Potential eScience affiliates should set up a brief (~30 minute) meeting with one of the Executive Directors -Sarah Stone and/or Micaela Parker (exec-director@escience.washington.edu) – so that the Executive Directors can get a better idea of your research interests. Sarah/Micaela will share an overview of current eScience activities and discuss how/where new affiliates might be integrated. 

Affiliate Melissa Knox was recently awarded a Pilot Grant from the Center for Health Trends and Forecasts (CHTF) at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which provides funding for pilot projects of up to two years to conduct novel social science research. Knox, a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, received the award for her proposal, “Demand for preventative care services and health disparity among Mexico’s vulnerable populations in the era of universal health care”.

According to a study co-authored by affiliate and Professor of Social Work Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults over the age of 50 are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions than their heterosexual peers. The study was published in the August edition of the American Journal of Public Health. 

In an article published in the August edition of the Journal of Consumer Affairs, affiliate Scott Allard, Professor at the Evans School, and colleagues explore the association between food insecurity and access to food retailers in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. 

Affiliate Tom Burch, Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria, recently authored a book titled Model-Based Demography: Essays on Integrating Data, Technique and Theory. Slated to be published this fall in the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research series Demographic Research Monographs, the book provides a view of demography as a complete scientific discipline—rather than a branch of applied statistics—from a model-based perspective.