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- CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
- CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- CONFERENCES
- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
- OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
Jake Rosenfeld – Hispanics and Labor Unions in the U.S.
Jake Rosenfeld, UW Department of Sociology
Hispanics and Labor Unions in the U.S.
Friday, March 13, 2009
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Parrington Hall Forum
CSDE Seminar Schedule
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CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
Chris Volinsky – Recommender Systems for Fun and Profit
CSSS Seminar Series
Chris Volinsky, Director of the Statistics Research Department, AT&T
Research
Recommender Systems for Fun and Profit
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Denny 401 More information is here.
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Peter Byass – Cause-of-death: Who, Where, How, and Why?
IHME Seminar Series
Peter Byass, Professor of Global Heath, Umea University, Sweden
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
4:00 – 5:00 pm
IHME Offices
More information is here.
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Doug Kennett – Modeling the Emergence and Resilience of Complex Socioeconomic Systems in the Maya Lowlands
IPEM (IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling)
Seminar Series
Doug Kennett, Anthropology, University of Oregon
Modeling the Emergence and Resilience of Complex Socioeconomic Systems in the
Maya Lowlands
Thursday, March 12, 2009
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Denny 401
More information is here.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Clarification to RFA-OD-09-003-Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1)
Notice Number: NOT-OD-09-061
Release Date: March 6, 2009
This notice clarifies eligibility to the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and
Science Research Program with respect to domestic (United States)
institutions/organizations wishing to submit applications that include foreign
components.
Funding for this program is provided under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).
The purposes of the Recovery Act are to preserve and create jobs and
promote economic recovery in the United States, and to provide
investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological
advances in science and health.
Consistent with these goals, domestic (United States)
institutions/organizations (i.e., those located in the 50 states, territories
and possessions of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands, or District of Columbia) who are planning to
submit applications that include foreign components should be aware that
requested funding for any foreign component should not exceed 10% of the total
requested direct costs or $25,000 (aggregate total for all subcontracts and
subawards), whichever is less.
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Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA) Program [PAR-08-096]: Availability of a FAQs Website
Notice Number: NOT-HD-09-009
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Issued by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD)
The purpose of this Notice is to notify the community that the NICHD has made
public a website at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/funding/PAR-08-096-EARDA-FAQs.cfm
to address frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the, Extramural Associates
Research Development Award (EARDA) (G11) program (PAR-08-096). The information
provided at this site will be useful for applicants as well as for those who
review the applications. The FAQs are
clustered into four general categories:
* Residency Training for New Extramural
Associates at the National Institutes of Health;
* Renewal Applications;
* Technical Assistance: Preparing and
Uploading the EARDA Research Plan into the
PHS 395 Research Plan Component of the electronic SF 424 (R&R)
Application;
* Review Considerations.
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CONFERENCES
Unite for Sight 6th Annual Global Health and Development Conference
Achieving Global Goals through Innovation
Saturday, April 18 – Sunday, April 29, 2009
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Application Deadline: March 15, 2009
The Global
Health and Innovation Summit convenes a committed vanguard of 2,500 people from
more than 60 countries. The conference challenges students, professionals,
educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations,
nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative solutions to achieve global
goals.
More information is here.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Full-time Faculty and Program Chair – California Institute of Integral Studies, Somatic Psychology
The Somatic Psychology Program of the California
Institute for Integral Studies announces an opening for a full-time faculty
member who will also assume the role of Program Chair. The Somatic Psychology
program at CIIS is one of three accredited degree programs in the US that teach
both traditional and body-oriented approaches to psychotherapy. Students
graduate with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology. It is one of five
concentrations in The School of Professional Psychology at CIIS that lead to
the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology fulfilling the academic
requirements for Marriage and Family Therapist licensure in the State of California.
With a student community of 80-100 students, the program creates an exciting
learning environment that combines experiential work with didactic learning.
New faculty will enter a community of vibrant discussion and forward-looking
thought. The program has a developing research program and a clinic where
students can earn practicum credits while doing and learning body-oriented
approaches to psychotherapy under the supervision of licensed practitioners.
Start date: July 1, 2009
More information is here.
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Assistant Professor – DePaul University, International Studies
The International Studies Program seeks to fill a tenure-track Assistant
Professor position starting in fall 2009. We are especially interested in
active researchers in the social sciences with a focus on postcolonial or
transnational analysis. We are open to applications from scholars of all
regional (or multi-regional) specialties; our greatest regional need is in the Middle East. The program is committed to hiring a diverse
faculty to teach our multi-ethnic student body. Among our candidates, we
encourage applications from scholars of color and women who can contribute to
an interdisciplinary program that draws on geography, sociology, anthropology,
political science, legal studies and economics to study contemporary
international affairs and global cultural processes. The BA program in
international studies offers motivated undergraduates rigorous academic
training that prepares them for advanced studies across a range of graduate or
professional school disciplines. The MA program is geared toward students who
desire to further careers in international civil society. The Program values
outstanding teaching and innovative pedagogical approaches.
Application deadline: March 13, 2009
More information is here.
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Post-Doctoral Fellowship – MacArthur Foundation Network, Transitions to Adulthood
The MacArthur Foundation Network on Transitions
to Adulthood is creating a new interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowship
program. The program is intended to facilitate the professional development of
scholars who have conducted high quality research on topics related to early
adulthood and wish to further develop their skills and research program in this
field.
Applications must be received by May 1, 2009.
More information is here.
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Post-Doctoral Position – UCLA, California Center for Population Research
The California Center of Population Research
(CCPR) invites applications for a postdoctoral position to participate in the
Mekong Integrated Population-Registration Areas of Cambodia (MIPRAoC) project.
MIPRAoC is a demographic surveillance system (DSS) collecting demographic and
survey data annually in seven areas along the Mekong
Valley in Cambodia. The DSS allows
researchers to track demographic trends and the survey data are designed for
analyses of past and contemporary family processes in these areas.
The selected applicant is expected to facilitate the liaison between the P.I.
at CCPR and the project manager in Cambodia,
and to collaborate with them in conducting research on children and families in
Cambodia using MIPRAoC data
and other data sources on Cambodia.
Short travels to Cambodia
may be required. The appointment is for one year, with negotiable starting
dates within the next academic year. This full time employment will not be
compatible with other employment during the stay at UCLA.
Qualifications: Candidates should hold a Ph.D., or equivalent international
diploma, in anthropology, demography, economics, sociology, or another social
science discipline. They should have a solid track record of writing and
publishing research papers, both independently and in collaboration with other
researchers. Candidates with a working knowledge of Khmer are encouraged to
apply, but strong oral and written communication skills in English are
essential. Other requirements include the ability to work effectively in a
multi-national environment, experience in managing and analyzing large data
sets, and independence in conducting research.
Interested applicants should submit the following materials:
Cover letter describing relevant background, research interests, and fit for
this position; Writing sample (such as sole or first-authored research paper, book or
dissertation chapter) Up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV);Up to three letters of
recommendations, sent under separate cover (indicate names and contact of
recommenders on CV)
All materials should be mailed to:
Patrick Heuveline, c/o Lucy Shao,
California Center for Population Research,
4284 Public Policy Building, PO Box 957236,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
Review of applications will begin on April 20, 2009 and continue until the
position is filled.
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship – RAND, Population Studies
The RAND Corporation is accepting applications
for one postdoctoral fellowship in Population Studies, pending funding
approval. This competitive program
enables outstanding scholars to sharpen their analytic skills and advance their
research agenda in the field of population studies. Scholars come from various
disciplines including economics, demography, sociology, and psychology.
Housed within RAND’s Labor and Population Program, the program blends formal
and informal training and extensive collaboration with distinguished
researchers without teaching obligations. One-year fellowships are renewable
for a second year and provide a competitive stipend and health insurance.
The expected start date is Fall 2009 but is negotiable.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2009
Additional information and application materials are available here.
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C2S Summer Biomarker Institute
Cells to Society
(C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Healthinvites applications for the 4th annual three-day
summer institute on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University, June 8-10, 2009.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2009
Read more here.
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RAND Summer Institute
RAND is pleased to announce the 16th annual RAND
Summer Institute (RSI), which will take place in Santa Monica, CA, July 6-9,
2009. The RSI consists of two conferences addressing critical issues facing our
aging population: a Mini-Medical
School for Social
Scientists (July 6-7) and a workshop on the Demography, Economics and Epidemiology
of Aging (July 8-9). The primary aim of
the RSI is to expose scholars interested in the study of aging to a wide range
of research being conducted in fields beyond their own specialties.
Application Deadline: March 19, 2009
More information is here.
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
UW Spring 2009 Course Offering – Tobacco and Public Health: Prevention, Treatment, Policy, and Social Change
Tobacco and Public Health: Prevention, Treatment, Policy & Social Change
(HSERV 590B)
Join us to explore the #1 cause of preventable disease and death in the US, and
come away with new knowledge about the tobacco epidemic and lessons in:
Health Disparities & Social Justice
Global Health Impact
Health Economics & Policy
Product Regulation & Harm Reduction
Corporate Influence & Counter Marketing
Addiction & Treatment
In addition to enrolled UW students, we welcome full time auditors, part-time
auditors and drop-in guests for all sessions. If you plan to enroll, audit or
attend more than 1-2 sessions please let us know ASAP so we can plan
accordingly.
Wednesdays, Spring Quarter, April 1 – June 10
1:00 - 2:50 pm
UW Health Sciences Building, Room I-132
Visit the course website here.
For more information, questions, or directions, please contact Karin Riggs at kriggs@u.washington.edu
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