There is an upcoming virtual campus visit for Dr. David Huh, Research Faculty candidate on Wednesday, May 6th from 12:30 to 1:30. .
David is a clinical and quantitative psychologist and a Research Scientist and Director of the Methods Division at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. His research focuses on the evaluation of evidence-based interventions for AIAN and other underrepresented populations and the development of longitudinal statistical methodology for evaluating health and health-related outcomes. His CV is attached.
We want to give David a warm SSW welcome despite the need for online interaction. So, please sign up to meet remotely with David by contacting Carrie at cseaberg@uw.edu.
An abstract of David’s talk is below.
Health disparities researchers have long been interested in better understanding the individual, social, and structural factors that shape health outcomes and utilizing culturally informed research and intervention approaches to address those disparities. A key challenge in health disparities research and social behavioral research broadly is that the outcomes of interest often lend themselves poorly to commonly used statistical approaches. For example, behavioral health outcomes often take the form of a count or frequency with a large stack of zeroes, such as the number of drinks consumed in a week, suicide-related behaviors, and treatment attendance. The choice of quantitative methodology is especially critical in health disparities research, particularly in community-based studies and newer areas of investigation where sample sizes tend to be small. In this colloquium, Dr. Huh will discuss his work to increase the accessibility of more accurate and powerful quantitative approaches and tools for evaluating both single studies as well as innovative methods for leveraging data across multiple studies to evaluate treatments and theoretical models of health. Motivating examples will be drawn from his research in HIV/AIDS, addictions, suicide prevention, and culturally informed intervention with underserved populations.
