CSDE Academic Year 2026-2027 Opening Reception
Join CSDE in celebrating the start of the 2026-2027 Academic Year and Fall Quarter! Catch up with your colleagues, meet new affiliates, staff members, fellows, and trainees, and find out what is new and upcoming at CSDE. There will be food and refreshments provided.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Outside Between Raitt Hall and Savery Hall. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Special Events. Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - Family Planning Indicators in Global Monitoring Frameworks: The UN Population Division's experience with the MDGs and SDGs - Jamaica Corker
Speaker: Jamaica Corker, Independent Research & Technical Consultant, Abstract & Bio:
Global family planning indicators play a central role in measuring progress toward universal access to sexual and reproductive health care — but deciding what and how to measure at the global level involves distinctive challenges. Global monitoring requires trade-offs between evolving concepts and priorities in family planning (and sexual and reproductive health and rights more broadly) and the need for standardized measures, comparability across countries and over time, available data, and country engagement and acceptance.
The experience of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), as the custodian agency for family planning indicators under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), illustrates the complexity of selecting and operationalizing global indicators, as well as the practical considerations that arise in compiling…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_npA6073FQl2hhG3-w1CGmg#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, October 9, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - "A More Proper Place of Refuge": Rethinking Asylum History through African American Migration to Haiti - Matthew Randolph
Speaker: Matthew Randolph, Assistant Professor of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ACie5eUgT2isrnrHOv2y-g#/registration. Campus room: 101. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - Here We Go Again: Repeated Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Health Risks in the US - Joan Casey
Speaker: Joan Casey, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Abstract & Bio:
Wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity, impacting larger numbers of Americans annually, making previously once-in-a-lifetime exposures routine. What repeated exposure means for chronic disease remains largely unknown. I will present research using nationwide Medicare claims and electronic health records from Kaiser Permanente Southern California to examine repeated wildfire smoke exposure and neurological disease. Joan A. Casey is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health. She received her doctoral degree from the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Casey uses large secondary spatial data sources to investigate the health impacts of a range of emerging environmental exposures,…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_if8G7LXEQPidXhRZ8usidA#/. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - The Dividend and the Denominator: Why Demography Matters in Public Policy - Apoorva Jadhav
Speaker: Apoorva Jadhav, Demographic Futures Lead at the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, Abstract & Bio:
Getting population data to actually move policy requires more than good methods. It simultaneously requires creativity, an understanding of how bureaucracies and multilaterals function, strong interpersonal skills, and technical precision. Drawing on my last decade in public policy, including eight years at USAID, and subsequent work across think tanks, philanthropy, and multilateral advisory bodies, I illustrate this combination in practice through twelve examples, organized around four things this work actually demands: counting what gets measured, narrating what gets believed, strategizing what gets built, and brokering what gets resolved. Dr. Apoorva Jadhav is a demographer and policy strategist with twenty years of experience translating demographic evidence into the investments, programs, and policy…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wQdYDOdPS52ghT4BjWzCOg#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - Leveraging Metabolomics and Proteomics to Advance Our Understanding of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet: Objective Biomarkers and Potential Mediators - Hyunju Kim
Speaker: Hyunju Kim, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Abstract & Bio:
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which reduced blood pressure and cholesterol in randomized, controlled feeding studies, is recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. However, assessing adherence to the DASH diet is challenging because self-reported diet is prone to measurement error and other systematic biases. Further, although short-term randomized feeding studies found that the DASH diet improves blood pressure and cholesterol, evidence on causal effects of the DASH diet on long-term health outcomes (e.g. incident coronary heart disease) is difficult to obtain. In this presentation, I discuss projects that used metabolomics and proteomics, technologies that allow simultaneous measurement of thousands of small molecules (metabolites) and proteins in biofluids, to discover objective biomarkers of the DASH diet. I also use plasma proteomics to support causal inference about…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZC3JPMQxQ7mbOXcQYU0hvw#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Seminar - The Future of “Trust & Safety”: Examining the Shift to AI in Online Safety Efforts - Rachel E. Moran
Speaker: Rachel E. Moran, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for an Informed Public & Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Information School, University of Washington, Abstract & Bio:
Despite their importance, Trust and Safety (T&S) teams experienced significant downsizing between 2022 and 2025, including mass layoffs at major technology companies. Our prior research documented this contraction and identified a parallel expansion in the development and deployment of AI-enabled T&S tools designed to detect, manage, and reduce the spread of harmful and illegal content online. This project examines the shift toward AI through in-depth interviews with T&S professionals who build and use AI systems for online safety. We document the range of AI-enabled tools currently in use and assess professional attitudes toward their effectiveness. We also analyze expert perspectives on AI’s potential to address persistent industry challenges, including cost pressures, politicization of human-led moderation, and the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zGKBA0BcSs-g_r6gZsYn8Q#/. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - The Effects of Receiving Rental Assistance on Early Adulthood Outcomes - Raheem Chaudhry
Speaker: Raheem Chaudhry, Assistant Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington, Abstract & Bio: , Raheem is an Assistant Professor at the Evans School. His research focuses on how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged or historically marginalized communities. He received his PhD from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and his Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas, Austin. Prior to getting his PhD, he conducted research on a range of issues affecting low-income families at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__ocMsPduRW6tKtamvb2q7g#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Seminar - Navigating the Double-Edge of Statistics: Indigenous Health, Patient Activism, and Collective Care in Chile - Paula Saravia
Speaker: Paula Saravia, Assistant Teaching Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Washington.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_226bF2lLR0yghII_WVyCTA#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Computational Demography Working Group
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Online Meeting Link: https://csde.washington.edu/computational-demography-working-group-talks/. Campus room: 223. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit csde.washington.edu. CSDE Fall 2026 Lightning Talks & Poster Session
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Raitt Hall (RAI). Campus room: 221. Accessibility Contact: Maddie Farris - CSDE Program Coordinator (csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, December 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.