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On December 6th at 12:30pm get ready to appreciate new research from Isaac Sederbaum (Doctoral Candidate, Public Policy and Management), Mingze Li (Doctoral Student, Sociology), Sarah Kilpatrick (MS Student, Data Science) and Man-Lin Chen (Doctoral Student, Sociology). Learn more about their talks here.

These early career researchers will be presenting their research posters and lightning talks. While you learn from them, you can also enjoy refreshments and conversation with the authors and audience.

Existing research has found that many Americans face adverse health effects from the over-consumption of added sugars, but policy solutions to address this problem remain the subject of ongoing debate. A recent article in Scripps News reviewed the results of a study from CSDE Affiliates Melissa Knox (Economics) and Jessica Jones-Smith (Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology), which found that lower-income households reduced their consumption of sweetened beverages by nearly 50% after taxes were implemented in several cities.

A new study from CSDE External Affiliate Rebecca Rebbe (University of North Carolina) assessing the link between children’s domestic violence exposure and child protection outcomes was recently published in Child Maltreatment. The study, entitled “Child Protection Responses to Domestic Violence Exposure: Co-Occurring Safety Concerns and Investigation Outcomes,” examines administrative data for child protection investigations in Los Angeles County. The paper finds that investigations with domestic violence concerns were more likely to include safety concerns than investigations without.