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AHRQ Awards MEPS-HC to WestatOctober 2024
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC) to Westat. MEPS data products and analysis…
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Westat to Continue Leading the National Comprehensive Center (NCC)October 2024
The U.S. Department of Education has re-awarded Westat leadership of the National Comprehensive Center (NCC). Westat launched the inaugural NCC in 2019; the new award…
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Westat Awarded AI Coordinating Center to Support NHLBI’s Precision Medicine ResearchOctober 2024
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has selected Westat to establish the Artificial Intelligence Coordinating Center (AI-CC), recognizing Westat’s extensive expertise in AI…
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2024 WIC Conference: Advancing Nutrition Education
November 13, 2024
Westat’s Food and Nutrition researchers will attend the 2024 National WIC Association’s Nutrition Education & Breastfeeding Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, from November 19-21. The annual…
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Bridging Policy and Practice: Westat at APPAM 2024
November 12, 2024
Westat experts are presenting at the 2024 Association for Public Policy and Analysis Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference on November 21-23. This year’s conference is…
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2022 WIC Coverage Data: What the Numbers Show
November 6, 2024
In an average month of 2022, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) served an estimated 53.5% of those eligible—a statistically…
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Military Reintegration: Has Spouse Gender Been Overlooked?
November 4, 2024
Following deployment – whether for a combat, peacekeeping, training, or relief mission – service members begin the process of reintegration as they return home to…
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DOL Spotlights Westat Research in Evidence Insider
October 30, 2024
Westat authored 5 new materials that were recently highlighted in an issue of The Evidence Insider, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office’s…
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From Concept to Success: Video Mode Survey Case Study
October 29, 2024
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations conducting in-person research needed to pivot quickly to other modes of data collection, and some began exploring the viability…
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Crean Davis Is Panelist at SOCAP24
October 22, 2024
Allison Crean Davis, PhD, a Westat Vice President for Education Studies, will be a speaker on a panel at SOCAP24, to be held October 28-30,…
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New Data Released on Sexual Assault and Misconduct at 10 Universities
October 21, 2024
The 2024 Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness (HESMA) Survey (PDF), conducted by Westat, provides information on the prevalence, knowledge, and perceptions surrounding sexual assault…
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RSV Vaccine Protects Older Adults from Serious Illness
October 21, 2024
A study providing some of the first real-world data on RSV effectiveness shows that adults aged 60 years and older who received RSV vaccination were…
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How Will AI and Quantum Computing Transform Regulatory Science?
October 21, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already bringing us capabilities we could only imagine a few years ago. Now, as we explore the next generation of GenAI…