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New Study by Adhia and Co-authors Evaluates State Laws Addressing Teen Dating Violence

CSDE Affiliate Avanti Adhia (Nursing) released an article with co-authors in Preventive Medicine, titled “State laws addressing teen dating violence in US high schools: A difference-in-differences study“. Teen dating violence (TDV) is prevalent with lifelong adverse consequences, and strategies to reduce its burden are needed. Many U.S. states have enacted laws to address TDV in schools, but few studies have examined their effectiveness. This study aimed to assess whether state TDV laws were associated with changes in physical TDV victimization among high school students.

Applications open for the Population Health Applied Research Fellowship Program (Due 3/29/24)

Applications are now open for the Population Health Applied Research Fellowship Program. This program is run in partnership between the Population Health Initiative and CSDE. The 10-week program is open to graduate and professional students from all UW schools and colleges. The program supports multidisciplinary teams of UW graduate and undergraduate students to work on real-world population health challenges. Projects are sourced from external clients who play an important role in structuring project deliverables. The project team receives training in research skills and data collection, analysis and presentation to deliver a work product that meets the external client’s needs.

*New* CSDE Spring Seminar Schedule

CSDE is pleased to announce the lineup for this spring’s seminar series! This series is co-sponsored by The Population Health Initiative, bringing top demographers and population health scientists from around the world. All seminars are free and most are in hybrid format. There are also opportunities to meet visiting speakers in addition to the seminar, including graduate lunches and 1×1 meetings. View the schedule below or on our website!

Spring schedule

Rowhani-Rahbar is Appointed Director of the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program

CSDE Affiliate Ali Rowhani-Rahbar (Epidemiology, Pediatrics) was appointed director of the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program (FIPRP). Rowhani-Rahbar is a national leader in firearm injury prevention serving as a Member of the Board of Directors for the National Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms and Member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Queer Demography Summit (3/29/24)

The Office of Population Research at Princeton University presents the Queer Demography Summit on Friday, March 29th from 8am to 6pm (ET). This historic day-long summit brings together some of the nation’s and the world’s leading demographers of queer populations to discuss the state of queer demography. It will examine how the field has challenged and advanced general understandings of core demographic methods and research practices, as well as contributed substantive new knowledge on queer people’s health and wellbeing, family dynamics, migration patterns, experiences of inequality, and much more. This summit will be conducted in a hybrid format, with a required registration. Register for in-person here and for the Zoom webinar here.

Bratman Co-authors Research on Public Nature and Health for Homeless Populations

CSDE Affiliate Gregory Bratman (Environmental and Forest Sciences) co-authored an article in Social Science & Medicine, titled “Public nature and health for homeless populations: Professionals’ perceptions of contingent human benefits and harms“. This article investigates relationships between public nature and health for unsheltered homeless populations. It examines perceptions of health benefits and harms for people living in public natural areas including local, state, and national forests and parks in the Seattle metropolitan area (USA). Interviews with environmental, social service, and law enforcement professionals who regularly interact with this vulnerable population were conducted and thematically analyzed to understand perceptions of physical and mental health outcomes. 

Apply for the 2024 Behavioral Economics Summer Institute (Due 3/29/24)

The Russell Sage Foundation is accepting applications for its 2024 Behavioral Economics Summer Institute. The ten-day Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics, led by David Laibson (Harvard University) and Matthew Rabin (Harvard University), introduces graduate students and early career faculty to the findings and methods of behavioral economics—the application of psychological theory and research to economics. This opportunity is open to Ph.D. students who by July 2024 will have completed at least one year of their program, and faculty and postdocs who earned a Ph.D. since May 2023. The application deadline for the June 29 – July 9 Summer Institute, which will be held at Endicott House in Dedham, Massachusetts, is March 29, 2024.