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Weng Named as Fulbright Scholar for 2025-2026

CSDE Affiliate Yen-Chu Weng and three other UW faculty members have been selected as Fulbright Scholars for 2025-2026. Fulbright Scholars are college and university faculty, administrators, researchers, and professionals who will travel internationally to build their skills and connections, gain valuable insights, and return home to share their experiences with their colleagues, students, and more. Dr. Weng, who is an assistant teaching professor in the College of Environment, will be traveling to Japan to share the American experience in environmental conservation, movements, and governance with students and scholars. Congratulations Dr. Weng! To learn more about this program, visit the story to read more.

Rokem Publishes Editorial Article in Aperture Neuro on Sociotechnical Elements of Data Driven Research in Human Brain Mapping

CSDE Affiliate Ariel Rokem recently published an editorial titled, “Human brain mapping at the Singularity” in Aperture Neuro, an open access peer-reviewed online journal affiliated with the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. In this editorial, Dr. Rokem analyzes the progress that has been seen in advancing Frictionless Reproducibility through open data, code re-execution, and the adoption of the common task framework. He also discusses the future of data-driven research in neuroimaging. To learn more about Dr. Rokem’s research, visit the link to read the full editorial.

Friends of NCHS: FYI’s and Opportunities

  1. Please consider responding to the call for comments on NCHS collections to explain how you use the data and why they are important. With the current scrutiny, it’s important to take advantage of opportunities like these:
  2. If you have been affected by disappeared or altered federal data, please see this note from a reporter:
    • Hello – I’m Laura Santhanam, a reporter with PBS News who is working on a digital print article to help our audience understand the parameters of the crater made in the federal workforce, but especially as it has affected the collection and use of data, both in this present moment and how those changes are expected to radiate going forward. I am particularly interested in learning about specific examples of disappeared data or data that have been altered since late January. If you would like to share your story, I am here to listen. Please message me over Signal at 1-662-801-0334. Since things are moving so quickly, we are trying to gather these stories sooner rather than later. Any help is much appreciated.
  3.  The FY26 budget request for NCHS if for a $175 million, which is a reduction from the current level of $187 million. The proposal also calls for NCHS to be moved to the to-be-created HHS Office of Strategy. Please continue to push for NCHS to be well funded.

Swanson Named on Population Research and Policy Review Top Authors Lists and Presenting at FSCPE Research Committee Monthly Meeting

CSDE External Affiliate David Swanson was recently named as a top author ranked by citations and articles in Southern Demographic Association’s official journal, Population Research and Policy Review. Dr. Swanson ranked first in top authors by articles with 14 articles and ranked fourth in top authors by citations with 354 citations. Congratulations Dr. Swanson! To view the full list of top authors ranked by articles and citations, visit the links.

Dr. Swanson will also be joining the Federal-State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates’ (FSCPE) research committee monthly meeting to discuss his work on a new approach to probabilistic population forecasting on Tuesday, July 15th from 10:30AM – 11:30AM Pacific Time / 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Central Time via Zoom. To provide more context for this presentation, you can reference Dr. Swanson’s work on this topic through his PowerPoint presentation and/or his research paper. To join this meeting via Zoom, click this link to join.

Rao Publishes Article in Sankhya B – Springer

CSDE External Affiliate Arni Rao (Medical College of Georgia) published an article in Sankhya B – Springer titled “Mathematical Demography” which spans 98 pages. This article provides a detailed account of recent advancements in the field of mathematical demography combined with classical theories of stationary and stable population dynamics. This article includes the Euler-Lotka equations and life tables as a foundation of modern population models, the classical Markov chain theory, birth-death processes, pure birth processes, and branching processes. To learn more about Dr. Rao’s research, visit the link.

CSSCR Workshop: Basics of STATA (7/15/25)

Description: This workshop will teach you how to get started using the statistical package Stata. The workshop will cover a) reading in data files from different sources, b) basic data manipulation, and c) some basic common statistical procedures. No previous Stata experience required.

  • Instructor: Biying Zheng, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
  • Time: 10:00am – 11:20am
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
  • Register here.

Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Faculty Fellowship Program (7/15/25)

The Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is now accepting applications for its 2026 Faculty Fellowship Program, which supports research related to climate adaptation in Northwest natural and cultural resource management as well as training in the principles and practices of co-producing decision-relevant science. This is a “last-mile” program that funds activities aimed at enhancing the usability of existing research for natural resource managers. 

The NW CASC invites applications from faculty and non-faculty scientists with primary investigator status at University of Washington, as well as Boise State University, Northwest Indian College, Oregon State University, Portland State University, University of Montana, Washington State University and Western Washington University.

The NW CASC 2026 Faculty Fellowship Program funding will run from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. The deadline to submit applications is July 15, 2025. Learn more, see the RFP, and register for an info session on May 13 at 11 a.m. PT.

*New* CSSCR Workshop: Flow Maps in GIS: Visualization Migration Trade, and Networks – Part Two (7/21/25)

Flow maps are powerful tools for representing migration patterns, trade and shipping routes, disease spread, data and communication networks, and other measurable flows between locations. This workshop will build on the previous class, focusing on the principles and aesthetics of flow map visualization. We’ll continue using QGIS for beginners and ArcGIS for advanced users.

  • Instructor:  Yuying Xie, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Monday, July 21, 2025
  • TIme: 3:00pm – 4:20pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.