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Joan Glenny-Pescov

Date: September 8, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

Hybrid Defense. In-Person: Medical Campus, RMSB, Room 6018. Virtual defense via Zoom: Please contact jxg1847@miami.edu for online access.

Dissertation Title: Computational Strategies for Drug Discovery: Advancing the BioAssay Ontology and Modeling the BUB1B Kinase Domain for Inhibitor Prioritization

Sibei Liu

Date: September 15, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

Location: Medical Campus. Virtual defense via Zoom. Please contact sxl4188@miami.edu for online access.

Dissertation Title: Variance Guided Regression Models for Heteroscedastic Data 

Xiaofeng Jia

Date: September 30, 2026, 10:30 a.m.

Location: Coral Gables Campus. Virtual defense via Zoom. 

Dissertation Title: Evaluating Random-Forest-Assisted Subgrouping in Meta-Analysis with Dependent Effect Sizes

Asha Peddada

Date: October 30, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

Hybrid Defense. In-Person: Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Science Campus, SLAB, Room 103. Virtual defense via Zoom: Please contact axp2871@miami.edu for online access.

Thesis Title: It’s More or Less Like Freedom…”: Waterfront Access, Ecosystem Health, and Impacts on Wellbeing among Urban Fishers in South Florida

Julia Rapicavoli

Date: November 3, 2026, 9:00 a.m.

Location: Coral Gables Campus, Plumer Bldg., 5th Floor Conference Room.

Dissertation Title: Lower Limb Strength and Symmetry Characteristics in Female Collegiate Soccer and Volleyball Athletes

 

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