Qiuju Guo is an Associate Professor in the School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, joining the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) at the University of Washington as a visiting scholar for a one-year stay.

Dedicated to gerontological research, Dr. Guo’s core research interests include family and old-age support, aging health and well-being, and older migrants. She has published a series of peer-reviewed papers in both Chinese and English on sociological issues related to older adults.

In a new article in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, CSDE Affiliate Katarina Guttmannova (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) and co-authors used machine learning to predict impaired driving among young adults in Washington. Data came from annual cross-sectional surveys of 18- to 25-year-olds participating in the Washington Young Adult Health Survey (2015–2022). For likelihood of alcohol-impaired driving, top predictors included alcohol use frequency, participants’ age, peak drinking quantity, age of alcohol initiation,

CSDE Affiliate Theresa Rocha Beardall’s (Sociology) published an article in PNAS on the heightened risk of fatal police violence in and around reservations for American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) peoples in the United States, and UW News posted an accompanying writeup. Please feel free to link it!Rocha Beardall, along with co-authors Gabriel L. Schwartz and Jaquelyn L.

UW Anthropology and CSDE Affiliate Melanie Martin (Anthropology) hosted the 9th Northwest Evolution, Ecology, and Human Behavior (NWEEHB) Symposium at the UW Pack Forest Conference Center on February 27-March 1. This was the first time UW has served as host for this biennial, interdisciplinary gathering of regional human evolution and ecology researchers. The event drew 45 attendees from seven universities across the Pacific Northwest and Canada, including 26 graduate and undergraduate students. The symposium included workshops on computational methods and pedagogy,

CSDE Affiliates Anjum Hajat (Epidemiology, CSDE Development Core Director) and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar (Epidemiology), along with first author and UW Epidemiology PhD Graduate Julia Schleimer who led this work as part of her dissertation, published a retrospective cohort study of the intergeneration association between early childhood education and interpersonal violence in Injury Epidemiology. Schleimer, Hajat, Rowhani-Rahbar and co-authors used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and intergenerationally linked Child and Young Adult Cohort (NLSCYA).

CSDE Affiliate Anirban Basu (Health Economics) along with other researchers at UW recently published a study in Gastroenterology and Hepatology that explored trends in utilization and costs following a statewide Hepatitis C elimination initiative in Washington. This case series analysis of state claims data for 21+ million individuals found that the number of HCV tests per month increased substantially 1 year after implementation, with prevalence increasing from 2017 to 2021 before declining significantly during 2022.

CSDE Affiliate Kamryn Morris (Social Work) published an article in Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR) on teacher approaches to supporting school belonging among Black students. Morris interviewed nominated exemplar teachers in Arizona on how they employed culturally responsive practices. Thematic analysis revealed practices implemented across ecological levels of schooling contexts (i.e., teachers, teaching, classrooms, schools), including: 1) Educate yourself on the experiences of your students,

CSDE External Affiliates John Leverso (University of Cincinnati) and Chris Hess (Kennesaw State University) published a mixed-methods analysis of 397 publicly available TikTok videos associated with Latino gangs in Chicago. Leverso, Hess, and co-authors identify three genres of content: (1) place-based memorials that document gang geography; (2) traditional gangbanging performances that assert identity and provoke rivals; and (3) role-playing simulations of gang life in Grand Theft Auto V.

In a recent article in Nature Communications, CSDE Affiliate Jade d’Alpoim Guedes (Anthropology) assessed how warm temperatures have constrained rice’s distribution and the adaptive strategies used to sustain its production. d’Alpoim Guedes and co-authors drew on contemporary records of rice cultivation, archaeological data spanning rice’s long-term history of cultivation, and temperature projections for the past and future. The thermal limits of rice cultivation have remained consistent throughout rice’s domestication history despite its genetic diversification and geographic expansion.

CBS News quoted CSDE Affiliate Donald Chi (Oral Health Services) on an article exploring the increase in children entering ERs for preventable tooth problems. ER visits for tooth problems unrelated to physical injuries rose almost 60% nationally for children under 15 years old from 2019 to 2022. Chi expressed worries that growing anti-fluoride stances will further erode trust in fluoride treatment and result in higher cavity rates. Since the start of 2026,