Human Development and Family Sciences

Alyasah A. Sewell, Ph.D., Emory University

Topic: Measuring the Impact of Racism on Health through Quantitative Method

September 8, 2022 | 12:30 - 1:30 PM

Alyasah “Ali” Sewell (they/them/their) is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University and Founder and Director of The Race and Policing Project. Advancing quantitative approaches to racism studies, they assess empirical links between the political economy of race and racial health(care) disparities using policing and housing policy data. Published in a wide array of sociological and interdisciplinary outlets, their research garnered support and recognition from the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, and the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Planned Parenthood named them, “The Future: Innovator and Visionary Who Will Transform Black Communities.” They received their Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from Indiana University with a minor in Social Science Research Methods and their B.A. summa cum laude in Sociology from the University of Florida with a minor in Women’s Studies.

View the upcoming series, access RSVP's, and watch archived lectures: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series-2/

HDFS Graduate Students invited to attend!

Lisa Fucito, PhD, Yale University

"Applying Sleep Health/Wellness Technology for Alcohol Prevention in Young Adults"

September 22, 2022 | 12:30 - 1:30 PM

Lisa Fucito, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Tobacco Treatment Service Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven. Her program of research focuses on understanding and treating tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use in young adult and adult populations. She is particularly interested in co-use of these substances and their co-occurrence with other risky health behaviors (e.g., deficient sleep and physical inactivity), multiple health behavior change, and technology for characterizing risk profiles and delivering interventions. Dr. Fucito utilizes various research designs and methods including clinical trials, qualitative studies, laboratory-analogue models, daily experience sampling/biosensors, and implementation science. For the past 10 years, she has investigated sleep health /wellness technology as a novel alcohol prevention strategy for young adults.

View the upcoming series, access RSVP's, and watch archived lectures: https://chip.uconn.edu/lecture-series-2/

Presented by Caitlin Myers, Professor of Economics, Middlebury College. Within hours of the end of Roe, state abortion bans began to take effect and clinics began to close, leaving would-be patients with little time to lose scrambling to figure out where to go next in a shifting and unstable landscape. As stunning as this moment may be, it’s neither unprecedented nor unpredictable. We’ve seen changes in abortion access before, and economists have used data and statistics to study these “natural experiments”—situations where sudden localized change in access affords us an opportunity to isolate and measure causal effects. This type of quantitative research won’t tell the unique stories of women trying to figure out their next steps, but it can tell us something about their resolutions, providing a forecast of how many will likely ultimately reach a provider and how many, trapped by poverty and distance, will not find a way out. Professor Myers will describe these insights, providing a forecast for a post-Roe America covering changes in abortions and births and downstream effects on the economic lives of women and their families. Register at https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bPAlVycDACVc0dg to attend in-person or online.