Tina Swenson has recently joined CSDE as our new Administrator, providing grant and fiscal, human resources, and personnel administration. Prior to joining CSDE, she has served as the Administrator for the School of Drama and Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, as well as other roles across campus. Tina holds a BA from the University of Washington and has worked on campus for 16 years. In her personal time, she enjoys hiking, biking, traveling, and fostering rescue dogs. We’re glad to have you on board, Tina!
*New* Sign up for CSDE Workshop on PAA Extended Abstracts
Training Director Jessica Godwin will be holding a workshop on Tuesday, September 12th on writing extended abstracts for the Population Association of American (PAA) annual conference, which is being held in Columbus, OH next year! Attendees will have the opportunity to have their extended abstract reviewed by a peer and a faculty member, as well as to review one of their peers’ manuscripts.
In this workshop, she will be discussing the conference itself, how sessions are organized, and what qualities reviewers are looking for when assessing submissions, particularly extended abstracts. She will then discuss some tips for writing a good submission and choosing an appropriate session to submit to.
PAA Extended Abstract Workshop
When: September 12th (Tuesday) from 11-11:30am
Where: Zoom (link sent to registrants)
Meeting Registration: Sign Up Form
If you are unable to attend the workshop, don’t worry! You can still sign up for an opportunity to get feedback on your abstract from a CSDE Affiliate here.
Join Us for CSDE’s Autumn 2023 Opening Reception Outside Raitt Hall!
Join us in celebrating the start of the Fall Quarter with CSDE! Catch up with your colleagues, meet new affiliates, staff members, fellows, and trainees, and find out what is new and upcoming at CSDE. Mike Renz CSDE’s program coordinator has organized refreshments. Besides catching up with everyone, you can take home your own seminar series poster!
Where: Between Raitt Hall and Savery Hall
Date: Friday, Sept. 29th, 2023
Time: 12:30-1:30 PM
We are meeting at the usual 12:30 PM seminar time, but please note the special location for the reception: Outdoors between Raitt Hall and Savery Hall.
Assistant Professor – Department of Political Science (Deadline: 9/16/2023)
CNN Quotes Mokdad on the Current COVID-19 Wave and Why it’s Probably Worse Than Data Suggests
CSDE Affiliate Ali Mokdad was recently quoted in a CNN article entitled, “It seems like everyone has Covid-19. Here’s why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests”. Dr. Mokdad’s expertise in population health has helped UW produce regular estimates of Covid-19 case rates and projections for trends from 2020 to 2022, but the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation paused that modeling in December. All of the measures that factored into the model had stopped being reported or had changed in some way.
Crowder Elected Vice President of the Population Association of America
The 2023 PAA Election results are in! CSDE Affiliate and Executive Committee Member Kyle Crowder was elected to the leadership of the Population Association of America. Dr. Crowder will join as Vice President, working closely with PAA President Irma Elo (U of Penn). Congratulations, Dr. Kyle! Thank you for this important service.
Pörtner Pens New Research on the Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown on Healthcare Inaccessibility and Unaffordability in Uganda
CSDE External Affiliate Claus Pörtner, along with co-authors, has published new research on the “Impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on healthcare inaccessibility and unaffordability in Uganda” in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Several studies have reported adverse consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns on the utilization of healthcare services across Africa. However, little is known about the channels through which lockdowns impacted healthcare utilization. This study focuses on unaffordability as a reason for not utilizing healthcare services. Using nationally representative longitudinal household data and a household fixed-effects model, he finds that the lockdown in Uganda was associated with an 8.4% higher likelihood of respondents being unable to access healthcare when treatment was needed relative to the non-lockdown periods. Excellent work, Dr. Pörtner!
Drexel University Seeks Postdoctoral Scientist (Deadline: 9/18/2023)
Frey Publishes New Research on Varying Gratitude Responses by Peer Intervention and Social Norms
A new article published by CSDE Affiliate Karin Frey, and co-authors, in the School Psychology Review discusses how the gratitude youth feel after different types of bystander action may depend on which behaviors are most congruent with personal beliefs. In this study, 264 ethnically diverse adolescents (African, European, Mexican-American, and Indigenous) from the Pacific Northwest described past instances when they experienced an act of peer-instigated aggression and subsequent bystander action. Her findings shed light on the association between social norm endorsement and victimized youths’ gratitude for their intervening peers’ bystander actions. Excellent job, Dr. Frey!
Spencer Quoted in Seattle Times on Centering Natives vs Tourism After the Tragic Maui Fires
CSDE Affiliate Michael Spencer was recently quoted in a news article by The Seattle Times entitled, “After devastating Maui fires, let’s center people, not tourism“. Dr. Spencer is a Native Hawaiian (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi) researcher and Professor in the School of Social Work and Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceania Affairs here at UW. This article highlights Dr. Spencer’s findings that focus on health equity among Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) populations.