The annual Plein Research Symposium explores new advancements in research topics related to Geriatric Pharmacy and celebrates UW’s legacy as a leader in outreach and research in health aging. The 2021 symposium will be held on March 4, 2021 and will focus on treatment and care for adults with multiple chronic conditions. For more details and registration, click here.

The University of Washington is hosting a series of webinars on behalf of the International Committee on New Integrated Climate Change Assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) to share recent work on the Climate Change Scenarios Framework. The first webinar will take place on Monday 22 February 2021, at 9:00 EST. The series will kick off with a tutorial on the SSPs and RCPs followed by a Q&A session with Kristie Ebi (UW), Brian O’Neill (JCGRI), and Bas van Ruijven (IIASA). Participants will learn about the SSP-RCP scenario framework and the matrix architecture, SSP regional and sectoral extensions and available resources for learning about and working with the SSPs. You can register for the webinar here. The second webinar is scheduled for 6 April (9:00 EST), and will discuss plans forward for the SSPs and RCPs based on the Achievements and Needs of the  Scenarios Framework.  For more information about ICONICS and the SSPs, click here.

A consultant to help on a project (SHARE-NW out of the UW School or Nursing and the UW Northwest Center for Public Health Practice). Work would include building a series of Tableau dashboards displaying data for use by local public health departments to address health equity. We anticipate this work will occur over the next 6 months as we prepare for the launch of our website. We estimate this work will take about 30 hours total over the 6 months, and aside from scheduled meetings the hours are flexible. Please e-mail Melinda Schultz schulm5@uw.edu if you’re interested.

The first series of 3 dashboards has been built and undergone usability testing.  Now we need help to create the other 6 series of dashboards, which will all share a common format.  There are also a few technical issues for which we could use some consultation, such as:

·         Assigning different colors to first, second, and subsequent filter selections

·         Creating more user-friendly sorting options

·         Working with filters that may contain incomplete data

·         Displaying filters or parameter selections dynamically when they apply to the data displayed

The consultant should be familiar with Tableau features and functionality such as parameters and sheet swapping, as well as a master filter sheet to help users keep their filter selections across visualizations.  The visualizations themselves are bar and line graphs for our audience who come from a wide range of data literacy backgrounds.