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.
July 14, 2020, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Liberal Arts
Health Communication
Nicole Lynn Johnson
A qualitative inquiry into Indonesian women's breastfeeding decision-making
Zoom
Chair: Marianne Sassi Matthias, Ph.D., 317-278-3154
Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Medical Neuroscience
Tyler Nguyen
Magneto-electric nanoparticles cobalt ferrite (CoFe204) - barium titanate (BaTi03) for non-invasive neural modulations
Zoom
Co-chairs: Fletcher White, M.S., Ph.D, 317-274-5164; Armin Blesch, Ph.D., 858-822-3684
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Cellular & Integrative Physiology
Seth Winfree
Neutrophil diversity in the pathogenesis of ischemic acute kidney injury
Zoom
Chair: Tarek M. El-Achkar, Ph.D., 317-278-6822
Friday, July 17, 2020, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Nursing
Nursing Science
Adele Deborah Lenae Crouch
Cognitive dysfunction of older breast cancer survivors
Zoom
Chair: Diane Von Ah, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, 317-278-2827
Friday, July 17, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kevin C Lange
Restriction of glioma progression and mesenchymal characteristics by angiomotin like-1
Zoom
Chair: Clark Well, Ph.D., 317-278-1060
Thursday, July 23, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Joseph Emil Rupert
Tumor, fat and skeletal muscle crosstalk via IL-6R trans-signalling mediates pancreatic cancer cachexia
R3 C203
Chair: Teresa Zimmers, Ph.D., 317-278-7289
Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Homaira Mohammad Azim
Foucauldian archaeology of modern medical discourse
Zoom
Chair: James Scheurich, Ph.D., 317-278-0009
Friday, July 31, 2020, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Education
Urban Education Studies
Gayle S Cosby
Bought but not sold out: A critical autoethnography of a public school board member in the neoliberal turn
ES 3138E
Chair: James Scheurich, Ph.D., 317-278-0009
Friday, August 7, 2020, 10:00 a.m.
IU School of Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Ryan Taylor Gibson
The eukaryotic SMC5/6 complex represses the replicative program of high-risk human papillomavirus
Zoom
Chair: Eilliot Androphy, M.D., 317-278-3322
Thursday, August 13, 2020, 2:00 p.m.
IU School of Informatics and Computing
Informatics
Yamini Lalama Patnaik Masterson
Understanding informational practices and exploring data collection approaches for quality of life in brain injury illness management
Zoom
Chair: Erin Brady, Ph.D., 317-278-7672
Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
IU School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
William James Blakely
Characterization of a putative acid phosphatase in toxoplasma gondii and its role in parsite propagation
MS B26
Chair: Gustavo Arrizabalaga, Ph.D., 317-278-6355