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- CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
- CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
- CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS
- CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- CONFERENCES
- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
Donna Johnson - Conducting Research to Inform Public Policy for Child Nutrition
Donna Johnson, UW School of Public Health
Conducting Research to Inform Public Policy for Child Nutrition
Friday, October 16, 2009
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Savery 409
CSDE Seminar Schedule
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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
Mobile GIS Equipment Available for Checkout - Instructional Workshop Next Week
Beginning Autumn Quarter 2009, CSDE has expanded
its capabilities to include Mobile GIS. Now, it's possible to conduct GIS
analysis and spatial data gathering in the field. Through funding provided by
the UW Student Technology Fee (STF), CSDE now offers various GIS-enabled
equipment for checkout to affiliated students and staff on a first come, first
serve basis. Available equipment includes ArcGIS equipped semi-ruggedized laptops,
a mini-projector, ArcPad equipped handheld GIS/GPS units and laser range
finders.
Details on the equipment and checkout program are here.
For information and to register for the Mobile GIS workshop click here.
Please contact Matt Dunbar with any questions.
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Savery Hall Open House Celebration
This Friday, from 4:30 to 7:00 pm, the
Departments of Economics, Sociology and Philosophy will host a celebration and
Open House in honor of their return to the newly renovated Savery Hall. The Open House will feature an
interdisciplinary faculty panel, door prizes, tours, photos, architectural
information, and a reception with faculty and staff from the three departments.
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CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS
James Gregory - Farm Workers in Washington State History Project featured in UWeek
The new Farm Workers in Washington State History
Project special section is part of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History
Project Website. The section was just activated after several years of
development. It features a detailed history of the state's farm workers, a
timeline of major events, oral histories with some of the participants,
photographs and an archive of nearly 500 articles from newspapers around the
state. James Gregory collaborated with UW
students and other faculty on the project.
The UWeek article and link to the website is here.
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CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
Bruce Katz - The Great Recession: What Comes Next for our MetroNation
Bruce Katz , Vice President and founding
Director of the Metropolitan
Policy Program at the Brooking Institution in Washington DC.
The Great Recession: What Comes Next for our MetroNation
Today
6:30 pm
Kane Hall, Room 130
More information about the event is here.
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Sylvia Richardson - Bayesian Graphical Models for Combining Multiple Data Sources
CSSS Seminar Series
Sylvia Richardson, Chair in Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public
Health, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Bayesian Graphical Models for Combining Multiple Data Sources, with
Applications in Environmental Epidemiology
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
12:30 - 1:20 pm
Savery 409
More information is here.
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Michele Andrasik - Community Based Participatory Research Methods and HIV Prevention Messages
Biocultural Anthropology Seminar Series (BASS)
Michele Andrasik
Utilizing Community Based Participatory Research methods in the development of
HIV prevention messages for African American and African born populations
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
3:30-5:00pm
Denny Hall 401
More information is here.
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Eugene Kolker- Audacity of Personalized Medicine: Marrying OMICS to PHRs.
IHME Seminar Series
Eugene Kolker, Chief Data Officer at Seattle Children’s Hospital
Audacity of Personalized Medicine: Marrying OMICS to PHRs.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
4:00 – 5:30 pm
IHME Offices
More information is here.
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Jon Wilkins - Intragenomic Conflict and the Evolutionary Origins of Maladaptive Behaviors
IPEM (IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling)
Seminar Series
Jon Wilkins, Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Evolutionary Theory
Intragenomic conflict and the evolutionary origins of maladaptive behaviors
Thursday, October 15, 2009
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Kane 019 (live video conference from WSU-Pullman)
More information is here.
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Terry Provence - Poverty and Opportunity: Microfinance and People-Powered Development
Terry Provence, The Department of Global Health
at UW
Poverty and Opportunity: Microfinance and
People-Powered Development
Thursday October 15, 2009
6:00 PM
Kane Hall, Room 220
More information is here.
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Race and Empire at the Fair: A Centennial Symposium on the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Various speakers
Friday October 16, 2009
1:30pm-4:30pm
Petersen Room, Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle
Free and open to the public.
More information is here.
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Kam-Wing Chan - From Made-in-USA to Made-in-China: Global Financial Crisis and Migrant Workers in China
Geography Colloquium
Kam-Wing Chan
UW Geography
From Made-in-USA to Made-in-China: Global Financial Crisis and Migrant Workers
in China
Friday, October 16, 2009
3:30 – 4:50 pm
Smith 304.
More information is here.
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Stephen Kotkin - Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Collapse of the Communist Establishment
Stephen Kotkin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern
and Contemporary History Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Collapse of the Communist Establishment
Monday October 19, 2009
12:00-1:30
Thomson 317
More information is here.
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John Galland - Importance of Conducting Research Responsibility
John Galland, Director, Division of Education
and Integrity, Office of Research Integrity, DHHS
Importance of Conducting Research Responsibility
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
1:00 - 2:15 pm
Mary Gates Hall room 389
More information is here.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Gates Foundation - Grand Challenges in Global Health
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now
accepting grant proposals for the Grand Challenges Explorations, a $100 million
initiative to encourage bold and unconventional global health solutions.
Anyone can apply, regardless of your prior experience or institutional
affiliation. Previous winners include graduate students, entrepreneurs at
start-up companies, and creative thinkers from all fields of research.
Proposals are currently being accepted online until November 2, 2009 on the
following topics:
Create New Ways to Protect Against Infectious Disease
Create Low-Cost Diagnostics for Priority Global Health Conditions
Create New Ways to Induce and Measure Mucosal Immunity
Create New Technologies for Contraception
Initial grants will be $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have
the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to $1 million. Full
descriptions of topics and application instructions are available at: http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations.
We look forward to receiving innovative ideas from scientists around the world
and from all scientific disciplines. If you don't submit a proposal yourself,
we hope you will forward this message to someone else who might be interested.
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2009-10 Tobacco Scholars - Funding for UW Graduate Students
The UW Tobacco Studies Program (UW TSP) is now
accepting 2009-10 Tobacco Scholars applications. Awards up to $3,000 are
available. Deadline to submit applications is November 9, 2009.
Please visit http://depts.washington.edu/tobacco/scholars
for more information and to apply.
With an in-depth focus on tobacco, students may explore topics such as health
disparities; marketing and counter marketing influences on health behavior;
psychology of addiction; counseling and cessation support for tobacco
dependence; pharmacology of tobacco cessation; history of the tobacco control
movement; globalization of tobacco use; health and public policy; and more.
Graduate students pursuing a master's degree (either first or second year) in
any UW program are eligible to apply.
Students who receive funding from other sources such as RAships or the federal
government (excluding tobacco companies or their subsidiaries) are still
eligible to apply, as are international students. UW doctoral students may
apply for the career development stipend only.
UW Tobacco Studies Program, housed within the Department of Health Services at
the School of Public Health, provides an integrated,
multi-departmental program focused on the prevention and treatment of tobacco
use and related diseases.
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UW Undergraduate Research Awards
The Dean's office is pleased to once again
designate funds to support the scholarly activities of our undergraduates. Totaling about $25,000, these funds come from
a combination of sources: a private
endowment along with revenue from donors who have attended UWAA and College
partnership events, where net proceeds are designated to support the work of
undergraduates.
You may nominate students for awards up to $2,000. Award money may be used to cover all or
partial expenses for equipment, special projects, research, or travel. Awards will be given based on need and the
overall quality of the project. Since these funds are limited, it is our hope
that you will put forward the names of only the truly exceptional students in
your department. If you do send forward
more than one name, please help us in making our decisions by including a
ranking of all proposals.
Nominations should be sent to Assistant Dean Kevin Mihata (kmihata@uw.edu, Box 353765) by
Friday, November 6, 2009. In your
nomination, please include the student’s one-page description of the project
and a brief cover memo of support for funding from the department chair or
director.
Sincerely,
Ana Mari
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New Data Reporting Requirements for NIH Training and Research Grant Awardees
As part of the NIH Reform Act, changes will be
made in the way graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are reported on
training and research awards. These changes will provide NIH, Congress and the
public with a more complete picture of NIH research training and the research workforce
supported by NIH.
Training Awards
Effective October 1, institutions who receive NRSA and other NIH training
awards must provide, in their annual progress reports and competing applications:
The percentage of students admitted for study who successfully attain a
doctoral degree, and
the average time for such students between the beginning of graduate study and
the receipt of a doctoral degree.
In addition, the NIH Reform Act requires that institutions provide this same
information to all applicants to doctoral programs supported by NIH training
awards. This information will permit prospective graduate students to compare
completion rates and time to degree between programs. NIH has adopted a new
Graduate Student Assurance associated with providing this information. These
new reporting and assurance requirements apply only to institutions that
receive any of the following for the doctoral training of graduate students:
D43, TU2, T15, T32, T37, T90, U2R, U90, and U54/TL1.
Research Awards
Beginning with annual progress reports due October 1, NIH grantees are required
to report all personnel who
participate in a project for at least one-person month, including those in a
postdoctoral role. This information will provide a better understanding of how
graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and other personnel
contribute to NIH-funded research.
In addition, those in a postdoctoral role must have eRA Commons accounts.
Establishing a Commons account is an essential first step for postdoctorates
and early stage investigators as they prepare to apply for an NIH fellowship,
career development award or research grant.
More information is here.
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Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for Restructured NIH Application Forms and Instructions
Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for
Restructured Application Forms and Instructions
(NOT-OD-10-002)
National Institutes of Health
The use of new forms and instructions to submit applications for NIH funding
will be determined strictly by due date, not by fiscal year of funding.
* Applications intended for due dates
before January 25, 2010 must use the current application packages and
instructions.
* Applications intended for due dates
on or after January 25, 2010 must use the new application packages and
instructions.
* Applicants eligible for continuous
submission have until February 7, 2010 to submit R01, R21, and R34 AIDS
applications that would otherwise have been due on January 7, 2010, using the
current form version.
As stated in NOT-OD-09-149, NIH will be issuing new parent announcements that
should be used for applications intended for due dates on or after January 25,
2010. NIH will be updating all other Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)
that have due dates on or after January 25, 2010 with new language and new
application packages. Each updated FOA will include a link to the archived
version of the current FOA.
For a period of time between late October and the beginning of February,
applicants must carefully select which version of the FOA and application
package they should be using. Anyone submitting an application for due dates
before January 25, 2010 (or before February 7, 2010 for those eligible for
continuous submission on AIDS R01, R21, and R34 applications) must use the
application package and instructions provided with the archived version of the
FOA.
As stated in NOT-OD-09-149, most of the FOAs will be updated with language
changes and new application packages by December 2009. For a small number of
FOAs with non-standard due dates between the end of November and December, updated forms and associated FOA
changes will be made available approximately 10 days after the last due date in
2009.
Some FOAs will be terminated instead of updated, at the discretion of the lead
NIH Institute or Center. In these cases,
the FOA will be updated to reflect the new expiration date. Before submitting
an application, the applicant should be sure to verify that the FOA is still
active.
NOTE: To ensure equitable reviews, applications of the same Activity Code
submitted using different application packages and instructions will not be
reviewed together.
Please see the notice for more information pertaining to Career Development
(K), Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training (T),
International Research Training (D43, D71), and Research Education (R25)
applications.
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CONFERENCES
The East-West Center, Population and Health Studies, 41st annual Summer Seminar in May/June 2010.
The three independent workshops making up this
year's Summer Seminar are:
Population Aging and the Generational Economy
Andrew Mason and Ronald Lee
Honolulu, June 6-19
Health-Care Financing and Insurance Systems
Gerard Russo and Gilda Diaz
Honolulu, May 29-June 18 then Manila, June 19-26
Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health
Sidney Westley and Phyllis Piotrow
Honolulu, May 29- June 19
Each workshop will focus on Asia and the Pacific, but participation from the
United States and other regions is most welcome. We will be mailing
informational materials shortly to those who have requested them. Full
information on workshop content, application procedures, and deadlines can be
obtained from the seminar website.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Health Scientist Administrator - Social and Behavioral Modeling, NIGMS
If selected for this position you will perform
the following duties:
Serves as a Health Scientist Administrator for research and training grants and
applications in the area of social and behavioral modeling. Advises scientists
and professional staff on research aspects of proposals and grants and servers
as a source of knowledge about important scientific developments in these
areas. Maintains knowledge through
familiarity with the scientific literature and attendance at scientific
meetings.
Serves on Institute and trans-NIH committees; attends study section and Council
meetings and serves as a resource to answer questions related to specific
applications. Strives to develop close working relationships among colleagues
and scientists in relevant fields.
Provides critical and expert advice to the Division Director on program plans,
policies, procedures as well as trends and opportunities in research and
training within social and behavioral modeling. Provides sound funding
recommendations for grant applications in related areas.
Prepares research highlights and other reports explaining the significance of
research developments by grantees and other scientists. Gives presentations of
specialized areas of science and administrative issues within NIGMS and NIH,
and at national meetings. Gives clear advice to applicants and grantees on the
peer review process and funding policies and prospects.
More information is here.
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Postdoctoral Fellow - The National Center for Family & Marriage Research
The National Center for Family & Marriage
Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) seeks one
postdoctoral fellow for a one-year appointment (renewable for an additional
year with satisfactory progress). The fellowship is designed to provide an
opportunity for an outstanding young scholar to perform research and receive
training in residence at the NCFMR at BGSU. The postdoctoral fellow will
identify a senior BGSU faculty member as a mentor and pursue collaborative
research on a topic of mutual interest. The fellow also will initiate an
independent stream of research on which the mentor will provide informal
guidance. The fellow will take advantage of the research and training
activities offered by the NCFMR. The fellow will receive a 12-month stipend of
$40,000 plus health insurance and retirement benefits consistent with BGSU’s
human resources policy. The fellow also will receive $1,000 per year for travel
expenses and access to the NCFMR’s services, including computing, research, and
data assistance.
Application deadline: January 15, 2010.
More information is here.
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