Magarati and Colleagues Receive NIH/NIDA Grant from the Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness (N CREW) Initiative
CSDE Affiliate Maya Magarati, along with Myra Parker and the UW Seven Directions Center for Indigenous Public Health team, were recently awarded a $3 million grant through the NIH N CREW Initiative for Growing a Tribal Healing Effort through Research (GATHER). With this new grant, the UW Seven Directions team will serve as one of four core technical assistance and training hubs supporting the documentation and monitoring of tribal research grants focused on substance use, mental health, and pain management. Learn more about this project and other funded initiatives here.
Department Head of Data Science (10/15/24)
Sign Up for the Qualitative Demography Network from the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) (Due 10/15/24)
Qualitative methods in demography enable us to study the reasoning, motivations, processes and mechanisms underlying observed demographic behaviour and trends. However, as the demographic discipline predominantly uses quantitative methods, qualitative researchers can sometimes feel marginal. We would like to initiate a qualitative demography network, in which qualitative demographers and population studies researchers can exchange ideas, inspire each other, and brainstorm about the future role of qualitative research in demography.
If you are interested in joining our network, which aims to organise two thinkery sessions before the end of the year, please fill in the following form: https://forms.office.com/e/2T37Nqv5Yt
To join in time for the first thinkery session, please make sure to sign up by 15 October 2024.
Gregory announced as President-elect of the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA
Congratulations to CSDE Affiliate James Gregory (History) on his election to lead the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA). The PCB-AHA was organized in 1903 with a focus on the Western United States and the Western Provinces of Canada. Dr. Gregory will serve as President-elect during the 2024-25 year, then as President in 2025-2026.
*New* Fostering Connections in AI and Health
Call for Papers: Demographic Change and Challenges in the Americas – Canadian Studies in Population (10/15/24)
Special issue of Canadian Studies in Population on “Demographic Change and Challenges in the Americas”
- Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2024
This special issue of Canadian Studies in Population will spotlight key demographic concerns facing the Americas, including migration, mortality and morbidity, fertility, and family dynamics, and provide a forward-looking introduction that sets an agenda for a more integrated approach to understanding demographic change in the region. We seek papers that address demographic processes in the Americas, broadly defined, from Canada to Patagonia. Our issue is motivated by the following core questions about demography in the Americas:
- What are the most important emerging demographic trends and processes in the Americas?
- How do demographic processes in the Americas challenge or bring nuance to understanding of processes found elsewhere?
- Are there regional demographic systems in the Americas? Are national demographic trends emblematic of regional trends? How heterogeneous is the demography of countries and regions?
- Are similar demographic dynamics/mechanisms evident across places (i.e., changing mortality risks or fertility decline)?
- How do national policies relate to unique demographic outcomes?
Papers may focus on a specific country or identify links and demographic systems between countries or regions. We invite papers that present novel empirical evidence, methodological insights or theoretical contributions. Empirical papers may include descriptive findings or center on identifying mechanisms. Authors are encouraged to situate their findings in regional context if they are not explicitly comparative in nature.
Please read the full Call for Papers online
Assistant Professor in Anthropology (10/15/24)
Curran to Deliver Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture (10/17/24)
While the idea of “to be counted is to be seen”, is often taken for granted as foundational for democracy, who is counted and why has changed numerous times in our nation’s history. These changes have impacts big and small and implications on politics and policymaking. In this lecture, Dr. Sara Curran will discuss past and present ways in which demographic diversity has been measured and why, and also the intersectional complexities of measuring demographic diversity. Learn more and register here.
*New* Fostering Connections in AI and Health (10/16/24)
Join us for an Open Space-style event to help facilitate new collaborations between UW researchers who are interested in applying generative AI and large language models to pressing health challenges. Attendees at the event 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 an informal networking lunch. Learn more and register here.
This event is in partnership with the UW Tacoma Office of Research, UW Tacoma School of Engineering & Technology, UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare & Leadership, UW Seattle School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, School of Nursing Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, Institute for Medical Data Science, Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, and UW Bothell Office of Sponsored Research.
Please direct questions to the Population Health Initiative via email at pophlth@uw.edu.