Biological Sciences and Medicine Dissertations

Dissertations Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Dissertation titles appear in the convocation programs.

Knowledge@UChicago Access

Most (97% since Summer 2021) of our recent biological sciences and medicine dissertations may be viewed in Knowledge@UChicago, the University's open access repository. Please note that authors may choose to delay access to their work for a limited time.

ProQuest's dissertation databases, PQDT Global and their subset, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ University of Chicago, provide comprehensive access.

  • 2023-2024 Winter Biological Sciences and Medicine 0% ProQuest-Only (52 Total, 0 IR: No)
  • 2022-2023 Biological Sciences and Medicine 1% ProQuest-Only (72 Total, 1 IR: No)
  • 2021-2022 Biological Sciences and Medicine 6% ProQuest-Only (78 Total, 5 IR: No)

ProQuest-Only Access

Dissertations by authors who did not choose the University's open access repository may be viewed in ProQuest's dissertation databases or requested via interlibrary loan. Please note that authors may choose to delay access to their work for a limited time.

2022-2023

Yuke Yan
Computational Neuroscience
Analysis of Manual Dexterity in Humans and Monkeys

2021-2022

Meytal Batya Chernoff
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program
Genes in Context: Understanding How Tissue Type, Ancestry, and Environment Influence the Effects of Genetic Variation on Human Traits

John Samuel Coukos
Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program
Defining the Reactivity Landscape of the Glycolytic By-Product Methylglyoxal to Study Cellular Function

Jennifer Ding
Neurobiology
Receptive Field Properties Underlying Noncontinuous Motion Responses in the Retinal Direction-Selective Ganglion Cell

Bo Ram Lee
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Visualizing Electric-Field Stimulated Ion Conduction in a Potassium Channel

Peter Malonis
Computational Neuroscience
The Role of Dynamically Exogenous Input to the Primary Motor Cortex in Reaching Behavior