CSDE Affiliate Hyungmin Cha (Sociology) and co-authors just published an article in Demography, titled “How Does the Risk of Dementia Change With Each Additional Year of Education?”. The authors leverage the 2000–2018 Health and Retirement Study to evaluate how dementia risk changes with each year of education among non-Hispanic White and Black older adults. The results show a linear decline in dementia incidence with increasing years of educational attainment,

The Population Research Center at Portland State University, directed by CSDE External Affiliate Ethan Sharygin (Portland State University), has published a resource guide for finding federal data during the shutdown. These sources include Census Reporter, Esri, PolicyMap, IPUMS, NHGIS, and the Data Rescue Project Portal.

CSDE Affiliate Kam Wing Chan (Geography) was quoted in South Morning Post in Hong Kong, a major English newspaper in Asia, in an article in a special issue on the 76th Anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China. The article, “New Urbanisation Push Aims to Narrow Rural-Urban Divide,” was published on October 1. To read more, click here.

CSDE Affiliate Avanti Adhia (Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing; Epidemiology), CSDE Trainee Ann E. Richey (Epidemiology) and co-authors published a research article, titled “Implementation of Teen Dating Violence (TDV) Laws and Policies in High Schools: Staff and Student Perceptions,” in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The authors conducted semistructured interviews with school staff and students in states that require districts to develop written TDV policies and provide educational programs to explore their knowledge and experience.

CSDE UW Affiliate Melissa Knox (Economics) and CSDE External Affiliate Jessica Jones-Smith (UC Irvine) recently published a research article in JAMA Network Open titled, “Healthy Food Benefit Programs, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Food Security,” that was featured in the Seattle Times, UW News, the Seattle Medium, and Greenspace. Programs that make fruit and vegetables more accessible and improve food security for low-income families have the potential to reduce health disparities and improve population health.

CSDE External Affiliate and former T32 Fellow Aja Sutton (Portland State University), CSDE UW Affiliates Amy Hagopian (Health Systems and Population Health) and Zack Almquist (Sociology), and co-author Whitney Walker (ETS REACH), recently published a research article in Cities: the International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, titled, “Encampments as neighbors: Encampment location and proximity to amenities among Seattle, WA’s unhoused population.” In this article,

On Thursday, September 4th, Mayor Bruce Harrell gave a press conference at the Lake City Farmers Market to preview millions in proposed investments as part of his 2026 budget, focused on expanding access to healthy, affordable food across Seattle. Part of that investment is the Fresh Bucks Program, a $40/month healthy food program that helps Seattle neighbors afford fruits and vegetables. Mayor Harrell proposed an expansion of Fresh Bucks with a $6 million investment that would expand the monthly stipend by 50% to $60/month,

CSDE Director Sara Curran, CSDE Training Core PI and Research Affiliate Audrey Dorélien (Sociology), and CSDE External Affiliate Emilio Zagheni (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) are all candidates proposed by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Committee for the IUSSP Officers and Council members for 2026-2029. Dr. Curran is nominated for Council Member for North America, Dr. Dorélien is nominated for Council Member at large,

In spring 2025, CSDE celebrated its 75th anniversary a couple of years after the actual event.. The program and event can be found here and photos from the event can be found here. If you attended and want to share photos, please send them to Maddie Farris (email: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Along with a great program of presentations, we also gathered wonderful historical perspectives about CSDE that can be found here.

Recently, CSDE Scientist Sofia Ayala, along with CSDE Affiliates Sara Curranand Abie Flaxman engaged with the Association of Public Data Users. Further, Flaxman attended their unConference and Data Integrity Summit, where he heard repeated calls for ways to make it easier for all of us to be champions for public data. So, at APDU members’ request, APDU created a comprehensive, up-to-date slide deck that anyone can use to brief their colleagues on the latest developments in the federal statistical system.