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- CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
- CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
- CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS
- CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
- OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
Amelia Gavin -- Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Depression and Psychiatric Medication Use in Relation to Risk of Preterm Delivery
Amelia Gavin, UW School of Social Work,
Maternal Depressive Symptoms,
Depression and Psychiatric Medication Use in Relation to Risk of Preterm
Delivery
Friday, January 30
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Parrington Hall Forum
CSDE Seminar Schedule
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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
An Update on CSDE Computing Enhancements
Greetings
CSDE Computing Affiliates, Researchers, Staff, and Students. There are a
lot of changes underway in the CSDE Computing core -- this message is an update
on our near term plans and a brief review of recent service changes.
A note about our Terminal server lifecycle:
Terminal Server replacements are built in to the fabric of CSDE Computing. A
typical Terminal server is active for about 3 years before being taken out of
service for a reinstall or retirement. CSDE aims to replace critical,
high-use systems before they develop problems in order to maintain availability
and minimize user disruption. This maintenance and upgrade cycle is ongoing and
fueled by both STF funding for new equipment and aging hardware and software.
The following Terminal Server projects are currently underway:
- Replacing CSDE-TS2. CSDE-TS2 has been in service for 3 years and has seen
heavy use. A replacement machine has already been purchased and has
been in configuration and test mode since November, 2008.
- CSDE-TS4 is approximately 7 years old now, and will be retired. Whether it
will be replaced with newer hardware is still to be determined.
- CSDE-TS3 is available now, but running on under-powered hardware.
Once TS2 is replaced, the old hardware will be reconditioned and CSDE-TS3's
system image moved there. We estimate this migration will take place mid
February.
- All future CSDE Terminal servers will be 64-Bit systems. CSDE-TS3 is already
64-bit. This change is mostly transparent to users. The largest benefit is
allowing users to access more memory in their sessions.
- Windows Domain Controller upgrades will happen in 2009 - we're investigating
moving to Windows 2003 R2 vs Windows 2008. Better integration with the UNIX
environment is a primary driver for this effort.
- Software, Software, Software - Due to the interdisciplinary nature of our
work, CSDE supports a huge array of software packages and we spend a
significant amount of time and energy specifying, purchasing, licensing,
installing, configuring, and upgrading these both in the CSDE Student Lab and
on the Terminal Servers. A new version of SAS was rolled out last year
(9.2, 64-bit), we upgraded to Stata 10, new versions of R were deployed, to
name but a few.
Other recent efforts in the CSDE Windows Environment:
Late in 2008, CSDE computing executed a replacement for the systems
CSDE-FS2 and CSDE-FS3 - these two aging systems and their disk arrays were
replaced by a newer 5-Terabyte file server with additional memory and disk
capacity. All user accounts on FS2 were moved to this new system, as well
as the project and data directories (R:) CSDE does not plan to move these file systems again for several years.
The CSDE Print server was upgraded in September 2008 - the result is that we
now have a supported software version and the ability to do better monitoring
and reporting.
The CSDE Student lab was upgraded in August of 2008 - the new systems in
Raitt 223 have been a big hit with folks doing GIS and other
visualization work.
On the UNIX front, we have continued to maintain a very old Linux distribution
(Debian Sarge) for the CSDE Mosix cluster, as it continues to meet the needs of
our High Performance Computing customers. We are investigating another
Cluster modality for future HPC efforts. Current research is focused around the
Condor batch system and harvesting unused computing cycles on CSDE Student Lab
machines and elsewhere.
In 2008 we completed the migration of the CSDE UNIX home and project
directories on to new disk array's using Sun Microsystem's new filesystem
"ZFS" - this has proved extremely useful and highly reliable - making
the system administrators job of deploying new disk resources and moving
filesystems around much easier.
The CSDE Backup system was upgraded in January 2009, we purchased a 48-slot
LTO4 tape loader and have migrated the nightly backups to the new tape
array. This equipment is what ensures that your data will be preserved in
the event of a system or disk array problem. It also
continues to backup incremental changes to critical filesystems every night, so
that old versions of your daily changed files may be recovered.
We have rolled out an experimental Graphical UNIX Remote access server using
the remote client software "NoMachine" and this year's STF
proposal includes funds for a General Access Linux system with this capability.
If you are interested in helping us test this machine, please contact
CSDE_help.
Our long term plan for the CSDE UNIX system is to more tightly integrate it
into the Windows offering. As many CSDE UNIX users know, the
username (UWNETID) is the same, but there is a separate password for the
Windows and the UNIX system. We would like to do away with this and have a
single credential that allows you to log in to both systems. This is a complex
undertaking with many dependencies, but the effort is underway. We hope to make
more progress toward this goal in 2009.
As always, we welcome your feedback, suggestions, problem reports, and
comments. It is our pleasure to serve the Computing needs of the
Demography community at CSDE and we look forward to more challenges and
projects with you in 2009.
The CSDE Computing Staff
Alan Li, Tim Sweany, Jacob Bennett, and Matt Weatherford
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Alan Li volunteers at Haiti NGO in support of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
"Life's
most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
To answer this question, Alan Li, Senior Computer Specialist at CSDE, boarded
an overnight flight and landed in Haiti the weekend before Martin Luther King
Day to volunteer for the NGO, Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP),
that he has been involved with since 2005. The Haitian Education &
Leadership Program (HELP) provides merit-based university scholarships in Haiti for top
high school graduates who could never afford the tuition. One main goal of HELP
is to use education to promote economic and social progress in Haiti. During
his two and a half day stay, Alan installed wireless network systems for HELP
students and staff to access the Internet, and to evaluate better ways for HELP
to report their progress to their US donors.
Haiti, the poorest country
in the Western Hemisphere, suffered the worst
disaster to hit the country in 100 years last year. Within three weeks,
Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricane Gustav, Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike
pounded the country, killing nearly 800, and washed away homes, livestock and
millions of dollars' worth of rice, corn and plantain crops. Haiti's misery
is expected to worsen this year as the global financial crisis will limit what
international donors can do to ameliorate the difficulties that Haitians have
suffered.
More information about HELP can be found at http://www.haitianeducation.org or contact Alan at saili@u.washington.edu.
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CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS
Brian Houle’s Research is Cited in Seattle Times Article on Refusal to Hire Smokers
Research
conducted by Michael Siegel, professor at Boston University School of Public
Health, and Brian Houle, sociology graduate student and CSDE Fellow on the
refusal to hire smokers is the subject of a January 23, 2009, Seattle Times
article
Read the article here.
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CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
Elena Erosheva -- Analysis of Longitudinal Crime Patterns
CSSS
Seminar Series
Elena Erosheva, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and School of
Social Work, University of Washington
Analysis of Longitudinal Crime Patterns
Wednesday, January 28
12:30 - 1:20 pm
Denny 401
More info is here.
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IHME Seminar Series -- Global Health Leadership Fellows from Sudan’s Ministry of Health
IHME
Seminar Series
We are delighted to host the five Global Health Leadership Fellows from Sudan’s
Ministry of Health undergoing training at the University of Washington this
quarter.The Global Health Leadership Program (GHLP), a partnership between the
University of Washington Department of Global Health (DGH) and Sudan’s Federal
Ministry of Health (MOH), aims to strengthen the leadership and management
capacity of Sudan’s public health system. Funded by the World Bank/Multi-Donor
Trust Fund, GHLP will train 35 experienced health professionals from 10 states
in Sudan,
including a one-quarter fellowship at UW DGH for 15 of these trainees. The
Fellows’ presentation titled "Sudan Health System: Perspective and
Performance" will give a brief overview of Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health,
as well as their individual research activities. The 2009 Winter Quarter
GHLP Fellows include:
Dr. Ali Ibrahim Ali Akoud, Director General of the Northern state Ministry of
Health. Dr. Akoud’s research interests include: health services
decentralization, rural community development, and epidemiological surveillance
systems and epidemics containment.
Dr. Ali Sayed Mohammed Elhassan, Director General of the Blue
Nile state Ministry of Health. Dr. Elhassan’s research
interests include: primary health care, issues of equity in development of a
decentralized health system, and building local health system management teams.
Dr. Elfatih Mohamed Malik, Director of Communicable Diseases Control at the
Federal Ministry of Health. Dr. Malik’s research interests include:
establishing sustainable disease control programs, upgrading states and
district capacity to lead effective disease control programs, and improving
rural population access to health services by expanding the malaria home
management projects to cover more areas and more diseases or health conditions.
His work is based on evidence provided by operation research with full
involvement of the state and district staff and communities.
Dr. Isameldin Mohammed Abdalla, Director
of International Health at the Federal Ministry of Health. Dr. Abdalla’s
research interests include: health systems and global affairs, disaster
management, and epidemiology and disease control.
Dr. Sara Hassan Mustafa, Director of Planning at the Federal Ministry of
Health. Dr. Mustafa’s research interests include: result based health
planning, health system project management, and organizational development and
capacity building.
Wednesday, January 28
4:00 pm coffee and refreshments
4:15-5:30 presentation and Q&A
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2301 5th Avenue
Suite 600
Seattle, Washington 98121
Telephone 206 897 2800
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Charlie Hirschman -- Immigration and American Identity
2008-09 Annual Faculty Lecture
"Immigration and American Identity"
Charles Hirschman, Boeing International Professor, Department of Sociology and
Daniel J. Evans School
of Public Affairs. Charles Hirschman received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin
in 1972 and has been with the University
of Washington since 1987
where he has served as director of the UW Center for Studies in Demography and
Ecology from 1987-1995 and as chair of the Department of Sociology from
1995-1998. His teaching and research focus on demography, immigration,
ethnicity and issues affecting Southeast Asia.
Currently, Professor Hirschman directs the UW-Beyond High School
project, a longitudinal study of educational attainment and the early life
course of young adults. He was elected president of the Population Association
of America and is an elected fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. In the 1960s, Professor Hirschman served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in
Malaysia.
Since 1976, members of the UW faculty have chosen a faculty peer who has made a
demonstrable impact on their profession to deliver the Annual Faculty Lecture.
This is the highest honor the University
of Washington faculty can
bestow on one of their own. The 33rd Annual Faculty Lecturer, Charles
Hirschman, joins a distinguished roster of Nobel laureates, historians,
artists, scientists and authors who have participated in this series. This
event is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, January 28
7:00pm
Kane Hall 130
A reception will follow in the Walker Ames Room.
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Hanna Kokko -- Which Sex Does What, and Why?
IPEM
(IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling) Seminar Series
Hanna Kokko (Biological and Environmental Sciences, U of Helsinki)
“Which sex does what, and why? “
Thursday, January 29
3:30 pm
Denny 401
More info is here.
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Matt Dunbar-- Evaluating the Use of Handheld GIS in Humanitarian Demining
Geography Colloquium
Matt Dunbar CSDE GIS Specialist.
Evaluating the Use of Handheld GIS in Humanitarian Demining
Late in 2003, a research team at the University
of Kansas (KU) was
contracted by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
(GICHD) to evaluate a newly developed handheld computer system for
conducting demining-related field surveys. The system's three main
components, a Pocket PC, GPS, and Laser Rangefinders, can be used to
complete data entry forms (report date, name of reporter, environmental
conditions, type of ordnance, etc.) and collect related geographic
information (reference point / landmark, benchmark, hazard perimeter, etc.)
describing mined areas.
After developing a testing routine, this system was evaluated by the KU team
locally and on foreign field deployments (Chile,
Albania, Ecuador and
Lebanon)
from 2004-2007. This unique project has permitted involvement at
both the operations and research level, giving access to observe and take
part in the complete cycle of development, deployment, testing and redesign
of the handheld GIS. This research will provide a significant contribution
to those working specifically with the GICHD handheld system, and, more
broadly, to others working with handheld GIS and geographic field data
collection.
Friday, January 30th, 3:30pm
Smith 304
Reception to follow in Smith 409.
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Katherine Flegal -- UW Epidemiology Department Seminar Series
UW Epidemiology Department Seminar Series
The UW Epidemiology Department will host Katherine Flegal, PhD, Senior Research
Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for two special
events in February open to the entire UW community and the public:
** Panel Discussion: "Courting Controversy: Perspectives on Communicating
about Science to the Public.” **
Monday, Feb 2nd, 3:30-5:30 pm, Health Sciences A-420 (Hogness Auditorium)
Join Dr. Flegal and panelists including Bruce Psaty (UW Medicine and
Epidemiology), Jeff Duchin (Public Health - Seattle & King County), and Tom
Paulson (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) for a discussion moderated by Laura Koutsky
(UW Epidemiology) about the pitfalls and opportunities of communicating results
from scientific studies to the public.
With introductory comments by UW Epidemiology Professor Noel Weiss: "What
can epidemiologists do to minimize misinterpretation and overinterpretation of
the results of our studies?"
** Lecture: "Weight and mortality: Issues of Interpretation" **
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 3:30-5:00 pm, Health Sciences T-747
Dr. Flegal will discuss her research on obesity-associated mortality but will focus
on the use of scientific evidence in the construction and maintenance of
epidemiologic narratives.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Independent Scientist Award (K02)
(PAR-09-086)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): March 9, 2009 is the first application
due date for new K02 applications, then standard dates apply.
The primary purpose of the AHRQ Independent Scientist Awards (K02) program is
to foster the development of outstanding health service researchers and enable
them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field
of research. The K02 award provides three, four, or five years of salary
support and “protected time” for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate
the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their
research careers. Applicants must focus their research careers on areas
that would have a significant impact on the quality, safety, efficiency, and
effectiveness of health care for all Americans. This
program represents the continuation of an AHRQ program.
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Mentored Research Scientist Research Career Development Award (K01)
(PAR-09-087)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): March 9, 2009 is the first application
due date for new K01 applications, then standard dates apply.
The primary purpose of the AHRQ Mentored Research Scientist Research Career
Development Awards (K01) program is to prepare qualified individuals for
careers that have a significant impact on the quality, safety, efficiency, and
effectiveness of health care for all Americans. This program represents
the continuation of an AHRQ program that provides support and “protected time”
to individuals with a research doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised
research career development experience in health services research. The
K01 award can be used both by individuals who propose to newly embark in heath
services research training and those who had a hiatus in their research careers
because of illness or family circumstances. The K01 award is also
available to promote research workforce diversity by providing enhanced
research career development opportunities.
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Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention & Control (K05)
(PAR-09-088)
National Cancer Institute
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
The NCI Established Investigator Award (K05) provides qualified cancer
prevention, control, behavioral, and/or population scientists with protected
time to devote to research and to mentoring new investigators.
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The NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22)
(PAR-09-089)
National Cancer Institute
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) represents the continuation of an
NCI program to facilitate the transition of investigators, primarily those with
clinical doctoral degrees as well as those with doctoral degrees working in the
areas of cancer prevention, control, behavioral, or population science
research, from the mentored stage of career development in academic cancer
research to the independent stage. This goal is achieved by providing protected
time through salary and research support for 3 years to: postdoctoral
individuals or junior faculty in mentored positions transitioning into their
first independent position; and investigators within the first 2 years of their
first independent cancer research position, to initiate and develop their
independently-supported cancer research programs.
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Childrens Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (P01)
(RFA-ES-08-002)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Protection Agency
Application Receipt Date(s): April 30, 2009
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by NIEHS and EPA solicits
grant applications for Research Centers to support a multidisciplinary program
of basic and applied research to examine the effects of environmental factors
on children’s health and well-being. Research conducted through the Centers should
include substantive areas of science in children’s health while incorporating
innovative technologies and approaches and links to the environment. The
revised program encourages strong links between disciplines in the basic,
applied, clinical and public health sciences to prevent disease and promote
health in all children.
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Childrens Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Formative Centers (P20)
(RFA-ES-08-004)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Protection Agency
Application Receipt Date(s): April 30, 2009
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by NIEHS and EPA solicits
P20 planning grant applications for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease
Prevention Research Centers: Formative Centers (CEHC Formative Centers). This
program will support the development of an integrative research environment to
sustain a multidisciplinary program of basic and applied research which
examines the effects of environmental threats to children’s health and
well-being. Research conducted as part of the CEHC Formative Centers should
include new and emerging areas of science in children’s health while
incorporating innovative technologies and approaches in the pursuit of
developing a strong base of science. This opportunity will allow development of
new research teams, connections with communities and other stakeholders, and
will obtain preliminary data on childhood diseases and disorders where the
evidence of an environmental contribution has yet to be fully established or
appreciated. This new program will develop strong links between
disciplines in the basic, applied, clinical and public health sciences where
collaborations are currently in the formative stages to prevent disease and
promote health in all children.
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Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants (P30)
(RFA-ES-09-002)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Application Receipt Date(s): March 27, 2009
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invites
applications from qualified institutions for support of Environmental Health
Sciences (EHS) Core Centers. These Centers are designed to establish innovative
programs of excellence in the field of environmental health sciences by
providing scientific and programmatic support for promising investigators and
areas of research. A Core Center Grant is an institutional award to support
centralized scientific resources and facilities shared by investigators with
existing research projects. By providing a Center structure and Core resources
this support is intended to enhance the ability of scientists working in the
field of environmental health sciences to identify and capitalize on current
and emerging opportunities that will lead to outstanding research advances to
improve our understanding of the relationship between environmental exposures
and both human biology and human disease
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Change in Application Due Date for Disparities Research and Education Advancing Mission (K22)
(NOT-MD-09-001)
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
In order to provide applicants with additional time for preparation and
submission of applications in response to RFA-MD-09-001, NCMHD Disparities
Research and Education Advancing Mission (DREAM) Career Transition Award (K22),
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-09-001.html), the
Application Due Date is changed to March 13, 2009; Letter of Intent Receipt
Date is changed to February 13, 2009; and the Expiration Date is changed to
March 14, 2009.
All other aspects of the FOA remain the same.
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Thomas Francis, Jr. Global Health Fellowship
The purpose of the Thomas Francis, Jr. Global
Health Fellowship is to promote global health by providing financial assistance
to graduate or professional students who would like to gain practical global
health field experience in international and/or underserved community
settings. Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr. taught Dr. Jonas Salk the methodology
of vaccine development, and designed and directed the Salk polio vaccine
clinical trials. The Fellowship is administered by the Department
of Global Health in conjunction with a faculty selection committee and the
Dean’s Office of the School
of Public Health.
Eligible students may be enrolled in any graduate or professional school at the
University of Washington, and must submit a project
proposal that addresses a global health issue or problem. Projects should
be one month to three months in length and must be completed by the end of
Winter Quarter 2010. The Fellowship of up to $4,000USD can be used to support
student travel costs, including room and board, travel health preparation,
travel insurance and/or supplies for a particular global health
project. The Fellowship cannot be used to cover tuition costs,
school supplies, conference attendance or other non-project related expenses.
Applications will be scored based on the strength of the proposal, the
relevance to global health and the applicant’s academic and career goals, the
significance to the host organization and the commitment by the host
organization supervisor and a University
of Washington faculty
mentor. Fellowship recipients must meet all program deadlines, attend a
travel preparation orientation and participate in other Thomas Francis, Jr.
Global Health Fellowship activities. If a student is awarded and accepts
the Fellowship, they must immediately withdraw their applications to other
funding programs.
In order to be eligible you must:
Be enrolled in a full-time graduate school or graduate-level professional
degree program at the University of Washington (undergraduates, recent
graduates and medical residents are NOT eligible)
Identify an international experience, host organization (local or global) and
host organization supervisor
Identify a University of Washington faculty mentor to assist you with the
development of a project and connect the experience to your academic program
and career goals
Submit via e-mail, a completed Thomas Francis, Jr. Global Health Fellowship
application WITH supporting documentation by Wednesday, March 11, 2009 to ghrc@u.washington.edu.
Supporting documentation must include: a signed Statement of Commitment from
your host organization supervisor, a Letter of Commitment from your University of Washington
faculty mentor, a copy of your current resume (no more than 3 pages) and a
recent “unofficial” copy of your University
of Washington
transcript. (please send all documents by e-mail)
Questions, e-mail Daren Wade at dwade@u.washington.edu
Daren Wade, MSW
Director, Global Health Resource Center
Clinical Instructor, Department of Global Health
University of Washington
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Postdoctoral Fellow-- National Center for Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University
The National Center for Marriage Research (NCMR)
at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) seeks one postdoctoral fellow for a
one year appointment (renewable for an additional year with satisfactory
progress).
The fellowship is designed to provide an opportunity for an outstanding young
scholar to perform research and receive training in residence at the NCMR. The
postdoctoral fellow will...
* Identify a senior BGSU faculty member as a mentor, and pursue collaborative
research on a topic of mutual interest;
* Initiate an independent stream of
research on which the mentor will provide informal guidance;
* Receive a 12-month stipend of $40,000 plus health insurance and retirement
benefits.
Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in a social science discipline with an
emphasis on marriage and families by the time of the appointment. Preference
will be given to those with prior experience on research projects; publication
and grant activity; interests that complement those of NCMR faculty; and
minority candidates.
More info is here.
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship -- Environmental Geography or Demography, Davidson College
Davidson College, N.C. Two-year, non-tenure-track, Post-Doctoral Fellowship beginning August 2009
Preferred areas of specialization include demography, social/economic aspects
of conservation, or human ecology, with competence in GIS methods desirable;
preferred areas of geographical focus are South Asia, East Asia, or Africa.
This fellowship is supported by the Associated Colleges of the South with grant
funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The ideal candidate recently earned
the Ph.D. in Geography, Demography, or related field, and is interested in
teaching, research, and academic service within an interdisciplinary
environmental studies program at an undergraduate liberal arts college; must be
eligible to teach in the U.S.
The Fellow will teach two courses the first year and three courses the second,
including team-teaching an existing environmental studies course. With the aid
of faculty mentors, the Fellow will develop a research program appropriate for
professional advancement and for the context of undergraduate liberal arts
colleges.
Application deadline:
3/2/2009
More info is here.
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Postdoctoral Fellows Program -- Sociocultural Anthropology, Whittier College
Through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, Whittier
is pleased to inaugurate our Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows Program. The
program is designed to mentor new Ph.D.s through their first two years of
teaching at a liberal arts college. Fellows will teach one course during Fall
terms and two during Spring terms, participate in interdisciplinary teaching,
and help locate resources in their fields that provide global perspectives. The
program also allows time to plan one’s scholarly agenda, grant-writing
workshops, and some support for research expenses.
For academic year 2009-2010, we invite applications for one Mellon Postdoctoral
Fellows in sociocultural anthropology, with ethnographic experience and
expertise in East Asia; preference for focus on China and Chinese diasporas.
Review of materials (letter of application, vita/e, and a summary of the
dissertation project) will begin immediately, and will continue until positions
are filled.
More info is here.
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
School of Public Health name shortened
On Jan. 15, the UW Board of Regents approved
dropping the words "and Community Medicine" from the School of Public
Health's name.
More info is here.
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