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The University of Texas at Austin

Maximizing Impact and Measuring Success

September 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

Principal Investigator:	Greg Cumpton, PhD
Sponsor:	Goodwill Industries of Central Texas
Project Duration:	April 2021 – November 2021
Description:	The Ray Marshall Center will provide assistance to Goodwill Industries of Central Texas to develop, plan, and deploy a revised strategic plan for future years.
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Applied Data Analysis Training and Support

June 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

Principal Investigator:	Heath J. Prince, PhD
Sponsor:	Coleridge Initiative, Inc.
Project Duration:	April 2021 – January 2022
Description:	The Ray Marshall Center (RMC) will provide data management, research, and governance assistance to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). As a part of an initiative at the Coleridge Initiative, Inc. to expand access to state data to policymakers and state agency employees, the RMC will provide staffing and support to facilitate the Applied Data Analytics training program created by the Coleridge Initiative, Inc. The RMC will provide support and staffing to implement the training developed by the Coleridge Initiative for state agencies in Texas and surrounding states. The curriculum is designed to expand access and use of administrative data to inform policy. This training model is designed to be repeated in support of data initiatives within Texas after this engagement. The Coleridge Initiative is a not-for-profit start-up, originally established at New York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress. The Coleridge Initiative became fully independent in August 2020. The Coleridge Initiative works with government agencies to break down the barriers to accessing confidential data. They set up and manage a secure computational research platform, the Administrative Data Research Facility (ADRF), to promote access to sensitive and confidential microdata (fully secure and de-identified of course). They then train analysts and researchers how to access and use this data. The Initiative has already worked with over 100 federal, state, and local agencies and trained over 500 agency staff.
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Nuru Ethiopia, Nuru Kenya, Nuru Nigeria, and Nuru Ghana’s Impact

June 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

Principal Investigator:	Heath J. Prince, PhD
Sponsor:	Nuru
Project Duration:	April 2021 – February 2026
Description:	The Ray Marshall Center will assist Nuru International’s M&E team with analyzing and reporting Nuru Ethiopia, Nuru Kenya, Nuru Nigeria, and Nuru Ghana’s impact.
Reports Available:	Nuru Ghana 2024 Baseline Report Impact Brief Authors: Thomas Boswell and Heath Prince (Ray Marshall Center); Matt Lineal, Casey Harrison, Ian Schwenke, and Bethany Ibrahim (Nuru); and Raphael Asuure, David Pwayidi, and Emelia AtayaRay (Nuru Ghana) Date: March 2025 Publication Type: Research Brief, 3 pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru. Nuru Nigeria 2023 Impact Report Authors: Heath Prince and Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Bless Jima, Humshe Yakubu, Amos Emmanuel (Nuru Nigeria); and Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, Ian Schwenke, and Bethany Ibrahim (Nuru) Date: December 2024 Publication Type: Report, 19pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru. Nuru Kenya 2024 Baringo County Baseline Authors: Heath Prince, Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Pauline Wambeti, Tom Kosgei (Nuru Kenya); Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, Ian Schwenke, Bethany Ibrahim (Nuru) Date: November 2024 Publication Type: Report, 17 pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru. Nuru Ethiopia 2023 Impact Report Authors: Heath Prince and Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Tatek Amataw (Nuru Ethiopia); and Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, Ian Schwenke, and Bethany Ibrahim (Nuru) Date: October 2024 Publication Type: Report, 26 pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru. Nuru Burkina Faso 2023 Impact Report 2023 Authors: Heath Prince and Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Souleymane Ouedraogo (Nuru Burkina Faso); and Matt Lineal, Casey Harrison, Ian Schwenke, Bethany Ibrahim (Nuru) Date: May 2024 Publication Type: Report, 23pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru. Nuru Kenya 2023 Dairy Impact Brief Authors: Heath Prince and Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Fatuma Nyanjong (Nuru Kenya); and Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, Ian Schwenke, and Bethany Ibrahim (Nuru International) Date: December 2023 Publication Type: Research Brief, 6pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International. Nuru Nigeria 2023 Endline Impact Report Authors: Heath Prince, Thomas Boswell, and Ashweeta Patnaik (Ray Marshall Center); Bless Jima, Olayinka Orefunwa, and Amos Emmanuel (Nuru Nigeria); Matt Lineal, Casey Harrison, and Ian Schwenke (Nuru International); and Dena Bunnel (Doctoral Candidate, Kansas State University) Date: December 2023 Publication Type: Report, 77pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International. Nuru Ethiopia 2022 Impact Report Authors: Heath Prince and Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Tatek Amataw, Biruk Abayneh, and Zerihun Woldesenbet (Nuru Ethiopia); and Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, and Ian Schwenke (Nuru International) Date: July 2023 Publication Type: Report, 21pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International. Nuru Kenya 2022 Dairy Report Authors: Thomas Boswell and Heath Prince (Ray Marshall Center), and Fatuma Nyanjong (Nuru Kenya) Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, and Ian Schwenke (Nuru International) Date: December 2022 Publication Type: Report, 15pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International. Nuru Ethiopia 2021 Impact Report Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik and Heath Prince (Ray Marshall Center); Tatek Amataw (Nuru Ethiopia); and Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, and Ian Schwenke (Nuru International) Date: June 2022 Publication Type: Report, 20pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International. Nuru Nigeria 2022 Short-Term Impacts Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik and Heath Prince (Ray Marshall Center); Amos Emmanuel, Bless Jima, Abel Malafa, Olayinka Orefunwa (Nuru Nigeria); Dena Bunnel, Casey Harrison, Matt Lineal, Ian Schwenke (Nuru International) Date: May 2022 Publication Type: Report, 18pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International. Nuru Nigeria: 2021 Midpoint Impact Report Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik, Heath Prince, and Thomas Boswell (Ray Marshall Center); Olayinka Orefunwa and Bless Jima (Nuru Nigeria); Dena Bunnel, Casey Harrison, and Matt Lineal (Nuru International) Date: August 2021 Publication Type: Report, 58 pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International. 2019 Nuru Nigeria Baseline Report Principal Author: Ray Marshall Center Co-author: Nuru International Date: October 2019 Publication Type: Report, 61pp. This report is commissioned by Nuru International

Belmont Forum Collaborative Research: Protection Resilience Efficiency and Prevention for Workers in Industrial Agriculture in Changing Climate

May 27, 2020 Leave a Comment

Principal Investigator:	Heath J. Prince, PhD
Sponsor:	National Science Foundation, Belmont Forum
Consortium Lead:	University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Project Duration:	January 2020 – December 2022
Description:	Chronic kidney disease of undetermined cause (CKDu), affects millions of workers in Latin America and Asia. Treatment is expensive, resulting in early death for those affected. Strenuous work in extreme heat without sufficient rest and hydration is considered a main driver. Industrial agriculture is the most affected, especially the sugarcane sector. Without prevention, this epidemic is likely to accelerate due to climate change. Increasing temperatures, coupled with decreasing precipitation in drier agricultural regions, is also causing pesticides and other toxins to concentrate at higher levels. As a response to this heat stress related disease, we have collectively implemented the Adelante Initiative, a workplace intervention with focus on adequate water, and rest in shade together with improved ergonomics, designed to prevent CKDu among workers at a sugarcane mill in Nicaragua. Due to the high prevalence of CKDu among sugarcane workers, we are concentrating our efforts in this sector; from there we will adapt the program to other geographies and industries. Our proposed project builds on current efforts and investigates the following: 1) the immediate and long-term impact the intervention has on workforce health (kidney health and heat related injuries) and productivity; 2) the economic and social impacts on those affected by the disease and whether our intervention aids in resilience, including mitigating migration pressures; 3) the economic burden on health systems treating CKDu; and 4) an analysis of public health policies to understand what policies, or absence of policy, have contributed to the disease while investigating what policies are required to effectively address it. The knowledge gained will create the groundwork to expand to other sugarcane mills and eventually other industries at-risk for heat stress and CKDu. As climate change means more extreme temperatures in already impacted regions, and the likelihood that regions further north and south of the equator will also be impacted by CKDu, it is essential a model to protect worker health and productivity is developed.
Reports Available:	Prevention, Resilience, Efficiency, and Protection for workers in industrial agriculture in a changing climate (PREP): Baseline results from a household panel survey of the socioeconomic conditions experienced by agricultural workers in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua Authors: Heath J. Prince, PhD, Thomas Boswell, MGPS, Jason Glaser, MSc, Catharina Wesseling, MD, PhD, Ashweeta Patnaik, MPH, William José Martinez-Cuadra, BS Date: July 2023 Publication Type: Working Paper, 18pp. A Measure of the Return on Ingenio San Antonio’s Investment in the Adelante Initiative: An Initial Estimate of Costs and Benefits of a Water, Rest, and Shade Intervention Author: Heath Prince, PhD Date: May 2020 Publication Type: Report, 7 pp. Prepared for the La Isla Network, with funding from the Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) The Economic Impact of CKDnt on Households: Survey Findings from a Pilot Study of a Workers’ Association, Asochivida, and of the Communities of La Isla, Manhattan, and Candalaria, Nicaragua Author: Heath Prince, PhD Date: April 2020 Publication Type: Report, 13 pp. Prepared for the La Isla Network, with funding from the Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG)

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