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The Epidemiology of Severe Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes
(Johns Hopkins University, 2017-08-29)
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the epidemiology of severe hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes by examining risk factors and health outcomes associated with severe hypoglycemia. Severe hypoglycemia is more common ...
IDENTIFYING AND OVERCOMING BARRIERS IN THE TRANSLATION OF ETIOLOGIC CANCER BIOMARKERS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2017-07-11)
Background: With the goal to improve the translation of cancer biomarkers, this dissertation examined strategies to overcome two barriers in the practice of translational epidemiology: Aim 1) practice of multidisciplinary ...
Measuring treatment preferences of people with type 2 diabetes, an application of stated-preference methods
(Johns Hopkins University, 2017-03-31)
Stated-preference methods are increasingly used to obtain patient-preference information for use in healthcare decision making. However, there remains a paucity of literature transparently reporting on the application of ...
Neighborhood Social and Economic Change, Food Environment Change and Diabetes Incidence in Madrid (Spain)
(Johns Hopkins University, 2017-03-17)
Background
The dynamic nature of residential environments is an understudied macro-social determinant of health.
Objectives
The aims of this dissertation were to measure neighborhood social and economic change, and to ...