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Marissa Thompson is an assistant professor of sociology at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of racial and socioeconomic inequality, with an emphasis on understanding the role of education in shaping disparate outcomes over the life-course. Marissa’s current research investigates, for example, parental preferences regarding school segregation, the causal effects of […]

Now in its fourth year, the SBE COVID Coordinating Center’s pilot project grants program addresses COVID-19's impact on health disparities and vulnerable populations, fosters new collaborations across research teams, and engages new researchers with the work of the consortium. In this session, three pilot project grant recipients will present findings from their projects related to […]

CSDE Winter 2025 Lecture Mark Henderson (Northeastern Univ) This project, initiated jointly with Cai Yong (UW PhD ’05) and Anthony Garnaut, aims to develop a new approach to analyzing spatial variations in the demographic impact of China’s Great Leap Forward (1958-61) using reliable georeferenced data. Building on the insights of anthropologist G. William Skinner, we […]

The National Academies Forum on Microbial Threats will host the fourth webinar in its series, Advancing Data Sharing to Strengthen One Health Effectiveness. One Health describes the interconnection between human, plant, animal, and environmental health. Applying a One Health approach requires collaboration at multiple levels to address complex challenges. Actors, such as government agencies, non-government and […]

The Committee on National Statistics is hosting a series of workshop sessions to discuss approaches to characterizing and communicating the quality of national statistics and statistical data. The U.S. Federal Statistical System produces statistics and data products that inform decision making at all levels of government as well as for businesses and individuals. In response […]

Sherry Glied, an economist, is Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. From 2010-2012, Glied served as the Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services. She served as Senior Economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in 1992-1993, […]

CSDE Winter 2025 Lecture Patrick Greiner (UW) Patrick is an environmental sociologist at the University of Washington. His research and teaching address questions at the intersection of structural inequality, development processes, and environmental change. His work engages scholarship in the fields of environmental sociology, environmental justice, climate justice, critical theories of race, energy transitions and […]

The Committee on National Statistics is hosting a series of workshop sessions to discuss approaches to characterizing and communicating the quality of national statistics and statistical data. The U.S. Federal Statistical System produces statistics and data products that inform decision making at all levels of government as well as for businesses and individuals. In response […]

Join a panel of national aging experts to gain insights into the aging and healthcare policy priorities -- and the implications -- of the new Administration and Congress. This expert panel will also discuss the impacts of proposed legislation, the President’s executive orders, and potential budget implications that could affect aging policy. Join Patricia D’Antonio, […]

Berkeley Brown Bag Seminar Becky Staiger is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director of the Program in Health Economics, Center for Health Management and Policy Research at the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. In her research, she combines approaches from health economics, health policy, and health services research […]

Demography Seminar (DemSem) Presented by Van C. Tran (City University of New York).

CSDE Winter 2025 Lecture Sameer Shah (UW), Ethan Sharygin (Portland State Univ.), & Mary Angelica Painter (Univ. of Colorado Boulder)