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- CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
- CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
- CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS
- CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- CALLS FOR PAPERS
- CONFERENCES
- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
- OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
Phil Morgan – Missing the Target? More on Correspondence of Fertility Intentions and Behavior in the U.S.
Phil Morgan, Duke University
Missing the Target? More on
Correspondence of Fertility Intentions and Behavior in the U.S.
Friday, May 8, 2009
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Parrington Hall Forum
CSDE Seminar Schedule
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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
New Course of Interest to Grad Students and Faculty: Biomarker Methods Research Group
BIO A 469/CSDE 595 is a new cross-listed course
between anthropology and CSDE; the instructors are Kathy O’Connor and Ellie Brindle. It's a one credit course and is offered for two quarters each academic
year (Autumn and Winter). The primary objective is to help build and maintain a
vibrant, diverse, and leading-edge biomarker and population health community of
researchers. It will facilitate exposure to, and participation in, a range of
work, across disciplines, using biomarker methods, and provide a stimulating
and sustained environment for growth, ideas, and collaboration. Participants
will include graduate students who register for the course, and importantly,
faculty who are interested in adopting, or whose work already involves,
biomarkers. Participation is open to graduate students and faculty across
campus. A unique feature of this course is the provision of a learning and
work-group environment for faculty.
Meeting time: Mondays 4:30-6:00pm
More information is here.
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CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS
Adrian Raftery Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Adrian Raftery is among 72 new members and 18
foreign associates from 15 countries who have been elected to the National
Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing
achievements in original research.
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Mark Handcock Elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association
Mark Handcock has been elected as a Fellow of
the American Statistical Association. The award will be presented at this
year's Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington D.C. this August.
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CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
Ania Loomba – The Modernity of Race
Center for West European Studies and the Simpson
Center for the Humanities
Ania Loomba, Catherine Bryson Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
The Modernity of Race
This lecture will examine how race is used as a marker to divide historical
periods and geographical spaces and, conversely, how periods and places are
understood in terms defined by race.
Today
4:00 pm
Communications 120
More information is here.
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Aleksandra Slavkovic – Logistic Regression with Distributed Databases
CSSS Seminar Series
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Assistant Professor, Penn State Department of Statistics
Logistic Regression with Distributed Databases
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Denny 401
More information is here.
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Chunling Lu – The Impact of Development Assistance for Health on Government Health Spending
IHME Seminar Series
Chunling Lu, Instructor, Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and
Social Medicine and Senior Research Associate, Harvard Initiative for Global
Health
The Impact of Development Assistance for Health on Government Health Spending
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
4:00 – 5:00 pm
IHME Offices
More information is here.
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Tania Li – To Make Live or Let Die? Rural Dispossession and the Protection of Surplus Population
Geography Colloquium
Tania Li, Professor, University of Toronto, Anthropology
To Make Live or Let Die? Rural Dispossession
and the Protection of Surplus Population
Friday, May 8, 2009
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Smith 304
More information is here.
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Janelle Taylor – Scripting and Enacting the Clinical 'Real': Standardized Patient Performances in Medical Education
Anthropological Epistemologies of Health and
Healing
Janelle Taylor
Scripting and Enacting the Clinical 'Real': Standardized Patient Performances
in Medical Education
Monday, May 11, 2009
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Denny Hall 401
More information is here.
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Richard Lockhart – Bayes Assisted Goodness of Fit
Department of Statistics Seminar
Richard Lockhart, Simon Fraser University Department of Statistics and
Actuarial Science
Bayes Assisted Goodness of Fit
Monday, May 11, 2009
3:30 pm
SIG 134
Coffee, tea, and cookies will be available in the Statistics Lounge after the
seminar.
More information is here.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Recovery Act Grand Opportunities GO Grant Submission Deadline Moved to May 29, 2009
(NOT-OD-09-090)
National Institutes of Health
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
The submission deadline for RFA-OD-09-004, Recovery Act Limited Competition for
NIH Grants: Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” (RC2),
has been moved from May 27 to May 29, 2009.
The opening date for this Funding Opportunity Announcement was April 29,
2009.
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Website for RFA-RR-09-009: Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Enabling Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery (U24)
(NOT-RR-09-012)
National Center for Research Resources
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
The purpose of this notice is to inform the biomedical and behavioral research
community that NCRR has established an
informational website for the RFA-RR-09-009: Recovery Act 2009 Limited
Competition: Enabling National Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery
(U24). Frequently Asked Questions and Answers related to this RFA can be found
on this site. In addition, the website
provides individuals the opportunity to post their interest in this RFA and
review the posts of others to facilitate potential applicants finding
application partners.
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Modeling the Scientific Workforce (U01)
(RFA-GM-10-003)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Application Receipt Date(s): October 08, 2009
This FOA issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National
Institutes of Health, solicits grant applications that propose to develop
computational models of the dynamics of the scientific workforce in the United
States. These models may be used to
inform program development and management, identify questions that need
additional research, and guide the collection and analysis of the data to
answer these questions.
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July 1 Separation of the UW IRB and the VA
As of July 1, the UW IRB will no longer provide
IRB review and oversight for research at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System
(VAPSHCS) or the Boise VA Medical Center.
VAPSHCS is forming its own independent IRB, which will begin operations
on July 1, 2009 and which will provide IRB oversight of all research at VAPSHCS
and Boise VA.
More information is here.
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A New UW IRB Committee is Forming
A new UW IRB Committee is being created. This is because we are losing two IRB Committees
(Committees V and V2) when the IRB relationship between the UW and the VA
dissolves on July 1. Also, we expect a
significantly increased workload because of federal stimulus funding for
research.
Committee K will be a hybrid IRB that will generally focus on studies combining
biomedical and behavioral components. We
expect that the committee members will find this an engaging and informative
portfolio of studies.
We are actively recruiting faculty and professional staff members for IRB
Committee K. We are especially
interested in anyone who has previous experience as an IRB member, but
newcomers are welcome, too. If you are interested, please contact Shannon
Sewards for more information:
Shannon Sewards, Assistant Director of Operations
ssewards@u.washington.edu 206-543-2254
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NSF Answers Frequently Asked Questions About SBE and GEO Funding Initiative
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and
Economic Sciences (SBE) and the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) seek to
increase collaboration between the geosciences and the social, behavioral and
economic sciences by augmenting funding for interdisciplinary research related
to the Environment, Society and the Economy (ESE).
NSF's answers to frequently asked questions about this initiative are here.
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West Coast Poverty Center – Poverty and Policy Small Grants Program
Applications due Friday, June 5, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
The West Coast Poverty Center (WCPC) at the University of Washington (UW)
invites applications for grants through its Poverty and Policy Small Grants
Program. The WCPC Poverty and Policy Small Grants program supports new and
continuing research on poverty and poverty-related policy with national and/or
west coast relevance. Scholars working
on topics relating to poverty and policy in any discipline are encouraged to
apply. The Center will award grants of
up to $15,000 for research on topics relating to the causes, consequences and
effective responses to poverty in the U.S. Of particular interest are proposals that
address:
· Changing labor markets and their consequences for economic security and
social well-being
· Changing patterns of work and family life, and the consequences of
transformations in family formation, employment, and caregiving arrangements
for the economic security of parents and children
· Changing demographics and their implications for poverty and public policy,
including issues of race, ethnicity, gender and immigration
· The performance of the safety net in the current recession
· Regionally-focused research examining poverty and anti-poverty policy in the
west coast states of Washington, Oregon, and California
AWARD
WCPC Poverty and Policy Small Grants will fund reasonable research expenses
such as data or software purchases, research assistance, research-related
travel, relevant supplies, academic year and summer salary, and/or statistical
or other consulting, to a maximum of $15,000.
ELIGIBILITY
Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method approaches are all encouraged as are
submissions from scholars in any discipline.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. and an appointment with an academic
institution or nonpartisan research institution.
For the complete RFP and an information flyer, please go to our website.
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CALLS FOR PAPERS
Educational Credentialism – Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Call for papers on the general topic of
“Educational Credentialism” for a special volume of Research in Social
Stratification and Mobility, Elsevier Publishers, under the series editorship
of Kevin Leicht, University of Iowa.
Special editors for this volume are David K. Brown, Illinois State
University and David B. Bills, University of Iowa. We seek new and continuing social
research from a variety of disciplines and perspectives on social inequalities
resultant of varied understandings of credentialing processes, including
theoretical, historical, comparative, and other empirical studies of
relationships between formal education and organizations/occupations/work. The deadline for submission is February 15,
2010. Expected publication date is
January, 2011. All manuscripts will be
peer reviewed. Manuscript guidelines,
online submission instructions, and other information for authors are available here.
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CONFERENCES
Place, Health, and Equity Conference – Thursday and Friday
Sponsored by CSDE and other UW Departments.
The Place, Health and Equity Conference brings together an interdisciplinary
group of scholars at the cutting edge of research and scholarship on the
intersections of place, racial and social inequity, and human well-being.
Surging interest in place as a social context that is deeply connected to
larger patterns of social advantage and disadvantage calls for multifaceted
conceptions of place as well as methods that can flexibly encompass geographic
location, material form, the meaning-making of diverse groups, and the dynamics
of rapidly changing rural and urban environments. The Place, Health and Equity
Conference aims to move the study of place forward by focusing lively
interdisciplinary attention on new conceptual and methodological directions.
Morning sessions are free and open to all. Breakfast and refreshments will be
provided.
May 7-8, 2009
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
HUB Room 310 (May 7), Room 106B (May 8)
More information and registration are here.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Instructor, Columbia Basin College, Sociology
Sociology Instructor. Full-time tenure-track Position.
Closing Date: For best consideration please apply by May 18, 2009. Open Until
Filled.
This is a full-time, tenure-track position in the Social Science & World
Language Division at Columbia
Basin College.
The faculty member will teach courses in the Sociology Department and other
Social Science departments, reporting to the Dean for Social Science &
World Language.
More information is here.
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Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Anthropology
The Anthropology Department invites applications
for a 1 year, non-regular type 2 (50%) position in Cultural Anthropology
beginning September, 2009. A Ph.D. in Anthropology is preferred, but ABD candidates
will also be considered. Successful candidates will teach cultural
anthropology. An ability to teach Methods and Ethics in Anthropology,
Cross-Cultural Women's Studies, and other higher-level anthropology courses
will be an asset. Kwantlen Polytechnic
University, Canada,
currently offers a BA minor degree in Anthropology. The Dept. hosts an annual
conference on culture, community, and well-being, and this summer is offering
an archaeology field school. Kwantlen provides an exceptional work environment
that includes small lecture classes, good collegiality, and an engaged student
population. Our unique regional university environment serves diverse
communities in the South Fraser region, with campuses in Surrey, Richmond, Langley,
and Cloverdale. The application deadline is 5/15/2009.
More information is here.
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Post-Doctoral Position – University of Utah, Institute of Public and International Affairs
The Institute of Public and International
Affairs (IPIA) at the University
of Utah is seeking to
fill a post-doctoral position in Demography of Aging. IPIA is housed within the
College of Social and Behavioral Science and has
the general goal of facilitating and enhancing the University’s
interdisciplinary activities and programs. More information about IPIA can be
found at www.ipia.utah.edu.
Within the general area of Demography of Aging, a successful candidate will
have research interests that intersect with one or more of the following
broadly viewed subjects: biodemography, migration, developing and/or emerging
societies, health/disability/mortality, population aging.
See the full job posting here.
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Post-Graduate Fellowship – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
(IHME) at the University
of Washington is
accepting applications for the Post-Graduate Fellowship program Winter cohort
2010.
IHME aspires to make available to the world high-quality information on
population health, its determinants, and the performance of health systems. We
seek to achieve this directly, by catalyzing the work of others and by training
researchers as well as policy makers. Our goal is to improve the health of the
world’s populations by providing the best information on population health. The
IHME Post-Graduate Fellowship Program provides a unique opportunity for
individuals with graduate-level training and a strong quantitative background
to conduct in-depth, methodological research on a variety of global health
topics with the mentorship of faculty and senior researchers. Through research,
training workshops and mentorship, the program is intended to enhance the
analytical skills of future academics and professional leaders in the field of
global health measurement and evaluation.
Post-Graduate Fellows will contribute directly to the overall research agenda
of IHME and will be involved in all aspects of projects including analyzing and
synthesizing existing data, catalyzing new data collection, building
statistical models and validating new analytical methods, interpreting
findings, and reporting and disseminating results. Post-Graduate Fellows will
be involved in research in one of six key areas of work: health outcomes,
health services, resource inputs, evaluations, decision analytics, and tools
and instruments.
Application deadline: August 1, 2009
More information is here.
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Two National Center for Education Statistics Summer Training Seminars
The National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) will be holding two summer training seminars in Washington, DC
on high school longitudinal studies data. Both seminars will cover the same
material, focusing on the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) and
the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) databases.
The first seminar will be on July 13-15 (application due June 1) and the second
seminar will be on August 17-19 (application due July 6).There are no fees to
attend the seminars for accepted applicants. The seminars are open to advanced
graduate students and faculty members from colleges and universities
nationwide, as well as to other researchers, education practitioners, and
policy analysts. Participants are expected to outline a research study as part
of the application process, describing how the study would be furthered by
participation in the seminar. Participants attending the seminar should also
have a solid understanding of statistical methods and be proficient in the use
of SPSS or SAS.
Full announcement and application information for the July 13-15th seminar can
be accessed here. For the August 17-19th seminar, the materials are here.
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
PRB Has Added New Content to its Website
The Population Reference Bureau has added the
following content to its website:
POPULATION, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT
The Art of Coalition Building: A Population, Health, and Environment
Consortium in Ethiopia
For more than a decade, PRB has nurtured national and international coalitions
that address population, maternal and child health, global health priorities,
and the environment. Sharing the successes and challenges of coalitions in
similar contexts can motivate and instigate new coalitions. This article
captures the experiences from a newly formed but rapidly advancing coalition focused
on population, health, and environment issues in Ethiopia,
with the hope that their experience will be valuable to similar nascent groups
in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. This article
was written by Eric Zuehlke, an editor at PRB; and Jason Bremner, program
director for Population, Health, and Environment at PRB.
UNITED STATES
Economic Recession Presents Further Challenges to Uninsured Children in the United States
One in every 10 children in the United States
had no health insurance in 2007, and the cost of insurance to families and
employers is rising, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine.
America’s
Uninsured Crisis: Consequences for Health and Health Care documents an
increasing burden on families with children. The economic recession further
strains families' resources to provide care for their children. As costs and
unemployment rise, employer-sponsored health care is becoming less of a
guarantee for families. This article was written by Eric Zuehlke, an editor at
PRB.
What You Need to Know About the 2010 U.S. Census
With one year to go before the 2010 U.S. Census, what measures are being taken
to ensure that Americans participate? How will technology such as handheld GPS
systems be used to gather data? Why is the census so important to foundations
and nonprofits? What interests and concerns does Congress have? These questions
and others were addressed at a policy seminar at PRB on the preparation,
challenges, and opportunities of the upcoming census. The seminar also provided
a platform for the launch of PRB's Census 2010 coverage.
FERTILITY
Changes in Fertility Rates Among Muslims in India,
Pakistan, and Bangladesh
The number of Muslims worldwide is projected to grow over the next decade to
reach one-quarter of the world's population, largely because of higher
fertility among Muslim populations. Yet, it is simplistic to argue that there
is a specifically Islamic pattern of fertility due solely to religious
influence, says Mehtab Karim, a senior research adviser and senior fellow at
the Pew Forum on Religion and World Affairs. Karim visited PRB as part of its
ongoing Policy Seminar series and presented findings based on the latest
Demographic and Health Survey data from India,
Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
AGING
Effects of Early Life on Elderly Health
This e-newsletter is the 16th in a series funded by the University of Michigan
Center on the Demography of Aging. This issue, "Effects of Early Life on
Elderly Health," reviews research sponsored by the National Institute of
Aging, and other research, on the effects of early life on adult and elderly
health. This newsletter was written by Diana Lavery, an intern at PRB; and
Marlene Lee, a senior research associate at PRB.
U.S.
Adult Mortality and Health Trends in an International Context
Eileen Crimmins, professor of gerontology and sociology at the University of
Southern California, talked with PRB about life expectancy in the United States
compared with other countries; the reasons for differing mortality trends; and
the effects of lifestyle, behavior, and the health care system on mortality.
This webcast was underwritten by the University of Michigan Center on the
Demography of Aging.
The Effect of Smoking on Trends in U.S Mortality at Older Ages
Samuel Preston is a professor of demography at the University of Pennsylvania.
Preston talked with PRB about the contribution of smoking to mortality in the United States
and other developed countries. This webcast was underwritten by the University
of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging.
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