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VA seeks participants for alcohol study

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and the Seattle VA are looking for people ages 18 to 65 who use alcohol frequently, have problems with it, and want to stop using it. Non-veterans are welcome! The study is evaluating whether an investigational medication is effective at reducing alcohol craving and use. Study takes six weeks. Volunteers will be compensated. Call 206-277-1377 or 206-764-2795.

Blood Drives


  • Friday, July 21, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby.
  • Thursday, July 27, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., north side of Schmitz Hall.
  • Friday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby

Degree Exams

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Examinations


  • Matthew Robert Ballard, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, July 21. Loew Hall, 115. (Prof. Charles Doran).
  • James Coupe, Digital Arts and Experimental Media, Center for, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 24. Raitt Hall, 207. (Prof. Shawn Brixey).
  • Yuqing Guo, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Health Sciences Ctr., T-404. (Prof. Susan Spieker).
  • Luke R. Gutzwiller, Mathematics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 25. Loew Hall, 219. (Prof. Stephen Mitchell).
  • Sahngyun Hahn, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 24. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 303. (Profs. Richard Ladner and Mari Ostendorf).
  • Nora Beidler Henrikson, Public Health Genetics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Health Sciences Ctr., T-641. (Prof. Scott Ramsey).
  • Chuan Li Jiang, Oceanography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 31. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 310. (Prof. Kathryn Kelly).
  • Michelle L. Leber, Physics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. North Physics Laboratory, 178. (Prof. John Wilkerson).
  • Tsai-Yu Lin, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. South Campus Ctr., 309. (Profs. Michael Emerman and Leonidas Stamatato).
  • Lawrence Morales, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 25. Miller Hall, 222. (Prof. Susan Nolen).
  • Paula Anne Patterson, Built Environment, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 31. Gould Hall, 442. (Prof. Brian McLaren).
  • Li Ren, Oceanography, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 21. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 310. (Prof. Stephen Riser).
  • Leslee F. Sanders, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Monday, July 31. Raitt Hall, 305-D. (Prof. Glen Duncan).
  • Xu Tan, Pharmacology, Ph.D. noon Friday, July 21. Health Sciences Ctr., D-423. (Prof. Ning Zheng).

Final Examinations


  • Marcel A. Agueros, Astronomy, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 28. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “Candidate isolated neutron stras and other stellar x-ray sources form the ROSAT All-Sky and Sloan Digital Sky surveys” (Prof. Scott Anderson).
  • Andrew J. P. Akelaitis, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, July 27. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Advanced non-linear optic chromophores and dendritic molecules for optimized electro-optic materials properties” (Prof. Larry Dalton).
  • Brian Christopher Ancell, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Bldg., 310. “The nature of adjoint sensitivities with respect to model parameters and their use in adaptive data assimilation” (Prof. Clifford Mass).
  • Greg J. Bowers, Music, D.M.A. 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 31. Music Bldg., Faculty Lounge. “String quartet no. 2: By-products of mass media” (Prof. Diane Thome).
  • Elizabeth Anne Bukusi, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, July 21. Health Sciences Ctr., F-348. “Bacterial vaginosis: A randomized controlled trial to reduce recurence” (Prof. Noel Weiss).
  • Hyoju Chung, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, July 27. Health Sciences Ctr., F-643. “GEE with large cluster sizes: High-dimensional working correlation models” (Prof. Thomas Lumley).
  • Megan Lynn Fluegel, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 31. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “Investigation of the role of the Drosophila NPC1a protein in sterol biology” (Prof. Leo Pallanck).
  • Adam Nathaniel Glynn, Statistics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 26. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Alleviating ecological bias and optimal design with subsample data” (Profs. Mark Handcock and Jon Wakefield).
  • Mae C. Henderson, Women Studies, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, July 27. Padelford Hall, B-110-G. “Fractured mothering: African-American mothers at the crossroads between expectation and reality” (Prof. Nancy Kenney).
  • Derek K. Ho, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 24. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “lgtC expression mediates complement resistance in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain R2866” (Profs. Arnold Smith and Nancy Freitag).
  • Christopher David Jones, Psychology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. Guthrie Hall, 211. “The potential of family dinner: An examination of communication within the interactions of families with and without children with autism” (Prof. Gene Sackett).
  • Claire Agnes Jones, Music, Ph.D. 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Music Bldg., 103. “From schoolboy stuff to professional musicianship: The modern tradition of the Zimbabwean marimbas” (Prof. Philip Schuyler).
  • Stephanie K. Kampf, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “Towards improved representations of hydrologic processes: Integrating measurements and physically -based models” (Prof. Stephen Burges).
  • David Wayne Krout, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 28. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. “Intelligent ping sequencing for multiple target tracking in distributed sensor fields” (Profs. Mohamed El-Sharkawi and Warren Fox).
  • Heather Amor Larsen, Political Science, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 31. Smith Hall, 40. “The dynamics of presidential policy attention” (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  • Qing Liang, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Bldg., 310-C. “Long-range transport of Asian pollution to North America: Mechanisms, chemistry and variability” (Prof. Lyatt Jaegle).
  • Hen-Tzu J. Lin, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, July 27. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 203. “A shaped-based image retrieval system for assisting intervention planning” (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
  • Yung-Wen Liu, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “Multi-state system reliability: Models, dynamic measures and applications” (Prof. Kailash Kapur).
  • Gina S. Lovasi, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25. 1730 Minor Ave., Room 1710. “Neighborhood walkability, physical activity and cardiovascular risk” (Prof. Bruce Psaty).
  • Gang Peng, Business School, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 24. McCabe Room, Mackenzie Hall. “Information technology adoption and its impact on employee compensation” (Profs. Debarata Dey and Ming Fan).
  • April L. Peterson, Communication – Department of, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 24. Communication Bldg., 102-E. “Picking up after the American family: Domestic work in the world of television” (Prof. Gerald Baldasty).
  • Sandra Lynn Reiter, Business School, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 31. MacKenzie Hall, 367. “The institutions of foreign direct investment in developing countries and social/economic outcomes: A justice perspective” (Prof. Thomas Jones).
  • Fadzilah Saidin, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 25. More Hall, 218. “Performance analyses of geosynthetic reinforced soil walls with poor quality backfills” (Prof. Robert Holtz).
  • Fabio K. Schneider, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 26. Foege Bldg., N-130-A. “Fully programmable computing architecture for medical ultrasound machinesâ€� (Prof. Yongmin Kim).

  • Atanu Sengupta, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 28. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Detection of biological species by surface enhanced Raman scattering” (Prof. E. James Davis)
  • Ekaterina V. Stepanova, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, July 24. Savery Hall, 302C. “Essays on the effect of demographic on household consumption” (Prof. Shelly Lundberg).
  • Sheng Sun, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. “High performance and energy efficient adder design” (Profs. Charl Sechen and Larry McMurchie).
  • Amber Anezka Tabares, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 24. Guthrie Annex 3, 120. “Praise and complaints: An examination of a proximal change marital intervention” (Prof. John Gottman).
  • Nadia Jameel Taibah, Education, Ed.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, July 27. Miller Hall, 320. “Cross-linguistic transfer of phonological processing skills in bilingual Arabic/English-speaking children” (Prof. Gary Troia).
  • Sasala Taiban, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 21. Denny Hall, 401. “The lost lily: State, sociocultural change and the decline of hunting culture in Kochapogan, Taiwan” (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  • Ravensara Siobhan Travillian, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, July 27. Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 203. “Ontology recapitulates phylogeny: Design, implementation, and potential for usage of a comparative anatomy system” (Prof. Linda Shapiro).