 | Virginia Briggs2009 Graduate
Ginny entered the CPHR program having transitioned from environmental engineering (MA in Environmental Science from Boston University) to epidemiology (MS in Epidemiology from UMass Amherst). At Amherst, she worked on a study examining colon cancer screening while completing her master's thesis, "The C677T Polymorphism of the MTHFR Gene and Spina Bifida Risk: A Meta-Analysis". Before entering this program, she spent three years working on several injury studies at Liberty Mutual in Hopkinton, MA. The majority of this time was spent on a study involving injury reporting in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her career goals include researching health issues related to living with a common birth defect, spina bifida. |
Qualifying Paper | Outcomes of Injection Therapy Treatment on Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of the Literature |
Dissertation Proposal | Injection Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults |
| Dissertation | Injection Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults |
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| Hongliu Ding 2008 Graduate
A graduate of Anhui Medical University of China, Hongliu was impressed with the powerful effects that prescribed drugs could have on his patients. His strong interest in pharmacology led him to graduate studies at Shanghai Medical University where he trained to be a medical researcher. As a post-doc at the UMass Worcester campus, Hongliu published several studies on his research while completing his MPH. He looks forward to developing further his skills as clinical researcher and applying this knowledge to the field of clinical drug trials. |
Qualifying Paper | Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women with Early Breast Cancer: How Protective Is Tamoxifen? |
Dissertation Proposal | Bone Health and Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Women Treated with Tamoxifen |
| Dissertation | Bone Health and Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Treated with Tamoxifen |
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| Mayra Tisminetzky 2009 Graduate
A medical school graduate in her native Buenos Aires , Mayra completed her MPH at UMass Amherst in 2004. Mayra worked as a child psychiatrist for several years before moving to America where she then worked with the New York State Psychiatric Institute assisting in designing protocols for clinical trials, conducting patient evaluations and basic data analyses. Her research interests center around psychiatric epidemiology, depression associated with cardiovascular disease and research methodology |
Qualifying Paper | Assessing Depression in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Literature Review |
Dissertation Proposal | Depression and Anxiety following Acute Coronary Syndromes |
| Dissertation | Modeling Co-Occurring Depression and Anxiety in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome |
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| Oral Presentation | Examining the Effects of Treatment and Patient Characteristics on Patient Profiles of Depression, Anxiety and Functionality after an Acute Coronary Syndrome. Mayra Tisminetzky, MD, MPH; Bethany C. Bray, PhD; Ruben Miozzo, MD, MPH; Steve Locke MD and Thomas McLaughlin, ScD. Society of Epidemiological Research Annual Meeting, 2009, Anaheim, CA. |
| Poster Presentations | "Depression and Anxiety after an Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Primary Care Setting" Mayra Tisminetzky, MD, MPH, Ruben Miozzo and Thomas J. McLaughlin, ScD . APHA Annual Meeting, 2008, San Diego, CA. "Assessing Depression in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients" Mayra Tisminetzky, MD, MPH, Ruben Miozzo and Thomas J. McLaughlin, ScD . APHA Annual Meeting, 2008, San Diego, CA. Adolescent Major Depression and Suicidal ideation in a Community Setting Tisminetzky Mayra M.D., M.P.H; Leader Joseph, MD; Aupont Onesky M.D., Ph.D.; Christopher Stille M.D.; McLaughlin Thomas ScD. APHA Annual meeting, 2007, Washington, DC. |