Melissa Gutierrez
Date: May 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Max Orovitz Bldg., Room 200
Dissertation Title: Refinement and Evaluation of a Parenting Psychoeducational Intervention for Latine Families
Danielle Antoine
Date: May 1, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Medical Campus, Lois Pope Life Center, 7th Floor Auditorium
Dissertation Title: Role of the Gut Microbiome in Prolonged Pain Hypersensitivity Following Neonatal Morphine Exposure
Parth Rathee
Date: May 1, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, KPB, Room 140
Dissertation Title: Mechanistic and Structural Investigation of the Effect of Secondary Coordination Shell Interactions on Metal-Dependent Catalysis in Biological and Biomimetic Scaffolds
Rafael Leite
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact rxl707@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Weight Discrimination and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Health
Eukene Franco Landa
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: Merrick Bldg., Room 210. Virtual: Please contact axm8496@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Variation in Nominal Ergative Marking and its Social Meaning: a Linguistic and Identitarian Comparative Study between the US Basque Diaspora and the Basque Country
Alexa Parra
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Coral Gables Campus. In-Person: SONHS, Executive Boardroom. Virtual: Please contact a.parra5@umiami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: The Effects of Intersecting Identity and Social Determinants of Health on Afro-Latina Maternal Morbidity and Infant Birth Outcomes in Florida
Jieyuan Tian
Date: May 2, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact j.tian1@umiami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Electromagnetic System with Metastable Spatial-Temporal Considerations for Neural Stimulation and Recording
Amanda Jensen
Date: May 6, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact arj466@miami.edu.
Thesis Title: Posttraumatic Stress in Youth Following Unintentional Injury: The Interplay of Parent –Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Severity Over Time
Ifedi Anikpo
Date: May 7, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Medical Campus. For online access, please contact ioa11@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Evaluation of Statin Use, Drug Interactions, and their Associations with Lipid Changes in People with HIV
Valeria Turino
Date: May 7, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Science Campus. In-Person: Science Laboratory and Administration Building (SLAB), Room 103. Virtual: Please contact valeria.turino@earth.miami.edu, to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Thermal Structure and Exhumation During Time Dependent Subduction: Insights from Numerical Modeling
Maya Metser-Waldman
Date: May 7, 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact mmetser@miami.edu.
Thesis Title: Trajectories and Predictors of Alliance in an Online Relationship Intervention
Amanda Belanger
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Flipse Bldg., Room 402
Thesis Title: Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Considerations in Hoarding Presentation, Assessment, and Vulnerability
Leah Dodds
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: CRB, Room 1080A. Virtual: Please contact lvd10@miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the US: A Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhood, Interpersonal, and Individual Determinants
Grace Woodard
Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Coral Gables Campus, Flipse Bldg., Room 302
Dissertation Title: Effectiveness of Audit and Feedback to Support Implementation of Measurement-Based Care for Youth in Community Mental Health Settings: A Mixed Method Multiple Case Study
Dominique Phillips
Date: May 15, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact dominique.phillips@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Informant Discrepancies in the Treatment of Youth Internalizing Disorders:
Implications for Clinical Outcomes and the Effect of Measurement-Based Care
Nathan Hanson
Date: May 16, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Defense, Medical Campus. For online access, please contact amc911@med.miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Delta-Radiomic Analysis in the Prediction of Pancreatic Tumor Response during Magnetic Resonance Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Joely Centracchio
Date: May 23, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Defense, Coral Gables Campus. For online access, please contact jcentracchio@miami.edu.
Dissertation Title: Prognostic Awareness and Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Cancer: Moderation by Anxiety, Age, and Cancer Type
Erin Williams
Date: June 4, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Hybrid Defense, Medical Campus. In-Person: Don Soffer CRC, 7th Floor, CTSI Research Training Center. Virtual: Please contact erin.williams@med.miami.edu to request online access.
Dissertation Title: Development of a Dynamic Next Generation Semicircular Canal Assessment Device
