transsphenoidal surgery, Nora E. Canty
The ultrasonographic differentiation of obstructive vs. nonobstructive hydronephrosis in children, Barbara Marie García
Syncope in a Population-Based Sample of Elderly Persons: Prevalence, Predisposing Risk Factors, and Precipitating Events, Eric A. Gomes
The effects of hyperbaric exposure on bone cell activity in the rat : implications for the pathogenesis of dysbaric osteonecrosis, Stephanie Anne Kapfer
Effects of adoptive transfer of OSP A-specific TH2 T cells on the evolution of lyme borreliosis in mice, Paul H. Lee
Galenic heritage in the neuroanatomy of Avicenna's Canon of medicine, Gregory Peter Licholai
Expression and characterization of two alternatively spliced isoforms of rat type I receptor for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, Doris Da May Lin
Expression and characterization of two alternatively spliced isoforms of rat type I receptor for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, Doris Da May Lin
The spleen focus-forming virus envelope glycoprotein, gp55, and the block in the erythropoietin-induced differentiation of Friend murine erythroleukemia cells, Thomas Samuel Lin
Autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus, Ingrid Helena Olhoffer
The effects of antiparasitic medications on the nutritional status of children from a parish in rural Ecuador, Marjorie S. Rosenthal
The identification and characterization of protein tyrosine phosphatases expressed in the developing rat brain, Mustafa Sahin
The identification and characterization of protein tyrosine phosphatases expressed in the developing rat brain, Mustafa Sahin
Children's understanding of the symptoms of AIDS, Mary Rebecca Shoemaker
Delay to hospital arrival after acute myocardial infarction in a population-based sample of elderly persons, John Paul Sverha
Long-term outcomes of infants identified as being at high risk of maltreatment, Jilda N. Vargus
In-vivo study of inhibition in the human hippocampus, Kenneth Patrick Vives
A transcranial doppler study comparing cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with acute stroke and transient ischemic attack, Norman Whitmire Jr.
Domestic violence admissions to Sopas Adventist Hospital, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, Johnnie Yates
The rotational orientation of the T cell receptor bound to peptide:MHC, Sangwook Tim Yoon
The rotational orientation of the T cell receptor bound to peptide: MHC, Sangwook Tim Yoon
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Immunocytochemical and synaptological characterization of rat olfactory bulb glomeruli, Juan Carlos Bartolomei
Natural killer lymphocyte membrane antigens involved in allorecognition, Kevin Elisabeth Bishoff
Functional decline at hospital discharge in elderly surgical patients, Anthony S. Burns
Purification of a novel mid-region fragment of parathyroid hormone-related protein and evidence of its secretion by three different cell types, Katherine Elizabeth Dee
Wanted: one good doctor : depictions of the good physician in twelve American novels, 1859-1925, Bonnie Elyssa Gould
A study of movement detection in functional echo-planar imaging of the brain, Ernst Christian Hansch
Follicular growth and serum estradiol concentration as predictors of in vitro fertilization outcome, Nicole Hausman
Variability of radiologists' mammographic interpretations and recommendations for management, Debra Hope Howard
Effects of hyperbaric exposure on eyes with intraocular gas bubbles, Stephen V. Jackman
The coupling of regional cerebral blood flow to neuronal activity is in part mediated by nitric oxide and adenosine, Michael G. Kaiser
Mitomycin C : analysis of its cytotoxicity through studies using an analogue decarbamoyl mitomycin C, Susie Young Kim
Identification and expression of a novel homeobox gene in a megakaryocytic leukemia cell line, Leonard John Landesberg
Racial differences in bone turnover rate and hyperparathyroidism in hemodialysis patients, Wendy Wei-Yue Lou
Role of hypothalamic neuropeptide Y in a genetic model of obesity : the Zucker rat, Katherine E. Martin
Silent cerebral infarction in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation, Mark Louis Meyer
Differential hormonal regulation of rat acidic epididymal glycoprotein in the parotid gland and epididymis, Beverly E. Naiman
Construction of an epitope-tagged clone of GRA3 for electroporation into Toxoplasma Gondii, Dina D. Strachan
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
The application of the APACHE II prognostic scoring system to HIV-positive patients in the MICU, Michael C. Brown
Perceptions of childhood pneumonia in Pakistan : health-seeking behaviors of mothers of hospitalized children, Sara Helen Cody
T cell responses to OspA, a candidate Lyme Disease vaccine, Dee Dockery III
Counter-regulation of the ileal motility in rabbit small intestine, Stephen John Ferzoco