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Awards and Honors
Westat Receives 2024 Great Place to Work CertificationApril 2024
Westat is proud to be certified by Great Place to Work® for 2024. This recognition is based on what current employees say about their experience…
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Press Release
Westat to Relocate Headquarters to Bethesda, Maryland, in Late 2025April 2024
Westat’s President and CEO, Scott Royal, PhD, announced that the company will be moving its headquarters from Rockville, Maryland, to Bethesda, Maryland, effective late in…
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Erciulescu Named an Editor, International Statistical ReviewApril 2024
Andreea Erciulescu, PhD, who is an Associate Vice President for Statistics and Data Science at Westat, has been invited to serve as an Editor for…
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Potential of Value-Based Payment for Substance Use Disorder
April 24, 2024
The urgency of addressing substance use disorder (SUD) in the U.S. has led to a growing movement for using more effective payment models, as detailed…
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JSSAM Special SAE Issue Features Westat Expertise
April 19, 2024
Westat expertise in small area estimation (SAE) methods and applications are featured in a special virtual issue of the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology…
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Financing Peer Recovery Support for Substance Use Disorder
April 17, 2024
The health care workforce shortage and growing evidence base of peer recovery support services (PRSS), which are provided by people with lived experience of substance…
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Erciulescu Named an Editor, International Statistical Review
April 16, 2024
Andreea Erciulescu, PhD, who is an Associate Vice President for Statistics and Data Science at Westat, has been invited to serve as an Editor for…
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COVID Vaccines Cut Hospital Risk for Immunocompromised Adults
April 4, 2024
From September 2023 to February 2024, adults with weakened immune systems who had received an updated COVID-19 vaccine were about 1/3 less likely to be…
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How to Braid Funding for Substance Use Disorder Services
March 26, 2024
Funding for substance use disorder (SUD) services can be challenging to find and manage. Westat recently produced a report for the Substance Abuse and Mental…
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Westat’s Small Business Tradeshow Introduces Opportunities
March 21, 2024
Fourteen small businesses participated in the Small Business Tradeshow and One-on-One Matchmaking event hosted by Westat on March 20, 2024. It was an excellent opportunity…
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Ride Share Safety: Are Kids Using Proper Restraints?
March 20, 2024
As ride-sharing gains popularity, concerns are growing about how children are transported in these vehicles, including personal cars used for ride-share services and taxis. A…
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Modernizing Face-to-Face Surveys: New Sampling Methods
March 19, 2024
Can traditional face-to-face household survey designs be adapted to leverage modern data collection methods and tools? How can researchers improve the cost-effectiveness and statistical efficiency…
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Bigger Cars, Bigger Risks: Pedestrian Safety in Focus
March 14, 2024
Concerned about pedestrian safety in your community? The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has released its annual Spotlight on Highway Safetyreport. Based on preliminary data…