CSDE Affiliate Professor Tzu-Hsin Karen Chen (College of Built Environment and School of Public Health) has just learned that she has been awarded a NASA Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science for a project that will examine heat impacts on human health in urban settings in the Mediterranean. The project aims to understand the influence of 3-D urban land cover/land use changes (urban LCLUC) on extreme humid heat and its subsequent impact on health burden in the Mediterranean region. Utilizing machine learning techniques on multi-sensor remote sensing data, climate variability analysis, and epidemiological methods, the study will identify urban LCLUC patterns and their role in mediating the health impact of heat stress. They produced datasets of 3-D urban structure over 2000-2022 will allow us to integrate large-scale dynamic exposure assessment into environmental health studies. Together with our regional partners, we will provide data-driven knowledge and tools to foster healthy spaces and communities in the face of climate change. If you want to learn more about Karen’s work, please join CSDE for this week’s panel on climate impacts on population health. Karen will be presenting around her innovative research.
Media Sources Feature Goodreau’s Research on Decreasing Condom Use and Public Health Messaging on PrEP
Research by CSDE Affiliate Steven Goodreau (Anthropology) led to a recent article in AIDS and Behavior, which measures changes in condomless anal sex (CAS) among HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) who are not taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The study found an increase in CAS for MSM not on PrEP, suggesting potential new HIV transmission pathways. Goodreau released a commentary in AIDS, discussing the findings and raising concern that public health’s increased emphasis on PrEP may be related to decreased condom use. This concern was also featured in a New York Times article by Benjamin Ryan, where Goodreau was quoted – “The goal of promoting PrEP is a valuable one, but it has overshadowed other prevention strategies like condoms”. UW News also featured Goodreau’s work in an interview with Lauren Kirschman, where Goodreau highlighted how “In the end, it’s key to remember that things like condom use are highly subject to social norms — many people use what they see and hear from their peers and beyond as a guide for their own decisions. Even just a little bit more attention to the topic may help to get many of those conversations started again.”
New Chapter by Rocha Beardall Examines How Settler-Colonial Logics of Reservation Policing Impact the Lives of American Indians
CSDE Affiliate Theresa Rocha Beardall (Sociology) authored a chapter, titled “‘Imperialism without Imperialists’ and the Settler-Colonial Logics of Reservation Policing” in the edited volume, Police and State Crime in the Americas. Growing awareness of U.S. police violence has sparked important discussions that link state violence and the nation’s settler-colonial origins, emphasizing the use of law enforcement to control racially marginalized groups. Yet, the enduring impact of settler-colonial logics of carcerality and elimination on the lives of Indigenous Peoples in the U.S., commonly known as American Indians under federal law, remains underexplored. This chapter examines how and why the social construction of American Indians as othered and deviant is used by the settler-state to assert control of Native bodies, lands, and jurisdiction through reservation policing.
*New* Issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Read Volume 50, Issue 4 here!
*New* IPUMS Data (Global Health, NHGIS, CPS)
IPUMS released updates for its for its NHGIS and CPS datasets. It also released the IPUMS DHS Climate Change and Health Research Hub, which will help researchers study the relationships between climate change and population health. Read more about each update in the full story!
IPUMS GLOBAL HEALTHIPUMS DHS is pleased to announce a new resource to help researchers illuminate the relationship between climate change and population health: the IPUMS DHS Climate Change and Health Research Hub. The Research Hub will showcase techniques to combine spatial data with IPUMS survey data, making it easier to add environmental context to population health resources. It will include both conceptual content and technical tutorials that demonstrate spatial processing techniques in R.
IPUMS NHGISNHGIS has released its fourth set of GIS boundary files for 1980 census blocks. This release adds 55 metropolitan areas, including St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Nassau-Suffolk, and provides full coverage of New England. Our 1980 block boundaries now cover all or part of 148 metro areas across 46 states, including the top 20 largest metro areas by 1980 population.
IPUMS CPSThe January 2024 Basic Monthly Sample data are now available through IPUMS CPS.
*New* Attend the Inaugural Lunch-and-Learn for UW’s New Center for Disaster Resilient Communities
*New* Webinar on The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Public Health Responses
*New* Call for Applications to Attend the Economic Mobility Fellowship Program (Due 4/3/24)
The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce the Economic Mobility Fellowship Program, a federal government-university partnership that seeks to broaden the pipeline of program administration, policy and research staff working on issues of poverty, inequality, and economic mobility in the United States. The Institute for Research on Poverty is calling for applications from individuals who have recently completed/or are about to complete a master’s degree for a full-time fellowship for 2024–2025 with an anticipated start date in summer 2024. The fellowship is for one year with the potential of renewing for a second year. The fellowship is contingent on the availability of funding. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a final deadline of April 3, 2024.
Announcing the next round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) (Due 3/4/24)
The Office of Research invites applications to the next round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grant program. Proposals are due to RRF Monday, March 4, by 5:00 PM. Departments and Colleges/Schools may have earlier deadlines, so all applicants are advised to check with their program’s administrative staff. Awards will be announced by June 15, 2024.
The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal.
- For faculty who are junior in rank.
- In cases where RRF funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome, with budgets up to $40,000. Proposals will be peer reviewed through one of four RRF Review Committees: Arts and Humanities; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Basic Biological and Biomedical Sciences; and Physical Sciences and Engineering. (Note that we changed the committee structure in the fall of 2023 to separate Arts and Humanities from Social and Behavioral Sciences.) Please submit your proposal to be reviewed in the area that most closely matches your project, which might not necessarily match your home department.
Application instructions can be found at the Office of Research web site:
http://www.washington.edu/research/or/royalty-research-fund-rrf/. Project teams that review and follow all the instructions have a greater chance of funding.
New this Round: All sections (A-F) of the Description of Research are required and must be labeled and presented in order in proposals.
Contact the RRF administrative staff with questions about the program: Peter Wilsnack, 206-685-9316.
Event on Fostering Connections in AI and Health (3/5/24)
The Population Health Initiative is co-hosting a winter quarter Open Space-style event, “Fostering Connections in AI and Health,” on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the UW Husky Union Building (HUB), room 145. The goal of this gathering is to help facilitate new collaborations between UW faculty researchers who are interested in applying generative AI and large language models to pressing health challenges. Those who attend will set the agenda for discussion, offering to convene discussions on possible topics or projects where collaboration is sought. The formal program will be followed by a more informal networking lunch. See the event poster and RSVP at this link to attend.