University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Aug/Sept 2023

Ifatunji, Schmitz, Dykema & Engelman Win New Awards!

We are excited to share three new awards across CDE’s research themes from our faculty affiliates. Congratulations to Mosi Adesina Ifatunji, who was awarded a supplemental NIH award for his research on health and mortality disparities among Native- and Foreign-born Blacks in the United States; affiliates Michal Engelman (PI) & Jen Dykema (co-investigator), along with …

Ybarra serves on NASEM Panel “Addressing the Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families”

 The “Addressing the Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families” ad-hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) released a report on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children living in high-risk communities, with consequences and solutions presented by the committee. CDE affiliate & Associate Professor of Social …

Recent publication from Robey, Massoglia & Light finds generational shift in incarceration risk

A Generational Shift: Race and the Declining Lifetime Risk of Imprisonment published in Demography explores the present landscape of incarceration in the United States, with findings featured in the Washington Post. “Surprising to many, in this paper we demonstrate that the black male incarceration declined by 45% between 2001 and 2019. As a result, the …