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 coming academic year, CSDE will offer a diverse and exciting set of workshops, some of which will be offered in a hybrid format 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 Autumn 2024 workshops in this link. We will be filling in our schedule for Winter & Spring workshops soon, so stay tuned!
Please reach out to CSDE, if you have additional workshops you would like to see offered in the future and we will do our best to accommodate those requests.
- Intro to R I: Objects & Programming
- Date & Time: Tuesday, Oct. 1 @ 10:00AM–11:30AM
- Location: Savery 121 & Zoom (Link provided upon registration.)
- Instructor: June Yang
- Intro to R II: Working With Data
- Date & Time: Tuesday, Oct. 8 @ 10:00AM–11:30AM
- Location: Savery 121 & Zoom (Link provided upon registration.)
- Instructor: Jessica Godwin
- Biomarkers in the Social Sciences
- Date & Time: Thursday, Oct 10 @ 12:30PM–1:30PM
- Location: Zoom (Link provided upon registration.)
- Instructor: Tiffany Pan
- Professional Development: Presenting Yourself as a Scholar
- Date & Time: Thursday, Oct 10 @ 2:30PM–3:30PM
- Location: Raitt 223 & Zoom (Link provided upon registration.)
- Instructor: Jessica Godwin
- Intro to R III: Data Visualization
- Date & Time: Tuesday, Oct. 15 @ 10:00AM–11:30PM
- Location: Savery 121 & Zoom (Link provided upon registration.)
- Instructor: Jessica Godwin
- Text As Data
- Date & Time: Tuesday, Oct. 22 @ 10:00PM–11:30PM
- Location: Savery 121 & Zoom (Link provided upon registration.)
- Instructor: June Yang
- Professional Development: Navigating the Job Market (Panel)
- Date & Time: Tuesday, Nov. 12 @ 2:30PM–3:30PM
- Location: Raitt 223 & Zoom (Link provided upon registration.)
- NASA Transform to Open Science Training
- Date & Time: Tues/Thurs, Nov. 5 & 7 @ 10:00AM–1:00PM
- Location: Remote
- Instructor: Cameron Riddell
The UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences invites you to Innovations in Addressing Substance Use and Addiction: Improving the Lives of Individuals, Families and Communities in the Pacific Northwest on September 30 from 9 AM – 4 PM in the University of Washington’s HUB Ballroom.
Please join for this one-day event showcasing the department’s efforts to tackle our region’s challenges with addiction and substance use disorders. Attendees will interact with addiction researchers, educators and clinicians during a full day of events including featured speakers, interactive booths and an afternoon of roundtable workshops. Register below to attend as a guest or exhibitor.
Highlights will include
- Opening remarks from Department Chair Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH
- Policymaker panel discussion
- Continental breakfast and a light lunch
- Interactive tables with clinicians, researchers, and educators
- Q&A with UW faculty
- Round table workshops to develop ideas and plan for the future
Register here
The month of September is Suicide Prevention Month. CSDE Affiliate Dr. Anthony L. Bui recently published the study, “Disaggregated Suicide Mortality Rates Among Asian American Youths and Young Adults by Ethnic Subgroup,” in JAMA Pediatrics, which was featured in a previous CSDE newsletter. This study was discussed in the KUOW NPR segment, “New Study Examines Increasing Suicide Rates in Asian American Youth,” where Dr. Bui was interviewed by NPR hosts Diana Opong and Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers. In this interview, they discuss the reality of suicide rates among young Asian Americans and how understanding the background of those at risk, can help medical professionals develop culturally specific approaches to youth who need mental health care. Visit the link to listen to the entire interview and learn more about Dr. Bui’s study.
CSDE Affiliate and Former T32 Fellow Delaney Glass (University of Toronto) recently published the article, “Coming of Age in War: Early Life Adversity, Age at Menarche, and Mental Health,” in Psychoneuroendocrinology with co-authors Meredith Reiches and Patrick Clarkin of University of Massachusetts – Boston. This study discusses what it is like for adolescents to grow up in armed conflict areas. The article discusses how war and forced migration can create complex health risks and possible delays in puberty. Read the study to learn more about how growing up in war zones/conflict heavy areas, can affect adolescent health.
The Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) at Washington State University is pleased to announce a Request for Applications to participate in the Community Health and Aging in Native Groups of Elders (CHANGE) Resource Center in Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Research Education Scholars Program.
The CHANGE RCMAR Scholars Program provides funding and mentored training for early stage investigators to conduct aging-related research in American Indian, Alaska Native, and/or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander populations. Successful applicants will participate in an 18 month mentored training program that includes completion of a pilot study in Months 1-12 and development and mock review of a NIH-style funding application in Months 13-18. More information about this opportunity is available at https://ireach.wsu.edu/change-rcmar
Investigators must be a transitioning postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Professor, or Research Assistant Professor or hold an equivalent position at a non-academic institution. Investigators must also be eligible for Early Stage Investigator status as defined by the National Institutes of Health for at least 2 more years. If an investigator is not employed by WSU or an affiliated CHANGE university (Northern Arizona University, University of Hawaii, University of Washington, University of Minnesota), they must identify an experienced faculty member at their institution willing to serve as home mentor for the duration of the 18 month program. Funding can be used to cover a percentage of Scholar FTE and is also available to cover some FTE for the Scholar’s Mentor.
To submit a letter of intent (LOI), please include the following:
• A completed CHANGE RCMAR Initial Application form
• A list of potential co-investigators and community partners who will assist in the completion of the project
• The intended community, tribe, setting, or dataset for the proposed project
• A 500-word abstract, including:
• Background
• Specific Aims
• Methods and data analysis plan
Interested applicants must submit required LOI materials by September 30, 2024; with a final grant application by December 6, 2024.
Code has become an important part of scientists and researchers’ work. Code review is “a common practice in software engineering, which entails detailed and continual examination of additions and changes to a software code-base.” CSDE Affiliate Ariel Rokem provides ten simple rules for scientific code review that detail the process in an effective and enjoyable manner. These rules aim to introduce scientists to a broad range of backgrounds to code and suggest some best practices. Visit the article in PLOS Computational Biology to learn more about these rules and how to use them effectively in your code review.