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CSDE Science Core – Upcoming Workshops: Biomarkers, Statistics & R, Online Surveys & REDCap, Accessing Federal Data

In the upcoming quarter, CSDE will be hosting four workshops and one ‘lunch and learn’ event to facilitate researchers’ adoption of new methods and data to accelerate research programs. These workshops include an overview of portable biomarker data collection in the field, accessing federal statistical data, developing online surveys using REDCap, conducting statistical analysis with R, and an introduction to data options for research on older adults.

Each quarter, CSDE offers 3-5 workshops on data sources, statistical and biomarker methodology, introductions to analysis programs, and more, all given by CSDE staff and faculty affiliates. These workshops can include hands-on training in novel methods and programming, lectures on innovative data sources, and discussions of important issues in research and data collection. Over the course of the academic year, CSDE will offer a diverse and exciting set of workshops, some of which will be offered in person and others remotely via Zoom. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to register for our workshops and we welcome registrants from outside the University of Washington for our remote workshops as well.

You can find our workshop website and register for our Winter 2024 workshops in the links below. We will be filling in our schedule for Spring workshops soon, so stay tuned!

Please reach out to CSDE’s Training Director, Jessica Godwin (jlg0003@uw.edu), if you have additional workshops you would like to see offered in the future and we will do our best to accommodate those requests.

Winter Workshops

Are Interracial Couples at Higher Risk of Multiple Chronic Conditions?: New Research by Louie, Brown, and Colleagues

CSDE Affiliate Patricia Louie (Sociology) and CSDE Trainee Hana Brown (Sociology) released an article with colleagues in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, titled “Are Interracial Couples at Higher Risk of Multiple Chronic Conditions? Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample“. Interracial relationships are becoming increasingly common in the United States, yet the physical health status of individuals in interracial relationships is not well understood. Using 18 years of pooled data from the National Health Interview Study (2001–2018) (N = 264, 891), authors compared the odds of having multiple chronic conditions (MCC) among adults in interracial and same-race unions.

CSDE Panel on Climate Impacts on Population Health: Data Science, Demography, & Disparities

Join CSDE and co-sponsor, The Population Health Initiative, for a panel with UW experts Sameer Shah (Environmental & Forest Sciences), Karen Chen (Urban Design & Planning), Joan Casey (Public Health), and Kris Ebi (Public Health) as moderator. Panelists will be providing short overviews of their research and how they have approached the challenges of studying climate impacts on population health through integrating data science techniques and demography to further our understanding.