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September 8, 2009

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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS: CSDE RA Training Workshop; Alan Li on Vacation Sept 8th - 18th
CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS: A Study by Richard Catalano et al on Preventing Adolescent Risk Behaviors is Profiled in UWNews
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: Seth Holmes - Strawberries and Suffering: Bioethical Implications of Health Disparities in U.S.-Mexico Migration; David R. Williams - Moving Upstream: How Interventions on the Social Determinants of Health Can Reduce Health Disparities
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: 2010 NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program (DP2); New Requirement for Individuals in a Postdoctoral Project Role with Measurable Effort on an NIH Annual Progress Report (PHS2590)
CALLS FOR PAPERS: PAA Call for Papers Deadline is September 21, 2009
CONFERENCES: Stanford Workshop in Biodemography
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Dean of the College of Public Policy - University of Texas of Texas at San Antonio; Associate or Professor - Penn State, Demography; Associate or Professor - Penn State, Sociology; Assistant Professor - University of Michigan, Anthropology; Rank open - The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Sociology
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: CSSCR - Back to School Seminars; PRB Has Added New Content to Website

CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS

CSDE RA Training Workshop
It's time for the 4th annual Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology RA training workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to prepare graduate students to work on research projects as RAs and on their own projects such as their master’s thesis. The workshop is limited to 15 participants. If necessary, priority will be given to students doing demographic research.

This year the workshop will be three days, Tuesday September 22nd through Thursday September 24th from 9am to 4pm. This is the week before classes start. The focus of the training is on working with data and will include:

Introduction to Stata
Programming logic via pseudo-code
Data management
Introduction to the Add Health data set
Extracting data from Add Health
Applied Stata using the Add Health data set (e.g. data cleaning and variable creation)

In addition, students will be introduced to other aspects of doing demographic research including:
Introduction to CSDE computing
Introduction to the Information Core and Endnote
Introduction to GIS
Introduction to Biodemography

The workshop concludes with a panel of experienced RAs discussing the issues involved in working with faculty on research projects.

Students are expected to attend the entire workshop and will be given a certificate of completion.

To sign up, send me an email with your department, year, advisor, whether you will be an RA next year -- and if so, for whom, studying what; and if not, a brief description of your own research.

Thanks,
Cori Mar
Statistics Core
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
http://csde.washington.edu/
cmmar@u.washington.edu
(206)616-6183

Alan Li on Vacation Sept 8th - 18th
Alan Li, Senior Computer Specialist, will be on vacation September 8th through the 18th. If you need immediate assistance with CSDE Computing or other technical matters, please send your request to: csde_help@u.washington.edu

CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS

A Study by Richard Catalano et al on Preventing Adolescent Risk Behaviors is Profiled in UWNews
Eighth graders in the towns that offered the Communities That Care prevention system, which was developed by J. David Hawkins and Richard Catalano, had significantly lower levels of alcohol and smokeless tobacco use and engaged in fewer delinquent behaviors, according to a new University of Washington paper published yesterday (Sept. 7) in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Read the UWNews article about the prevention program here.
http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=51818

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

Seth Holmes - Strawberries and Suffering: Bioethical Implications of Health Disparities in U.S.-Mexico Migration
Seth Holmes, PhD, MD, RWJ Health and Society Scholar, Columbia University, NY
"Strawberries and Suffering: Bioethical Implications of Health Disparities
in U.S.-Mexico Migration"

Monday, September 14th
1:30PM to 2:45PM.
Health Science Building, A-204, Rare Book Room

David R. Williams - Moving Upstream: How Interventions on the Social Determinants of Health Can Reduce Health Disparities

School of Social Work's 75th Anniversary Inaugural Event Grace Beals Ferguson Endowed Lecture
Dr. David R. Williams will be speaking on the following topic: Moving Upstream:
How Interventions on the Social Determinants of Health Can Reduce Health Disparities

September 16, 2009.
8-10 am
Kane Hall, Room 120
Register: www.peopleware.net/0232
More info is here:
http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/news/docs/Practicum2009Kick-off%20Flyer.pdf

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

2010 NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
(RFA-RM-09-011)
NIH Roadmap Initiatives
Application Receipt Date(s): October 27, 2009

The NIH Director’s New Innovator (DP2) Award program was created in 2007 to support a small number of early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The New Innovator Awards complement ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund early stage investigators through R01 grants, which continue to be the major sources of NIH support for early stage. The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program is a High-Risk Research initiative of Research Teams of the Future.

New Requirement for Individuals in a Postdoctoral Project Role with Measurable Effort on an NIH Annual Progress Report (PHS2590)
(NOT-OD-09-140)
National Institutes of Health
The newly revised Continuation Progress Report for a DHHS Public Health Service Grant (PHS 2590, rev. 06/09) now requires a Commons ID for all individuals with a postdoctoral role who participate in a project for at least one person month or more. Use of the revised PHS 2590 is required for all progress reports due on or after October 1, 2009.

The newly revised instructions and forms are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm. The Commons ID is required for those in a postdoctoral role on Form Page 7, the All Personnel Report. Note this is another change in the PHS 2590 being implemented, expanding the Senior/Key Personnel Report to an All Personnel Report. For eSNAP submissions, this new requirement will be implemented in an October 9, 2009 software release of the eRA eSNAP Module as part of the changes to the Edit Business—All Personnel List. Users are encouraged to delay submitting eSNAPs until after October 9, 2009 so that all eSNAPs submitted for FY2010 funding include this required information.

CALLS FOR PAPERS

PAA Call for Papers Deadline is September 21, 2009
The paper submission deadline for the 2010 PAA is less than a month away. All authors are asked to submit both: a) a short (150 word) abstract; and b) either an extended (2-4 pages, including tables) abstract or a completed paper. 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 Information Core is available to assist with literature searches, citation checking, proof reading, and the like. Similarly, the Statistics Core is available to provide research methods and statistical and spatial analysis advice.

More information about the call for papers, including links to the Annual Meeting Program Website and the call for papers, is here.
http://csde.washington.edu/news/notices/noticesPAA2010CFP.shtml

CONFERENCES

Stanford Workshop in Biodemography
Workshop in Biodemography 29-31 October, 2009, Stanford University. The four primary foci this time around are: (1) The use of genomic information on population samples, (2) How demographers and biologists use longitudinal data, (3) The use of quantitative genetic approaches to study demographic questions and (4) How demographers and biologists model life histories. We have a remarkable line-up of scholars in demography, ecology, evolutionary genetics, and statistics coming to participate and the form of the workshop allows for lots of interaction with a wide range of people.

These workshops, which are supported by a grant from DBSB at NICHD, are intended for advanced grad students, post-docs, and junior faculty who are interested in learning about formal demography and biodemography.

You can find more information, including links to application information and a tentative schedule, here:
http://monkeysuncle.stanford.edu/?p=501

Applications are due by 25 September. These workshops tend to fill pretty fast.

James Holland Jones
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
phone: 650-723-4824
fax: 650-725-0605
email: jhj1@stanford.edu
url: http://www.stanford.edu/~jhj1

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Dean of the College of Public Policy - University of Texas of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Texas of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the College of Public Policy. The position requires: Experience in and commitment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, scholarly research, and service; demonstrated academic experience in varying levels of leadership in higher education including administration; doctoral degree and credentials that would merit a tenured faculty appointment at the rank of Professor in one of the disciplines in the college or a related public policy field.

More info is here:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000606724-01

Associate or Professor - Penn State, Demography
The Department of Sociology, University Park campus, invites applications for a tenure-line appointment in demography (associate or professor) to begin in the August, 2010. All areas of research specialization are welcome. Candidates should have a strong academic reputation, well-developed teaching and mentoring skills, and a demonstrated record of securing external funding.
More info is here.

Associate or Professor - Penn State, Sociology
The Department of Sociology, University Park campus, invites applications for a senior tenure-line position in the general area of social stratification, inequality and social change, to begin August, 2010. We are interested in scholars with broad interests in social stratification and research interests in the causes and consequences of stratification, inequality and social change processes within and among groups, organizations and societies. We seek candidates at the advanced associate professor or professor rank. Candidates must have a strong publication record, a demonstrated record of securing external funding, and a serious commitment to mentoring graduate students.
More info is here.

Assistant Professor - University of Michigan, Anthropology
University of Michigan, Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in biological anthropology beginning fall 2010, pending final budgetary approval. We seek an anthropologist with research interests in infectious disease including its evolution, genetics and epidemiology, interactions of infectious diseases with demography, and evolutionary medicine. Scholars with doctorates in Anthropology, Public Health, Human Biology, and Biology (including cellular, organismal and genetics), and post-doctoral and faculty experience working collaboratively are preferred. Successful candidates will be expected to establish an independent research program and have a commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching in a four-field anthropology department, and have their Ph.D. in hand by the position start date. This is a university-year appointment, with an expected start date of September 1, 2010.

More info is here:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000607591-01

Rank open - The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Sociology
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin has a tenure-track, rank open, faculty position beginning Spring or Fall 2010. Responsibilities will include teaching Statistics, Research Methods, and Sociological Theory. In addition to strength in statistics and quantitative research methods, preferred areas of specialization are demography, medical sociology, sociology of health, aging, or organizations. Those with research and teaching interest related to the energy industry are especially desirable. Preference will be given to candidates with a demonstrated record of research and successful external and competitive grant writing and to candidates with experience in online instruction. Ph.D. in Sociology preferred, ABD considered.
More info is here:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000605928-01

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

CSSCR - Back to School Seminars
Beginning on Sept 16th, The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) is offering Back to School Seminars. Please note that these are one-hour lectures ONLY; in-depth classes will be scheduled during Autumn Quarter.
http://julius.csscr.washington.edu/courses.htm

To sign up for a seminar, go to our Web page (http://julius.csscr.washington.edu/), call us during the day (206-543-8110). Please provide your name, the name of the lecture you wish to attend, and your department.

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 contains the latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for more than 200 countries, including current and projected population by country and region, births, deaths, natural increase, infant mortality, migration, life expectancy, HIV/AIDS prevalence, contraceptive use, GNI PPP per capita, and population per square kilometer. New for the 2009 Data Sheet are percent of males and females ages 15-24 with HIV/AIDS; percent of population living below $2 per day; and carbon dioxide emissions per capita. The data sheet was co-authored by Carl Haub, PRB senior demographer, and Mary Mederios Kent, senior demographic editor at PRB.

Webcast: “As World Population Approaches 7 Billion, the Youth Population Is More and More Concentrated in Africa and Asia”
Watch the 46-minute webcast of PRB's 2009 World Population Data Sheet press briefing, held at the National Press Club, in Washington, DC, on Aug. 12, 2009. This year's theme was children and youth. Presenters were Carl Haub, PRB senior demographer and co-author of the data sheet; Linda Jacobsen, vice president of Domestic Programs at PRB; and James Gribble, vice president of international programs at PRB. Each presenter’s PowerPoint slides are synchronized with her or his presentation.

World Population Highlights: Key Findings From PRB's 2009 World Population Data Sheet
Population change will shape the prospects of regions and countries over the next half century. Future population growth will be almost entirely in the developing world, with the fastest growth in the poorest countries and regions. This Population Bulletin is a companion to PRB's 2009 World Population Data Sheet and provides data and analysis on world population trends, youth, gender, and the environment.

World Population Clock, 2009
This world population clock reflects data from PRB's 2009 World Population Data Sheet. The clock reflects births, deaths, natural increase, and infant deaths by year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second. The data are for the world, and for more developed countries and less developed countries.

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Reducing Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafely Performed Abortion Through Contraceptive Use
Unmet need for family planning, unintended pregnancy, and unsafely performed abortion are linked. Unintended pregnancy is the primary factor in the nearly 40 million abortions that occur each year globally, nearly half of which are performed in an unsafe or unhygienic way. With 97 percent of unsafely performed abortions and 99 percent of maternal deaths occurring in less developed countries, improving knowledge of and access to contraception is essential to prevent the unintended pregnancies that lead women to risk an unsafely performed abortion. This article was written by Eric Zuehlke, an editor at PRB.

BEHIND THE NUMBERS: THE PRB BLOG
Visit the PRB Blog for insight from experts at PRB and share your reactions and comments on current events, news, and opinions on population, health, and environment.

PRB WEBCASTS AND AUDIOCASTS
Listen to more than 2 dozen webcasts and audiocasts on topics as wide-ranging as family planning, climate change, world population, aging, immigration, HIV/AIDS, and female genital mutilation. Several of the webcasts include PowerPoint presentations.