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 gender and housework in a changing demographic context. Ophir is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Demographic Studies …
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 a social demographer and mixed-methods researcher whose work focuses on rights-based approaches to international sexual and reproductive health. Senderowicz’s research …
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 Magnuson and Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Jenna Nobles and Felix Elwert, and Alejandra Ros Pilarz! Lawrence Berger is the PI for the …
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. T. Swan and Hoa Vu, both of whom are working with affiliate Tiffany Green in the population health sciences department. …
CDE is pleased to welcome its new director, Jenna Nobles, and associate director for training, Katherine Curtis! Nobles is a professor of sociology with affiliate appointments in population health sciences and obstetrics and gynecology. On campus, she is the training director for the Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) and a member of the executive committee …