Student Theses
Student theses with Steve McGarvey since 2002
PhD Theses
2006, PhD, Epidemiology, Amara Ezeamama, “Polyparasite Helminth Infections, Anemia and Cognitive Impairment in School-Age Children”, Chair of Committee 2005 PhD, Pathobiology, Christian Nixon, “A Population-Based Approach to Malaria Vaccine Candidate Identification”. Committee Member.
2005, Ph.D., Sociology, Adina Batnitzky, “Obesity in Women in Morocco”, Committee Member.
2005, Ph.D., Sociology, Catherine Stiff Andrzejewski, “Health Knowledge and Child Health in Coastal Ghana”, Committee Member.
2002, PhD, Sociology., Kubaje Adazu, “Migration and child mortality in a rural Ghanaian setting”, Committee Member.
MPH/MS Theses
2008 MPH Thesis, Emory University, Kathryn Lafond, “A Coupled SIS Model of Schistosomiasis Transmission and Control in the Philippines”.
2008 MPH Thesis, Emory University, Meaghan House, "Association of Maternal Obesity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health Beliefs with Overweight among Samoan Children and Adolescents".
2007 MPH, Nichole McCalvin, "Migration and HIV Risk in South Africa".
2006 MPH, Meredith Bergey, “Lifestyle, stress and health in Samoans”.
2006, MPH, Emily Elstad, “Living with ma’i suka: a qualitative study of American Samoan perceptions of diabetes.”
2006 MPH, Dana Cignelario, “Antecedent factors in relation to HIV/AIDS and risk taking behaviors: A study of very young adolescents in rural South Africa”.
2005 M.S. Biostatistics, Farren Briggs. “Longitudinal Data Analysis: A Transitional Ordered Logistic Approach: Understanding the Two-year impact of Praziquantel Treatment for Schistosoma japonicum- induced Hepatic Fibrosis”.
2005 MPH thesis, Sok Phan, “A Cambodian Hospital Survey of Demographic and Clinical Caharacteristics of HIV Patients, and the Sexual Behavior of Male Partners prior to their HIV Infection.”
2005 MPH thesis, Nguyen Cong Vu, “The effects of migration on HIV/AIDS knowledge and practice in married women in Vietnam”.
2005, MPH, Julia Finkelstein, “Global Burden of Disease due to Schistosoma japonicum: An analysis of disability-related outcomes in endemic schistosomiasis”.
2004 MPH, Lien Quach, “Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices about HIV/AIDS in Vietnamese Physicians”.
Undergraduate Theses
Marisa Roberts, 2008, Human Biology. “The Effect of Obesity on the Menstruation of Samoan Women”.
Helen M. Lamphere, 2008, Development Studies, “ The cultural context of obesity: Adolescents’ perspectives on weight, diet, and exercise in American Samoa”.
Jeanette Saraidaridis, 2007, Human Biology, “Influences on Birth Weight in American Samoa”.
Adam Akullian, 2007, Environmental Science, “Spatial Patterns of Schistosomiasis: A watershed approach to measuring S. japonicum environmental risk and human and animal disease outcomes”.
Gavin M. Mayers, 2006, Anthropology, “An Analysis of the Relationship between Stress Biomarkers and Stature in an Adult Samoan Population.”
Priya Batra, 2005, Community Health, “Modernization, Status Inconsistency and Serum Lipids in Adult Samoans”.
Stephen Hendriksen, 2004, Human Biology, “The Effect of Dietary Intake on Lipidemia in Modernizing Samoans”.
Ember Keighley, 2004, Human Biology, “I Wanna be like Tua: Physical Activity and Health in the Samoas”.
Kathyrn Lafond, 2004, Human Biology, “The Power of Cheese: TV, Socioeconomic Factors and Childhood Obesity in Samoa”.
Nathaniel C. Taplin, 2003, Development Studies, “’Weak People Can’t Give Much Milk’: Time energy and the microeconomics of breastfeeding in the developing world”.
Charlotte Arrington, 2002, Human Biology, “Epidemiology of Reversal of Schistosomiasis-induced liver fibrosis after Praziquantel Treatment in Leyte, The Philippines”.
Meredith Bergey, 2002, Community Health, “Urinary Catecholamines and Stress in Modernizing Samoans”.