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Next Week is the 2022 Population Association of America Meeting!

The 2022 PAA meeting is next week and CSDE is well-represented in the program. Sessions run from April 7 through April 9. For more information, visit the PAA website here. However, if your main focus is to find your CSDE colleagues in the list of events, Jessica Godwin and Jill Fulmore have compiled a list of PAA presenters associated with CSDE by date and person. View the searchable spreadsheet organized by presenter here and by schedule here.

CSDE Seminar: Dying to Count: Post-Abortion Care and Global Reproductive Health Politics in Senegal

CSDE is excited to kick off the spring quarter seminar series with Dr. Siri Suh, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University. Dr. Suh’s talk will draw on ethnographic research on post-abortion care in Senegal, and show how reproductive governance is not limited to laws and policies issued by national policy makers or donor agencies.

You can register for the seminar HERE, and check out all the upcoming topics and register for future seminars on our website.

After the seminar, student Larisa Ozyeransky (lozeryan@uw.edu), will facilitate a graduate student discussion with Dr. Suh. Students will have the opportunity to discuss research collaborations, professional development, academic publishing, and interdisciplinary research, among other topics. Please RSVP to attend by emailing Larisa (lozeryan@uw.edu).

This seminar is co-sponsored with the UW African Studies Program, UW Department of Anthropology, UW Department of Global Health, UW Department of History, and the Population Health Initiative, 

Wang Leads Team Publication of Excess Mortality Due to COVID-19

The Lancet recently published an article presenting estimates of excess mortality attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. The article credits a large team of researchers for their support in this effort, including key leadership in authoring the project from CSDE Affiliate and UW Associate Professor of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Haidong Wang. The estimates have been cited widely in media outlets such as the Washington Post, CNN, Time, and the BBC.

Louie’s Research is Top Ten Most Downloaded in Society and Mental Health

CSDE Affiliate Patricia Louie‘s 2020 article, “Revisiting the Cost of Skin Color: Discrimination, Mastery, and Mental Health among Black Adolescents,” was recently acknowledged for achieving the 6th most article downloads in 2021 amongst articles in Society and Mental Health, an ASA Journal. This article investigates the association between skin tone and mental health in a nationally representative sample of black adolescents and explores discrimination as a mediator. Congratulations and excellent work, Pat!

Shell-Duncan and Co-authors Publish New Research in Global Public Health

CSDE Affiliate Bettina Shell-Duncan, along with co-authors Dennis Matanda, Caroline Kabiru, and Chantalle Okondo recently published a new article, titled “Persistence of female genital mutilation/cutting in two Kenyan communities: What can we learn from change that falls short of abandonment?” The authors find that messaging on health risks of FGM/C and fear of criminal punishment have motivated less severe cutting and medicalisation. Legislation has also driven the practice underground.

PAA Practice Talks This Week

CSDE is hosting PAA Practice Talks the week before the conference. We have two great groups of student presenters and discussants from across campus, see below for details. We hope you can attend to share feedback, learn about exciting CSDE research, and support your colleagues. The format is informal and is a great opportunity for the presenters to hone their presentation and get feedback from friends and colleagues.