The National Academies’ Standing Committee on Integrating New Behavioral Health Measures into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Data Collection Programs had its first meeting in December. Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer …
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New staff arrival, awards
UWSC Welcomes Jacek Kraszewski as a project director
Jacek Kraszewski will join the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on January 1, 2015. Jacek has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a concentration in …
UWSC welcomes Nadia Assad as a project director
Nadia Assad joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on November 1, 2014. Nadia has a Master’s degree in Sociology from the UW-Madison, and has taught and lectured at both …
UWSC welcomes Rob Schultz as a programmer
Rob Schultz joined the UW Survey Center IT team as a programmer on November 1, 2014. Rob has many years of experience working with the field operations group at UWSC. He started as a CATI …
UWSC welcomes Dr. Margarete Wichmann as a project director
Dr. Margarete Wichmann joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on October 1, 2014. Margarete has recently completed her Ph.D in Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and …
UWSC welcomes Marie Nitschke as a database administrator and web programmer
Marie Nitschke joined the UW Survey Center as a database administrator and web programmer in August, 2014. Prior to joining UWSC Marie was an analyst at Tetra Tech, Inc., where she worked on all facets …
National Academies Press releases report, Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault
A panel assembled by the National Research Council’s Committee on National Statistics has released a study that reviews issues in measuring rape and sexual assault. The panel, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) …
National Academies Press releases report, Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda
A panel assembled by the National Research Council’s Committee on National Statistics has released a study of why survey response rates are declining and what this means for the accuracy of survey results. The report, …
UWSC Project Director Nathan Jones travels to Africa to work on an early childhood assessment project in refugee camps
UWSC Senior Project Director Nathan Jones recently traveled to a Darfuri refugee camp in eastern Chad to conduct an early childhood assessment for a new preschool program. A non-governmental organization (NGO) called Little Ripples hired …
Ken Croes serves as panelist at UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) event
Senior Project Director Ken Croes will speak at a panel discussion titled “What Every Quantitative Investigator Needs to Know About Working with a Qualitative Researcher.” Sponsored by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at …