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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
- OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
Diana Fletschner - Rural Households' Market Orientation: What Can We Learn from Spouses' Behavioral Attributes?
Diana Fletschner, UW Evans School of Public
Affairs
Rural Households' Market Orientation: What Can We Learn from Spouses'
Behavioral Attributes?
Friday, October 23, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Please note earlier time
Savery 409
CSDE Seminar Schedule
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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
CSDE Small Grants Program RFP - Demography Research Seed Grants
CSDE announces a new round of small grants for
2010 supported by the newly-funded two-year Recovery Act Administrative
Supplement to our Population Research Infrastructure Program award from
NICHD. Priority for these seed grant
awards will be given to pilot studies and preliminary research by junior
faculty and by mid-career faculty who are pursuing new directions in population
research and, under the terms of this new award, to applications which propose
to make use of the expanded GIS and spatial statistics capabilities of the CSDE
Statistics Core.
The current call is for proposals to support projects that employ a graduate
student research assistant for 9 to 12 months. Up to half a month of summer
salary for the investigator may also be funded.
Successful proposals will exhibit outstanding scientific merit,
innovation, and priority will be given to projects that have a high probability
of generating new extramural funding.
Proposals should identify specific research and/or training grant
funding opportunities that will be pursued.
Eligibility: To be eligible for a CSDE seed grant the applicant must be a
regular (research, tenured or tenure-track) faculty member of the University of Washington and a CSDE affiliate. Faculty
members who receive a CSDE award as PIs are ineligible to receive another until
three years following the termination of the first.
Applicants may submit one application and may serve as co-investigators on any
number of proposals. An award may not be used to fulfill matching funds or cost
sharing requirement by any other sponsor without prior written permission. A
CSDE award will be withheld or withdrawn if extramural funding for the same project
is awarded to the PI or co-investigator(s). A proposal that is not funded may
be resubmitted in a later round only if it is substantially revised or if the
review committee recommends resubmission.
External Support: Proposals that show promise for future extramural funding
will be given preference. Support will not be given merely to extend or
supplement existing funded research projects, but may propose bringing together
existing projects into an integrated research program that indicates
substantial innovations and possibility for funding. Instead, proposals should seek to initiate
new research ideas. An extramural grant based on research funded by a CSDE small
grant will be administered through CSDE, a commitment for which the principal
investigator must obtain concurrence from the appropriate Chair(s) and/or
Dean(s) before an award is made.
Mechanism and allowable costs: Seed
grants awards will begin on December 16, 2009 and must support a graduate
research assistant for 9 to 12 months.
The budget may also include up to a half month of summer salary for the
investigator but other costs, such as travel or supplies, must be funded from
other sources under the terms of the award.
Awardees receive priority as a funded project for services from CSDE
cores. Indirect (F&A) costs are not allowable.
Application procedure: Seed grant proposals should include a 250 word abstract,
a four-page proposal including objectives, research plan, and a summary of future
research and external funding activities, one-page budget and budget
justification, and 2-page cv’s or biosketches for all key personnel.
Please send an email with your intent to submit to Scott Sipes
dssipes@u.washington.edu as soon as possible and he will provide you with
application materials and instructions.
Proposals are due on November 15, 2009, and awards will be announced in early
December.
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CSDE Statistics Core Workshops - Stata Graphics and Introduction to SAS
Seats are still available for these two
workshops:
Stata Graphics
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Savery 117 (large CSSCR computer lab)
Introduction to SAS
Meeting two consecutive Thurdays
Thursday, Oct 29 & Nov 5, 2009
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Savery 121 (small CSSCR computer lab)
To register for the workshops, please complete the Registration Form.
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Send Us Your News
Please let us know about your recent
accomplishments and we'll get the word out. CSDE eNews and the website are
venues to inform each other and the broader academic community about
affiliates' and fellows' research and related activities.
In addition to announcing exciting research discoveries, presentations, grants and
professional advancements, we would like to publicize your involvement with
policy makers and other regional or national organizations. We would also like
to know when you've been called upon by local and national media to introduce
your research to the general public and as experts commenting on various
issues.
Please send email to csde@u.washington.edu
or contact David Hyllegard, Information Core Director, at 206-543-9525. Thanks!
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CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS
Jennifer Stuber Quoted in AP Wire Story on Media Coverage of the Escape of a Criminally Insane Patient
Jennifer Stuber is quoted in the AP wire story on
the misleading media coverage of Phillip Paul, who was declared criminally
insane, and who recently escaped from the custody of Eastern State
Hospital while he and 31
other patients were on a field trip to the Western Washington State Fair.
The October 17, 2009, AP wire story, which is here, appeared on many news websites.
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Sherry Willis - Journal Club on Cognitive and Brain Aging
Some researchers affiliated with the UW
Institute on Aging are exploring interest among researchers in cognitive and
brain aging in forming a journal club to read and discuss current topics and
publications on related topics. The plan
would be to meet once a month at the UW.
An introductory meeting is planned for on Wed October 28 at l pm in
RR202A in Health Science. Please contact Sherry Willis re questions and interest (oldage@u.washington.edu)
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Mike Babb Defends Master’s Thesis
Mike Babb, Geography graduate student, CSDE
Fellow, and a GIS RA at CSDE, successfully defended his master’s thesis titled “Categorical (re)Assignment: Interpreting Imputation,
Missing Data, and Race in the 2000 US Census.”
Congrats, Mike!
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CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
Ben Hansen - Propensity Score Matching to Recover Latent Experiments: Diagnostics and Asymptotics
CSSS Seminar Series
Ben Hansen, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of
Michigan
Propensity Score Matching to Recover Latent Experiments: Diagnostics and
Asymptotics
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
12:30 - 1:20 pm
Savery 409
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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Eric Smith - Writing for Publication
Biocultural Anthropology Seminar Series (BASS)
Eric Smith, UW Anthropology
Writing for Publication
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
3:30-5:00pm
Denny Hall 401
More information is here.
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Christina Woods - Mapping Global Health: GIS Applications in Health Research and Practice
IHME Seminar Series
Christina Woods, Health Informatics and GIS Consultant
Mapping Global Health – GIS Applications in Health Research and Practice
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
4:00 – 5:30 pm
IHME Offices
More information is here.
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Hillard Kaplan - Learning, Menopause and the Human Adaptive Complex
IPEM (IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling)
Seminar Series
Hillard Kaplan, Human Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
Learning, Menopause and the Human Adaptive Complex
Thursday, October 22, 2009
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Kane 019 (live video conference from WSU-Pullman)
More information is here.
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Stevan Harrell - China in the Twenty-First Century: Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same
Part of the "Saturday University: Asia in
Focus" series, presented by the Seattle Art Museum, The Center for Asian
Art and Ideas, and the East Asia Center and China Studies Program at University
of Washington
Stevan Harrell, UW Antropology
Saturday October 24, 2009
9:30 - 11:00 am
Seattle Asian
Art Museum
As the inaugural lecture series from the Center for Asian Art and Ideas, "Saturday University:
Asia in Focus" provides a firm foundation for understanding the rapid rise
of India, China and Japan in today's world. This
ten-week series of lectures by University
of Washington professors
provides an overview of each country's rich history, intriguing contemporary
politics and society, and distinctive art and culture. Together we will explore
an array of issues that confront these multifaceted Asian civilizations and
affect out lives.
Admission for this event is $10 for SAM members, and $15 for non-members.
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Renee McCoy - African American Men who Have Sex with Men: an Anthropological Approach to Understanding Risk
The Department of Anthropology warmly invites
one and all to attend a public lecture Monday afternoon October 26th, as part
of the CriticalMedHumanities colloquium series.
Renee McCoy
African American Men who Have Sex with Men: an Anthropological Approach to
Understanding Risk
Monday, October 26th
3:30-5:00pm
Denny Hall 401
Dr. McCoy earned a Ph.D. in medical anthropology from Wayne
State University
in Detroit,
where she worked for many years in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and care
services, including (most recently) two years service as Director of HIV/AIDS
Programs for the Detroit Department of Health. Dr. McCoy relocated to Seattle in summer 2009,
and is teaching two courses this year in the anthropology department. Please
join us to hear her speak about her work.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Behavioral and Integrative Treatment Development Program (R01)
(PA-10-012)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute of Nursing Research
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
The purpose of this FOA for R01 applications is to
encourage Stage II or Stage III research to conduct clinical trials, examine
mechanisms of behavior change, determine dose-response, optimize combinations,
and/or ascertain best sequencing of behavioral, combined, sequential, or
integrated behavioral and pharmacological (1) drug abuse treatment
interventions, including interventions for patients with comorbidities, in
diverse settings; (2) interventions to prevent the acquisition or transmission
of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (3) interventions
to promote adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications;
and (4) interventions to treat chronic pain.
Stage I involves research on the development, manualization, refinement,
improvement, adaptation, and pilot testing of behavioral and integrative
treatment, HIV prevention, and therapist training interventions. Stage I may
include translational studies involving research from other disciplines (e.g.
basic science or neuroscience) conducted or utilized to gain information about
mechanisms of behavior change and ultimately to develop new or improved
interventions. Stage I may also include “community-friendly” research to
adapt interventions that retain or increase their potency when modified for use
in real-world settings.
Stage II includes larger-scale clinical trials or dose-response studies of piloted
interventions that show promise. Of particular interest are studies that
examine mechanisms of behavior change within the context of treatment research.
Stage III encompasses research aimed at ensuring that evidence-based
interventions retain their effects in community settings (e.g., ERs, primary
care, criminal justice settings, etc.). Stage III includes studies
that examine whether interventions retain their efficacy when administered by
community therapists.. Stage III may also include studies that test
training methods for community providers to administer evidence-based
interventions.
There are also FOAs for an R03 and an R34.
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NIH Population Tracking Requirements for ARRA Awards
(NOT-OD-10-003)
National Institutes of Health
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
The purpose of this Notice is to describe the NIH expectations for implementing
Population Tracking requirements for clinical research protocols supported or
conducted with ”American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” (ARRA)
funds. The NIH definition of clinical research includes:
* Epidemiological and behavioral
studies: These types of studies examine the distribution of disease, the
factors that affect health, and how people make health-related decisions.
* Outcomes and health services
research: These studies seek to identify the most effective and most efficient
interventions, treatments, and services
NIH requires that awardees provide a separate Targeted/Planned Enrollment and
Inclusion Enrollment table for each clinical research protocol funded with ARRA
funds and NIH Appropriations funds.
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NSF Program Announcements and Information Re SBE and GEO Collaboration
Dear Colleague Letter: Environment, Society, and
the Economy (ESE)
(NSF 10-03)
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 and behavioral sciences by augmenting funding for
interdisciplinary research related to Environment, Society, and the Economy.
This is not a special competition or new program. Relevant proposals must be
submitted to an existing SBE and GEO program according to those programs’
regular target or deadline dates. The primary program (GEO or SBE program where
the most significant contribution is likely to be made), and secondary program
(SBE or GEO program where the second most significant contribution is likely to
be made) should be listed on the proposal’s cover page. Investigators are
encouraged to indicate that their proposal was submitted in response to this
DCL by including “ESE:” as a prefix in the title of the proposal. Projects are expected to involve
interdisciplinary teams of researchers from both the geosciences and social,
behavioral and economic sciences, but they may also include other disciplines.
Target and deadline dates for applicable programs may be found at http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=geo and
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=sbe.
Participating programs from all other Directorates should be entered
into FastLane as secondary NSF partners on the cover page, along with the
relevant SBE and GEO programs. For full
proposals submitted via FastLane, standard Grant Proposal Guidelines
apply.
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CALLS FOR PAPERS
The East-West Center - 9th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
The East-West Center invites graduate students
from around the world to submit papers for the 9th Annual International
Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) on the Asia Pacific region, taking place in
Honolulu, Hawaii USA from February 11-13, 2010.
Abstracts (up to a maximum of 500 words in length) of proposed papers or
posters are invited from intending participants at this time. Papers are
encouraged from the array of disciplines focusing on the region.
A limited number of travel grants, generally from $100-200 (up to a maximum of
$500) and awarded on merit, will be available. Potential participants are
encouraged to apply for travel assistance from their home institutions or other
sources available to them due to the limited nature of this provision.
The deadline to submit abstracts and travel grant requests is Friday, November
6, 2009. Notification of abstract selection results will be made by
mid-November.
For additional information regarding the conference theme, abstract submission
format, and logistics are available at: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference. Inquiries may be directed to:
studentconference@eastwestcenter.org.
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CONFERENCES
Expanding What We Know about Abortion and Contraceptive Use: A Workshop on an Innovative Survey Methodology
Conducted by the International Center
for Research on Women
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Majestic Hall, Speke Resort and Conference
Center
Kampala, Uganda
The ICRW workshop will build skills and capacity to generate high quality data
for better understanding and addressing women's experiences and needs regarding
abortion and contraceptive use. This interactive workshop will introduce
participants to an innovative methodology to collect in-depth data on women's
reproductive behavior, including decision-making processes, factors leading to
unwanted pregnancies, and barriers to accessing services. This methodology uses
a unique narrative/ mixed methods approach to generate a single, large-scale
survey that produces generalizable results through standard sampling
techniques. In addition, the methodology allows for the capture of this
information by pregnancy interval, offering important programmatic insight into
the changing needs of women throughout their reproductive lives. The improved
data generated by this approach offer new possibilities for researchers to
understand the motivations, constraints, and reproductive needs of women. This
workshop will provide an important opportunity to demonstrate to other
researchers an effective approach for collecting the high-quality data that is
essential for creating sound policy and programming on family planning and
abortion.
Attendance will be capped at 30 participants. Interested participants should
contact Dr. Susan Lee-Rife at sleerife@icrw.org as soon as possible with the
information below. Onsite registration will be possible only if space is
available.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Assistant or Associate Professor - University of Washington, Economics
University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington.
E-Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics. The University of Washington
Department of Economics invites applications for a full-time tenure-track
Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor position in Macroeconomics.
Outstanding candidates for appointment as Associate Professor will be
considered for the Robert R. Richards Endowed Chair in Economics.
More information is here.
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Three Faculty Positions - Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management, Demography, etc
The Department of Policy Analysis and Management
in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University
is seeking an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in three areas.
Child and Family Policy: Research responsibilities (50%) include empirical
research in child and family policy. Potential areas of focus include child
welfare, policies affecting children and families, family contexts and child
outcomes, child health and well-being, and/or education. Teaching and advising
responsibilities (50%) are in the department's undergraduate, master's, and/or
doctoral programs.
Demography or Population Studies: The position will involve 50% research and
50% teaching in demography or population studies. There will be opportunities
to advise and teach undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of
Policy Analysis and Management and to work with graduate students in allied
doctoral fields (e.g., Sociology, Economics, Human Development) in the
University community.
Health Policy and Management: Research responsibilities (50%) include empirical
research in the area of health policy and management. Teaching and advising
responsibilities (50%) include support of the Sloan Master's Program in Health
Administration, an undergraduate major in Policy Analysis and Management, and
the department's doctoral program.
More information is here.
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Full or Associate Professor – USC, School of Policy, Planning & Development, Social Policy
The University of Southern California School of
Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) invites applications for a
tenure-track faculty position in the area of social policy with a publication
record in topics related to the Hispanic population of the United States. The appointment is
at the rank of associate or full professor. Substantive foci of particular
interest include education, health, immigration, citizenship and civic
engagement. It is highly desired that candidates have an interest in policy
relevant research and policy issues involving Latinos in the United States.
Familiarity with demographic data and quantitative methods is also desirable
but not essential.
More information is here.
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Assistant Professor - Boise State University, Sociology
The Department of Sociology invites applications
for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin August 2010. Minimum
qualifications include an earned Ph.D. degree in sociology and demonstrated
potential for excellence in teaching, research and service. Applicants must be
willing and able to teach demography, statistics and methods. Other areas of
specialization are open, but preference will be given to those conducting
research in one or more of the following: applied or community sociology, race
and ethnicity, urban sociology or others areas that fit the department's needs.
More information is here.
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Assistant Professor - University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Sociology
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology
position beginning August 22, 2010. Primary areas of need are for Demography,
Family, and Research Methods. International experiences or interest is a plus.
More information is here.
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
PRB - Discuss Online: The Fight to Stop Honor Killings
When: Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, 11 a.m. - noon
(EDT) (GMT -4)
Who: Rana Husseini, journalist and activist
Where: Go to http://discuss.prb.org. You may submit questions in advance and
during the discussion. A full transcript of the questions and answers will be
posted after the discussion.
"Honor killings" claim the lives of at least 5,000 women each year in
traditional societies around the world, and many more women live under the fear
of these attacks. Honor killings are effectively the murder of girls or women
by their fathers, brothers, or other male relatives to "cleanse their
family honor," on the belief it has been disgraced by their behavior,
often on the basis of gossip and rumor.
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