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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS: Announcement from the Computing Core – Terminal Server Upgrades Complete; Announcement from the Computing Core – High Performance Computing
CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS: Shelly Lundberg Elected 2nd VP of the Society of Labor Economists; Giedrius Blazys Accepts Position at Uppsala University, Sweden; James Gregory Quoted in Newsweek; A Delightful Population Increase Stat: Introducing Maeve Cassels Jaeger
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: Mira Hidajat – Health and Mortality in Indonesia; Dr. Mark Kline – Scaling Up the Care and Treatment of HIV-Infected Children Globally
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: New Provost Research Initiative Matching Funds Request Form; Grants offered for Alcohol, Drug Abuse Research; Encouraging Innovation in HIV Research; Population Research Infrastructure Program (PRIP) FY10 (R24); Substance Use and Abuse among U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families (R01); IRB Considers Electronic Application System
CALLS FOR PAPERS: Population Association of America (PAA) Call for Papers; Research on Connections between Health and SES Using PSID Data
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Tier 2 Canada Research Chair – Lakehead University, Sustainable Northern Community Development; Assistant/ Untenured Associate Professor – Harvard University, Anthropology; Assistant Professor – McGill University, Sociology; Assistant Professor – University of Michigan, Center for Afroamerican & African Studies; Assistant Professor – Drexel University, Economics; Permanent Positions – U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow – Johns Hopkins University
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: PRB Has Added New Content to Website

CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS

Announcement from the Computing Core – Terminal Server Upgrades Complete
We have recently completed the 2009 trio of Terminal Server upgrades. TS1, TS2, and TS3 now have the same hardware and operating system version and roughly the same software installed on each. They all have 64GB of memory and 16 core CPUs, running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition.

Most of the software programs installed on the old terminal servers are still available on the new terminal servers. However, due to hardware compatibility and licensing issues, Gauss 7.0 and S-Plus 8.0 will no longer be supported on the updated servers. Additional software programs that are available to all three terminal servers are: Unicon CPS Utilities for US Census Bureau Population Survey data viewing, ATLAS.ti 6, LIMDEP 9, and MathType 6.5. Both Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 are supported on the terminal servers.

We are also pleased to announce that the Nutrition/Diet Analysis and Fitness software Food Processor and SQL Nutritionist Pro are now available on all three terminal servers.

For software on our terminal servers, please see here.

Announcement from the Computing Core – High Performance Computing
** Coming upgrades & a buy-in opportunity for High Performance Computing ** CSDE is soon replacing the SIM and MOSIX clusters. If you have extra funds or are thinking about High Performance Computing (HPC), please consider contributing a compute node to one of the CSDE Computing Clusters. These clusters include the CSDE SIM cluster and the CSDE Mosix cluster. CSDE is working with other HPC campus groups to ensure your investment will be usable with both the CSDE cluster and the E-Sciences cluster.

More information is here.

CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS

Shelly Lundberg Elected 2nd VP of the Society of Labor Economists
Shelly Lundberg was elected 2nd Vice President of the Society of Labor Economists for 2009-2010. The Second Vice President advances in rank in the years following their election, so in 2012, Shelly will serve as President of the Society.

Giedrius Blazys Accepts Position at Uppsala University, Sweden
Giedrius Blazys, who was a CSDE Fellow supported by the Shanahan Endowment, recently completed his Ph.D. in Economics. He has accepted a position as a Researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden. Congratulations, Giedrius!

James Gregory Quoted in Newsweek
History largely records the 1930s as a bleak chapter in American life. But some famous survivors fondly recall a time of resourcefulness, altruism and even joy. James Gregory, professor of history, is quoted in the July 29th issue of Newsweek.

Read the article here.

A Delightful Population Increase Stat: Introducing Maeve Cassels Jaeger
Susie Cassels and her husband Mike Jaeger are the proud parents of a baby girl! Maeve Cassels Jaeger was born on Sunday, July 26th at 6:30am. She was born a healthy 6lb 8oz, 18.5 inches long. According to Susie, everyone is doing quite well. Wonderful news!

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

Mira Hidajat – Health and Mortality in Indonesia
IHME Seminar
Mira Hidajat, PhD candidate, Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University
Health and Mortality in Indonesia

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
3:30 – 5:00 pm
IHME Offices

More information is here.

Dr. Mark Kline – Scaling Up the Care and Treatment of HIV-Infected Children Globally
Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
AIDS Clinical Conferences
Dr. Mark Kline, J.S. Abercrombie Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief, Texas Children’s Hospital
Scaling Up the Care and Treatment of HIV-Infected Children Globally: Lessons from the Field in Romania and Sub-Saharan Africa

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
8:00 – 9:00 am
R & T Building Rooms 117/121
Harborview Medical Center

More information is here.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

New Provost Research Initiative Matching Funds Request Form
The Office of Research has announced the development of a new web-based form for requesting matching funds.

The Office of Research has created an updated web request form for matching funds that will hopefully provide more information to departments and deans' offices, as well as to the Office of Research for tracking purposes.

Updated guidelines and the new form can be found on the Office of Research website here.

This form must be completed and submitted for all requests for Provost matching funds. All requests should still be approved by the dean or designee prior to submitting to the Office of Research.

Grants offered for Alcohol, Drug Abuse Research
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW researchers for its Small Grants research awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $30,000 for faculty and research scientists. The funding limit for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows is $20,000.

The next application deadline is 5 p.m., Oct. 15. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI website or by calling ADAI at 206-543-0937.

Encouraging Innovation in HIV Research
International AIDS Society
National Institutes of Health
Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Encouraging Innovation in HIV Research: Research Grant Program for Early Career Investigators with No Prior Experience in HIV Research

The International AIDS Society, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announce a new program to support innovative research projects to introduce basic and experimental scientists from other disciplines to the field of HIV research.

This program will offer funding for 1-2 years with support of up to US$150,000 per year through the NIH-funded Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program.

Scientists from the following disciplines who have not previously conducted HIV/AIDS research are encouraged to apply:
•              Molecular and cellular biology
•              Immunology
•              Virology
•              Pharmacology
•              Genomics/Genetics/Gene technology
•              Structural biology
•              Chemistry/Biochemistry
•              Infectious disease
•              Biotechnology
•              Behavioral and social sciences

For application dates and more information, see the International AIDS Society website. (As of the time of this posting, http://www.iasociety.org is down. If you are unable to access the website, please check back at a later time.)

Population Research Infrastructure Program (PRIP) FY10 (R24)
(RFA-HD-09-004)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Application Receipt Date(s): November 24, 2009

This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits grant applications that propose to provide infrastructure support in order to foster and enhance the research capabilities of established population research centers that are highly productive and influential in the areas of research within the mission of the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB), Center for Population Research NICHD. The Population Infrastructure Program (PRIP) allows three types of research infrastructure support: Research Support Cores; Developmental Infrastructure Cores; and Public Infrastructure Cores. This FOA allows for two types of applications: (1) Standard PRIP Applications, which request funding for Research Support Cores and/or Developmental Infrastructure Cores, and may also request funding for Public Infrastructure Cores; and (2) Public Infrastructure Only Applications, which request funding only for Public Infrastructure Core(s).

Substance Use and Abuse among U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families (R01)
(RFA-DA-10-001)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Cancer Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Application Receipt Date(s): December 22, 2009

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued by NIDA, NIAAA, NCI, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enhance and accelerate research on the epidemiology/etiology, identification, and prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse (including illicit and prescription drugs) and associated mental health problems among active-duty or recently separated (e.g., Iraq and Afghanistan) military troops and their families. VA has specific interest in supporting research directed towards advancing prevention and treatment of mental health and comorbid substance use/abuse problems in veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan deployments (including National Guard and Reservists) and their families.

An R21 RFP has also be issued (RFA-DA-10-002).

IRB Considers Electronic Application System
The UW Human Subjects division is working towards a system for electronic submission, review, and tracking of applications. This system would aim to improve efficiency and increase the quality of applications and reviews. However, the process is likely to occur over a series of incremental steps rather than all at once. While creation of this system remains “on the radar,” the priority for this upcoming year is substantial revision and improvement of the forms. Input is welcome during their development.

CALLS FOR PAPERS

Population Association of America (PAA) Call for Papers
PAA solicits papers for its 2010 annual conference, in Dallas, Texas, April 15-17, 2010. Submissions are made online at the 2010 Annual Meeting Program Website, http://paa2010.princeton.edu. The process for submitting papers is similar to that from last year. All authors are asked to submit both: a) a short (150 word) abstract to be entered online; and b) either an extended (2-4 pages, including tables) abstract or a completed paper to be uploaded to the website following instructions available online. Authors may modify their submission online at any time until September 21, 2009. Extended Abstracts must be sufficiently detailed to allow the session organizer to judge the merits of the paper, including a description of the topic to be studied, the theoretical focus, the data and research methods, and the expected findings. Alternatively, authors can submit completed papers for the organizer review. If your submission is accepted in a regular session you must upload the full paper by March 2, 2010.

The full call for papers is here.

Research on Connections between Health and SES Using PSID Data
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), with support from the National Institute on Aging, announces a call for papers using PSID data to conduct research on the connection between health and socioeconomic status within and across generations. Between 10-20 papers will be presented at a conference to be held in Ann Arbor, MI in September 2010. Support for travel and lodging will be provided to one author per paper.
Deadline: October 16, 2009

Listed below are some examples of topics, intended for illustrative purposes. This is not a comprehensive list of possible topics.

• Establish the differences in the relationships between health and socioeconomic status among adult siblings – and between parents and adult children – across the life course, and elucidate the various mechanisms accounting for these relationships;
• Estimate models of transmission in education, economic status, and health status across two and three generations, including an examination of endogenous family structure;
• Examine generational differences in factors affecting the retirement decision, including socioeconomic and health factors;
• Examine the transitions and/or spells in health insurance coverage and their relationship to other transitions;
• Examine the effects of events early in the life course on later-life outcomes;
• Investigate the role of neighborhood factors on health.

More information is here.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair – Lakehead University, Sustainable Northern Community Development
Lakehead University invites applications from internationally recognized and respected scholars in the social sciences and humanities to be considered for two Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) positions.

Candidates will be expected to conduct and coordinate interdisciplinary social science research that addresses sustainable community development in Northern Canada. The research scope will include northern Ontario, with broader application to other provincial and circumpolar 'Norths'. The successful candidate will undertake applied research in communities confronting novel, rapidly changing, unpredictable, largely externally induced environmental, social, and economic situations. S/he will seek to contextualize such changes, exploring means of economic diversification, social resilience, and sustainability. Such research will be community-based and oriented towards problem-solving, but may have a local, regional or international perspective. We welcome applicants from diverse fields including anthropology, economics, geography, history, sociology, social work, tourism, and other social sciences and humanities disciplines.

The successful candidates will hold a doctoral degree and have excellent research credentials and a demonstrated record of, or potential to attract external research funding. Tier 2 positions are intended for emerging scholars with the potential to retain or achieve international recognition in their fields in the next five to ten years. Successful candidates must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students. Candidates must have the necessary qualifications to be appointed as a tenured or tenure-track professor at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. CRCs will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with researchers throughout the university, as well as the wider community. Normally, the Tier 2 CRC competition is open to candidates who have at most 10 years' experience from the highest degree at the time of nomination.

Review of applications will begin October 1, 2009.

More information is here.

Assistant/ Untenured Associate Professor – Harvard University, Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology and the Department of African and African American Studies invite applications for a tenure-track joint appointment at the level of Assistant or untenured Associate Professor in the field of Social Anthropology. The Departments seek a specialist in African and/or African diasporic societies and cultures. Applications will be considered from scholars whose research is firmly grounded in ethnographic fieldwork, on cutting-edge areas of significance to the discipline of social anthropology (including, but not confined to: gender and sexuality, development, economic anthropology, political ecology, religion). Instruction will include courses both at the undergraduate and at the graduate levels (a total of four courses per year). Candidates are expected to demonstrate a promise of excellence both in research and teaching. The appointment will begin in the Fall term of 2010. Ph.D. must be completed before the appointment date.

Application Deadline: November 1, 2009
More information is here.

Assistant Professor – McGill University, Sociology
Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, commencing September 2010. We are looking to expand our strength in the area of ethnicity and migration. Within this substantive area, research with a focus on gender is welcome. Ability to teach advanced qualitative or quantitative methods is expected. We will begin reviewing applications on September 15, 2009.

More information is here.

Assistant Professor – University of Michigan, Center for Afroamerican & African Studies
The Center for Afroamerican & African Studies (CAAS) seeks to hire a full time, tenure track, junior faculty member specializing in environmental and resource issues in sub-Saharan Africa with an expressed interest in sustainable development. As part of the "Environment, Information and Sustainable Development: The Asia-Africa Nexus" cluster hire being conducted by the Department of History (LSA), the School of Information, and the School of Natural Resources and Environment, this CAAS-specific hire would ideally be engaged in the broader issue of the relationship between Africa and Asia and the consequences for economic and social life in African nations.

We seek a scholar, trained in the social sciences with an interest in understanding the intersections between trade, development and the environment. Relevant areas of research include, but are not limited to, (1) Climate change and natural disasters; (2) Energy; (3) Extracting and processing natural resources; (4) Environmental health and pollution; (5) neocolonialism and the effects of Asian national and corporate practices; (6) Environmental informatics, as well as the disposal of "technological waste"; (7) Strategies of making development sustainable; (8) Demography and population growth; (9) Urban planning; and (10) The relationship between human rights and environmental justice. Ideally, candidates would share an interest in formulating, testing and implementing solutions, particularly those involving the use of new information and communications technologies such as GIS mapping and ICT4D. We encourage applications from a variety of social science disciplines including geography, anthropology, sociology, development studies, economics and political science. The successful applicant must be committed to a cooperative interdisciplinary research agenda with three other members of the cluster hire.

Review of applications begins October 1, 2009.

More information is here.

Assistant Professor – Drexel University, Economics
Economics: Assistant Professor, tenure-track, Drexel University. Ph.D. in Economics or a related field is required. Responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate courses and conducting research in Empirical Industrial Organization. An industry focus in telecommunications or pharmaceuticals would be desirable.

More information is here.

Permanent Positions – U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
We are looking for well-qualified persons, mostly at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels, especially those with training in population geography, geographic information systems, urban and rural geography, remote sensing, and various specialties in demography and statistics, among others. Salaries reflect experience and the level of education completed. All positions require U.S. citizenship.

Openings for permanent positions offer qualified applicants an opportunity to work on a wide range of subject matter areas and projects, including: analyzing geographic distribution of population and its demographic characteristics in the United States and other countries; developing ways of representing the distribution of population and activities using statistical areas and classifications; producing population estimates for other countries at national and sub-national geographic scales; estimating international migration; providing technical assistance to countries around the world; developing methodologies that use remotely sensed imagery for estimating local populations in countries with few statistical data so that better information will be available for responding to humanitarian crises; and playing a central role in the planning, conducting, and reviewing of the 2010 Census.

This is an exciting time for the U.S. Census Bureau, and specifically the Population Division. For more specific job descriptions, look under “Jobs at Census” on our website at www.census.gov. If you or your students have questions about work in Population Division, please contact Jim Fitzsimmons. For specific questions about available positions and ways of applying for them, please contact Tammany Burden or call 301.763.6261.

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow – Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University. Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities for 2010-2011. "Concepts of Diaspora". The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is currently accepting applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities for three fellows, who will be appointed to a one-year term renewable for a second year, beginning July 1, 2010. Requirements: Applicants should have completed the Ph.D. in one of the following fields: History, English, History of Art, Musicology, Classics, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages and Literatures, Comparative Literature, History of Science and Technology, Near Eastern Studies, no earlier than June 30, 2005 and no later than June 30, 2010.

Applications must be postmarked by Thursday, November 12, 2009.
More information is here.

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

PRB Has Added New Content to Website
The Population Reference Bureau has added new content to its website: www.prb.org

PRB’s 2009 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET

PRB's 2009 World Population Data Sheet will be released on Aug. 12, 2009, along with the summary report “World Population Highlights: Key Findings From PRB’s 2009 World Population Data Sheet.” These publications will be posted to the PRB website at 10 a.m. on Aug. 12. This year’s data sheet focuses on the world’s youth.

We will hold a briefing on Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. (EDT) at the National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC. For more information on the briefing, contact Ellen Carnevale, ecarnevale@prb.org, 202-939-5407.

UNITED STATES

The U.S. Recession and the Birth Rate

Speculation has been rife in the media on the possible effect of the current recession on the U.S. birth rate. Unemployment is approaching 10 percent for the first time in over a quarter century, the housing "bubble" has truly burst, banks and industries have gone bankrupt, and consumer confidence has reached one of its lowest points in the past 50 years. The U.S. birth rate has exhibited some remarkable swings over the past 80 years, but will it decline in response to this current stark economic reality? Carl Haub, PRB’s senior demographer, wrote this story. Carl has been widely quoted in the media on this topic over the last several months.

2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book Shows 900,000 More Children in U.S. Living in Poverty

The 20th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, calls for improvements to the country's ability to design and evaluate programs and policies aimed at the needs of U.S. children and families living in poverty. Each year, PRB Domestic Programs staff analyze data for both the key indicators used to rank states in the Data Book and for new indicators related to themes of each year’s national report. The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book is complemented by a new online and mobile-friendly Data Center that contains hundreds of measures of child well-being covering national, state, county, and city information. Visitors to the website can access customizable graphs and geographic profiles on education, economic well-being, the number of children in immigrant families, health, and many more topics. Visit the KIDS COUNT Data Center website.

The American Community Survey: Statement of Linda Jacobsen Before Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress

Read the statement of Linda Jacobsen, vice president, Domestic Programs at PRB, before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, on "The Federal Statistical System in the 21st Century: The Role of the Census Bureau."