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 2009
Central Corneal Thickness in a Puerto Rican Population, Carolyn Page Graeber
Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Elderly Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Joel Robert Green
The Effect of Left- Versus Right-Sided Contrast Infusion on Attenuation in Chest CT Angiograms, Lars J. Grimm
Thinking Outside The Black Box: Current Policies and Problems With the FDA's Highest Drug Safety Warning, Kylene Halloran
Effect of Robot-Assisted Treadmill Training on Quality of Life for People with Multiple Sclerosis, Mary Stillwell Hatcher
Functional Analysis of CCM3: a gene contributing to cerebral cavernous malformations, Ryan Matthew Hebert
The Utility of Prophylactic Drainage Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy, Abby Lifter Hochberg
Genotypic Confirmation of Transimmunization-Induced Dendritic Cell Maturation, Kristin Elizabeth Hoffmann
A pilot study of changes in physician prescribing practices after Rural Mutual Health Care implementation in China, Lily Ming-Sha Horng
Reproductive Desires and Intentions among HIV-infected Individuals in Chennai, India, Elizabeth Houle
The Association between Pediatric Overweight and Ankle Injuries: A Case-Control Analysis, Ellen Margaret House
Educational and Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Isocyanate Exposure in Auto Body Shops, Liza Goldman Huertas
Condoms Behind Bars: Barriers to Barrier Protection, Rasika Jayasekera
BARRIERS TO INTERPRETER USE IN THE MEDICAL CLINICAL ENCOUNTER, Luz Evelyn Jimenez
A Semantic Associate Language Task to Determine Hemispheric Language Dominance with fMRI, Jenelle Jindal
A Survey of Radiology Practices' Use of After-hours Services, Adam Harris Kaye
Ultrasound measurement of the inferior vena cava diameter in the assessment of pediatric dehydration, Yunie Kim
COPY NUMBER VARIANT ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS WITH MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT, Luis Kolb
Is Papilledema in HIV/AIDS Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis Related to Mortality?, Ninani Emang Coyne Kombo
Febrile Infants and Common Respiratory Viruses: Epidemiology and Clinical Implications, Caleb Bosler Korngold
The Relationship between Direct to Consumer Marketing and the Self-Perception of Gerd Symptoms in the Young Adult Population, Sheila Kumar
Depression and resilience during the first six-months of internship, Rachel Laff
Anatomy, Physiology and Management of Patients with Diffuse Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations, Tamara Lazic
Patient perspectives on dissatisfaction: a qualitative analysis of expectations for hospital care, Alicia Lee
Horizontal deviation of retinal nerve fiber layer peak thickness with Stratus optical coherence tomography in glaucoma, Jennifer Lee
Curcumin Protects against Renal Ischemia by Activating the Unfolded Protein Response and Inducing HSP70, Sarah Angeline Lee
Mechanisms of Hematopoietic-Mesenchymal Cell Activation, Justin Lemieux
Long Term Complications of Septal Dermoplasty in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Patients, Corrina Levine
Tubular carcinoma of the breast versus invasive ductal carcinoma treated with breast conservation therapy, Gene-Fu Liu
Continuity of Care for Pain, Depression, and Psychosis in Older Adults, Sophia Liu
Aesthetics of the Female Breast: Correlation of Pluralistic Evaluations with Volume and Surface Area, Yuen-Jong Liu
A Prognostic Index for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Minor Salivary Gland Cancer, Shane Lloyd
Differences in the Central Neural Activation under Emotional Stress across the Menstrual Cycle, Nayalya Lopushnyan
Disease Predilection and Molecular Heterogeneity of the Murine Aorta are Intrinsic to the Vessel Wall, Sheng-fu Lo
Searching for Genes that matter in Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review, Jonathan Lu
The MD/MBA Effect: A Study of How Residency Directors Perceive Applicants with an MBA, Douglas Lyssy
Diminished Circulating Monocytes after Peripheral Bypass Surgery for Critical Limb Ischemia, Dania Magri
The Development and Preclinical Characterization of the Glioblastoma-targeted ICOVIR-5 Oncolytic Adenovirus, Al Hasan Makkouk
Effect of Black Cohosh on MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cell Growth and Response to Treatment with Doxorubicin and Paclitaxel, Julia Anne Marsh
A Novel Virtual Reality Curriculum Improves Laparoscopic Skill in Novices, Michael Martinez
Social determinants of mixed feeding behavior among HIV-infected mothers in Jos, Nigeria, Sheela Maru
Fibrocytes in Human Lung Fibrosis, Susan K. Mathai
Radiation is an Important Component of Multimodality Therapy for Pediatric Supratentorial Non-Pineal Neuroectodermal Tumors, Sean McBride
A Historical Analysis of Physician Dissatisfaction, Lisa McDonald
Subcellular localization of NEDD9 and HMB45 with AQUA technology to distinguish Spitz nevi from melanoma, Matthew C. McRae
Stress, Serotonin Transporter Genotype, and Emotion Processing in Children, Amy Meadows
Balancing Safety and Availability: A Historical Perspective on the Pace of Drug Approval, 1950s-2009., Fabienne C. Meier-Abt
Yield of Diagnostic Tests in the Evaluation of Syncopal Episodes in Older Patients, Mallika Mendu
The Rise of Emergency Medicine in the Sixties: Paving a New Entrance to the House of Medicine, Anne Merritt
Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Rural Ecuador, Sarah Allison Milgrom
The impact of a school garden on nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of urban youth, Erica Rose Mintzer
Outcome of Treatment for Vaginal Recurrences of Endometrial Cancer, Tejaswini Kundalika More
Psychiatric Illness in the Next-of-Kin of Intensive Care Unit Patients, Janelle Katie Moulder
Measures of Cardiovascular Health in Obese Youth, Ashley Neal
Studying the Development of Human Tissue-Engineered Arterial Grafts in a Chimeric Mouse Model, Gregory Nelson
HIV-1 and Helminth Co-Infection in Adults in Kenya, Cameron Page
LIVING KIDNEY DONOR INFORMED CONSENT PRACTICES VARY BETWEEN U.S. AND NON-U.S. CENTERS, Ami Parekh
Trends in Pediatric Acute Pancreatitis: A 12-Year Analysis at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Alexander Jungho Park
Characterization of microRNA expression levels in melanoma, Rajeshvari Mahesh Patel
Rhinovirus-associated wheezing and asthma in young children, Zofia Piotrowska
Factors Influencing Diagnostic Radiology as a Specialty choice among Women, Victoria Potterton
Do Caregivers Accurately Assess the Decision-making Ability of their Cognitively-Impaired Relatives?, Mila Rainof
Capillary Blood Gas Measurement as a Novel Means of Assessing Flap Perfusion in Free Tissue Transfer, Aaron Remenschneider
Prevalence of Overweight Resident Physicians and Year of Training, Maya Roberts
The Chemokine MCP-1 is an Essential Mediator in Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel Development, Jason David Roh
Blue Cohosh: History, Science, Safety, and Midwife Prescribing of a Potentially Fetotoxic Herb, Aviva Romm
How Interns Spend their Time: A Time-Motion Study at Yale New Haven Hospital, Oliver Rothschild
Establishing Prevalence Rate of Major Malformations after In Utero Exposure: A Challenge for Pregnancy Registries, Ephat Hadas Russcol
Personal Accounts of Endometriosis: Online Narratives of Lives Shaped by Pain, Veronique Anne Sabine
The assessment of cervical foraminal area on oblique radiographs as compared to computed tomography, Jennifer Sabino
The Role of Frizzled-1 and Frizzled-3 in Olfactory Sensory Neuronal Targeting, Mina Safain
Outcomes in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease and Colonic Diverticular Disease, Louis Salamone
Prepregnancy body mass index, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and long-term maternal mortality, Margaret Emily Samuels-Kalow
Forehead laser doppler and transcranial doppler during simulated hypovolemia, Kathleen Samuels
Stress Fractures in Female Military Recruits: Is Increased Body-Fat Harmful, Amanda Sandoval
The Relationship between Liver Fat Content and Unenhanced Computed Tomography, Karen Shoebotham
Tryptophan Depletion by Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) Contributes to Medial Immunoprivilege in Graft Arteriosclerosis, Amanda Silverio
Chest x-ray clues to osteoporosis : criteria, correlations, and consistency, Natalie Renee Simmons
The Utility of Plain Radiography in the Evaluation of Degenerative Spine Disease, Andrew Simpson
Longitudinal Evaluation of Quality of Life in Older Persons With Advanced Illness, Rachel Solomon
Has the Radiologist Shortage Been Resolved? Recent Findings Using an Improved Survey Based Measurement, Krishan Soni
The Rate and Time Course of Complications in Catheter-Dependent Hemodialysis Patients, Shreya Sood
Hemangiomas of Infancy: Mesenchymal Stem Cell Tumors of Perivascular Origin, Christopher Spock
Evaluation of a Social Support Measure That May Indicate Risk of Depression During Pregnancy, Lori Spoozak
The Cost-effectiveness of Alternative HIV Intervention Portfolios in South Africa, Robert Stavert
Palmitic Acid Increases Enac Expression and Contributes to Insulin Resistance in Renal Distal Tubule, Timmy Sullivan
Monitoring, Identification, and Intervention for Metabolic Disorders in Veterans with Psychotic Disorders, Michael Swtye
Use of Media to Improve Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)Vaccine Acceptability, Pavithra Venkat
Discussing Physician-Assisted Dying: A Qualitative Study of Doctors Experiences in the US & the Netherlands, Jennifer Renee Voorhees
Polymorphisms and Biologic Effects of Acidic Mammalian Chitinase in Asthma, Heather Wachtel
Differential induction of interleukin-6 by clinical isolates of respiratory syncytial virus, Rachel Lynn Wattier
The Relationship Between Economic Deprivation and Emerging Inhibitory Control in Young Children, Rachel Weston
Intussusception of the Appendix: New trends and comprehensive analysis of 140 case reports, Barbara Wexelman