Urban@UW and CSDE have joined together to host a gathering of faculty and research scientists interested in the Homelessness Research Initiative on November 29,2022 at 3pm. CSDE Affiliates and HRI Co-Chairs Gregg Colburn and Rachel Fyall, along with Jennifer Davison of Urban@UW, will welcome you to the gathering. Sign up here to register your interest in participating. The Homelessness Research Initiative, a university-wide effort that resides under Urban@UW.
The HRI was established in 2017 with the goal of supporting and promoting research at UW focused on topics related to homelessness.
This HRI gathering should bring the various UW-based scholarly efforts into conversation with each other, in the hopes of sparking new and strengthening existing collaborations, cross-fertilizing our efforts, and ensuring coordination with our community partners.To this end, we are partnering with the Center for the Studies in Demography and Ecology to host an in-person gathering on November 29 from 3:00 – 5:00. The event will be held at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (room 101), on the Seattle campus. You may RSVP here and we ask you to provide a brief description of your relevant research related to homelessness. This form will be used as a resource for all those who are interested in being part of this group. If you have interest in being part of this group of like-minded researchers, but are unable to attend this event, please fill out the form and include your contact information and a brief description of your research. HRI looks forward to seeing many of you at the end of this month.
The Vice President for Minority Affairs & Diversity and University Diversity Officer is pleased to offer Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants. These small grants support projects for institutional transformation across the University of Washington’s tri-campus community that align with the goals of the 2022-2026 UW Diversity Blueprint.
The six goals of the Diversity Blueprint are:
- Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
- Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
- Attract and Retain Diverse Academic Personnel
- Attract and Retain Diverse Staff
- Develop Place-Based Education and Engagement to Advance Access, Inclusion and Equity
- Improve Accountability and Transparency at All Levels
For each broad goal, the Diversity Council has identified a number of strategic priorities and suggested action steps that are essential to progress.
Administrative and academic units are encouraged to apply for seed grants to support projects that help advance one or more of the goals.
Award amounts will typically range between $1,000-$3,000.
The Vice President for Minority Affairs & Diversity and University Diversity Officer is pleased to offer Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants. These small grants support projects for institutional transformation across the University of Washington’s tri-campus community that align with the goals of the 2022-2026 UW Diversity Blueprint.
The six goals of the Diversity Blueprint are:
- Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
- Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
- Attract and Retain Diverse Academic Personnel
- Attract and Retain Diverse Staff
- Develop Place-Based Education and Engagement to Advance Access, Inclusion and Equity
- Improve Accountability and Transparency at All Levels
For each broad goal, the Diversity Council has identified a number of strategic priorities and suggested action steps that are essential to progress.
Administrative and academic units are encouraged to apply for seed grants to support projects that help advance one or more of the goals.
Award amounts will typically range between $1,000-$3,000.
The 2023 (eng)aging! conference & technology fair held in Prague on April 26–27, 2023. The conference will focus on the potential of the silver economy to benefit all generations and on building capacity to manage crises and their impact on the lives of older persons.
Scholars and researchers from any discipline, inter-discipline, or scholarly field are invited to submit papers on the following topics:
- Silver economy: Chance for all generations
Older persons are now significant players in the economy and their role will get even bigger in upcoming years as population aging will continue. Silver economy, defined as the market that is being developed around the needs of an aging population, is becoming increasingly important and presents new business opportunities. Older persons also make a significant economic and societal contribution by staying active longer and sharing their knowledge and experience. Both their professional experience and purchasing power contribute to economic growth and development. Promoting health and activity in older age and a more age-friendly society is key to making the silver economy a potential for all generations.
- Current and future crises: The situation and role of older persons
Due to population aging around the world, older persons now constitute a significant proportion of those at risk during various crises. The focus of the conference will be capacity building to manage crises and their impact on lives of older persons, effective protection of older persons and their inclusion in anti-crisis measures during pandemics, natural disasters, wars, economic crises (inflation, unemployment, energy crisis, etc.). The recent experience of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine shows that similar crises can seriously threaten the social security, social and health care systems and opportunities for healthy and active aging, and lead to social exclusion and loneliness, loss of employment and personal independence, risk of poverty and other negative consequences for older persons. Better preparedness to manage these crises require more decisive actions at all levels – individual, societal, including national public policies, and international cooperation, by revising the current framework of policy on aging.
CSDE Affiliates Ann Bostrom and Nicole Errett received a Population Health Initiative Tier-1 pilot grant for the project, “Unique risks of growing hazards: The influence of culture and marginalization on extreme heat health risks in Washington State.” With Co-PIs Cassandra Jean from the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences’, Dan Abramson from the Department of Urban Design and Planning, and Jamie Donatuto from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, the project will investigate the unique exposure pathways and health impacts of extreme heat among different cultural groups, specifically Black, Latinx and tribal communities in Washington State.
CSDE Affiliate Anjum Hajat and colleagues recently guest edited a special issue of the International Journal of Environmental and Public Health titled, “Work, Health and Equity”. This special issue features 11 original research articles from a variety of disciplines where the authors over new insights on the role of work in creating health equity. Included in the special issue is a paper by CSDE Affiliates Peckham, Seixas, de Castro, and Hajat entitled “Do Different Patterns of Employment Quality Contribute to Gender Health Inequities in the U.S.? A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis.” The papers in this collection are outstanding and this special issue is a can’t miss for any discipline interested in labor outcomes and health!
CSDE Affiliate Katarina Guttmannova and co-authors recently published an article in Substance Use and Misuse entitled “Substance-specific risk factors amoung young adults: Potentioal prevention targets across cannabis-permissive environments“. The study utilizes data from the Community Youth Development Study (CYDS) collected in 2016 to examine levels of substance-specific risk factors such as perception of harm from substance use among young adults in a range of cannabis-permissive environments. The main objective was to inform future preventive interventions aimed at reducing cannabis use in the context of increasingly permissive environments.
CSDE External Affiliate Janelle Taylor recently published paper “Complexity and Challenges of the Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Long COVID“ in JAMA utilizes qualitative analysis on a sample of 200 participants who previously reported a positive test result for COVID. The authors describe dominant themes pertaining to the clinical diagnosis and management of long COVID such as clinical uncertainty. This work will help continue informing the conversation surrounding long COVID diagnoses.
Portland State University’s Center for Urban Studies is looking for two non-tenure track research faculty positions to start in January of 2023. Each role would work on a project called Evicted in Oregon where candidates will be expected to utilize both quantitative and qualitative methods to assess policies and programs for eviction diversion and defense in Oregon.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be hosting its Social Sciences Research (BSSR) Festival on December 8th/9th! The festival will showcase exciting research results, emerging research areas, and innovations in health related to BSSR. To register to attend and view the festival agenda click here. The sessions are going to include Social connection, Mental and Emotional health, Social Determinants of Health, and Measurement in BSSR with a wide range of presenters.