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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR: Stefanie Deluca – Does Moving to Better Neighborhoods Lead to Better Schooling Opportunities? Parental School Choice in an Experimental Housing Voucher Program
CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS: CPS Data from UNICON Now Available; Matt Weatherford on Vacation 3/26 – 4/17; CSDE Statistics Core Workshops, Spring Quarter 2009
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: Dr. Sandra Steingraber – Environmental Human Rights and the Case for Chemical Policy Reform; Dr. Sandra Steingraber – Three Bets on our Economy, our Ecology, and the Future of Public Health: A Vision of the Future from a Biologist, Cancer Survivor, and Mother; Bala Rajaratnam – Estimating Sparse Network Models; Laurie Anderson – Does It Work and Is It Worth It?: Evidence in Public Health; Joan Judge – Everyday Life in China’s Early Republic: Evidence from Funü shibao (The Women’s Eastern Times); Mark Pendergast – Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Recovery Act Limited Competition for NIH Grants: Research and Research Infrastructure "Grand Opportunities" (RC2); Promoting Careers in Aging and Health Disparities Research (K01); Enhancing Peer Review: NIH Announces Consolidation of Review Criteria for Institutional Research Training Grant Applications (T32); Training Opportunity for Applicants to PAR-08-075, PAR-08-076 Community-Based Research Targeting the Medically Underserved; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) Frequently Asked Questions; NIH Requires Mandatory Use of the eRA Commons Financial Conflict of Interest for NIH-funded Grants and/or Cooperative Agreements
CALLS FOR PAPERS: Annual Canadian Studies Graduate Student Symposium
CONFERENCES: PAA Annual Meeting Pre-Registration Deadline
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: John Parke Young Chair in the International Economy – Occidental College; Professor – Yale University, Anthropology; Tenured and Tenure-Track Positions – UCLA California Center for Population Research; Tenured and Tenure-Track Positions – University of Maryland at College Park, Demography; Professor and Senior Research Fellow Positions – University of Waikato; Assistant Professor – California Institute of Integral Studies, Psychology; Assistant Professor – California State University at Fresno, Economics; Various – U.S. Census Bureau
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: Post-Doctoral Fellowship – University of Waikato; The Second Annual Course on Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Global Health; The Next NSFG Data File: A Preview for Researchers
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: Volunteer Opportunity – Seattle Homeless Needs Assessment

CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR

Stefanie Deluca – Does Moving to Better Neighborhoods Lead to Better Schooling Opportunities? Parental School Choice in an Experimental Housing Voucher Program

Co-sponsored by the West Coast Poverty Center
Stefanie Deluca, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
Does Moving to Better Neighborhoods Lead to Better Schooling Opportunities? Parental School Choice in an Experimental Housing Voucher Program

Friday, April 3, 2009
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Parrington Hall Forum 309

CSDE Seminar Schedule

CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS

CPS Data from UNICON Now Available
CSDE has just acquired updated versions of the following CPS data from UNICON Research.

* Annual Earnings Study (also known as the Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups or MORG)
* Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC also known as the March Supplement)
* Voting and Registration Supplement (also known as the November Supplement)

To learn more and gain access, click on CPS Supplements provided by UNICON

Matt Weatherford on Vacation 3/26 – 4/17
Matt Weatherford will be out of the office until April 17. If you need computing assistance during this time, please continue to use CSDE_help@u.washington.edu.

CSDE Statistics Core Workshops, Spring Quarter 2009
The CSDE Statistics Core will offer several workshops during the upcoming Spring Quarter. These are free to all students, faculty, and staff. Registration is here.

Introduction to GIS I will be taught by Matt Dunbar.
Wednesday, April 1 -or- Thursday April 2
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Raitt Hall Room 223 (CSDE Computer Lab)
More information is here.

Introduction to R will be taught by Cori Mar.
Friday, April 3
2:30 - 5:00 pm
Condon Hall Room 601C (large CSSCR computer lab)

Introduction to SAS will be taught by Anita Rocha.
Tuesday, April 7 and 14 (two consecutive Tuesdays)
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Raitt Hall 223 (CSDE Computer Lab)
More information is here.

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

Dr. Sandra Steingraber – Environmental Human Rights and the Case for Chemical Policy Reform
Dr. Sandra Steingraber will be visiting the UW Law School for a talk at Social Justice Tuesday. Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. Steingraber's highly acclaimed book, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, is one of the first to present cancer as a human rights issue.

The talk is being cosponsored by Greenlaw, Students for Reproductive Justice, and the Student Health Law Organization.

Suggested reading: Joseph Guth's "Law for the Ecological Age," in the Vermont J. of Env. Law.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
12:30 -1:20 pm
UW Law School, Room 133
Lunch is provided: RSVP to spangler@u.washington.edu

More information is here.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber – Three Bets on our Economy, our Ecology, and the Future of Public Health: A Vision of the Future from a Biologist, Cancer Survivor, and Mother
This seminar with discussion is co-sponsored by the Forum on Science Ethics and Policy (FOSEP) at the UW. Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
4:00 – 5:30 pm
UW Physics / Astronomy Auditorium A118

More information is here.

Bala Rajaratnam – Estimating Sparse Network Models
CSSS Seminar Series
Bala Rajaratnam, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
Estimating Sparse Network Models

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Denny 401

More information is here.

Laurie Anderson – Does It Work and Is It Worth It?: Evidence in Public Health
IHME Seminar Series
Laurie Anderson, Health Scientist, CDC
Does It Work and Is It Worth It?: Evidence in Public Health

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
4:00 – 5:30 pm
IHME Offices

More information is here.

Joan Judge – Everyday Life in China’s Early Republic: Evidence from Funü shibao (The Women’s Eastern Times)
China Studies Program
Joan Judge, Professor of Women's Studies, York University
Everyday Life in China’s Early Republic: Evidence from Funü shibao (The Women’s Eastern Times)
The objectives of this presentation are first, to explain the methodology that informs her study of Funü shibao and the larger international, collaborative project that it is part of. Second, to use this methodology to study the journal less as a site of discourse than as a node of interaction between writers and readers in early twentieth century China. Judge’s focus is on what she considers to be the most “porous” sections of the journal, those that straddle and attempt to close the gap between text and society. These include the editor’s and readers’ columns, surveys, and photographs. Through a close reading of these columns and images, her final aim is to probe what the journal reveals not just about the representation but the materiality of everyday life in the new Republic.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Thomson Hall 317
More information is here.

Mark Pendergast – Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World
College of the Environment, the Global Business Center, the Program on the Environment, the Center for Global Studies, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the UW Alumni Association
Coffee: From the Grounds Up Lecture Series
Mark Pendergast, writer
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed our World
Writer Mark Pendergrast uses his unique brand of storytelling to provide a sweeping overview of coffee's impact on the world since its discovery on Ethiopian mountainsides. Pendergrast explores coffee's history through multiple lenses - environmental, social, business, medical, and economic. This is part of an 8 week lecture series of Tuesday evening lectures and panel discussions that highlight efforts being made to reduce poverty, improve lives of coffee workers, and increase environmental sustainability in coffee producing regions of the world.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Series runs Tuesdays through May 26, 2009
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Kane Hall 210
For more information and to register, see here.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Recovery Act Limited Competition for NIH Grants: Research and Research Infrastructure "Grand Opportunities" (RC2)
(RFA-OD-09-004)
National Institutes of Health
Application Receipt Date(s): May 27, 2009
The purpose of the ”GO” grants program is to support high impact ideas that lend themselves to short-term funding, and may lay the foundation for new fields of investigation. Applicants may propose to address either a specific research question or propose the creation of a unique infrastructure/resource designed to accelerate scientific progress in the future. This FOA is designed to provide investigators and institutions with the opportunity to address these unique challenges by engaging in new avenues of research where progress would produce a significant impact on growth and investment on biomedical or behavioral science and/or health research.

Only projects with a scientific scope that requires an annual budget greater than $500,000 in total costs are expected to be considered.

Promoting Careers in Aging and Health Disparities Research (K01)
(PAR-09-136)
National Institute on Aging
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.

The overall goal of NIH-supported career development programs is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists are available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs.

This FOA, "Promoting Careers in Aging and Health Disparities Research (K01)" is limited to applications for career development in support of health disparities related to aging. This FOA is responsive to the NIA Health Disparities Strategic Plan and will help to build capacity in aging and health disparity research.

Enhancing Peer Review: NIH Announces Consolidation of Review Criteria for Institutional Research Training Grant Applications (T32)
Submitted for FY 2010 Funding
(NOT-OD-09-074)
National Institutes of Health
In June 2007, NIH initiated a formal, agency-wide effort to evaluate the NIH peer review system (http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/). After careful deliberation and consideration of the recommendations resulting from this year-long evaluation, NIH announced a series of plans in the latter half of 2008 to implement a number of key changes in the NIH peer review system, including the introduction of a 9-point scoring system, for research grant and cooperative agreement applications received for Fiscal Year 2010 funding
Under the new scoring system, each of five review criteria will receive an individual score of 1 to 9 (1=outstanding, to 9=poor). In addition, the overall impact/priority score will be reported in the summary statement for applications discussed at the review meeting; this overall score will be determined by considering the 5 scored criteria, plus additional review criteria.

Currently, T32 training grant applications are evaluated based on 7 major criteria: (1) Training Program; (2) Training Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI); (3) Preceptors/Mentors; (4) Past Training Record; (5) Institutional Training Environment, Commitment, and Resources; (6) Trainee Recruitment, Selection, and Retention Plan; and (7) Short-Term and Research Training Positions, plus additional review criteria. The purpose of this notice is to announce the consolidation of these 7 existing review criteria for training grants into 5 major review criteria. It should be emphasized that while the review criteria have been consolidated, they remain essentially unchanged in scope. The additional review criteria and considerations described in the funding opportunity announcement (PA-08-226) also remain in place.

Training Opportunity for Applicants to PAR-08-075, PAR-08-076 Community-Based Research Targeting the Medically Underserved

(NOT-OD-09-067)
Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): May 15, 2009

The purpose of this notice is to bring a training opportunity to the attention of persons considering submitting applications in response to the following NIH Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs). Those interested in responding to these FOAs may apply to the 2009 NIH Summer Institute which serves as a tutorial:

PAR-08-075
PAR-08-076

The 2009 NIH Summer Institute on Community-Based Participatory Research Targeting the Medically Underserved will convene August 2-7, 2009 in New Orleans, LA. The course will address essential conceptual, methodological, and practical issues inherent in planning and conducting research on all health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that is conducted in partnership between communities and researchers and targets medically underserved areas (MUAs) and medically underserved populations (MUPs) as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration.

Frequently Asked Questions for Community Participation Research: Targeting the Medically Underserved PAR-08-075 (R01) and PAR-08-076 (R21):
(NOT-OD-09-073)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) Frequently Asked Questions
A list of FAQs regarding the Recovery Act may be found here.

NIH Requires Mandatory Use of the eRA Commons Financial Conflict of Interest for NIH-funded Grants and/or Cooperative Agreements
(NOT-OD-09-072)
National Institutes of Health

The purpose of the Federal regulation at 42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F, Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which PHS Funding is Sought, is to promote objectivity in research by establishing standards to ensure there is no reasonable expectation that the design, conduct or reporting of research funded under Public Health Service (PHS) grants or cooperative agreements will be biased by any conflicting financial interest of an investigator. Specifically, 42 CFR Part 50.604(g)(2) requires that prior to spending any funds under an award, the Institution must report to the NIH the existence of any conflicting financial interests, but not the nature of the interest or other details found by the institution, and assure that the interest has been managed, reduced, or eliminated. In addition, for any interest that the Institution identifies as conflicting subsequent to the Institution’s initial report under the award, a report must be made and the conflicting interest managed, reduced, or eliminated, at least on an interim basis, within sixty days of that identification.
Beginning July 1, 2009, the NIH will require all Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) reports for grants and cooperative agreements to be submitted using the new electronic Research Administration (eRA) Commons FCOI Module.

CALLS FOR PAPERS

Annual Canadian Studies Graduate Student Symposium
Re-imagining Health: What can we learn from Canada?
April 17, 2009
Application Deadline: April 2, 2009
The theme this year is 'health'... healthy forests, healthy schools, healthy bodies, healthy economies, healthy cultures, healthy borders and your own view of health... making our research stronger and healthier through Canadian content!
All students who have research that is accepted for participation are eligible for $200 in travel funding for conference participation.
Please send a short description of what you are working on to mcmorna@u.washington.edu. This does not need to be a formal, final paper for this symposium. We will have the amazing opportunity to make a short presentation about what we are doing and have Canadian scholars give us feedback. Six students will be selected to participate.
More information about the symposium is here.

CONFERENCES

PAA Annual Meeting Pre-Registration Deadline
Population Association of America Annual Meeting
April 30 – May 2, 2009
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Hotel
Detroit, Michigan
Pre-registration for the PAA Annual Meeting closes April 10. Avoid long lines for on-site registration, register online. If you have not yet registered, visit the PAA Annual Meeting web page. The Pre-registration rates are $142 members; $195 non-members and $56 for students through April 10, 2009. After April 10, you must register on-site - rates are $169 members; $221 non-members and $61 for students.
Registration is here.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

John Parke Young Chair in the International Economy – Occidental College
One of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges, where President Obama began his higher education, offers tenured appointment to a generously endowed Chair in a department of international relations for a person of recognized stature in international economics, international political economy, development economics or a related field. Stature may have been earned in academia, or as a senior practitioner, or, preferably, in both. Compensation is consistent with distinguished professorial appointments, and Chair endowment will also amply support research and other activities. Contact Edward K. Hamilton, HR&A, at HRASearch@AOL.com, 831-622-4400 (voice) or 831-626-1350 (fax).

See the original posting here.

Professor – Yale University, Anthropology
Yale University, Department of Anthropology intends to make a tenured appointment in sociocultural anthropology to begin July 1, 2010. We are seeking a scholar of distinction and demonstrated disciplinary leadership whose active research program contributes to significant new developments in the discipline and whose interests complement the strengths and priorities of the present Department faculty.

More information is here.

Tenured and Tenure-Track Positions – UCLA California Center for Population Research

The UCLA California Center for Population Research (CCPR) is seeking candidates for a full time tenured or tenure-track position in demography and population studies. This is an open rank faculty appointment with rank depending on the candidate’s experience and record. The department in which the appointment is made will be based on the candidate’s discipline and departmental preferences, but will most likely be made in one of the major departments represented within CCPR (Economics, Sociology, Community Health Sciences, Geography, and Public Policy). Candidates should have an active research program in areas related to demography and population research and the ability to teach high quality required and elective courses. Strong preference will be given to candidates who show evidence of interdisciplinary research and/or interest in communication and collaboration among disciplines.
More information is here.

Tenured and Tenure-Track Positions – University of Maryland at College Park, Demography

The Department of Sociology invites applications for tenured and tenure-track positions in demography. Rank is open but we are especially interested in mid-career and senior scholars. Candidates would be expected to take leading roles in the department’s graduate training in demography and in the research program of the Maryland Population Research Center. The University of Maryland is located near Washington, D.C., (“inside the beltway”) and close to Washington’s many demographic research resources such as the Census Bureau, Macro International, the National Center for Health Statistics, and NIH. Review of demography applications is continuing.
More information is here.

Professor and Senior Research Fellow Positions – University of Waikato
The University of Waikato is seeking applicants for positions in the Population Studies Centre (PSC) which is based in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:

The PSC is the only social science research centre in a New Zealand university that focuses specifically on demography, population economics and population geography. Its staff are well known nationally and internationally for their research excellence, and to further enhance leadership in these fields the University of Waikato is making a strategic investment in the PSC through new appointments as it moves towards establishing a National Institute for Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA). The Professor and Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow will play a key role in developing NIDEA from 2010 onwards. The Professor of Demography will be expected to take over the directorship of the Population Studies Centre for this purpose either from February 2010 or by June 2010 at the latest.

The Professor and the Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow appointments are continuing positions whose research will address substantive conceptual, methodological and empirical issues in one or more of the following: fertility, mortality, family formation, ethnic analysis, age-structural transitions, population growth and forecasting and demographic microsimulation. Experience with both cross-sectional as well as cohort and other longitudinal data analysis, an understanding of policy issues and a strong background in the use of quantitative techniques are highly desirable.
Application Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2009
More information is here.

Assistant Professor – California Institute of Integral Studies, Psychology
The School of Undergraduate Studies (SUS) invites applications for a full-time core faculty member with an academic background in psychology or clinical social work and strong interdisciplinary experience. The position is at the Assistant Professor level and starts in August 2009. SUS emphasizes integrated interdisciplinary study and team-teaching throughout the undergraduate curriculum. Teaching in the undergraduate program allows faculty members the opportunity to exercise broad-ranging intellectual curiosity; to work collaboratively with colleagues and students in formulating interdisciplinary question and inquiries; to develop and implement curriculum that addresses multicultural issues; and to create inclusive learning environments for students and faculty members.

More information is here

Assistant Professor – California State University at Fresno, Economics
The Department of Economics invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position to begin Fall 2009. We seek candidates with teaching and research interest in macroeconomics and money and banking, and one or more of the following fields: economic growth, business fluctuations or monetary policy. In addition, candidates will be expected to teach principles of economics as well as intermediate macroeconomics. Faculty responsibilities include research and publication, advising students, and service at all levels of the university. An earned doctorate (Ph.D.) in Economics is required for appointment to a tenure track position. Candidates nearing completion of the doctorate (ABD) may be considered for a lectureship (temporary position) with the possibility of conversion to tenure track upon completion of the doctorate. Preference will be given to candidates with teaching experience and strong commitment to excellence in undergraduate instruction.

Application Deadline: April 15, 2009

More information is here.

Various – U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, has immediate openings in its domestic and international programs for qualified individuals in the areas of demography, sociology, economics, geography, and related social sciences. We are looking for well-qualified persons at all levels (BA, MA, PhD), especially those with training in demography, quantitative data analysis of large datasets, social research, and geographic information systems. These openings offer qualified applicants an opportunity to work on one or more of the following topics: population distribution, population estimates and projections, housing, household income, disability, health insurance coverage, education, migration, and international programs. This is an exciting time for the Census Bureau, and we look forward to sharing our opportunities. Look for job descriptions under “Jobs@Census” on our website at www.census.gov.

Census Bureau representatives will be recruiting for immediate openings during the Population Association of America annual meeting in Detroit, MI (April 29 – May 1, 2009). If you (or someone you know) are currently on the job-market (i.e., available this Spring or Summer) we will be conducting recruiting interviews (30 minute sessions) during the conference (April 30 – May 1). Please email Katherine Condon to sign-up ahead of time for your preferred time-slot or come by our exhibit booth during the conference. Interviews will be conducted on Thursday (4/30) and Friday (5/1). We will also be having a short presentation about working at the Census Bureau on Thursday (4/30) during the lunch break (12:30-2:00pm) at PAA - please stop by the exhibit booth for more information.

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Post-Doctoral Fellowship – University of Waikato
The University of Waikato is seeking applicants for three positions in the Population Studies Centre (PSC) which is based in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:

The PSC is the only social science research centre in a New Zealand university that focuses specifically on demography, population economics and population geography. Its staff are well known nationally and internationally for their research excellence, and to further enhance leadership in these fields the University of Waikato is making a strategic investment in the PSC through new appointments as it moves towards establishing a National Institute for Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA).

The Post Doctoral Fellow is a three-year fixed-term appointment, and applicants can be from any of demography, population economics or population geography. The PSC has a strong track record and on-going research interests in population movement and labour market dynamics, as well as core demography. The successful applicant will have been awarded their PhD at the time of taking up the appointment, and will have successfully published papers from their doctoral research.

Application Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2009

More information is here.

The Second Annual Course on Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Global Health
The Center for Point-of-Care Diagnostic for Global Health (GHDx Center), part of the Point-of-care Technologies Research Network funded by the NIBIB/NIH, offers a new training opportunity for 2009.

The Second Annual Course on Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnostics for Global Health will be held at the University of Washington July 13-17, 2009. This course aims to increase cross-disciplinary training in the development and implementation of point-of-care tests important for enhancing the health needs of low-resource settings (LRS's), particularly those in developing countries.

Application deadline: April 1, 2009

More information is here.

The Next NSFG Data File: A Preview for Researchers
Workshop at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting
Wednesday, April 29, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center

This free workshop is a guide for those who expect to use the forthcoming data files from the Continuous National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) for their own research. The public-use data files are expected to be released in late 2009. No findings from the data files will be presented. Instead, the workshop will give researchers a preview of how the data were collected, how the data files are organized and what they contain, and describe how to obtain them when they are released. Time will be left for a question and answer session.

No advance signup is required. For further information please contact the NSFG staff at nsfg@cdc.gov.

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Volunteer Opportunity – Seattle Homeless Needs Assessment
This is a volunteer opportunity to participate in demographic research surveying the homeless in the City of Seattle on Monday, April 13 from 8:00 pm – 12:00 am. Its purpose is to provide important insight into the needs and barriers to housing facing this population.

More information is here.

Sign up as a volunteer here.