CSDE Affiliate and 2026-27 Seminar Series Chair Hyungmin Cha (Sociology) and co-authors recently published a research article in the American Journal of Public Health titled, “Life-Course Timing of Family Bereavement and Cognitive Impairment in Midlife to Later Life.” The study examined whether the timing of a parent’s, child’s, or spouse’s death across the life course is associated with cognitive impairment and dementia later in life. Using 20 years of longitudinal data (2000–2020) from the Health and Retirement Study and competing risks models,

CSDE Affiliate Zack Almquist (Professor, Sociology), Abigail Echo-Hawk (Director, Urban Indian Health Institute), and Derrick Belgarde (CEO, Chief Seattle Club) have just published a policy report analyzing unsheltered American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) homelessness in King County, Washington. Co-led by the Urban Indian Health Institute, Chief Seattle Club, and the University of Washington, the report reanalyzes the biennial UW/KCRHA King County Point-in-Time (PIT) survey of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, conducted using respondent-driven sampling,

CSDE Affiliate Joan Casey (Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Epidemiology) was quoted in a Prevention article titled, “How to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke.” The piece draws on two new studies, one published in The Lancet Oncology and one in Nature Communications, showing that wildfire-related PM2.5 pollution poses greater health risks than PM2.5 from other sources, including higher mortality among older adults with lung cancer and higher hospitalization rates among people with cardiopulmonary conditions following long-term or acute exposure.

CSDE Affiliate Jeremy Hess (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Global Health, and Emergency Medicine) and external affiliate Kathryn McConnell (Sociology, University of British Columbia) contributed to a large-scale collaborative paper published in Earth’s Future, titled “Research Priorities for Robust Climate Assessments in the United States,” alongside more than 150 other researchers. Drawing on the expertise of scholars who contributed to the Sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA) and other national and sub-national climate assessment reports,

CSDE Affiliate Dafeng Xu (Evans School of Public Policy and Governance) and co-author Yuxin Zhang recently published a research article in the Journal of Transport Geography titled, “Post-Disaster Healthcare Inaccessibility, Infrastructure Deficits, and Individual-Level Risk Prediction: Evidence from Zambia.” Using Demographic and Health Survey data spanning 2001–2024, the authors estimate the effects of Zambia’s 2009 flood on women’s healthcare access. Their difference-in-differences analysis shows that women in flood-affected provinces experienced sizable declines in healthcare accessibility,

The Call for Papers for the 18th Conference of Young Demographers is now open! The conference will take place at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague on 3–5 February 2027. You can find all the necessary information, including the submission form in the Call for Papers. The deadline for submission is 26 October 2026. For more information, please visit the conference website.

The NIH’s Development of Collaborative Research Facilities or Research-Resource Facilities program (PAR-26-106) supports the construction or modernization of shared-use research facilities that benefit broad research communities, through two tracks: the Biomedical Research Facilities (BRF) program, funding $2–8 million for facilities advancing basic, translational, clinical, or behavioral science research, and the HIV/AIDS Research Facilities (HRF) program, funding $2–4 million for facilities aligned with NIH Office of AIDS Research priorities. Because UW may submit only one application to this opportunity,

The International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) is pleased to invite submissions for a special issue on the theme of “Artificial Intelligence for Population Data Science.” Submissions have been extended until December 11, 2026. The Call for Papers (CfP) for this Special Issue is here.

CSDE External Affiliate Jane J. Lee (Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California) and CSDE Affiliates David Huh (Indigenous Wellness Research Institute), E. Roberto Orellana (School of Social Work), and Susan M. Graham (School of Medicine), along with co-authors, recently published a research article in Prevention Science titled, “Evaluation of a Community-Based Social Media Campaign for HIV Prevention Among Latino Sexual Minority Men.”

The first Evans School of Public Policy and Governance Research seminar of the year will feature CSDE affiliate Kristian Jones (Social Work) in which he will give a talk titled “What Happens in a Mentoring Intervention Intended to Prevent Firearm Violence?” The seminar will take place on Wednesday, Oct 7, from 11:30-12:30, in Parrington Hall 360. Congratulations Dr. Jones, and we hope that newsletter readers can join the CSDE and Evans communities for this exciting event!