On October 17, 2024, CSDE Director Sara Curran was honored to give the Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture entitled “Past, Present, and Future Demographic Diversity in the U.S. and Washington.” The talk was hosted by the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center. Curran was introduced by CSDE Trainees Courtney Allen and CSDE alumna Dr. Aasli Nur. In the talk, Curran discussed the idea of “to be counted is to be seen”,

Data suggesting that young Americans’ condom usage is declining has triggered concern among HIV experts. An AP News article on this subject cites research from lead author Steve Goodreau (UW Anthropology & CSDE Development Core Director) and co-authors including CSDE Senior Research Scientist/ Engineer Deven Hamilton in AIDS and Behavior which finds evidence of reduced condom usage in younger populations. For the news article,

A team of graduate and undergraduate students with Dr. Jessica Godwin recently published a report on commercial gentrification in King County using information from Data Axle and the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns dataset. The 2024 Applied Research Fellowship team (Carmen Choong, Anoushka Manik, Sydney Pope, Priyanka Shrestha, and Jenny Speelmon) shared their full set of findings in a published report and presentation to King County stakeholders on Thursday,

In a recent contribution to Scientific Reports, CSDE External Affiliate David Swanson (UC Riverside) and co-authors argue that current coastal population growth trends portend significant consequences for the natural world. Using recently available data, the authors estimate annual continental and global coastal populations from the shoreline inward. The research emphasizes the need for effective strategies to address the challenges posed by this growth. Read the article here.

CSDE External Affiliate Win Brown and co-author Karen Hardee published commentary in Global Health: Science and Practice which argues that the Programme of Action from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) can still be useful in bridging polarized view about the role of population in addressing issues of global health. In their article, the authors argue that the ICPD Programme of Action can help ensure appropriate scrutiny of policy responses in order to uphold human rights and gender equality.

CSDE is pleased to introduce four of our new UW Research Affiliates! Audrey Dorélien, (Assistant Professor, Sociology) studies how human population dynamics and behavior intersect with environmental conditions. Jason Kerwin (Associate Professor, Economics) researches the choices people in developing countries make about health, education, employment, and savings. Morgan Vickers (Assistant Professor, Law, Societies, & Justice) researches radicalized ecologies, 20th century infrastructure projects, and eco-social repair. Sebastián Rubiano-Galvis (Assistant Professor,

CSDE Affiliate Joan Casey co-authored an article in The Conversation that details the limitations of current scientific approaches to measuring the “intermittent yet ongoing” exposure to wildfire smoke that many Americans now endure. The article highlights a recent study that proposes a new framework and five metrics which can be used to measure long-term exposure to fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke. Casey’s research linking wildfire smoke to mental health conditions including dementia risk was also mentioned in a recent interview with KQED.

CSDE Affiliate Clara Berridge (Social Work) has been awarded a $777,488 grant to conduct a two-year pilot through the new Massachusetts General Hospital Roybal Center for Behavioral Dyadic Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, supported by NIA. Berridge, David Huh (Social Work), and other members of the study team at the Clinical Informatics Research Group will conduct an RCT to test mechanisms and outcomes of Let’s Talk Tech,

CSDE External Affiliate David Swanson (UC Riverside) will present a paper entitled Population Aging in the Western Hemisphere: 2020 to 2050 in the virtual track of the annual meeting of the Fulbright Association on November 8. The paper finds that the Western Hemisphere is facing a significant increase in the population aged 65 years and over, which is expected to more than double between 2020 and 2050.

The month of September is Suicide Prevention Month. CSDE Affiliate Dr. Anthony L. Bui recently published the study, “Disaggregated Suicide Mortality Rates Among Asian American Youths and Young Adults by Ethnic Subgroup,” in JAMA Pediatrics, which was featured in a previous CSDE newsletter. This study was discussed in the KUOW NPR segment, “New Study Examines Increasing Suicide Rates in Asian American Youth,” where Dr.