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 2011
Comparing Antipsychotic Treatments For Schizophrenia: A Health State Approach, Lewei Lin
High-Resolution Characterization Of The Leukemic Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Genome, William Lin
Supply Chain Management Models To Improve The Impact Of Orthopaedic Equipment Donations, Youssra Marjoua
Effect Of Socio-Cultural Beliefs On Late Stage Presentation Of Breast Cancer Among Ghanaian Women, Yehoda Martei
Novel 170 Base Pair Homozygous Deletion Associated With Cadherin 9 Gene On Chromosome 5 May Serve As A Marker For Cleft Lip And Palate Deformities., Lionel Sennacherib Mcintosh
Role Of The Innate Immune Response In Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft Stenosis, Dane Mejias
Collateral Damage: The History Of United States Case Law On Today's Military Hunger Strike Doctrine, Adrian Mora
Suffering Transfigured: Phenomenological Personalism In The Doctor-Patient Relationship, Keri Oxley
Urine Microscopy Findings Predict Outcomes In Hospitalized Patients With Acute Kidney Injury, Patricia Peter
National And Institutional Outcomes In Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy, Ann Raldow
A Human Culture Model Of The Outer Blood-Retinal Barrier In Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Veena Rao
Stress And Anxiety During The In Vitro Fertilization Cycle, Margaret F. Reynolds May
Trends In Primary Care Specialization Among Physicians And Non-Physician Clinicians, 1989-2009, Joseph Rojas
The Accuracy Of Coding Injuries Due To Child Physical Abuse, Jocelyn Ronda
The Role Of Lecticans In Olfactory Pathway Formation, Matthew Rosenberg
Developmental Dynamics Of Piriform Cortex, Amy Sarma
Understanding the Development of Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels, Rajendra Fernando Sawh Martinez
Evaluation Of Need And Feasibility Of Tuberculosis Screening In Buprenorphine Treatment Programs, Ryan Schwarz
Laser Doppler Flowmetry: Variability Of Cutaneous Blood Flow Using A Novel, Multi-Channel Probe, Vikram Sengupta
Regional Variation In Hospitalization Rates: Causes And Implications, Sachin Shah
Investigating Contributions Of Langerhans Cells To The Epidermal Oxidative Stress Response, Debra Smith
Patient Refusal Of Physician: Institutional Awareness And Hospital Leaders' Perspectives, Natalie Spicyn
Is Aggressive Mediastinal Control Needed After Neoadjuvant Therapy For Distal Esophagus Carcinomas?, Chantae Sullivan
Optimal Tumor Sampling For Immunostaining Of Biomarkers In Breast Carcinoma, Juliana Tolles
Analysis Of Supernumerary Clonal Gamma T-Cell Receptor Gene Rearrangements In Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, Whitney Tolpinrud
Rehospitalizations Among Elderly Patients With Thyroid Cancer Following Thyroidectomy Are Prevalent And Costly, Charles Thompson Tuggle
Barriers To Cervical Cancer Screening Among Hispanic Women And Methods To Improve Screening Adherence, Amanda Erin Velazquez
Low Uptake Of Intermittent Preventive Treatment Of Malaria In Hiv-Infected Pregnant Women At An Urban Hospital In Accra, Ghana, Grace Wanjiku
Myelomeningocele And Hydrocephalus In Uganda: The Intersection Of Culture, Supportive Care, And Long-Term Survival, Ernest Wright
Prognostic Implications Of Patients With Mammographically Occult, Early Stage Breast Cancer, Tzu-I Jonathan Yang
Group Well Child Care: An Analysis Of Cost, Hiromi Yoshida
Simulated Death: The Perceived Stress And Its Impact On Undergraduate Medical Education, Benjamin Zabar
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Epigenetic Programming of Blood Vessel Identity, Aaron Weldon Aday
Evidence for Association of Non-acetylated Histones with Newly Replicated Epstein-Barr Virus DNA, Sungeeta Agrawal
Improving Acne Vulgaris Knowledge in Adolescents: Computer-Based Tutorial versus Handout, Ohenewaa Larbi Ahima
Human Tissue Engineered Small Diameter Blood Vessels, Melissa Suen Arief
The Use of Author Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures by Medical Students and Residents While Searching for Internet-Based Prescribing Information, Eloise Davis Austin
Injection Treatment of Trigger Finger in Patients with Previous Injection Resistant Trigger Finger, Mary Ann Badon
Investigating Hypomyelination And Axon Guidance Defects In Tuberous Sclerosis Complex., Hasani Baharanyi
Optimal Duration of Intrapartum Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Group B Streptococcus And Effects on Practice Patterns, Emma Longley Barber
Predictors of antiretroviral adherence among children and adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe, Jessica Roslind Berwick
CFTR from divergent species respond differently to the channel inhibitors CFTRinh-172, glibenclamide, and GlyH-101, Marie Suzy Bewley
Overexpression of HFE in the Erythroid Compartment Causes Transient Anemia in Murine Models with HFE-Related Hemochromatosis, Gregory Michael Blanton
Mechanisms of Interleukin-1â Production in Chlamydia trachomatis Infected Placental Trophoblasts, Crina Marie Boeras
GABA Receptor Genotype and Brain Reward Circuitry in Children, Joseph Boonsiri
THE INCIDENCE, CLASSIFICATION, ASSOCIATED INJURIES, AND MORTALITY OF CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURES, Jacob Brubacher
Timely Correction of Misplaced Endotracheal Tubes: A Model for Studying Critical Radiology Result Communication, Philip Johannes Butler
An evaluation of PMTCT and follow-up infant HIV testing in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Juliana Chen
Assessing Plasticity : The Populations Responsible for the Epithelial Engraftment on Marrow-Derived Cells, Justin Brent Cohen
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TWO METHODS FOR THE RANKING OF RESIDENCY APPLICANTS IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, Michelle S. Collins
A Role for Cilia in Endocardial Cushion Development, Laura Gilbert Hollingsworth Cooney
Acceptance of Telemedicine in Pediatric Rheumatology: A National Survey of Pediatricians, Kathleen Jo Elayda Corbin
WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY VOLUME AS A BIOMARKER OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE, Zachary Andrew Corbin
Molecular Characterization of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Pilot Studies, Neil Bipinchandra Desai
Incidence of Leukoencephalopathies With Restricted Diffusion On Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Michael William DeStefano
Cell labeling and noninvasive magnetic resonance image monitoring of human tissue engineered tracheal grafts, Benjamin Peter Erickson
INTEGRATED PROSTATE CANCER CENTERS AND OVER-UTILIZATION OF IMRT: A CLOSE LOOK AT FEE-FOR-SERVICE MEDICINE IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY, Benjamin Falit
The FDA Black Box Warning System: The Utmost in Drug and Patient Safety?, Andrew T. Georgi
Is epilepsy a preventable disorder? New evidence from animal models., Kathryn Anne Giblin
Antioxidant Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Solvent- Induced Hearing Loss in Factory Workers, Robert Udell Glazier
A New Algorithm for the Management of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans, Carolyn Graham Goldberg
Prognosis of Primary Thyroid Lymphoma: Demographic, Clinical, and Pathologic Predictors of Survival, Amanda Nicole Graff-Baker
Effect of Malaria on HIV Viral Load and Maternal Outcomes in HIV-positive Pregnant women of Accra, Ghana, Johanna Kate Halfon
Two Methods to Detect Clonal Populations of Human Cells In Situ, Philip Scorza Hall
The Impact of Medication Use and Medical Morbidity on Symptom Burden in Older Patients, Maria Ann Han
Repeat Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in the Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma, Bryan Kun Hong
Resting-state hyperconnectivity of the anticorrelated intrinsic networks in schizophrenic patients and their unaffected siblings, Yoshio A. Kaneko
Nanoparticle use in the modulation of transplant rejection in a murine model, Elias Noah Kassis
Routine Opt-Out HIV Testing in Jails: Findings from Two Prospective Controlled Trials, Ravi Kavasery
The Role of Cooperation in Pre-tumor Progression: A Cellular Population Dynamics Model, Konstantin Krepkin
Evaluation of BD GeneOhm CDiff PCR Assay for Diagnosis of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Infection, Elizabeth Kvach
GREEN PRACTICES FOR SURGICAL UNITS, Gifty Kwakye
Uncompensated Care provided by Physicians at an Academic Medical Center during 2007-2008 using an Opportunity Cost Model, Simon Laganiere
Induction of Pluripotency in Human Keratinocytes Through mRNA Transfection, Robert Leone
Renal Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Acute Kidney Injury: Developing a Risk Stratification Framework, Adam Licurse
Socially-Perceived Race, Perceived Healthcare Discrimination and Preventive Health Service Utilization, Tracy Macintosh
Remote Effects of Focal Hippocampal Seizures on the Rat Neocortex, Peter K. Mansuripur
Deep-Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Practical and Ethical Considerations, Anthony Thomas Marfeo
Regulation of GLUT4 glucose transporter trafficking, Leah McNally
Functional Range of Motion of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine With and Without Bracing, Christopher Perry Miller
Victims and Villains: A History of Women-Protective Claims in the Anti-Abortion Movement, Monica Clare Mix
Macrophage Integrin-Mediated, HuR-Dependent Angiogenic Factor Gene Expression, Yasha Modi
EVALUATING THE USE OF MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE POSTNATAL CARE IN SOUTH AFRICA, Kemunto Mokaya
A Prospective Study of Loss of Consciousness in Epilepsy Using Virtual Reality Driving Simulation and Other Video Games, Thomas Bitzer Morland
PRETERM BIRTH RESULTS IN ALTERATIONS IN NEURAL CONNECTIVITY AT AGE 16 YEARS, Katherine Mullen
Characterization of a murine gammaherpesvirus in vitro latency system, Kudakwashe Mutyambizi
Choosing to Achieve: Same Domain Affirmations and Academic Achievement, David E. Myles
The Genetic Architecture of Intracranial Aneurysm, Nikhil R. Nayak
Postpartum Smoking Relapse: Qualitative Research to Understand the Role of the Social Environment, Stephanie Nguyen
Relationship between concern for vision loss and self-care management in type 1 and type 2 diabetics, Esi Nkyekyer
Exploring a therapeutic role for IGF1R inhibitors in triple-negative breast cancer, Onyinye Offor
Non-Invasive Evaluation of Tissue Engineered Conduits with a Novel Nano-Particulate Contrast Agent, Christopher Painter
RNA-dependent selenocysteine biosynthesis in eukaryotes and Archaea, Sotiria Palioura
Mature dendritic cells use endocytic receptors to capture and present antigens, Craig Daniel Platt
'This Open Sore of the World:' The Legacy of Dr. David Livingstone, the First Physician Missionary: Hero and Adventurer, Audrey Provenzano