Health Sciences Program Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Burden of Death for Minority Infants in the United States: Interactions among Modifiable and Unmodifiable Risk Factors in 2019 and 2020, Natalia Coletti
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Unemployment and Mental Health Outcomes Among Women Aged 25–54 in the United States, Solangel Padron
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Cross-Sectional Study on the Relationship between Radiopharmaceutical Choice in Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Various Radiopharmaceutical Attributes, Eric M. Hertenstein
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Utilization of Nonpharmacological Pain Treatments for Low Back Pain Among Rural and Nonrural Individuals, Kevin H. McLaughlin
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Relationship of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Excessive Alcohol Use Among Young Adults Aged 25 to 34 Years Old in the United States: An Analysis of the 2019 & 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, Korrine Rodrigue
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Associated Factors with Completed Screening Prostate Specific Antigen Test in the United States: 2016 and 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey Dataset Study, Lucas J. Gross
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Opioid Injection Drug Use and Viral Hepatitis C Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Analysis, Otto Jude Ike
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Influence of Polymyxin Pulse Lavage versus Polymyxin Pulse Lavage and Irrisept Antimicrobial Wound Lavage in Reducing Postoperative Infections In Total Knee Replacement via the Quadriceps Sparing Approach, Vaishali Patel
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Impact of Texas T21 on Youth Tobacco Use: An Analysis of Texas Youth Tobacco Survey Data, LuBeth Pérez
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study at Dialysis Centers in Washington, United States, Anawin Sanguankeo
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effect of Lymphedema Therapy on Wound Healing, Marina Shabalow
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detector Analysis of Forced Sex and HIV Testing Among Adolescents and Young Adults Using Secondary Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data, Sarah Elizabeth Stelljes
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Protection Motivation and Health Behaviors of Undergraduate Students in a Private, South Florida University During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Sumera Ackbarali
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effects of Varied Resistance Training Rest Intervals on Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure in Young Adults, Jason Lyn Coles
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Mortality and Readmission Among Patients with Multidrug Resistant Organism Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective Analysis, Caitlin M. Crews-Stowe
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Prediction of Hospital Readmission using the CORE and the CORE+ Scores in Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Ahmad Aouni Elshafei
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Improving Satisfaction of Non-English-Speaking Dental Students Using the Electronic Dental Record, Leandro E. Feliz-Matos
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Association of Kidney Function Biomarkers with Ovarian Cancer Risk and the Mediating Effects of Inflammation, Cassandra A. Hathaway
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Shared Decision Making on the Cochlear Implant Surgery Ear Decision in Bilateral Adult Candidates, Sara Lynn Jagger
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Social Ecology of Prison Inmate Mortality Observed Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, Janika San Roman
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Me and You, Your Partner, and Their Partner Too: Exploring the Experiences of Afro-Caribbean Men who are in Polyamorous Relationships, Giancarlo Simpson
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Reliability and Validity of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale for Patients Discharging Home from a Short Stay at a Skilled Nursing Facility, Justin Smith
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Relationship Between Diet Quality and Sarcopenia: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Sikarin Upala
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Oncology System-Based Challenges to Advancing Cervical Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Tariqa Ackbarali
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Headache and Migrainous Features of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Users of MS Care Connect, a Self-Efficacy Mobile Health Digital Application, Amy L. Dix
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Integration of Immunological and Host-specific Factors to Identify Vaccine response Biomarkers, Tenekua Dugan
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Resiliency Lived – Experts’ Assets and Resources in the Anti-Trafficking Movement, Jami Flick
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Influence of Computer Assistive Technology and the Internet on Socialization and Life Satisfaction After Tetraplegic Injury, Stephanie Kubiak
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Is There a Difference in Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines Between Hematologic Cancer Survivors and Other Cancer Survivors?, Claire Louise McCann
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Relationship Between Body Mass Index, the Use of Prescription Weight-Loss Medication, and Nonprescription Supplements for Weight Loss, Elizabeth Pash
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Understanding Different Approaches to Working With Adolescent Clients in Family Therapy: A Critical Review of Therapist Perspectives on Approaching Adolescents in Therapy, Alicia Theus
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Dissertation: Population Level Impact of Self-Immolation on Burn Unit Resources: A Retrospective Case-Matched Study, Kristina Rosa Cruz Bolling
Dissertation: Applying an ecological perspective to interprofessional education: Attitude changes in students of the tri-alliance, Angela M. Cecil
Dissertation: Association Between Physical Activity and Stress in a National Cohort of Undergraduate Students from the Spring 2019 National College Health Assessment II, Melissa Lee
Dissertation: Analysis of Secondary Data to Determine the Relationship Between Age and Power Toothbrush Use, Kimberly Milleman
Dissertation: Relationship Between Electronic Health Literacy, Locus of Control, Trust in Physicians, Attitudes Towards Providers, and Medication Adherence, Donrie Purcell
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Is Age and Injury Severity the Winning Predictor of Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescent Trauma? A Retrospective Cross Sectional Study At a Pediatric Trauma Center, Heather Rhodes
Dissertation: Job-Related Attitudes and Burnout Amongst Medical Physicists in the United States, Deborah L. Schofield
Dissertation: A Propensity-Matched, Mortality-Adjusted Study of Palliative Care Consult to Reduce 90-day Hospital Readmission in a Heart Failure Cohort, Janice Shirley
Dissertation: Exploring Living Conditions and Asthma Among Migrant Farmworkers, Jenelle Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Dissertation: Relationship Between Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Lindsay Megenhardt
Dissertation: Healthcare Utilization and Expenditure of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Associated with Epilepsy in the United States, Esther Nkrumah
Dissertation: Human Factor Associations with Safety Events in Radiation Therapy, Sheri M. Weintraub
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dissertation: E-Cigarettes: Perceived Harm among Youth in the United States, Sherbert Samuels
Dissertation: Integrative Molecular Pathological Epidemiology of Congenital and Infant Acute Leukemia, Heather Elizabeth Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: Relationship between Affordable Care Act and Emergency Department Visits, Dovison Kereri
Dissertation: Association between Immunological Reactivity with Tetrabromobisphenol-A and Autoimmune Target Sites of the Nervous System, Datis Kharrazian
Dissertation: Assessing Beliefs, Attitudes, and Perceived Risks of HIV as Predictors of HIV Testing Behavior Among Seniors in the Coachella Valley, California, Gillian Sealy
Dissertation: Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: Exploring the Experiences of Eye Bank Coordinators When Approaching Families of Decedents for Eye Donation, Concetta Triglia
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Dissertation: Faculty and Staff Perceptions of Interprofessional Education: A Comparative Survey of Dental and Health Science/Nursing Faculty and Staff, Tabitha Nicole Fair
Dissertation: Evaluation of Various Inspiratory Times and Inflation Pressures During Airway Pressure Release Ventilation, Tim Gilmore
Dissertation: Pneumonia Readmissions in Older Adults with Dementia, Sara Knox
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The War on Ebola: A Qualitative Descriptive Case Study of an Ebola Response in Liberia, John Michael Saindon, Jr.
Dissertation: Lived Experience of the Advanced Practice Provider on the Burn Surgery Service, Susan Lee Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation: Impact of Preoperative Patient Profiles on Elective Open Intestinal Resection Outcomes, Wei Chao Chang
Dissertation: CAG Repeat Length and Suicidality in Huntington's disease, Christen Kutz
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: Investigation of physician assistants' choice of rural or underserved practice and framing methods of recruitment and retention, Jennifer A. Snyder