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.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Omnia Usama Mohammed Shawky Gaafer
Characterizing PDK4 and PKC-theta in pancreatic cancer and cachexia
MS B26
Chair: Clark Wells, Ph.D., 317-278-1060
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
IU School of Science
Physics
Brenden Rodney Glover
Dynamics of time-delay coupled opto-electronic oscillators
LD 137
Co-Chairs: Gautam Vemuri, Ph.D., 317-274-0002; Yogesh Joglekar, Ph.D., 317-274-6911
Monday, July 28, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Health & Human Sciences
Exercise Science
Michaela Anne Wilson
The use of transcranial direct current stimulation to facilitate neuroplasticity during motor skill learning
PE 151
Chair: Zachary Riley, Ph.D., 317-278-1487
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Public Health
Health Policy & Management
Yvette Ho Tran
Medicaid continuous eligibility and its associations with administrative costs, unmet needs, and health service utilization
RG 6040
Chair: Justin Blackburn, Ph.D., 317-278-0343
Thursday, August 7, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Audrey Leigh Taylor
From design to delivery: A case study of educator agency, experience, and structural tensions in a framework-driven credit recovery
Virtual
Chair: Jeremy Price, Ph.D., 317-274-6818
Thursday, August 7, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical Neuroscience
Jinhyeong Bae
A simulative deep learning model of SNP interactions on chromosome 19 for predicting Alzheimer's disease risk and rates of disease progression
NB 101
Chair: Andrew J. Saykin, Ph.D., 224-713-4318
Monday, August 11, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical Neuroscience
Soumilee Chaudhuri
Cardiovascular burden in Alzheimer's Disease: Neuroimaging, fluid biomarkers, and omics perspecives
NB 101
Chair: Karmen K. Yoder, Ph.D., 317-963-7507