September 11, 2024

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Notre Dame researchers leverage social media data to develop a new AI-driven model for opioid misuse prevention in teenagers and young adults

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have received a $1.5 million grant from the US National Science Foundation to develop a new artificial intelligence (AI) driven paradigm leveraging social media data to provide insights into personalized interventions for reducing teen and young adult opioid misuse and death. 

Lucy Family Institute faculty present at annual political science conference in Philadelphia

Valentina Kuskova and Dmitry Zaytsev, faculty of the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society, contributed to the American Political Science Association (APSA) annual conference with their presentation, “Democracy, State Capacity, Environment: Empirical Insights on Debates.”

More than 7,000 political scientists, scholars, and experts attended the APSA conference, which featured presentations by international and national faculty and researchers with a theme of, “Democracy: Retrenchment, Renovation, & Reimagination.”

More information about the APSA conference can be found on the website.

The abstract from Kuskova and Zaytsev's presentation is also available.

Info Session: The Health Equity Data Science Challenge

September 20, 2024 | 1:00pm
Zoom: Register Here

Hosted by the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society and the Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, the Health Equity Data Challenge is an opportunity for undergraduate student teams to tackle an interesting, data-driven question related to health equity.

For more information about the Health Equity Data Challenge, including benefits, eligibility, and deadlines, please visit the event webpage.

Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., Presidential Inauguration Events

TODAY September 11-13, 2024 | All day
University of Notre Dame

With great joy, the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees announces the events celebrating the inauguration of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University’s 18th president.

Event information will be updated as more details are confirmed. Please visit the inauguration events website for the most current information.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Workbench

Through an agreement with the NIH, researchers at the University of Notre Dame are able to gain access to one of the largest, and most diverse health databases ever.

The database aims to engage people who have been left out of medical research in the past, combining both biological factors and social determinants on a large scale, and making the information easily accessible to any researcher with a secure internet connection.

Democracy Catalyst Grants Available

Application Deadline: October 18, 2024

The Democracy Initiative seeks to support new research, formation, and convening projects on campus that further the study and strengthening of democracy.

The Democracy Catalyst Fund is explicitly aimed at catalyzing new areas of inquiry or programming.

Examples of the types of projects funded include: 

"The Lucy Family Institute will be an intellectual and interdisciplinary beacon that produces impactful and equitable data-driven solutions for the good of society."

– Nitesh Chawla, Founding Director