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Call for Abstracts: 23rd Annual IGSC Conference (Due: 9/15/2023)

The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is accepting abstracts from current graduate students, as well as from scholars, practitioners, artists, and scientists, who have completed a graduate degree within the past three years. IGSC welcomes abstracts globally and from any discipline related to the US and Asia-Pacific region.

This year’s theme is Elucidating the Periphery: Rethinking Neglected Narratives and Novel Approaches. This student organized conference provides an opportunity to venture beyond one’s own boundaries to interface with neglected narratives from peripheral perspectives as well as novel techniques in a transdisciplinary context.

Abstract submissions

All abstract submissions must be made through the secure Submittable online platform. The deadline to submit abstracts is September 15th, 2023, 23:59 hrs (Hawai‘i Standard Time).

Please see the conference website for Frequently Asked Questions on abstract guidelines, conference registration, and other logistics. For any other questions not covered in Frequently Asked Questions, please send your inquiry to the IGSC team at igsc@eastwestcenter.org.

Call for Abstracts: 23rd Annual IGSC Conference (Due 9/15/23)

The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is accepting abstracts from current graduate students, as well as from scholars, practitioners, artists, and scientists, who have completed a graduate degree within the past three years. IGSC welcomes abstracts globally and from any discipline related to the US and Asia-Pacific region.

This year’s theme is Elucidating the Periphery: Rethinking Neglected Narratives and Novel Approaches. This student organized conference provides an opportunity to venture beyond one’s own boundaries to interface with neglected narratives from peripheral perspectives as well as novel techniques in a transdisciplinary context.

Abstract submissions

All abstract submissions must be made through the secure Submittable online platform. The deadline to submit abstracts is September 15th, 2023, 23:59 hrs (Hawai‘i Standard Time).

Please see the conference website for Frequently Asked Questions on abstract guidelines, conference registration, and other logistics. For any other questions not covered in Frequently Asked Questions, please send your inquiry to the IGSC team at igsc@eastwestcenter.org.

Demographer

Under general supervision, to understand, estimate, model, and project the population living in the county for department and other key stakeholder needs, including modeling complex demographic processes (such as birth, death, fertility, immigration, aging), discovering insights on population changes, and identifying opportunities through the application of demographic methodologies. The Demographer will direct staff in these functions.

COVID-19 Risk Level – Low Risk 

 

Typical Tasks

 

The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all duties listed.

 

  • Makes strategic recommendations on the design and approach for complex demographic data analytic projects;

 

  • Develops and identifies priorities, problems, and other conditions of significance that could be informed by the application of demographic procedures and methodologies, including and accounting for health equity considerations;

 

  • Designs, adjusts, and maintains estimates of the size and makeup of populations countywide, in sub-county geographies, and in small, vulnerable, and hard-to-reach populations;

 

  • Designs, conducts, and may lead analyses and studies to understand population distribution and the determinants and effects of changes in the population, including birth rates, death rates, life expectancy, household makeup, and immigration;

 

  • Develops projections of population changes and density, including variation by demographic characteristics and for specific sub-populations;

 

  • Develops creative solutions to data analysis and demographic modeling problems;

 

  • Gatherers, cleans, assembles, and analyzes data and produces reports and summaries;

 

  • Reviews and evaluates databases and surveys for error and limitation; uses statistical methods to supplement missing data;

 

  • Utilizes and analyzes data from the U.S. Census, other local, state, and federal surveys, administrative datasets, and state surveillance systems to inform understanding of and predict trends in population distribution and density; extracts appropriate data, develops and interprets results, provides summary statistics;

 

  • Translates demographic information to inform policy and strategy; monitors, interprets, and forecasts demographic trends impacting health and wellbeing;

 

  • Leads and participates in geospatial analyses of populations countywide and in sub-county areas, including descriptive and predictive modeling and hot-spotting;

 

  • Provides demographic support for countywide inter-jurisdictional planning efforts; participate on, and provide technical support to, committees as assigned; acts as demographic liaison to state, other county, city, or community agencies.

 

  • Participates in multi-disciplinary teams in designing and conducting studies and analyses requiring complex statistical approaches;

 

  • Manages and merges large datasets and performs data cleaning, editing, and quality control;

 

  • Designs and administers population health, economic, demographic, and social surveys to assess the impacts of and recovery from disasters and other conditions of significance, both countywide and on hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations;

 

  • Validates the design and analytic approaches using demographic modeling;

 

  • Identifies/creates the appropriate algorithms, statistical, and demographic models to discover patterns and meaning from population-based data to support decision making;

 

  • Reviews technical and professional literature to identify specific findings, inform design, and select appropriate methodologies;

 

  • Monitors and maintains ethical, privacy, and security issues related to health data, including coordination with county counsel, compliance, and County IRB chairs;

 

  • Coordinates with other managers and staff around surveillance, epidemiology, population health sciences, research, evaluation, and performance management and quality improvement activities;

 

  • Supports development and maintenance of partnerships with colleges and universities, other CSCHS government agencies, community-based organizations, other organizations, and relevant professional associations;

 

  • Participates in meetings and consult with stakeholders concerning studies and reports needed for policy and program planning, monitoring and evaluation;

 

  • Serves as a member of task forces or committees requiring obtaining, analyzing, and organizing data;

 

  • Educates the organization on new approaches, new hypotheses to test, and statistical validation of results;

 

  • Provides on-going tracking and monitoring of performance of decision systems and statistical models;

 

  • Prepares and participates in RFP processes, writes grant proposals, reports, program documentation, policies, procedures, and other written materials;

 

  • May be assigned as a Disaster Service Worker (DSW), as required*;

 

  • Performs other related duties, as required.

Allard and EPIC Team Receive Support on Ballot Rejection Project from Washington State

The Washington State Ballots Project, a cross-disciplinary project led by CSDE Affiliate Scott W. Allard and EPIC Innovation and Engagement manager Cali Jahn, received support through a budget proviso administered by the Washington Secretary of State to better understand mailed ballot rejections in our state and to develop recommendations to improve the voter process. Support will allow the project to complete analyses of voter-level data and interviews, as well as host convenings with key communities. Recommendations will be made to Secretary of State and the legislature in the fall.

Romich and Freitag Lead Efforts to Establish New Data Repository at UW

CSDE Affiliate Professor Jennie Romich will be leading an effort to establish a new statewide data repository at the University of Washington – Washpop – for population and policy research on topics including, criminal justice and safety, economic prosperity and equity, and health and social well-being. Professor Romich worked with CSDE Trainee Callie Freitag on getting this state funding, an effort which was also supported by CSDE, the Population Health Initiative, and the School of Social Work.  Many Evans faculty and doctoral students have been part of the data work and projects on which Washpop will be based, including the members of the Seattle Minimum Wage Study. Deep appreciation to all the work Jennie and Callie, as well as many others in our community, have put into the effort to launch Washpop.

Rowhani-Rahbar Receives Funding to Support Further Research on Reducing the Impact of Firearm-related Harm on People’s Lives

University of Washington’s Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program, led by CSDE Affiliate Ali Rowhani-Rahbar received funding from the Washington State Legislature for the next biennium to support its work. FIPRP was formed in 2019 with funding from the Washington State Legislature, building on the three-decade-long history of studying firearm injuries by researchers at the University of Washington. Funding will allow FIPRP to continue its mission to reduce the impact of firearm-related harm on people’s lives through interdisciplinary research in close collaboration with community, institutional, and governmental partners. FIPRP is now housed in the Office of the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Education within the School of Medicine at the University of Washington and collaborates with other schools and research programs across the University and other institutions. The team of researchers is led by Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor in the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance. This research program supports investigations of the determinants of firearm death and injury at the individual, community, and societal level, evaluates the effectiveness of firearm laws and policies, assesses the consequences of firearm violence, and develops strategies to reduce the toll of firearm-related harm among citizens of the state and our country. Congratulations to Ali and his team for this incredible impactful work.

CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts Lizzy Pelletier on Using Tools from Data Science to Enhance Administrative Records (5/10/2023)

On May 10 from 3-4pm Lizzy Pelletier, a PhD candidate at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance and CSDE T32 Fellow (UW) will join CDWG to discuss the use of administrative data for demography and policy research and describe her work-in-progress on making administrative records more useful for researchers. She will describe her work assessing different methods of imputing demographic characteristics in Washington merged administrative records, her early work on converting residential address histories into household groupings, and concluding with some thoughts on the implications of this work for policy-relevant research.

 

Isabelle Cohen Took Up CSDE’s Offer of a Mock Review Panel to Help Strengthen a Grant Application!

If you’re en route to a full draft of an application — to NIH, or NSF, or beyond — and you think a mock panel review could help you out, contact Development Core director Steve Goodreau (goodreau@uw.edu).  Recently, CSDE Affiliate Isabelle Cohen (Assistant Professor, Evans School) took advantage of a mock review panels for an NIH R21 proposal examining the long-term and indirect effects of a highly successful intervention to delay adolescent marriage in Northern Nigeria. Contributing their extensive insights to the review were Susan Graham (UW Global Health), Jennifer Glick (Penn State), and Joelle Abramowitz (Michigan). Says Dr. Cohen, “The panel was an exceptional opportunity for feedback. I’m grateful to all the panelists for their constructive comments and to CSDE for impeccable organization and facilitation. I’d recommend the process to anyone looking to strengthen an application.”