University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 8-2011 Immunologic Risk Prediction Model for Kidney Graft Function Christina Diane Bishop
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the Medical Immunology Commons, and the Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Commons Recommended Citation Bishop, Christina Diane, "Immunologic Risk Prediction Model for Kidney Graft Function. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2011. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/1059 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Christina Diane Bishop entitled "Immunologic Risk Prediction Model for Kidney Graft Function." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Comparative and Experimental Medicine. Oscar H. Grandas, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Karla Matteson, Jonathan Wall, Melissa Kennedy, Arnold Saxton Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) Immunologic Risk Prediction Model for Kidney Graft Function A Dissertation Presented for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Christina Diane Bishop August 2011 AKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to Dr.