Upcoming Announcements
This list of scheduled Ph.D. dissertation defenses is posted so that faculty and others may attend the defense. If you wish to attend, please contact the committee chair in advance as a courtesy.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Health & Human Sciences
Health & Rehab Science
Ashley Danielle Troutman
Intervention effects on musculoskeletal health and physical function in CKD-MBD using a rat model
Research 2; Room 101
Chair: Keith Avin, Ph.D., 317-278-9681
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Avery Morgan Runnebohm
Characterization of missense variants in the RNA exosome associted with pontocerebellar hypoplasia
Emerson Hall 304
Chair: Amber Mosley, Ph.D., 317-278-2350
Monday, October 21, 2024, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Jessica Kay Gonzalez
Conserved residues in murine papillomavirus E2 regulate the viral life cycle
R4 101
Chair: Elliot J. Androphy, Ph.D., 317-278-3322
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Eliud Isaac Onyango Odhiambo
Antibodies and risk of clinical malaria in an area of low malaria transmission in western Kenya
MS B26
Chair: Chandy C. John, Ph.D., 317-274-8940
Friday, October 25, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Nursing
Nursing Science
Charles Donald Elomba
Receptiveness to social support: Understanding the conflicting relationship between social support and medication adherence in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Virtual
Chair: Rebecca Bartlett Ellis, Ph.D., 317-274-0047
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Matthew William McKay
White rainbow weaponization: White gay males understanding and use of racial identity privilege in urban post-secondary education
Virtual
Co-Chairs: James Scheurich, Ph.D., 317-278-0009; Kathleen King Thorius, Ph.D., 317-278-0745
Thursday, October 31, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Health & Human Sciences
Health & Rehab Science
Amy Renee Oliver
Understanding the process: How undergraduate students develop constructs of disability in service-learning: A constructivist grounded theory approach
IU Natatorium PE 226
Chair: Katie Stanton-Nichols, Ph.D., 317-274-2295
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Pharmacology
Hanyu Xia
Understanding the structure-function relationship of peptidergic sensory nerves in the prostate
R4 101
Co-Chairs: Travis J. Jerde, Ph.D., 317-274-1534; Jill C. Fehrenbacher, Ph.D., 317-274-8360
Friday, December 13, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Pharmacology
Amanda Rose Krueger
Elucidating the role of the essential kinase TgGSK in the human parasite Toxoplasma gondii
MS 326
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Yeh, Ph.D., 317-274-7828; Gustavo Arrizabalaga, Ph.D., 317-278-6355