The present study was conducted as a developmental, preliminary implementation trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a tailored Motivationally Enhanced C [...]

Color cone opsins are responsible for our daylight and color vision and yet not much is known about them. The goal of the dissertation is to characterize the structure an [...]

This dissertation presents deep learning frameworks for automated retinal biomarker quantification and AMD severity staging using volumetric OCT and OCTA. The work includ [...]

This cross-sectional, mixed-methods study examined the associations between perceived cognitive function (PCF), coping style (CS), and work-related outcomes, and to evalu [...]

A dissertation examining the quality of care delivered to hospitalized individuals with substance use disorder. This research program focused on the structural and proces [...]

Glial cells are critical for maintaining a healthy nervous system. Key regulatory functions include synaptic remodeling, metabolic support of neurons, and protective immu [...]

Powassan virus is a lethal tick-borne flavivirus currently emerging in North America for which there are no therapies or vaccines. This dissertation focuses on developing [...]

Oligodendrocytes, the myelinating glia of the central nervous system, possess P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels, but their function has not previously been characte [...]

This dissertation aims to address how ischemic injury induces cerebrovascular dysfunction and triggers a pathological cycle to accelerate the onset and progression of Alz [...]

A dissertation with a central goal of elucidating to what extent emotion regulation, measured behaviorally and neurobiologically, can explain the association between NLEs [...]