CSDE Affiliates Ruanne Barnabas and Alison Drake have a forthcoming publication with a number of co-authors now available in pre-print on medRxiv. The authors use the Spectrum AIDS Impact Model to simulate the HIV epidemic in key populations in Viet Nam and evaluated five testing scenarios. Their findings suggest annual or biannual HIV and syphilis testing using dual RDTs among key populations can be cost-effective and support countries in reaching global reduction goals for HIV and syphilis.
New Publication from Almquist and Co-Authors Relates the Geography of Social Cohesion and COVID-19 Infection Rates
CSDE Training Core PI & Executive Committee Member Zack Almquist has new research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) with a number of co-authors. The uneven spread of COVID-19 has resulted in disparate experiences for marginalized populations in urban centers. Using computational models, the authors examine the effects of local cohesion on COVID-19 spread in social contact networks for the city of San Francisco, finding that more early COVID-19 infections occur in areas with strong local cohesion.
New Publication and Funding Award for Zamora-Kapoor
CSDE External Affiliate and Washington State University Faculty Anna Zamora-Kapoor, along with several co-authors, has a new article accepted for publication in The Journal of Nutrition. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, the article aims to assess the longitudinal relationship between risk of food insecurity in young adulthood and changes in diet-sensitive cardiometabolic health outcomes across ten years among non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Hispanic adults.
Zamora-Kapoor (Principal Investigator) has also been awarded a three-year grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to study the association between obstructive sleep apnea, a common consequence of obesity, and cognitive performance in American Indians. Congratulations Anna!
Bekemeier and Co-authors Explore Connecting Community with Health Policy in New Publication
In a new article in Health Services Research, CSDE Affiliate Betty Bekemeier with several colleagues conduct a descriptive case study to explore the feasibility and potential value of a community codesigned approach to establish community priorities for health equity policy. The authors find that a combination of information integration and community ranking activities can be used to achieve community-engaged policy prioritization of options in a fairly rapid period of time.
New Method for Multipoint Hypothesis Testing in Research by Carone & Colleagues
CSDE Affiliate & UW Associate Professor of Biostatistics Marco Carone has new research on statical methodology with several co-authors, available on arXiv HERE. In this article, the authors propose a general framework for testing a multivariate point null hypothesis in which the test statistic is adaptively selected to provide increased power. In simulation studies, they show that tests created using their framework can perform as well as tailor-made methods when the latter are available, and illustrate how their procedure can be used to create tests in two settings in which tailor-made methods are not currently available.
Swanson Publishes New Research and Takes on New Position with Society of Actuaries
CSDE Affiliate David Swanson and co-author Lucky Tedrow recently published new research in Population Review. In an exploration of the relationship between life expectancy at birth and variance in age at death, the authors show that Taylor’s Law leads to a model that reasonably describes the relationship between mean age at death in a life table. Relatedly, Swanson has also been appointed to the Mortality Expert Panel at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, a research operation that provides objective, data-driven research bringing together tried and true practices and future-focused approaches to address societal challenges.
DEI Listening Session with NICHD – They want to hear from YOU!
Next week there are two listening sessions hosted by NICHD to hear from about your perspectives on how to improve the diversity of investigators and trainees who conduct NICH-supported research. They need your insights, expertise, and ideas! The first listening session is for prospective, current, and past trainees and early stage investigators and will be held on March 22 1-3pm EST. The second listening session is for established research investigators and program directors, leaders from professional organizations and academic organizations and will be held on March 24 from 1-3pm ET.
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The Scientific Workforce Diversity (SWD) Committee, part of NICHD’s STrategies to enRich Inclusion and achieVe Equity (STRIVE) Initiative, is hosting a series of listening sessions with external stakeholders who are committed to the recruitment and retention of diverse individuals as trainees or investigators in medicine or biomedical research. We need your insights, expertise, and ideas!
- Our aim is to better understand how we can improve the diversity of the investigators and trainees who conduct NICHD-supported research.
- Each session will be an interactive exchange focused on how NICHD can support the career development and trajectory of individuals who are underrepresented in the biomedical and public health research workforce.
- During the sessions, participants will have the ability to discuss issues and challenges facing institutions, researchers, and trainees in creating a diverse scientific workforce and enhancing inclusion in the research community.
The sessions will inform an upcoming workshop hosted by the STRIVE SWD Committee, “A Pathway to Enhancing Workforce Diversity,” to be held later this Spring. Additional details for this workshop will be sent in the coming weeks.
Please find the schedule of listening sessions below. All NICHD staff and trainees are welcome to attend, and we encourage you to pass the invitation along to your community and external partners.
- Listening Session 1 – Trainees (Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Postdocs) and Early-Stage Investigators Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 1pm–3pm ET
- Listening Session 2 – Established Research Investigators and Program Directors, Academic and Research Program Leaders, Professional and Scientific Organizations Thursday, March 24, 2022, 1pm–3pm ET
Register now to attend these sessions.
Team Science Workshop: Save the Date & Register Early
The Team Science Workshop is a free, interactive training intended for interdisciplinary research teams working on a translational research project/study or within a research center. This workshop is hosted by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences. Teams will learn the theory and practice of team science. This workshop will be offered virtually 2 hours per day over a 5-day period.
The workshop will take place every day from 11:30-1:30 pm (PDT) Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 17. Each day, we will focus the first 90 minutes on team science education and training, and the final 30 minutes on team working sessions.
Registration opens April 22nd!