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Dissertation Titles & Committees

Sandra Dratler (Degree conferred May, 1999)

Dissertation Title:
Increasing the Performance of Egyptian Public General Hospitals: Towards Equity and Efficiency Through Incentives

Dissertation Committee:
Teh-Wei Hu, Chair
Thomas Rundall
Julia Walsh
David Leonard

Ellen Wolfe (Degree conferred December, 1999)

Dissertation Title:
Perinatal Substance Use & Foster Care: Implications

Dissertation Committee:
Jeffrey Gould, Chair
William Satariano
Lorraine Midanik

Hiroshi Takahashi (Degree conferred May, 2000)

Dissertation Title:
Cost-Effective Approach for Chlamydia Prevention and Control in a Managed Care Setting

Dissertation Committee:
George Sensabaugh, Chair
Richard Stephens
Gertrude Buehring
Theodore Keeler

Liane Wong (Degree conferred May, 2000)

Dissertation Title:
Assessing Members' Satisfaction with Coalition Decision-making and Accomplishments: An Analysis of the First Things First Initiative in California

Dissertation Committee:
Thomas Rundall, Chair
Joan Bloom
Jane Mauldon

Ann Zukoski (Degree conferred May, 2000)

Dissertation Title:
Community Health Coalitions: Hospitals as Strategic Partners Antecedents and Consequences of Hospital Involvement

Dissertation Committee:
Stephen Shortell, Chair
Thomas Rundall
Lorraine Midanik

Nilda Chong (Degree conferred December, 2000)

Dissertation Title:
Cultural and Social Dimensions of Mexican Immigrant Women's Attitudes Toward Alcohol and Tobacco Messages & Advertisements

Dissertation Committee:
Meredith Minkler, Chair
Patricia Morgan
Eugene Garcia

Colleen Denny (Degree conferred December, 2000)

Dissertation Title:
Safety Perceptions of Hormonal Contraceptives Among Low-Income Latina Women in Contra Costa County

Dissertation Committee:
Sylvia Guendelman, Chair
Malcolm Potts
Steven Samuels
Jane Mauldon

Tomoyuki Matsuno (Degree conferred December, 2000)

Dissertation Title:
Intersectoral Collaboration in the Healthy Families Planning Project in Okinawa: An Analysis Using Coalition Framework

Dissertation Committee:
Meredith Minkler, Chair
Leonard Duhl
Patricia Morgan
Randolph Hester

Susan Zahner (Degree conferred December, 2000)

Dissertation Title:
An Evaluation of a Policy Mandating Memoranda of Understanding between Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans & Local Public Health Departments in California

Dissertation Committee:
Helen Schauffler, Chair
Joan Bloom
Robert MacCoun

Sarah Barber (Degree conferred May, 2001)

Dissertation Title:
Quality Matters: The Influence of Quality Care on Infant & Child Growth

Dissertation Committee:
Paul Gertler, Chair
Jeffrey Gould
David Leonard

James Meyers (Degree conferred May, 2001)

Dissertation Title:
Modeling The Future: A New Approach to Military Community Health Through Community Health Councils

Dissertation Committee:
Leonard Duhl, Chair
Meredith Minkler
Todd LaPorte

Monique Parrish (Degree conferred May, 2001)

Dissertation Title:
The Public Health Implications of Breast Cancer Patients Age 60 and Older Caring for Others

Dissertation Committee:
William Satariano, Chair
David Ragland
Paolo Timiras

Jeffrey Braff (Degree conferred December, 2001)

Dissertation Title:
Solid Organ Transplantation and People with HIV: The Interrelationship of Medicine, Economics, Ethics and The Law

Dissertation Committee:
Edward Penhoet, Chair
Jodi Halpern
Eric Rakowski

Jose Salazar (Degree conferred December 2001)

Dissertation Title:
Increasing Client Voices in Substance Abuse Treatment Services:
Implementation and Effectiveness of a Statewide Community Support Model

Dissertation Committee:
Patricia Morgan, Chair
Leonard Duhl
Meredith Minkler
Lee Kaskutas
Lorraine Midanik

Marcos Athanasoulis (Degree conferred May, 2002)

Dissertation Title:
Information Systems in Public Health: Methodology, Ethics and Current State

Dissertation Committee:
Leonard Duhl, Chair
S. Leonard Syme
Robert Larson

Dominic Montagu (Degree conferred May, 2002)

Dissertation Title:
Best Practices for Franchising Family Planning Services in Developing Countries

Dissertation Committee:
Malcolm Potts, Chair
Teh-wei Hu
Julia Walsh
David Leonard

Theresa Ramirez (Degree conferred December, 2002)

Dissertation Title:
The Integration of Prevention Services into Primary Care for Medicare Risk Population

Dissertation Committee:
Helen Schauffler, Chair
Joan Bloom
Lonnie Snowden

Geoffrey Lomax (Degree conferred December, 2002)

Dissertation Title:
Evaluating Genetic Testing for Susceptibility to Occupationally-Induced Disease: A Case Study of Chronic Beryllium Disease

Dissertation Committee:
Patricia Buffler, Chair
Robert Spear
Jodi Halpern
Todd LaPorte

Assefaw Ghebrekidan (Degree conferred May, 2003)

Dissertation Title:
Corruption and Poor Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dissertation Committee:
Patricia Buffler, Chair
Malcolm Potts
Mia Fuller

Tida Violante (Degree conferred May, 2003)

Dissertation Title:
Attitudes and Beliefs in Expectant Parents and Physicians Regarding Male Circumcision in Thailand

Dissertation Committee:
Malcolm Potts, Chair
Teh-wei Hu
Ananya Roy

Cheng Qin (Degree conferred December 2003)

Dissertation Title:
Birth Outcomes in Asian Population in the United States

Dissertation Committee:
Jeffrey Gould, Chair
Teh-wei Hu
Julia Walsh
Jennifer Johnson-Hanks

Deborah Edelman (Degree conferred May 2004)

Dissertation Title:
Radio for Health: A Multi-Method Analysis of Radio Broadcasting as a Means of Promoting Public Health

Dissertation Committee:
Warren Winkelstein, Chair
S. Leonard Syme
William Drummond

James Glasnapp (Degree conferred May 2004)

Dissertation Title:
Planning Public Health Programs for Agricultural Workers: A Look at Promising Practices and Program Implementations of Agricultural Worker Health Program Grantees

Dissertation Committee:
Joan Bloom, Chair
Patricia Morgan
Kurt Organista

Leon Goe (Degree conferred May 2004)

Dissertation Title:
The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations ( NGO's) in Public Health Practice in North Korea

Disstertation Committee:
Teh-wei Hu, Chair
Malcolm Potts
Julia Walsh
Linda Neuhauser
Michael Nacht

Resa Warner (Degree conferred May 2004)

Dissertation Title:
An Analysis of Heavy Alcohol Use Among U.S. Military Men: The Role of Social influences

Dissertation Committee:
William Satariano, Chair
Nick Jewell
Lorrraine Midanik

Phyllis Hughes (Degree conferred December 2004)

Dissertation Title:
Case Study of Two International Non-Governmental Organizations - Ethical Issues re: Humanitarian Aid in War

Dissertation Committee:
Joan Bloom, Chair
Jodi Halpern
Harvey Weinstein
David Leonard

Elizabeth Maker (Degree conferred Deccember 2004)

Dissertation Title:
A Case Study of the Alameda County Public Health Department's Community Health Initiative

Dissertation Committee:
S. Leonard Syme, Chair
Meredith Minkler
Thomas Rundall
Robert Ogilvie

Diana Measham (Degree conferred December 2004)

Dissertation Title:
Gender-based Power and Reproductive Tract Infections in Karnataka State, India

Dissertation Committee:
Jeffrey Gould, Chair
William Satariano
Nancy Padian
Suellen Miller
Jennifer Johnson-Hanks

Larry Murillo (Degree conferred December 2004)

Dissertation Title:
American Indian and Alaska Native Traditional Health Practices: Providing a Socio-Cultural Context for Health Care

Dissertation Committee:
Leonard Duhl, Chair
Denise Herd
Meredith Minkler
Darren Ranco

Victoria Breckwich Vasquez (Degree Conferred May 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Community-Based Participatory Research, Social Capital, and Health-Promoting Public Policy: A Multi-Site Case Study

Dissertation Committee:
Meredith Minkler, Chair
Helen Halpin
Julian Chow

Katherine Ensign (Degree Conferred May 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Impact of School Entry on Health and Behavioral Outcomes in HIV-affected Children

Dissertation Committee:
Thomas Boyce, Chair
S. Leonard Syme
Cheri Pies
Frank Worrell

Saleena Gupte (Degree conferred December 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Socio-Cultural Factors for Breastfeeding

Dissertation Committee:
Barbara Abrams, Chair
Joan Bloom
Caroline Chantry
Judith Warren Little

Judy Li (Degree conferred December 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Evaluation of Sutter Health's EICU

Dissertation Committee:
Thomas Rundall, Chair
Stephen Shortell
Deryk Van Brunt
Steven Weber

Elena Lingas (Degree conferred December 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Values, Policy and Public Health: Communication Opportunities in the Masthead Editorials of the L.A. Times and La Opinion

Dissertation Committee:
Lawrence Wallack, Chair
Jodi Halpern
Lori Dorfman
Cynthia Gorney

Lyn Paleo (Degree conferred December 2005)

Dissertation Title:
A Comparison of Participatory Research and Conventional Evaluation

Dissertation Committee:
S. Leonard Syme, Chair
Meredith Minkler
Thomas Rundall
Carolyn Hofstetter

Marjorie Plumb (Degree conferred December 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Assessing Impact and Outcomes:  Evaluating Community-Based Participatory Research

Dissertation Committee:
Helen Halpin, Chair
Meredith Minkler
Joan Bloom
Jane Mauldon

Kirstin Siemering (Degree conferred Dec 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Perceptions of childhood overweight: A Q method study

Dissertation Committee:
Zak Sabry, Chair
Patricia Morgan
Lorraine Midanik

Sallie Yoshida (Degree conferred December 2005)

Dissertation Title:
Understanding the Association Between Psychosocial Stress and the Various Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in African American and White Girls, Ages 18-19 Years

Dissertation Committee:
Gladys Block, Chair
Sharon Fleming
Zak Sabry

Lisa Romero (Degree conferred May 2006)

Dissertation Title:
The Relationship of Body Image to Sexual Risk-taking among Hispanic and White Female Adolescents

Dissertation Committee:
Sylvia Guendelman, Chair
Meredith Minkler
Claire Brindis
Jane Mauldon

Jodi Simon (Degree conferred May 2006)

Dissertation Title:
Electronic Medical Record Adoption in Physician Organizations

Dissertation Committee:
Tom Rundall, Chair
John Hsu
Yale Braunstein

Deborah Bain Brickley (Degree conferred December 2006)

Dissertation Title:
AIDS Stigma and Women: Impact on treatment and prevention interventions in Vietnam in the era of antiviral therapy

Dissertation Committee:
Malcolm Potts, Chair
Arthur Reingold
Jennifer Johnson-Hanks
Jeffrey Mandel

Fong-Ching Chang (Degree conferred December, 2006)

Dissertation Title:
The Impact of Smoking Cessation Outpatient Services in Taiwan

Dissertation Committee:
Teh-Wei Hu, Chair
Joan Bloom
Joel Mozkowitz
Lorraine Midanik

Donna Odierna (Degree conferred December, 2006)

Dissertation Title:
Learning to See the Invisible: Marginalization, Attrition and Health Disparities in a Study of Welfare and Substance Use

Dissertation Committee:
William Satariano, Chair
Meredith Minkler
Laura Schmidt
Lorraine Midanik

Clea Sarnquist (Degree conferred December 2006)

Dissertation Title:
Providing high-quality labor and delivery care:  A needs assessment to inform the rapid HIV testing at labor and delivery project

Dissertation Committee:
Malcolm Potts , Chair
Joan Bloom
Carolyn Hofstetter

Margaret Wright (Degree conferred December 2006)

Dissertation Title:
Logic of Refugee Participation in Camp Public Health Decision-Making:  A Rationale Framework

Dissertation Committee:
Ray Catalano, Chair
Joan Bloom
Carolyn Hofstetter
Robert Ogilvie

Valarie Jernigan (Degree conferred May 2007)

Dissertation Title:
The Native American Diabetes Self-Management Program

Dissertation Committee:
Joan Bloom, Chair
Kate Lorig
Meredith Minkler
Judith Little

Erin Wilson (Degree conferred August 2007)

Dissertation Title:
HIV and Stigma: The development of a conceptual model of stigma for male-to-female (MTF) transgender youth

Dissertation Committee:
Meredith Minkler, Chair
Patricia Morgan
Linda Neuhauser
Jack Glaser

Paula Worby (Degree conferred August 2007)

Dissertation Title:
Accounting for context: Determinants of Mexican and Central Americans immmigrant day laborer well being and alcohol use

Dissertation Committee:
Meredith Minkler, Chair
Emily Ozer
Kurt Organista

Elize Brown (Degree conferred December 2007)

Dissertation Title:
Health Policy: Link between Organization and Effectiveness

Dissertation Committee:
Joan Bloom, Chair
Stephen Shortell
Sherman L. Syme
Jennifer A. Chatman

Megan Dunbar (Degree conferred December 2007)

Dissertation Title:
Hormonal Contraception Use and the Risk of Acquisition among Young Women and High Risk sub-Groups: from research into policy 

Dissertation Committee:
Nancy Padian, Chair
Emily Ozer
Alan Hubbard
Alain de Janvry

Kiersten Israel-Ballard (Degree conferred December 2007)

Dissertation Title:
Demonstrating the safety of flash-heated breast milk:  A potential infant feeding option for HIV positive mothers in developing countries

Dissertation Committee:
Barbara Abrams, Chair
Gertrude Buehring
Caroline Chantry
Janet King

Anita Lee (Degree conferred December 2007)

Dissertation Title:
Tobacco Control in China: A Pilot Intervention Program for Pregnant Women in Sichuan

Dissertation Committee:
Teh-Wei Hu, Chair
Richard Scheffler
Sandra Dratler
Lorraine Midanik

Monique Sims (Degree conferred December 2007)

Dissertation Title:
Improving Breastfeeding Rates in the AA Population by Engaging the Faith Community

Dissertation Committee:
Gladys Block, Chair
Emily Ozer
Stephen Small