From May 23-24, 2022, Scott Cunningham will host CDE/CDHA’s Summer DemSem session and will present on several different topics relevant to social science researchers, particularly graduate students. At Summer DemSem, Cunningham will present on several different …
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CDE & CDHA Engagement at PAA 2022
CDE/CDHA affiliates and graduate students are looking forward to the 2022 PAA annual meeting in Atlanta! Both centers are well represented with 58 affiliates appearing 104 times on the program as authors, discussants, and chairs. …
Request for Proposals: CDE Seed Grants
The Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE) is pleased to announce its annual seed grant competition to support pilot research for future grant applications to NICHD. Grants are intended to support small-scale and innovative research …
Rachel Rosenfeld and Katherine Curtis Write Chapter in New Book on Population and the Environment
Doctoral student Rachel Rosenfeld and Katherine Curtis, CDE’s associate director for training, co-wrote a chapter, “Spatial Data and Analytical Approaches,” in the International Handbook of Population and Environment. The book features 24 chapters by distinguished …
NEJM Interview with Tiffany Green on How Economics Can Help Guide Public Health Policy
Tiffany Green, assistant professor in the Departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology and CDE affiliate, was recently interviewed by the New England Journal of Medicine. Green and co-author Atheendar Venkataramani published “Trade-offs …
Applications Open for the Undergraduate Research Program NextGenPop
NextGenPop is a new undergraduate program in population research that aims to increase the diversity of the population field and nurture the next generation of population scientists. Students from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. …
Graduate Training Program Update
A hearty congratulations to Ariane Ophir, who completed her PhD in Sociology in the summer. A family sociologist who uses quantitative methods to understand how population dynamics (re)produce or undermine gender inequality, Ophir’s dissertation examined …
Research Focus: Leigh Senderowicz
Leigh Senderowicz is a postdoctoral researcher in the Health Disparities Research Scholars (HDRS) program—an interdisciplinary training program based in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Senderowicz is …
Nine Affiliates Secure New Federal Grants from NICHD
Over the last few months, several CDE affiliates received grants from NICHD to explore a range of topics affecting population dynamics and health. Congratulations to Lawrence Berger and Jennifer Dykema, Marcy Carlson, Monica Grant, Katherine …
Affiliate Updates: Postdoctoral Fellows, Faculty Honors, and Awards
CDE welcomed four new postdocs: Guadalupe Aguilera of the Health Disparities Research Scholars program, Jane Seymour, who is conducting research at the UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity, directed by affiliate Jenny Higgins, and Laura E. …