CSDE Research Scientist June Yang Supports Population Health Initiative Tier III Project – Develops Open Source Software for Data Collection on People Experiencing Homelessness in King County
Posted: 5/1/2025 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Research Scientist June Yang, PhD, along with Ihsan Kahveci, PhD candidate in Sociology and CSDE trainee, and CSDE Affiliate Zack W. Almquist, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology and Statistics (PI), have been leading a project to develop open-source software facilitating the data collection about the unhoused population in King County, WA.
This project aims to develop scientific software to support the implementation of a network-based data collection and estimation method (building on Respondent-Driven Sampling) for enumerating unsheltered people in King County. The software is centered around a web-based app, providing a one-stop solution for recording network information and survey responses from respondents. The software also features a HIPAA-compliant design to facilitate additional data linkages with existing systems such as Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). The project is funded through a UW Population Health Initiative Tier III grant.
Dr. Yang has been providing direct support for project development, which includes, but is not limited to, usability research, scoping, team recruitment, software design, and development. As part of a broader project team working on data collection and analysis of homelessness experiences, Dr. Yang has been supporting the data processing and analytical work on the survey data collected in 2023 and is expected to support the next step in grant applications arising from this effort.
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