|
CSDE-eNews Bulletin |
June 30, 2009
|
Archive
Submit News
- CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
- CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
- OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
Important Heads-up From the Computing Core
1) CSDE-TS3 upgrade in mid July
The CSDE Computer Core has completed upgrades of the general-access Windows
systems CSDE-TS1 and CSDE-TS2. The next
terminal server upgrade will be CSDE-TS3. We are planning to upgrade CSDE-TS3
sometime after July 15th. We will have an announcement closer to that
date. Note that the intent is to make
all three terminal servers (CSDE-TS1, -TS2, and -TS3) the same with regards to
software, so that you can use them interchangeably.
* IMPORTANT NOTE: If you use Outlook or
Outlook Express on CSDE-TS3, we will need you to work with the computing Core
to export and migrate your Outlook email settings BEFORE this outage. We recommend that you email to CSDE_Help for
direction as soon as possible.*
If you use Mozilla Thunderbird, your profile can be migrated much easier and
there is nothing special for you to do besides the usual migration request
after the new server is online.
2) A Windows "password change" requirement is coming
In Mid-July we will be requiring many CSDE Users to change their windows passwords.
This is a required action in order to synchronize your credential with the new
Active Directory - UNIX gateway. Note that
your new password will have to meet our complexity requirements or it will not
be accepted by the system.
For tips on choosing a good password, see here.
3) Are you a heavy Stata user?
Multiprocessor Stata MP is now available for your consideration on SIM14
and SIM15.
Back to top
The CSSS 10th Anniversary Conference is Online
Did you miss the CSSS 10th Anniversary
Conference earlier this month? You can watch/listen to conference sessions online
at UWTV. The link is here.
Back to top
Colby Phillips' Research on Obsidian Flakes in the Kuril Islands is Profiled in UWeek
Colby Phillips, anthropology doctoral student
who is working with Benjamin Fitzhugh, is the lead author of
a Journal of Archaeological Science article that traces the origin of obsidian
flakes in the Kuril Islands. The flakes provide clues to how people
settled and interacted. The UWeek article about the research is here.
Back to top
Laura Hinton Receives Two UW Academic Honors
Laura Hinton, who worked for two years on Sara Curran's NSF-funded research project (Migration and Social Dynamics - Unpacking
the Black Box of Cumulative Causation), received two well-deserved 2009
academic honors: a President's Medal for scholarship as a community college
transfer student, and the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal in social
science. Laura, who graduated in June with honors, earned her BA in
anthropology. She plans to earn an MS in nursing, with the eventual goal of
promoting marginalized populations' access to health care.
Read the UWeek article about her President's Medal here, and the A&S
article about this year’s Dean’s Medal recipients here.
Back to top
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
Julie Rajaratman – Estimating Mortality Across the Globe: New Methods for Working with Imperfect Data
IHME Seminar
Julie Rajaratnam, Research Scientist, IHME
Estimating Mortality Across the Globe: New Methods for Working with Imperfect Data
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
9:30 – 11:00 am
IHME Offices
More information is here.
Back to top
Alan Fleischman – Ethical Issues in Research with Children
School of Public Health
Pediatric Bioethics Seminar Series
Alan Fleischman, MD, March of Dimes
Ethical Issues in Research with Children
Thursday, July 2, 2009
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Soundgarden Conference Room
1900 9th Ave
More information is here.
Back to top
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Fertility Preservation Research: Advancing Beyond Technology (R01)
(RFA-HD-09-009)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Application Receipt Date(s): October 20, 2009
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) solicit (R01) grant applications that propose to: 1)
characterize the risks and mechanisms of gonadal damage secondary to exposure
to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or occupational or environmental hazards,
2) elucidate more reliable biomarkers of reproductive capacity, and 3) examine
the social, legal, and ethical ramifications of fertility preservation
technologies.
The NICHD intends to fund grant applications that fit within the missions of
the Reproductive Sciences Branch (RSB) and the Demographic and Behavioral
Sciences (DBS) Branch within the Center for Population Research (CPR). The
mission of the RSB is to encourage, enable and support scientific research
aimed at alleviating human infertility, uncovering new contraceptive leads and
expanding fundamental knowledge of processes that underlie human reproduction.
To that end, the RSB intends to support meritorious applications that emphasize
the following: 1) epidemiologic studies designed to determine the incidence and
prevalence of infertility in individuals exposed to life-saving, but
gonadotoxic chemotherapy or radiation therapy in children, reproductive age
women and men; 2) the development of biomarkers and clinical parameters to
better predict gonadal reserve and reproductive capacity secondary to
therapeutic modalities, reproductive diseases and disorders; and 3) proposals
designed to elucidate the mechanism(s) in which chemotherapy and radiation negatively
impact fertility status.
The mission of the DBS Branch is to improve the health and well-being of
individuals, families, and populations by adding to knowledge about human
population dynamics and their causes and consequences. Applicants may propose
demographic studies of candidate populations for fertility preservation.
Studies may cover all or portions of the fertility preservation experience,
i.e. the transition from fecundity to subfecundity and infertility, the
transition into treatment, the pathway through treatment, treatment outcomes,
and longer term follow-up with parents and children. The DBS Branch is also
interested in applications examining the social, ethical, and legal aspects of
fertility preservation: inclusion and exclusion criteria for preserving
fertility, social and economic barriers among families to access care, and
implications for the family unit as well as the individuals (well-being and
quality of life) are a priority to the DBS Branch.
Back to top
Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (CEBRA) (R21)
(PAR-09-222)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): For both non-AIDS and AIDS
applications: August 21, 2009, December 21, 2009, August 20, 2010, December 21,
2010, August 19, 2011, and December 21, 2011
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Cutting-Edge Basic Research Award
(CEBRA) is designed to foster highly innovative or conceptually creative
research related to drug abuse and addiction and how to prevent and treat them.
It supports research that is high-risk and potentially high-impact that is
underrepresented or not included in NIDA's current portfolio. The proposed
research should: (1) test a highly novel and significant hypothesis for which
there is scant precedent or preliminary data and which, if confirmed, would
have a substantial impact on current thinking; and/or (2) develop or adapt
innovative techniques or methods for addiction research, or that have promising
applicability to drug abuse research.
Back to top
2010 Young Scholars Competition
Foundation for Child Development 2010 Young
Scholars Competition
FCD's Young Scholars Program (YSP) supports a new generation of scholars conducting research on the
development of young children (birth-10) in immigrant families, particularly
those who are low-income. To be eligible, researchers must have earned their
doctoral degrees within the last 15 years, and be tenure-track faculty members
at a college or university in the United States. Three to four fellowships of
up to $150,000 for use over one to three years (and in rare cases, up to five
years) will be awarded competitively. Tenure-equivalent positions are not
eligible for the program.
The deadline for proposals is November 4, 2009.
Download the following PDF documents:
* 2010 FCD Young Scholars Program Description
* 2010 FCD Young Scholars Proposal and Budget Format
Quick Links
FCD Home Page
PreK-3rd Initiative
New American Children
Child Well-Being Index
Young Scholars Program
Learning Curve Archives
Back to top
Resource Core Alcohol Research Centers (P30)
(RFA-AA-10-002)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Application Receipt Date(s): December 02, 2009
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites
applications for Resource Core Center awards using the NIH P30 funding
mechanism to support environments in which basic and applied scientists can assemble
to develop a collaborative transdisciplinary alcohol research program. The NIAAA P30 mechanism provides funding for
centralized resources and facilities shared by alcohol research investigators. Resource Core Alcohol Research Centers will
enrich the effectiveness of ongoing research and promote new research
directions. The purpose of this program is to provide resources to foster
interdisciplinary, collaborative research on a wide variety of topics relevant
to the Institute’s mission. These topics include, but are not limited to: the
nature, etiology, genetics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol use
disorders and their biomedical, psychosocial, and economic consequences across
the lifespan. Resource Core Centers
are expected to act as regional or national resources in their area of
expertise and to actively develop research collaborations with outside
investigators, as well as provide the means to develop novel research ideas and
encourage investigators via pilot projects.
There are also related FOAs: Specialized
Alcohol Research Centers (P50) (RFA-AA-10-003), and Comprehensive Alcohol
Research Centers (P60) (RFA-AA-10-004).
Back to top
The Early Detection Research Network: Biomarker Developmental Laboratories (U01)
(RFA-CA-09-017)
National Cancer Institute
Application Receipt Date(s): October 29, 2009
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits cooperative agreement
applications for Biomarker Developmental Laboratories (BDLs), one of the four
components of the Early Detection Research Network (EDRN). EDRN is a national
consortium funded to discover, develop, and validate biomarkers for early
cancer detection, risk assessment, and the molecular diagnosis and prognosis of
early cancer.. The BDLs have responsibility for the development and
characterization of new, or the refinement of existing, biomarkers and
biomarker assays. The other three main components of the EDRN are: the
Biomarker Reference Laboratories (BRLs), which serve as Network resources for
clinical and laboratory validation of biomarkers; the Clinical Validation
Centers (CVCs), which conduct clinical research on the validation of biomarkers
in early cancer detection and risk assessment and serve as resource centers for
the EDRN by participating in collaborative biomarker validation studies and
collaborating with EDRN BDLs and BRLs; and the Data Management and Coordinating
Center (DMCC), which supports statistical and computational analyses,
informatics infrastructure, and the coordination of network-wide meetings and
conferences.
Back to top
Change to RFA-MD-09-008-Recovery Act Limited Competition: NCMHD Dissertation Research Award to Increase Diversity (R36)
(NOT-MD-09-003)
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
The purpose of this Notice is to change the entry: Number of Applications from one per applicant
Instituteto one per eligible
pre-doctoral student in RFA-MD-09-008.
All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.
Back to top
Life Sciences Discovery Fund 2009 Summer Commercialization Grant Competition
Moving promising, early-stage technologies
toward commercialization can be challenging—going beyond the so called 'valley
of death'—a segment of the commercialization pathway where funding may be
unavailable because the research work is considered too applied for federal
funding and too risky for private investment. Life Sciences Discovery Fund
(LSDF) commercialization grants can unlock the funding gate to
commercialization. LSDF is currently seeking pre-proposal submissions for its
2009 Summer Commercialization Grant Competition. Two-page pre-proposals are due
on July 15. Grants will fund research and development of new technologies to
reduce the risk associated with their commercialization. This work, often
referred to as "prototype development," or "proof of
principle" or "reduction to practice" experimentation is
supported by LSDF to improve health and health care and to foster economic
development within Washington state. Grants will be up to $150,000 for work to
be completed within one year. Full proposals are due on September 9 and awards
will be announced in mid-December.
Questions? Contact programs@lsdfa.org.
LSDF 2009 Commercialization Competition Fact Sheet
LSDF 2009 Summer Commercialization Grants Request for Proposals
LSDF 2009 Commercialization Funding Opportunities
Back to top
Gates Foundation Supports Program to Provide Financial Services in Developing Countries
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is
giving $20 million to the World Bank for a program to provide financial
services in developing countries. The
World Bank will use the funding to establish the Agriculture Finance Support
Facility to increase access to financial services, such as savings, credit,
payments and insurance, in rural areas in developing countries. The World Bank will make grants to banks and
other institutions.
More information is here.
Back to top
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Assistant / Associate Professor – University of Southern California, Department of Preventative Medicine
The Institute for Prevention Research (IPR) and
the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California
invites applications for full-time, tenure-track positions at the assistant and
associate professor ranks. The Institute includes faculty who conduct research
on disease prevention with particular emphasis on risk behaviors among
adolescents including particularly sedentary lifestyle and obesity. It is
important to understand the underlying factors that lead to poor eating habits,
reduced exercise, and resulting obesity especially among adolescents because
these behaviors may become life long habits that contribute to the onset of
several chronic diseases. The social and biological contributors to obesity
related behaviors need to be integrated into a cohesive model in order to lead
to prevention programs that are likely to be effective. IPR seeks faculty
members who will address these research topics with the objective of eventually
leading to large prevention field trials in multiethnic settings.
In addition, the academic programs include degrees at the bachelors, masters
and doctoral level. Applicants must have a commitment and evidence of high
quality teaching and mentoring at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Review
of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the candidate is
selected.
More information is here.
Back to top
Instructor – Big Bend Community College, Psychology and Social Science
Big Bend Community College is a small rural
community college located in the sunny, central part of Washington State, and
accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Big Bend
Community College serves over 5,000 students annually, with an annualized FTE
of approximately 1,800, in a 4,600-square-mile service district including 15
communities in Grant and Adams Counties and the Odessa School District in
Lincoln County with on-site, online instruction, and interactive classrooms.
The Psychology/Social Science department has two full-time positions within the
larger Social Science Division. We are looking for someone prepared and interested
in teaching in more than one field of the Social Sciences.
Our college seeks faculty who can emphasize the academic success of their
students, and who love to teach. We particularly welcome those who will be
active participants in our small but thriving college community.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Specifically these responsibilities will include but not be limited to the
following:
·Primary responsibilities include teaching classes in Psychology and other
Social Science classes needed
·Teaching assignments are based on college needs and may include day, evening
classes, and online classes
·Provide advice, support, and oversight for Social Science adjunct (part-time)
faculty in conjunction with division chair
·Support students' academic success by maintaining regular office hours,
advising students and providing service to students with special needs
·Participate as a member of working committees dealing with instruction,
college-wide and department assessment, student matters and/or college related
concerns
·Work effectively with colleagues and students of various cultural and
socio-economic backgrounds and be a contributing member of the campus community
·Maintain positive and effective communications with students, faculty,
administration and staff
·Foster a flexible, healthy learning environment with respect for student
diversity
·Demonstrate a commitment to professional growth and development
·Other duties as agreed to with division chair or administrator
Application Deadline: July 29, 2009
More information is here.
Back to top
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Summer Institute for Public Health Practice 2009
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
School of Public Health, University of Washington
Join us for the 18th annual Summer Institute August 10th – 14th, 2009 at the
William H. Gates Hall on the University of Washington Campus. Learn what’s
current in public health practice including emergency preparedness, leadership,
management and new ways to integrate skills that are practical and provide dual
use that address both emergent and everyday issues. You’ll hear from leading
experts in the field on cross-cutting issues and receive practical, case-based
training from our nationally renowned faculty. Network with colleagues from
across the nation and learn what others are doing to impact public health in
their communities.
All of our courses address both the practical application of the subject matter
and how to integrate these needed skills in emergency preparedness for planning
and response.
August 10 – 14, 2009
William H. Gates Hall
More information and registration are here.
Back to top
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
The Federal Research Public Access Act – a Senate Bill to Expand NIH Public Access Policy to Other Agencies
A bill was introduced in the Senate last week
that essentially expands the NIH Public Access Policy to NSF, DOE, HHS, and
others. Unlike NIH's policy, it reduces the embargo period from 12 months to 6
months and doesn't require that PubMed Central is the only repository.
On June 25, 2009, Senators Lieberman (I-CT) and Cornyn (R-TX) introduced
the Federal Research Public Access Act
(S.1373), a bill that would ensure free,
timely, online access to the published results of research funded by eleven U.S. federal agencies.
S.1373 would require those agencies with
annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with online access
to research manuscripts stemming from
such funding no later than six months after publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The bill gives individual agencies flexibility in choosing the location of the
digital repository to house this
content, as long as the repositories meet conditions for interoperability and public accessibility,
and have provisions for long-term
archiving.
The bill specifically covers unclassified research funded by agencies including: Department of Agriculture,
Department of Commerce, Department of
Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services,
Department of Homeland Security,
Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and the National Science
Foundation.
S. 1373 reflects the growing trend among funding agencies – and college and university campuses – to leverage
their investment in the conduct of
research by maximizing the dissemination of results. It
follows the successful path forged by the NIH’s Public Access Policy.
Back to top
PRB Has Added New Content to its Website
The Population Reference Bureau has added new
content to its website, www.prb.org
AGING
Social Support, Networks, and Happiness
As Americans live longer, researchers have begun to investigate how people can
move into old age not just healthier, but also happier. Increasingly,
researchers are exploring relationships between physical and mental health and
social connections among the elderly. Recent research sponsored by the U.S.
National Institute on Aging and other research explores these relationships,
especially how social networks affect health and happiness and influence
longevity. This issue of Today’s Research on Aging was written by Meghan
Cagley, a former program associate at the Population Reference Bureau; and
Marlene Lee, a senior research associate at PRB.
Gender Differences in Health Among the Elderly in China
Men and women face distinct challenges in late life. Paradoxically, men tend to
have shorter lives but women have more health problems at any given age.
Addressing why women live longer but have more health problems and why men die
earlier can help reduce health care and long-term care costs for the elderly
and narrow the gender health gap. Toshiko Kaneda, Population Reference Bureau;
Zachary Zimmer, University of Utah; and Xianghua Fang and Zhe Tang, Capital
Medical University, examined a sample of older adults in Beijing to determine
gender differences in health and mortality after a five-year period.
Webcast: Health Effect of Marriage and Other Social Relationships
Social relationships keep older people healthy, and the marriage relationship
is especially beneficial. A growing body of research helps explain how social
interactions affect a person’s health, and the importance of maintaining social
networks and relationships later in life. Sociologist and demographer Linda
Waite discussed her research on these interactions with PRB.
PRB Discuss Online, June 24, 1-2 p.m.: “How Will Global Aging Affect Economic Development?”
The number of people over age 60 is expected to reach 1 billion by 2020 and
almost 2 billion by 2050, representing 22 percent of the world's population.
Join David Bloom, economist and demographer at the Harvard School of Public
Health, for the online discussion "How Will Global Aging Affect Economic
Development?" You may submit questions in advance.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Webcast: “Africa’s Future: Improving the Health of Mothers and Children”
Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, 265,000 mothers die in childbirth and 4.5
million children die before the age of 5 from preventable causes. To discuss
these stark facts and the benefits of family planning programs for the health
of mothers and children, three researchers took part in a congressional
briefing on June 5, 2009, in Washington, D.C.: John Bongaarts, vice president
and distinguished scholar at the Population Council; Jotham Musinguzi, regional
director of Partners in Population and Development, Africa Regional Office in
Uganda; and Nafissatou (Nafy) Diop, reproductive health and family planning
technical advisor and country director for the Population Council in Senegal.
The event was co-sponsored by the Association of Population Centers, Population
Action International, Population Association of America, Population Council,
Population Reference Bureau, Population Resource Center, and UCLA Bixby Center
on Population and Reproductive Health.
Expanding Contraceptive Choice: Five Promising Innovations
This PRB policy brief highlights five "next generation"
contraceptives, each of which offers one or more advantages over similar
earlier methods. These innovations are among those expected to enter the market
within five years and can assist country programs to make contraception more
accessible and attractive to women and couples. This brief was written by Karin
Ringheim, a senior policy adviser at PRB; and James Gribble; vice president,
International Programs, at PRB.
DEVELOPMENT
Demographic Data for Development Decisionmaking
In September 2008, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation requested that the
Population Reference Bureau assess what data policymakers and journalists do
use, should use, and how to increase demand for such data in policymaking and
reporting. In response, PRB embarked on case studies in Ethiopia and Uganda.
The report summarizing this assessment was written by Jason Bremner (PRB
project leader); Ethiopia team: Charles Teller (country coordinator), Assefa
Hailemariam, and Negash Teklu; and the Uganda team: Angela Akol and Grace
Nagendi.
Back to top
|
|
|
|
