Dissertation Seminars

The final requirement in earning a PhD is the completion and defense of the doctoral dissertation, which involves the PhD candidate giving a presentation. Dates, times, locations and speaker information for dissertation seminars will be posted here as that information becomes available.
If you are a PhD candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and would like to learn more about thesis deadlines, requirements, scheduling and taking your exam and submitting your thesis/dissertation, please visit the Graduate School's page Thesis & Dissertation. Please let the DNSHelpdesk know when you have scheduled your exam so we may help you reserve a lecture room and help you advertise your talk.
Dissertation schedule for Fall 2019
October 21, 2019 at 1:00pm in 219 Ives Hall (IVS219) |
Yiqin Wang Title: Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmy: Pathogenicity and Disease Severity |
Committee members: Zhenglong Gu (chair), Paul Soloway (genomics minor), Haiyuan Yu (genetics minor), Kimberly O'Brien (nutrition field) |
November 6, 2019 at 12:00pm in MVR G71 |
Samantha Huey Title: Nutrition, gut, and immune health among young children living in urban slums of Mumbai |
Committee members: Saurabh Mehta (chair), Jere Haas (nutrition field), Julia Finkelstein (epidemiology minor), and David G. Russell (immunology and infectious diseases minor) |
December 3, 2019 at 9:00am in MVR G422 |
Yaeeun Han Title: The impact of father involvement in complementary feeding practices in Ethiopia: a mixed-method approach |
Committee members:
John Hoddinott (Committee chair), Pat Cassano (Epidemiology minor), David Pelletier (International development minor), Rebecca Seguin (Nutrition field) |
December 12, 2019 at 12:20 in 100 Savage Hall during the International Nutrition Seminar time slot |
Susanna Colt Title: Vitamin A status, inflammation, and infection |
Committee members: Saurabh Mehta (chair), Julia Finkelstein (Epidemiology minor), Avery August (Immunology and infectious diseases minor), Patrick Stover ( Field of nutrition), David Erickson |