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A Sex-Specific Approach to Stroke Epidemiology and Prevention

Description:
While stroke is a leading cause of death and disability for both women and men, women experience a disproportionate amount of the stroke-related disease burden …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Madsen, Tracy (creator)
Liu, Simin (Advisor)
Howard, Virginia (Reader)
Luo, Xi (Reader)
McGarvey, Stephen (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Diabetes
Hypertension
Cerebrovascular disease
Sex differences
Stroke
Hormones, Sex
Collection:
Public Health
Epidemiology
Theses and Dissertations
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Age-Sex Differences in Suicide Patterns Across the Americas

Description:
Background: Globally, suicide is a leading cause of mortality. Epidemiologic studies of suicide in the Americas as a region are lacking, particularly how suicide across …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Brown, Melanie Y (Author)
Kohn, Robert (Author)
Brown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Global Health (research program)
Subject:
Suicide
Sex differences
Pan American Health Organization
Language:
English
Collection:
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
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An Evolutionary Analysis of Sex and Reproductive Biology “Go Nads! A Partnership of the Germline and Soma”

Description:
Sex determination is an essential, and highly variable process, of organismal development. Looking for common threads used in evolution to determine sex is difficult simply …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Pieplow, Cosmo Apollo (creator)
Freiman, Richard (Reader)
DeLong, Alison (Reader)
Larschan, Erica (Reader)
Liu, Judy (Reader)
Capel, Blanche (Reader)
Wessel, Gary (Advisor)
Brown University. Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sex determination, Genetic
Echinodermata
Germ cells
Reproduction
Sex differences
primordial germ cells
Sex differentiation
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Theses and Dissertations
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Internal Migration, Urban Living, and the Health Penalty among Women in South Africa

Description:
This dissertation aims to understand the interplay between the rapid and simultaneous rise of urbanization and non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries, paying particular …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Pheiffer, Chantel Ferreira (creator)
White, Michael (Advisor)
Jackson, Margot (Reader)
Schrank, Andrew (Reader)
McGarvey, Stephen (Reader)
Ginsburg, Carren (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Sociology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Public health
Migration, Internal
Chronic diseases
Sex differences
Urbanization
Health transition
Collection:
Sociology
Theses and Dissertations
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Investigating the Molecular Basis of Sex-Biased Synaptic Gene Regulation in Drosophila melanogaster

Description:
Motivation: Many higher-order organisms display sexually dimorphic traits, specifically, sex-biased lifespan and aging phenotypes. There are several potential explanations for these phenomena––one of which involves …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Lonski, Andrew Joseph (creator)
Larschan, Erica (Advisor)
O'Connor-Giles, Kate (Advisor)
Huang, Alvin (Reader)
Wharton, Kristi (Reader)
Brown University. Biology and Medicine: Biotechnology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Genetics
Drosophila melanogaster
Gene expression
Genetic transcription
Genetic regulation
neurodevelopment
Bioinformatics
Sex differences
single-cell sequencing
Synapses
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Biotechnology
Theses and Dissertations
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Investigating the relationship between Dosage Compensation and sex-based aging in Drosophila melanogaster

Description:
A majority of species display sex-based differences in the process of aging. In humans, these sexual dimorphisms lead to an average longer lifespan in females. …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Nigrin, Nathan (creator)
Chen, Zining (creator)
Rajakumar, Sanyu (creator)
Singh, Gunjan (creator)
Erica Larschan (advisor)
Brown University. Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (research program)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Drosophila melanogaster
Aging
Computational biology
Sex differences
Neurogenetics
Language:
English
Collection:
Summer Research Symposium
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Paths to Specialty Selection: A Lens on Women Physicians & Medical Practice and Leadership: Experiences of Women Physicians

Description:
Paths to Specialty Selection: A Lens on Women Physicians Abstract Background: Women now comprise more than half of medical school classes in the US. However, …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Woods, Laura Allison (creator)
Sharkey, Katherine (Advisor)
Wetle, Terrie Fox (Advisor)
Dunsiger, Shira (Advisor)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Qualitative research
Feminism
Physicians
Sex differences
Women in medicine
Women physicians
Women in Leadership
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
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Recovery Trajectories and Epigenetic Predictors of Female Posttraumatic Pain Development

Description:
Chronic pain impacts >50 million US adults, with women about twice as likely to report chronic pain as men. Acute physical trauma (e.g. motor vehicle …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Gaither, Rachel (creator)
Beaudoin, Francesca (Advisor)
Joyce, Nina (Reader)
Crawford, Lorin (Reader)
Linnstaedt, Sarah (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Epidemiology
Trauma
epigenetics
Sex differences
Cluster analysis
Chronic pain
X chromosome
Collection:
Public Health
Epidemiology
Theses and Dissertations
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Sex Differences in Thrombotic Complications in Patients with COVID-19

Description:
The following retrospective study aimed to elucidate some of these connections between sex, thrombotic complications, and COVID-19 through the analysis of 1380 COVID-positive patient records …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Bencie, Nicole (Author)
Madsen, Tracy (Author)
Brown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Translational Research in Medicine (research program)
Subject:
Emergency medicine
Sex differences
Language:
English
Collection:
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
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Sex-Selective Effects of Early Life Stress on the Development of Cognitive and Affective Pathology in a Mouse Model

Description:
Abstract of Sex-Selective Effects of Early Life Stress on the Development of Cognitive and Affective Pathology in a Mouse Model, by Haley Goodwill, Ph.D., Brown …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Goodwill, Haley (creator)
Bath, Kevin (Advisor)
Moore, Christopher (Reader)
Frank, Michael (Reader)
Brenhouse, Heather (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Depression, Mental
Cognition
Sex differences
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
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Sex-Specific Behavioral and Transcriptomic Effects of Disrupted Glutamatergic Input to ALDH1A1-Positive Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons in Mice

Description:
Midbrain dopaminergic neurons are involved not only in motor control, but also motivation and reward. A particularly relevant subpopulation expresses the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Carmichael, Kathleen Frances (creator)
Cai, Huaibin (Advisor)
O'Connor-Giles, Kate (Reader)
Khaliq, Zayd (Reader)
Salinas, Armando (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sex differences
Parkinson's disease
Mouse behavior
Dopaminergic neurons
Glutamatergic input
NMDA receptors
ALDH1A1
mRNA sequencing
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
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Sexual Dimorphism in Human Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells

Description:
Sexual dimorphism is present clinically in a number of cardiopulmonary diseases but little is known about sexual dimorphism at the cellular level. Enclosed in this …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Cox-Flaherty, Katherine (creator)
Ventetuolo, Corey (Advisor)
Harrington, Elizabeth (Reader)
Brown University. Division of Biology and Medicine (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sex differences
Endothelial cells
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Theses and Dissertations
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Shoulder Instability in Women vs. Men

Description:
Shoulder instability is a common injury, often resulting from either repetitive microtrauma or a single traumatic event. Patients can present with pain, subtle subluxation, or …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
DeFroda, Steven F. Donnelly, Joseph C. Mulcahey, Mary K. Owens, Brett D. (Author)
Brown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Non-Scholarly Concentrator (research program)
Subject:
Orthopedics
Sex differences
Shoulder joint
Language:
English
Collection:
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
Full Record

The Relationship Between Neocortical 1H MRS Metabolites and Subjective Experience in Healthy Adults

Description:
Introduction: Glutamate (Glu) is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, yet its direct contributions to subjective experience in healthy humans have yet to be …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Gonsalves, Meghan Anne (creator)
White, Tara (Advisor)
Silveri, Marisa (Reader)
Brown University. Behavioral and Social Sciences Department (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Neurosciences
Substance abuse
behavioral neuroscience
Women
Sex differences
Anxiety
Amphetamines
Glutamic acid
Adults
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Mood (Psychology)
subjective experience
psychostimulants
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine--Physiological effect
Amphetamines--Physiological effect
glutamatergic neurometabolites
Placebos (Medicine)
Affect (Psychology)
Somesthesia
Men
Neocortex
dorsal anterior cingulate cortex
cingulate cortex
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

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