Congratulations to Our 2016 Biology & Society Graduates!
Congratulations to all the Center students that defended their prospectus or thesis this Fall!
PhD Defenses
Mary Drago, PhD BioS
"Promises, Expectations, and Obligations: An Examination of American Indian Health"
Advisor: Jane Maienschein
Erica O'Neil, PhD BioS
"Fetal Risk, Federal Response: How Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Influenced the Adoption of Alcohol Warning Labels"
Advisor: Jane Maienschein
Valerie Racine, PhD HPS
"Beyond Reductionism and Emergence: A Study of the Epistemic Practices in Gene Expression Research"
Advisor: Jane Maienschein, Manfred Laubichler
Yawen Zou, PhD HPS
"Studying the History of Systems Biology Using a Computational Approach: From Systems to Biology, 1992-2013"
Advisor: Manfred Laubichler
Master's Defenses
Rachel Gur-Arie, MS BioS
"In support of Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel (HCP)"
Advisor: Jane Maienschein
Tyler Hughes, MS BioS
"The Potential Emergence of Dengue in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: A Micro-climatic and Demographic Analysis"
Advisor: Charles Perrings
Tracy Shoumaker, MS Bio
"Effects of Urbanization on Bat Habitat use in the Phoenix Metropolitan Region, Arizona, USA: A Multiscale Landscape Analysis"
Advisor: Jingle Wu