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MUSC Theses and Dissertations

The MUSC Theses and Dissertations collection brings the work of MUSC students to a broader audience. Publishing dissertations in an open access format such as MEDICA@MUSC ensures that student research is not limited to a local audience.

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Qualitative Study Among Physicians and Nurses in Florida, Aaron Miri

A Cancer Education Needs Assessment: Informing Middle-Aged Female Patients About the Relationships Between Obesity and Women’s Health Concerns in the Reproductive System, Breast, and Endometrial Health, Batul Mirza

Exploring Resilience in Nursing Education, Kylie P. Newsom

Healthcare System Resilience and Chronic Disease Care Management During Extreme Heat Events in New York City: A Mixed-Methods Study of Emergency Department Utilization and Preparedness Frameworks, Sami Noor

Socio-Demographic Factors and Contraceptive Access: A Study of Women in the DC, Maryland, Virginia Area, Dawn Owens

Sympathetic Neuroeffector Junction: Formation, Maintenance, and Impact on Target Organ Function, Rhea P. Patel

Medically Documented Rapes and Description of Victim Reproductive Choices for Privately Insured and Medicaid U.S. Women in 2022, Sarah C. Pelhan

E3 Ubiquitin Ligase UBR5 Promotes Proteasomal Degradation of Oncogenic Substrates in Ovarian Cancer Metastasis, Tiffany Penaloza

The Role of Self-Reported Health Ratings in Identifying Hospitalization Risk Among Older Adults: An Integrated Review and Secondary Analyses of Medicare Claims Data, Mary B. Prybylo

In Vivo Electrophysiology Insights into Locus Coeruleus Activity across Diurnal Rhythms, And Hormone Deprivation in TgF344 AD Rat Model, Rosaria J. Rae

A Comparative, Quantitative Analysis of Birth Outcomes Among Women with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, Jocelyn T. Reddix

Adherens Junctions Recruit piRISC to Suppress Transposons and Maintain the Normal Epithelial Phenotype, Alyssa Risner

Zonal Hepatocellular Responses to Acute Ethanol: Impacts on Mitochondrial Function and Metabolism, Matthew T. Savoca

Supreme Court Case Study: The Variation in Rates of Miscarriage Management Care and Post-Abortion Care Across the Us Before and After the Supreme Court Decision, Ted Sibrian Jr.

Policy and Practice: Analyzing Abortion Laws and Their Relationship to Competent Women’s Health Services in Ohio, Daija Smith

Genetics and Mechanisms Underlying Karyokinesis and Cytokinesis in Cardiomyocytes, Ruolan Song

Apical Membrane Dynamics: Insights into Intestinal Homeostasis and Mucosal Injury, Rachel Stubler

The Role of Neonatal Reactive Oxygen Species in Cardiac Regeneration, Allison Trouten

The Self-Sustainability of Federally Qualified Health Centers, Javier Vallejo

Connectomic Dysfunctions Underlying Cognitive Impairment in Alcohol Use Disorder and the Link to Alzheimer's Disease, Graham Warner

Redox Influence on Cardiomyocyte Polyploidization Through Regulation of Tnni3k Kinase Activity, Baylee Westbury

Exploring How the Affordable Housing Market in Charleston County, South Carolina Impacts the Retention and Recruitment of Healthcare Workers, Roger Aaron Williams

Development of a Novel Approach to Mitochondrial Gene Therapy: Nanoparticle Mediated Delivery of Intact, Functional Mitochondrial DNA, Kyrie Wilson

Ceramide Synthase 4 in Cancer Metastasis and Immune Checkpoint Resistance, Wyatt Wofford

HDAC5 Enzymatic Activity Regulates SCN4B Expression to Control Relapse-Like Cocaine Seeking, Daniel J. Wood