Ph.D. alumni
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Brenda Achelpohl-Chagolla Dissertation chair: Jill G. Joseph |
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Gennifer Holt, M.S.N., R.N. Dissertation chair: Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano |
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Cynthia Matsumoto Dissertation chair: Katherine Kim |
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William Randall Dissertation chair: Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano |
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Danica Loralyn Taylor Dissertation chair: Janice F. Bell |
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Christy Marie Adams Dissertation chair: Patrick S. Romano |
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Emma Jean Marie Blackmon Dissertation chair: Kupiri W. Ackerman-Barger |
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Karen Marie de Sola-Smith Dissertation chair: Janice F. Bell |
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Charlie Dharmasukrit Dissertation chair: Jill G. Joseph |
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Victoria Ngo Dissertation chair: Katherine Kim |
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Angela E. Usher Dissertation chair: Janice F. Bell |
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Barbara Abeling, Ph.D., M.S., R.N. Dissertation chair: Debra Bakerjian |
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Sarah Brown Blake, Ph.D., M.S., R.N. Dissertation chair: Jeri L. Bigbee |
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Sujuan Cai, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N. Dissertation chair: Debra Bakerjian |
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Jacqueline Clavo-Hall, Ph.D., M.S., J.D., R.N. Dissertation chair: Theresa A. Harvath |
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Ian Koebner, Ph.D., M.Sc., M.A.O.M. Dissertation chair: Jill G. Joseph. |
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May Ying Ly, Ph.D., M.S. Dissertation chair: Katherine Kim |
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Sarah Reed, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H.J. Behaviors among Cancer Survivors Dissertation chair: Janice F. Bell |
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Christy Solorio, Ph.D., M.S., R.N. Hospital Dissertation chair: Elena O. Siegel. |
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Jacqueline Stocking, Ph.D., M.S.N., M.B.A., R.N. Dissertation chair: Patrick Romano. |
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Samantha Blackburn, Ph.D., R.N. Adviser: Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano |
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Amy Doroy, Ph.D., M.S., R.N. Dissertation topic: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Patients Who have Participated in an Early Mobility Program Adviser: Debra Bakerjian |
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Bronwyn Fields, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N. Dissertation topic: Rural Nursing: What Drives Job Choice? Adviser: Jeri Bigbee |
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Daphene Francis, Ph.D., M.S., R.N. Dissertation topic: How do Sociocultural Factors Influence Physical Activity for Black Caribean Immigrant Women in New York City? Adviser: Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano |
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Ellen Goldstein, Ph.D., M.F.T. Dissertation topic: Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Among Patients in Primary Care Adviser: Sheryl Catz |
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Sally Moyce, Ph.D., R.N. Dissertation topic: Acute Kidney Injury in California's Agricultural Workers Adviser: Jill Joseph |
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Holly Thurston, Ph.D., M.S.W. Dissertation topic: Using Geographic Information Systems Technology to Augment a Retrospective Case-Control Study of Serious Child Maltreatment in Sacramento County Adviser: Jill Joseph |
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Robin Whitney, Ph.D., R.N. Dissertation topic: In-patient Care Use among California Cancer Patients Adviser: Janice Bell |
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Barbara Baranishyn-Hanna, Ph.D., R.N. Adviser: Patrick S. Romano |
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Rocio Hernandez, Ph.D., M.F.T. Adviser: Mary Lou de Leon Siantz |
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Kristine Himmerick, Ph.D. Adviser: Jill G. Joseph |
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Satish Mahajan, Ph.D., M.E., R.N. Adviser: Michael Hogarth |
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Rebecca Lash, Ph.D., M.S.N., M.P.P., R.N. Adviser: Janice F. Bell |
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Rayne Soriano, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N. Adviser: Elena O. Siegal Current work: Manager of Nursing Informatics and Clinical Transformation Program, National Care Delivery Business Information Office and National Patient Care Services, Kaiser Permanente |
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Perry Gee, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N. Dissertation committee: Lisa Miller, M.S., Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Human and Community Development; Debbie Ward, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., associate dean for academics and clinical professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Debora Paterniti, Ph.D., associate adjunct professor, Department of Sociology, Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, UC Davis. |
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Deborah Greenwood, Ph.D., M.Ed., R.N. Dissertation Committee: Heather M. Young, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., dean and professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Thomas Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H., associate vice chancellor for strategic technologies and alliances, UC Davis Health Sysytem; Shelley Blozis, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Psychology, UC Davis; Charlene Quinn, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine. |
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Katherine Kim, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. Dissertation Committee: Jill Joseph, M.D., Ph.D., associate dean for research and professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Robert Bell, Ph.D., professor, UC Davis; Jyu-Lin Chen, R.N., Ph.D., CNS, associate professor, UC San Francisco School of Nursing. |
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Lori Madden, Ph.D., M.S., N.P. Dissertation Committee: Deborah Ward, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., associate dean of academics, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Shelley Blozis, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Psychology, UC Davis; Ava Puccio, R.N., Ph.D., assistant professor of Neurological Surgery & Nursing Co-Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center, Univeristy of Pittsburgh; Holli A. DeVon, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N., associate professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing. |
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Lisa Martinez, Ph.D., R.N. Dissertation Committee: Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Ph.D., R.N., professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Christiana Drake, Ph.D, chair, biostatistics graduate group, professor, Department of Statistics, UC Davis; Adela de La Torre, Ph.D., UC Davis ADVANCE co-principal investigator, vice chancellor of student affairs and professor of chicana/o studies. |
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Sheridan Miyamoto, Ph.D., R.N., F.N.P. Dissertation Committee: Jill Joseph, M.D., Ph.D., associate dean for research and professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Patrick S. Romano, M.D., M.P.H., professor, Department of Internal Medicine, General Medicine and Pediatrics, UC Davis; Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Ph.D., M.S.W. assistant professor, Univeristy of Southern California. |
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Frances Patmon, Ph.D., R.N. Dissertation Committee: Jill Joseph, M.D., Ph.D., associate dean for research and professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Scott Fishman, M.D., professor and chief of pain medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, UC Davis; Christiana Drake, Ph.D, chair, biostatistics graduate group, professor, Department of Statistics, UC Davis. |
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Susan Perez, Ph.D., M.P.H. Dissertation Committee: Richard Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H., professor and co-vice chair of research, Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis Health; Robert Bell, Ph.D., professor, UC Davis; Debora Paterniti, Ph.D., associate adjunct professor, Department of Sociology, Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, UC Davis. |