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Reference: click here to review the previous thesis committee presentation

YEAR

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TERM

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4

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3

4

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2

3

4

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3

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Preliminary Oral Exam 1

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Secure Data Use Agreements 2

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Access to Datasets 3

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Curating Datasets 4

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Analysis 5

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Iterate 6

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Draft Thesis 7

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Thesis Defense 8

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Publish Manuscripts 9

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  1. Preliminary Oral Exam
    • April 1, 2022
    • Propose research topic and specific aims
  2. Secure Data Use Agreements
    • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
    • Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)
  3. Access to Datasets
    • Remove access to NCHS in Hyattsville, MD
    • Remove access to Donor registry in Minneapolis, MN
  4. Curating Datasets
    • Prepare NCHS & SRTR datasets for specified statistical analyses
    • Refine and beta-test Stata/R scripts for this purpose
  5. Analysis
    • Exploratory analyses
    • Preliminary analyses
    • Discuss preliminary findings with mentors
  6. Iterations
    • Receive feedback from mentors
    • Incorporate feedback in updated analysis
    • Further discussions with mentors
  7. Draft Thesis
    • Prepare draft of Doctoral Thesis
    • Make revisions based on feedback
  8. Thesis Defense
    • Schedule date
    • Defend
  9. Publish Manuscripts
    • Write manuscripts derived from specific aims of Thesis
    • Submit for peer-review
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