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<span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:13pt;margin:0px">The Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences is pleased to announce the Dissertation<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markgyenkdomj ContentPasted0" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Defense</span><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span>of

 Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Candidate,<span class="x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted1" style="margin:0px"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><b class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0 ContentPasted2">Rebecca Ruggiero-Ruff</b></span></span><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:13pt;margin:0px">.</span><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:13pt;margin:0px"> </span></span></div>

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 and Environmental Causes of Obesity and Their Impact on Hypothalamic Function and Pituitary Plasticity"</span></span></div>

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