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Freitag Awarded UW Presidential Fellowship

CSDE Trainee Callie Freitag was awarded the Presidential Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Washington. This fellowship provides support to doctoral students in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and social professions, whose dissertation projects demonstrate unique scholarly significance and originality. Congratulations Callie – this is great recognition of the quality of your ideas around aging, poverty, and public program participation!

Farquhar Publishes New Research on Alcohol Use Among Kenyans Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV and its Elevated Risk of Transmission

CSDE Affiliate Carey Farquhar, and Co-Authors, have released new research entitled “Alcohol Use Among People Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV in Kenya is Associated with Needle Sharing, More New Sex Partners, and Lower Engagement in HIV Care”.

The authors assessed the prevalence and correlates of alcohol use among 870 people who inject drugs living with HIV in Kenya, with attention toward (1) sexual and injecting risk behaviors for HIV transmission and (2) HIV care engagement.

Graduate Research Assistant Needed for UW School of Law

CSDE Affiliate Gregg Colburn and Christine Cimini (UW Law School) are seeking a graduate research assistant to conduct research on the use of mediation/conflict resolution techniques to improve the residential stability of households served by Seattle Housing Authority. They have secured funding to support a graduate student (PhD student preferred) for the entire 2023-2024 academic year at a 50% appointment.

The UW Law School Mediation Clinic, in partnership with two local non-profits, King County Dispute Resolution Center (KCDRC) and Housing Connector (HC), designed a pilot program called Conflict Resolution Services (CRS).

See the full job description here.