Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-247). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2009. / Thesis advisor: Glenn Sunshine. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History." Includes bibliographical references (leaves [96 - 101]). Also available via the World Wide Web.

This thesis explores how the 2003 epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, threw into relief the myriad historical, political and economic factors that shape understandings of and responses to a new disease. The author traces how the historic "othering" of Chinese immigrants and their descendents in the United States was combined with dominant discourses of risk and blame to understand SARS and the potential for a domestic epidemic. Narratives from community members of Manhattan's Chinatown are used to investigate the local impacts of the production of these discourses during the SARS epidemic. Finally, the author explores how these dominant discourses were applied locally within Chinatown understand local and personal risk.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thèse (M.Ress.Renouv.) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2003. / Bibliogr.: f. [59]-64. Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis--Universidad de Sevilla. / "Apéndice demografico": p. 134-180. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-134).

Dedicated to Dr. William A. Todd, of Downingtown, Pa. / Last page blank. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.

Thesis--Universidad de Sevilla. / "Apéndice demografico": p. 134-180. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-134).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-59). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) constitute an important global health security problem. During EID outbreaks, patient centred research can play a significant role in informing evidence-based care for patients, in calibrating public health responses, and in directing effective policy and research. However, to date, this type of research has been limited in impact. This thesis sets out to improve the value of patient centred research in combating EID outbreaks. It provides a structured analysis of what has previously constrained efforts to rapidly accumulate high-quality evidence. It provides primary data from research conducted during an outbreak, and conducted in an outbreak vulnerable setting. And it provides recommendations that aim to facilitate high-quality data collection in future events. This thesis contains four results chapters. Chapter 2 systematically reviews elements of the research response to two EID outbreaks of public health importance. Chapter 3 provides findings of a phase II clinical trial of an investigational therapy for Ebola virus disease (EVD), contextualises the utility of this and comparable work in improving patient care, and discusses the operational feasibility of such work during an epidemic. Chapter 4 focuses specifically on improving one element - disease characterisation - during EID outbreaks. It achieves this through presenting a systematic analysis of bias in the characterisation of EVD and recommends how to prioritise data gathering for high-risk pathogens. Chapter 5 exemplifies how clinical data collection practices can progress between outbreaks. It is the first stage of work undertaken to improve the clinical characterisation of communicable diseases in the vulnerable environment of refugee camps. This thesis demonstrates progress towards having higher quality clinical research conducted during the time frame of an epidemic. Future work can focus on the most important barriers to accelerating research, now that these have been more clearly defined.