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Westat Appoints Sunitha Mathew as Chief Growth OfficerMay 2026
Westat announces the promotion of Sunitha Mathew, MS, to Chief Growth Officer, effective May 4. In this role, Sunitha will be responsible for shaping and…
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Westat Announces Leadership Roles to Enhance Innovation and Client-Focused StrategyApril 2026
Westat announced new, expanded roles of Patricia Shifflett, MS, to Chief Business Officer and Scott Cody, MPP, to Chief Solutions Officer, effective April 1. These…
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Westat Promotes Wendy Hicks to Director, Survey Management and DesignMarch 2026
Westat is pleased to announce the promotion of Vice President Wendy Hicks, MS, to Director for Survey Management and Design, effective March 1, 2026. In…
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2026 Military Environmental Epidemiology Symposium Welcomes Gasper as Featured Speaker
May 12, 2026
Joseph Gasper, PhD, a Westat Associate Vice President for Education and Social Policy, was an invited speaker at the 2026 Military Environmental Epidemiology Symposium (MEES)…
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ACF’s 2026 RECS Conference Features Westat Expertise
May 8, 2026
Westat experts will share their research at the 23rd Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS), May 20–22, 2026, in Washington, DC. Convened by the…
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Mims Elected Vice Chair of Surface Transportation Technical Group
April 29, 2026
Lauren Mims, PhD, a Westat Senior Research Associate, has been elected Vice Chair of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG).…
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Using Margin of Total Error to Improve Reporting of Polling Accuracy
April 28, 2026
New research published in the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology suggests approaches to improve how polling uncertainty is measured, giving decision-makers a clearer sense…
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Shaping the Future of AI With Humans at the Center
March 26, 2026
A newly published article highlights collective efforts to address key questions on how artificial intelligence (AI) can best serve society. As AI adoption accelerates across…
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Advancing Disclosure Risk Assessment for Modern Data
March 5, 2026
New research advances methods for estimating the risk of re-identification in nonprobability samples, including those drawn from registers and opt-in panels. The findings were published…
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Early Intervention in Psychosis: A Key to Improving Lifelong Outcomes
March 4, 2026
Strengthening early psychosis care nationwide can improve long-term outcomes for young people with serious mental health conditions, benefiting families, communities, and the broader healthcare system.…
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New Medicaid Primer Strengthens State Behavioral Health Collaboration
February 26, 2026
A new resource developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Westat aims to strengthen states’ abilities to meet the behavioral…
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Video and In-Person Survey Interviews Produce Comparable Data Quality
February 16, 2026
A new study published in methods, data, analyses (mda) examines how video and in-person survey interviews differ in interviewer and respondent communication behaviors and whether…
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New Research Explores Modeling Approaches to Quantifying Disclosure Risk
February 11, 2026
Key diagnostics can strengthen the measurement of disclosure risk relating to sensitive information in modern data environments, according to a recent article coauthored by Westat…