Each summer, CSDE and the Population Health Initiative collaborate with CSDE External Affiliate Rebeccah Maskin (King County Demographer) to offer the interdisciplinary Applied Research Fellowship Program for UW undergraduates and graduate students. This summer, the Applied Research Fellowship team is working with stakeholders at King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks to assess accessibility of parks in urban unincorporated areas.  

The team, led by CSDE Research Scientist Jessica Godwin includes 3 graduate students and 2 undergraduates: 

• Xinyuan Hao (MPH student, Epidemiology),  

• Mark Nepf (PhD student, Evans School and CSDE Trainee),  

•  Annie Xu (PhD student, Psychology), 

• Sarah Desai (Anthropology, Environmental Studies), and 

• Nupur Gorkar (Human Centered Design & Engineering). 

They will present their findings to King County stakeholders this Friday, August 15 from 10:30am-12:00pm. The presentation will be hybrid with in-person activities in Hans Rosling Center Room 101 and online attendance on Zoom. 

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on the intersections of climate, health, and equity. The May 2026 issue will feature approximately 20 peer-reviewed articles, including new empirical research, analyses, perspectives from community leaders, and policy proposals for multi-scalar responses to climate threats. They invite all interested authors to submit abstracts for consideration for this issue.

Deadline: August 11, 2025

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Date & Time: August 14, 2025, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Location: Wright Auditorium, Seattle Children’s Hospital and via Webex

Abstract: This UW Pediatrics Grand Rounds event will feature Dr. Deb Hendrickson, author of The Air They Breathe.  Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about how climate change and wildfire smoke impact children’s health and participate in a meet and greet reception with Hendrickson.

Last week, CSDE Affiliate David Takeuchi (Social Work) participated in a panel as a moderator titled “State of the Sociological Union” at the American Sociological Association (ASA) 2025 Annual Meeting on August 8th. The plenary featured sociologists from a variety of different organizations and positions—nonprofits, teaching track, liberal arts college, and working in and outside of academia—to consider the broad state of the discipline. What are the biggest challenges and issues facing sociologists today? Where do they find unity, and where is there dissent? What does the future hold for the sociology field?

CSDE Affiliate Kris Pui Kwan Ma (Family Medicine) recently published a research article in PLOS One titled, “Participant engagement in a national longitudinal study of COVID-19: Insights from the INSPIRE study.” In this article, Dr. Ma and co-authors detail how public and patient engagement is an important practice in public health research that helps inform interventions and policies to improve people’s lives, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of Long COVID have presented both challenges and opportunities for strengthening participant engagement in research. The objective of this research article is to examine participants’ motivations and their experiences throughout a decentralized, longitudinal COVID-19 study in the U.S. To read more about Dr. Ma and her co-authors’ findings and results, visit this link.

The deadline to submit to the Fall Data Science and AI Accelerator is now extended to August 14th. This program pairs eScience Institute data scientists with researchers from any field of study to work on focused, collaborative projects. Collaborations may center on analysis of an existing dataset to answer a specific research question, an implementation of software for processing or analyzing data, data visualization tools, or tools for data interpretation. We strongly recommend that anyone planning to submit a proposal for an Accelerator consult with one of our Data Scientists during their Office Hours for guidance and also check out the Accelerator FAQs on our website. Learn more here.

CSDE External Affiliate Arni Rao recently published an article in Taylor and Francis’ Mathematical Population Studies journal titled, “Geometrical constructions and analysis in population cohorts.” In this article, fundamental results on the formation of population capture cohorts using analysis, probability, and geometric arguments are derived. Dr. Rao introduces original ideas by connecting the geometry of paths of cohort formations with methods of data analysis, probability, and mathematical analysis. One of the reviewers of the article commented, “this seminal paper presents a novel geometric perspective on cohort formation, where the latter is defined in its strict demographic sense. The examples are elegant, as are the derivations and proofs.” To read the full article, visit this link.

Ready to contribute to global climate action? UN Climate Change is looking for passionate experts to fill 12 open positions! Join their diverse team from over 90 countries to accelerate progress on the Paris Agreement and support governments and communities in creating a more sustainable, climate-resilient future.

Deadlines: ranging from August 3, 2025 – August 18, 2025

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