On Saturday, May 13, 2023, Doctors Jeff Yufeng Yang, Sydney T. Thai, Emilie Danielle Duchesneau, Christine D. Hsu were celebrated for achieving their PhD degrees at the UNC 2023 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. Congratulations on their tremendous accomplishments, and we wish them every success in their future endeavors!
Throughout their studies, these graduates have make remarkable contributions to Pharmacoepidemiology, as proven through their dissertation research and ongoing work. Please join us in congratulating Doctors Duchesneau, Hsu, Thai, and Yang on their momentous achievements!
Emilie Danielle Duchesneau, PhD, Epidemiology, Validation of a Medicare Claims-Based Frailty Index for Identifying Longitudinal Changes in Frailty in Older Adults.
Jeff Yufeng Yang, PhD, Epidemiology, Treat-to-Target Monitoring Colonoscopy in Patients Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Utilization and Assessment of Methods for Evaluating Efectiveness Among Patients Treated for IBD in the United States.
Christine D. Hsu, PhD, Epidemiology, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance Trends in Individuals With Cirrhosis in North Carolina, 2010–2018.
Sydney T. Thai, PhD, Epidemiology, Frailty Screening and Impairment Patterns in Older Adults With Cancer: A Dissertation Using the Cancer Aging and Resilience Evaluation (CARE) Registry.
