Five University of Washington researchers including CSDE Affiliate Donald Chi (Oral Health Services, School of Public Health) have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a March 27 announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 471 newly elected fellows from around the world, who are recognized for their “scientifically and socially distinguished achievements” in science and engineering. Chi was recognized for translating knowledge from the behavioral and social sciences to address the causes of children’s oral health inequities. Read more here.
Wilbur to Present at the Global Mental Health Speakers Series
While Indigenous community leaders and health scholars have made plain their desire for health research organized around community strengths and wellness goals, research that fulfills these desires remains uncommon because the US federal funding agencies for health research are structured around a deficit-focused model and major research training institutions have done little to subsidize work that falls outside federal priorities. On April 1st at 12pm, CSDE External Affiliate Rachel Wilbur (Washington State University) and Will Hartmann (UW-Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences) will share their respective journeys through graduate training and early career research projects to developing health research agendas that center community strengths and wellness goals. Learn more and register here.
Call for Papers: The Gerontologist Special Issue on AI and Aging (Full papers due 4/1/25)
NWFSRDC News and Highlights Corner: Future of Families Data Now Available!
We are excited to announce that Future of Families and Child Well-being Study (FFCWS) data are now available at the NWFSRDC. FFCWS is the longest-running and only contemporary U.S. birth cohort study of young adults based on a national sample. FFCWS follows children from birth through young adulthood, enabling researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to understand the impacts of family structure, education, employment, income, health, housing, and resource sharing on human development. FFCWS data in the NWFSRDC will be linkable to other FSRDC data files and will contain the core files plus additional contextual files (such as geographic identifiers, school context files, and county- and tract-level information). More details about the FFCWS data available at the NWFSRDC can be found at researchdatagov.org. Contact us to learn more about the data access process!
Acolin and Walter Examine Maintenance Costs in Rental Housing
There is limited empirical evidence on how maintenance costs vary across units and building types, and the extent to which tenant wear and tear contribute to these expenses. In a recent paper published in Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, CSDE Affiliates Arthur Acolin and Rebecca Walter (Real Estate) leverage unit-level work order data from 1,745 tenancy spells across four housing providers to examine factors influencing maintenance expenditures. Among other findings, the study shows that unit and building characteristics have a greater impact than tenant behavior. Read the full study here.