This week, Drs. Marissa Baker (UW Dept of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences), Rachel Fyall (UW Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, CSDE Affiliate), and Chelsea Rose (UW Department of Nutritional Sciences) will present their research on the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington state. Dr. Baker will present her research on the experiences of and impacts on app-based drivers in Seattle during the pandemic, Dr. Fyall will share her research on housing security in Washington amongst low-income tenants, and Dr. Rose will present her research on food security in the state.

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

CSDE Trainee Neal Marquez and co-authors published “COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in Federal and State Prisons Compared with the US Population, April 5,2020, to April 3, 2021,” in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this week. The authors observe differences in COVID-19 incidence and deaths in US prisons, relative to those same statistics for the non-incarcerated US population. They find that the consistently higher prevalence in the prison population led to a much greater cumulative toll, despite efforts by prison systems to adopt policies to prevent contagion.

In late July, CSDE Trainee Connor Gilroy and co-author Ridhi Kashyap (University of Oxford) published the article, “Digital Traces of Sexualities: Understanding the Salience of Sexual Identity through Disclosure on Social Media,” in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. Using a dataset from the Facebook advertising platform of 200 million users, the authors explore the likelihood of users disclosing sexual identity on their profile across age, gender, and relationship status. The authors find differences across generations in the likelihood of expressing sexual identity on their profile, with younger users more likely than older users to disclose their sexuality, and older users substitute this disclosure by including marital status on their profile. For further details about the intersectionality of disclosing sexuality on Facebook, check out the full article HERE.

Applications are currently open for graduate students to present their research and receive feedback at this event, and we would love to receive your submissions. This is a wonderful, low-stakes opportunity to practice your presentation skills and grow your network.

What is the purpose of the session?

This session is a unique opportunity to make new connections with faculty and students working in your area, and to improve your presentation and poster-making skills in advance of larger conferences. Many professional organizations and their associated conferences include space on their programs for posters or lightning talks (sometimes known as flash talks). This session is a great opportunity for:

• anyone who is preparing a poster presentation for an end-of-the-quarter requirement for a class
• anyone who is preparing to present work at a conference (anyone prepping for an upcoming PAA [Population Association of America] poster session?!)
• students who just want to present a research idea and receive feedback. This session can be valuable! Faculty attending the poster sessions find it to be one of the most rewarding experiences because it gives them an opportunity to meet students and talk about research.

What will the session look like?

As of now, despite our on-campus presence, the lightning talks are scheduled to take place remotely over Zoom. The session will be split into two sections: the Lightning Talks and the Poster Session.

• Each participant will prepare 3 PowerPoint slides: the first 2 slides will be high-level summaries for the lightning talk portion and the 3rd slide will be the “poster” that you’ll present as people circulate through breakout rooms.
• Each presenter will have 2-3 minutes for their lighting talk presentation before we move presenters in breakout rooms and allow attendees to circulate.

Two previous winning posters are attached to this email for your perusal!

Will there be judges?

Yes, there will be a faculty panel that will give all participants feedback on their slides and presentation and determine a winner. CSDE will recognize the best poster with an award and prize. Posters will be assessed based on the following criteria:

• Relevance to demographic research or population health
• Innovative aspects of the research project
• Quality and appropriateness of research design and methodology
• Effectiveness in communicating key aspects of the project
• Overall design and quality of visuals, images and/or tables

Is my research a fit for the CSDE Trainee lightning talks?

CSDE seeks to build bridges across disciplines and aims to highlight a broad array of research topics. If your research focuses on demographic measures and methods, population growth, population health, population and environment, mobility, migration, fertility, mortality, family composition, life course, neighborhood change, or other related topics, you should consider participating! Learn more about the CSDE HERE.

How do I apply to participate?

You only need to submit a brief abstract and information about yourself and your collaborators on the project. Submit your application HERE. We will select up to 7 participants.

Dates and deadlines:

• COB Friday, October 22: deadline to submit an abstract
• COB Friday, October 29: you will be notified if you have been selected
• COB Friday, November 19: deadline to email presentation slides to Courtney Allen (ckallen@uw.edu)
• Friday, December 10: CSDE Lightning Talks and Poster Session from 12:30-1:30pm! Zoom link TBA.

Please email ckallen@uw.edu if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing your submissions!