Time introduces complexity in causal inference for observational studies. This thesis investigates two sources of bias for studies involving time-varying data. One is the missing …
Abstract of Calibrating Transition Probabilities for Tobacco Use in Markov Multi-state Modeling, by Breanna Richards, Degree ScM, Brown University, May 2023 Background and Aims: Tobacco …
Background: Early-life exposure to triclosan may affect thyroid hormone homeostasis during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood, which in turn may adversely affect neurodevelopment. However, to our …
Background The Fundamental Social Cause of Disease Theory explains how power and distribution of resources affect health outcomes. While socioeconomic position (SEP) and racism have …
Qualitative longitudinal study to gain an in-depth understanding of how practice setting and workplace culture affects physicians’ provision of spiritual care.
Background: Women in South Africa remain disproportionately affected by HIV. Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programs reduce HIV burden through improving access to …
Abstract of "Neighborhood and Individual Determinants of Cardiometabolic Health: Obesity and Blood Pressure", by Marcia I. Pescador Jimenez, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2018. Despite significant …
Background Poor intrauterine growth has long-term implications for child growth, nutritional status, and neurocognitive development. Fetal malnutrition (FM) is a subclass of poor intrauterine growth …
Children in developing countries face a myriad of hardships including poverty, household economic shocks, and high disease burden. These adverse conditions curtail children’s human capital …
