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- CONFERENCES
- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR
No seminar (PAA)
CSDE Seminar Schedule
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CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS & SPOTLIGHTS
Please plan to join us at the CSDE Reception at PAA!
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Parc 55 Hotel
More information and the RSVP can be found here.
Sara Curran, host
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CSDE AFFILIATE & TRAINEE NEWS
Richard Catalano Research Featured in The Lancet and USA Today
In a new paper, Richard Catalano and colleagues provide examples of
cost-effective policies and programs that rigorous research shows can prevent a
variety of behavior problems and conditions contributing to poor health. The
article was published by The Lancet,
as part of a series on adolescent health.
Read the April 25 USA Today article here.
The UW Today coverage of the
article’s publication can be found here.
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CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST
Tyler H. McCormick - Patient-Level Predictive Models for Large-Scale Medical Data
CSSS Seminar
Tyler H. McCormick, UW Dept. of Statistics, UW Dept. of Sociology, CSDE
Affiliate
“Big Data Meets Medical Care: Patient-Level Predictive Models for Large-Scale
Medical Data"
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Savery 409
For the abstract, please go here.
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Harsha Thirumurthy - Health and Employment in the Context of HIV/AIDS
IMHE Seminar
Harsha Thirumurthy, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and
Management and Carolina Population Center, UNC
“Health and Employment in the Context of HIV/AIDS: The Long-Term Economic Impacts
of Antiretroviral Therapy”
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
4:15 pm
IMHE office in Belltown
2301 Fifth Ave., Suite 600
For the abstract, please go here.
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Mark Long - Strife and Progress: Transforming Public Education in Big Cities
Evans School 50th Anniversary Faculty Roundtable
Mark Long, Evans School Faculty and CSDE Affiliate
Paul Hill, Founder, Center on Reinventing Public Education, Research Professor,
UW Bothell
William Zumeta, Evans School Faculty
Edie Harding, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Katharine Destler, Evans School Ph.D. candidate
“Strife and Progress: Transforming Public Education in Big Cities”
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Walker-Ames Room, Kane 225
For the abstract and to RSVP, please go here.
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Laine Rutledge – TBA
UW Dept. of Economics Seminar
Laine Rutledge
“TBA”
Thursday, May 3, 2012
12:30 pm
Savery 410
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Pei Wang – Bootstrap Inference for Network Construction
UW Dept. of Biostatistics Seminar
Pei Wang,PhD,
Associate Member, Program of Biostatistics and Biomathematics, Division of
Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
“Bootstrap Inference for Network Construction”
Thursday, May 3, 2012
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Health SciencesT-639
For the abstract, please go here.
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Global Health Week - May 7-11, 2012
Global Health Week is a Department of Global Health Series that focuses on
career development for those interested in the field. Events of the week are
administered and programmed through the Global Health Resource Center, and are open
to faculty, staff, students and professionals campus wide who have an interest
in pursuing global health globally and locally.
Please find the full schedule of events here.
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WCPC Seminar - The War on Poverty’s Experiment in Public Medicine
West Coast Poverty Center Seminar
Martha Bailey, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Graduate Student of Economics, University of Michigan
“The War on Poverty’s Experiment in Public Medicine: Community Health Centers
and the Mortality of Older Americans”
Monday, May 7, 2012
12:30 pm
Parrington Hall Commons, Room 308
For the abstract, please go here.
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Clark Lundberg – TBA
UW Dept. of Economics Seminar
Clark Lundberg
“TBA”
Monday, May 7, 2012
12:30 pm
Savery 410
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Martin Wainwright - TBA
UW Dept. of Statistics Seminar
Martin Wainwright, University of California Berkeley
“TBA”
Monday, May 7, 2012
3:30 pm
Thomson 125
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Peter Bearman - Understanding the Increased Prevalence of Autism
UW Dept. of Sociology Stice Memorial Lecture
Peter Bearman, Columbia University
“Understanding the Increased Prevalence of Autism”
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
7:00 pm
Kane 220
For the abstract, please go here.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01)
(PAR-12-175)
National Institute on Aging
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute on Drug Abuse
And others
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): August 7, 2012; December 7, 2012; April
9, 2013; August 7, 2013; December 6, 2013; April 9, 2014; August 7, 2014;
December 9, 2014; April 7, 2015
The goal of this announcement is to invite research grant applications studying
HIV infection, HIV-associated conditions, HIV treatment, and/or biobehavioral
or social factors associated with HIV/AIDS in the context of aging and/or in
older adults. Research approaches of interest include clinical translational,
observational, and intervention studies in domestic and international settings.
General topic areas appropriate for this FOA include social, behavioral, and
mental health studies:
The burgeoning population of older adults with HIV faces considerable
challenges with regard to social engagement and interaction, adequacy of
informal social supports and caregiving resources, and utilization of
community-based services to meet growing needs.
Individuals aging with HIV tend to have limited or inadequate social
networks, particularly within traditional family structures. As a result, older
individuals with HIV will need to rely more heavily on community-based services
in the future; however, such resources may be ill-equipped to handle the
complex psychosocial issues with which aging individuals with HIV frequently
present. Moreover, older individuals infected with HIV earlier in life may be
quite different from those who contracted HIV later in life. Understanding not
only the variety of psychosocial co-morbidities in the aging HIV population,
but also the positive psychology and related constructs of individuals who are
aging successfully with HIV (e.g., mindfulness, hardiness, resilience,
self-efficacy, spirituality) may lead to greater insights into management
strategies for older adults living with HIV/AIDS.
There is also an R21 (PAR-12-174) and an R03 (PAR-12-176).
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Pre-Application for Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (X02)
(PAR-12-164)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): October 03, 2012
This announcement utilizes the X02 mechanism for submission of
pre-applications. Pre-applications are a necessary first step in applying for a
2013 Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research. Pre-applications will be
evaluated by a group of external experts. Those investigators whose projects
are judged to be the most outstanding will be notified of the opportunity to
submit full (DP1) applications.
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FY13 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (DP1)
(RFA-DA-13-002)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Application Receipt Date(s): January 17, 2013
This award is designed to support individual scientists of exceptional
creativity who propose cutting edge – and possibly transformative – approaches
to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research on HIV/AIDS that are
relevant to drug abuse. The term “avant-garde” is used to describe highly
innovative approaches and ideas that have the potential to be transformative.
The award is intended to support high-impact research that will open new areas
of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for treatment and prevention of
HIV/AIDS among drug abusers. Proposed research should reflect ideas and
approaches that are substantially different from those already being studied by
the investigator or others. This announcement defines biomedical and behavioral
research broadly—the emphasis is on creativity and potential impact rather than
a particular discipline or research area. The award is meant to support
individuals who intend to pursue research directions that are not readily
supported by other NIH grant mechanisms. The program is not intended simply to
expand the funding of an already supported research project, but rather to
support highly creative researchers to pursue visionary concepts and approaches
to research on HIV/AIDS.
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Community-Based Participatory Research in Reducing Health Disparities: Planning Phase (R24)
(RFA-MD-12-006)
Full title: NIMHD Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Initiative in
Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities: Planning Phase (R24)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Application Receipt Date(s): June 27, 2012
The goal of this FOA is to support partnerships between health disparity
communities and researchers to engage in community-based participatory research
(CBPR) to plan and implement interventions to reduce health disparities.
Community-based participatory research is defined as scientific inquiry
conducted in communities and in partnership with researchers. The process of
scientific inquiry is such that community members, persons affected by the
health condition, or other key stakeholders in the community’s health have the
opportunity to be full participants in each phase of the research (from
conception-design-conduct-analysis-interpretation-conclusions-communication of
results). CBPR is characterized by
substantial community input in the development of the grant application.
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Minority Fellowship Program
SM-12-010
Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Services Adminis.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
May 25, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $825,000
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center
for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year
(FY) 2012 Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) grant program. The purpose of this
two year grant program is to reduce health disparities and improve health care
outcomes of racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing the
number of culturally competent mental health counselors available to
underserved minority populations in public and private non-profit sectors. The
mental health and substance abuse needs of racial and ethnic minority
communities in the United States have been historically underserved due to the
lack of trained practitioners sensitive to the cultural issues and/or equipped
with the language skills that impact effective services delivery.
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Notice of Termination of PAR-11-036, Fogarty International Research Collaboration (R03)
(NOT-TW-12-008)
Full title: Notice of Termination of PAR-11-036, Limited Competition: Fogarty
International Research Collaboration - Behavioral and Social Sciences
(FIRCA-BSS) Research Award (R03)
John E. Fogarty International Center
And others
The purpose of this Notice is to inform prospective applicants that the Fogarty
International Center (FIC) will terminate Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) PAR-11-036 effective April 23, 2012. Therefore, FIC will not accept
applications submitted after April 22, 2012 in response to the Limited Competition:
Fogarty International Research Collaboration - Behavioral and Social Sciences
(FIRCA-BSS) Research Award (R03) which originally had the final submission date
of January 10, 2013.
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CONFERENCES
PAA Breakfast Meeting: United Nations Population Division, Adrian Raftery to Present
Dear Colleague,
The United Nations Population Division will organize a breakfast seminar during
the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. The
seminar will discuss methods for probabilistic population projections. There
will be a short presentation of the probabilistic methods used in the 2010
Revision of the World Population Prospects with the intent to get feedback and
suggestions for further developments.
The Seminar will take place on Thursday, 3 May 2012, from 7:00 to 8:20 am at
the San Francisco Hilton.
In order to make breakfast arrangements, we kindly request your response in advance
whether you intend to participate or not. Please reply as soon as possible by
e-mail to Neena Koshy, koshy@un.org.
Agenda
7:00 - 7:10 Breakfast (coffee and pastry will be available)
7:10 - 7:15 Welcome
7:15 - 7:25 Key Publications of the United Nations Population Division: The World Population Prospects (2010) and the World Urbanization Prospects (2011): Highlights (Gerhard Heilig, United Nations)
7:25 - 7:35 A Bayesian hierarchical model of fertility projection. (Adrian Raftery, University of Washington)
7:35 - 7:50 Probabilistic methods for projecting fertility: Methodological advances and challenges. (Patrick Gerland, United Nations)
7:50 - 8:00 Comments on the fertility model in the World Population Prospects. (John Bongaarts, Population Council)
8:00 - 8:20 Open discussion (with all participants)
With best regards,
Gerhard K. Heilig
Chief, Population Estimates and Projections Section
DESA - Population Division
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NIH Seeks Candidates for Graduate Student Research Conference
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is actively recruiting candidates to participate
in the 7th NIH National Graduate Student Research Conference, to be held
October 9-10, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland. The purpose of this event is to
recruit outstanding young scientists to postdoctoral positions at the NIH. This
year the Conference will be held in conjunction with the NIH Research Festival,
which highlights recent significant biomedical advances made at the NIH, and
Conference participants will have the opportunity to attend Research Festival
Sessions. To be eligible students must be enrolled in a PhD program in the U.S.
and on schedule to complete their PhD degree requirements between March 2012
and October 2013.
The deadline for application is June 15, 2012.Further details of the Conference
and the link to the online application can be found here.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Population Reference Bureau - Policy Analyst, International Programs
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) seeks a Policy Analyst to serve as a
staff member of International Programs.The Policy Analyst will work in a team-oriented
environment with both technical and management (team leader) responsibilities
for content and materials development and country-level technical assistance
and capacity-building activities. This
position will focus primarily on the management of a research initiative on
better understanding population growth, reproductive health, and economic
development.
For the full posting, please go here.
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Assistant Specialist, Social Demography - University of Hawaii at Manoa
Design and conduct integrated research and outreach activities in areas
relating to the well-being of families in Hawaii and consistent with the
mission of COF. Examples of relevant content areas include, but are not limited
to: small area population estimation, family and household, race and ethnicity,
and population health.
For the full posting, please go here.
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Fulbright Israel Post-Doctoral Fellowships for American Researchers
The United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF), the Fulbright
commission for Israel, offers 8 fellowships to American post-doctoral
researchers in support of work to be carried out at Israeli universities during
the course of the 2013/2014-2014/2015 academic years. The US Post-Doctoral
Fellowship Program is open to candidates in all academic disciplines.
Program fellows must be accepted as post-doctoral researchers by Israeli host
institutions, which agree to provide them with a standard post-doctoral grant,
which they will receive in addition to their Fulbright Fellowship. Thus, the total financial support received by
Program Fellows is likely to be in the range of at least $35,000-$40,000 per
year.
Applications for 2013/2014-2014/2015 Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowships must
be submitted to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars by August 1,
2012.
Click here for more info.
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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
US Census Bureau Releases Profile America: Facts for Features in Observance of Cinco de Mayo
To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, the US Census Bureau has prepared a report which
includes 2010 Census data on the population, education, and wealth of US
residents of Mexican origin.
Find the full report here.
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US Census Bureau Marks Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with Report
The US Census Bureau has prepared a Profile America: Facts for Features report
compiling 2010 Census data for US residents of Asian or Pacific Islander
descent.
Read the complete report here.
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Population Reference Bureau Publishes Latest WebUpdate
The PRB has released the latest issue of its e-newsletter, WebUpdate. Articles
include reports on the US teen birth rate, and its correlation with income
inequality.
Read the full content here.
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2010 Census Shows Asians are Fastest-Growing Race Group
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief, The Asian
Population: 2010, which shows the Asian population grew faster than any other
race group over the last decade. The population that identified as Asian--either
alone or in combination with one or more other races--grew by 45.6 percent from
2000 to 2010, while those who identified as Asian alone grew by 43.3 percent.
Both populations grew at a faster rate than the total U.S. population, which
increased by 9.7 percent from 2000 to 2010.
The full report can be found here.
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