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November 6, 2007

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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR: Danuta Kasprzyk - Applying Behavioral Theory to HIV Prevention in Rural Zimbabwe
CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS: Web Design for CSDE Affiliates; Anita Rocha on vacation 11/12-12/7
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Jerome P. Reiter; Women's Funding Alliance -- The status of women and girls in the Puget Sound region; Critical Medical Humanities -- Steven Epstein; UW Postdoctoral Association Research Symposium
CONFERENCES: Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity -- Should we count, how should we count and why?
TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Instructor, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor -- City University of New York (CUNY); Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology -- Department of Sociology Haverford College; Applied Statistician -- New York University; Health Policy Fellowship -- CDC; Research Associate, Health and Population -- Public Policy Institute of California; Research Associate, Economic Development -- Public Policy Institute of California; Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships; Young Social Scientist in the World Bank's Research Department; Health Scientist/Social Scientist -- DHH, Maryland; NIH K-Award Grant Writing Workshop; IIASA YSSP 2008: Grad student summer fellowship in Austria
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: SDRG Open House for graduate students in social and health sciences; The Institute For Health Metrics and Evaluation -- Hector Rodriguez; The Population Reference Bureau has added new content to its website

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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR

Danuta Kasprzyk - Applying Behavioral Theory to HIV Prevention in Rural Zimbabwe

Friday, November 9
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Parrington Hall Commons

CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Web Design for CSDE Affiliates

One of the services that CSDE is pleased to offer to affiliates is the design and development of a website. The gratis website is generally 6-10 pages and displays professional information, such as publications, courses, CV, and other pertinent information.

If you are a CSDE affiliate with a funded project or are applying for a grant, we also offer more extensive website services. In order to publicize and disseminate information on your project, we can design, develop, and maintain your project website at a very competitive cost. We can host the website on our robust new servers, provide database capabilities, and offer a full range of website services.

To view our website portfolio, click here.

To make an appointment for a consultation, please send an email to csde@u.washington.edu or phone Cynthia Long at 206-616-2451.

Anita Rocha on vacation 11/12-12/7

Anita Rocha, CSDE Statistical Programmer and Data Manager, will be on vacation November 12 through December 7, 2007. Please contact Cori Mar if you need statistical assistance or have other research questions.

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Jerome P. Reiter

Jerome P. Reiter, Assistant Professor of Statistical Science, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University
"The Multiple Adaptations of Multiple Imputation"

Wednesday, November 7
12:30 - 1:20 PM
Denny 401

Women's Funding Alliance -- The status of women and girls in the Puget Sound region

University of Washington Women's Center invites you to a special briefing and reception to learn the results of Women's Funding Alliance's landmark study on the status of women and girls in the Puget Sound region

A Closer Look
Co-Sponsored by The President's Advisory Committee on Women and The Center for Women's Health & Gender Research

Wednesday, November 7
3:00 PM
Odegaard Library, Room 220

Please RSVP to 685-1090

If you would like to see the study in advance of this briefing, visit: www.wfalliance.org

Critical Medical Humanities -- Steven Epstein

Steven Epstein, PhD UC San Diego, Dept. of Sociology
"Inclusion and Difference: Gender, Race, and the New Biopolitics of Medical Research."

Wednesday, November 7
4:00 PM
Communications 120
followed by a reception in the Simpson Center at 5:30 PM

UW Postdoctoral Association Research Symposium

Friday, November 9th
1:00 - 5:00 PM
Hogness Auditorium (A-wing, Health Sciences Building)
Reception and poster session to follow

The UW Postdoctoral Association (UWPA) is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual UWPA Fall Research Symposium on Friday, November 9th from 1-5 pm in Hogness Auditorium (A-wing, Health Sciences Building). This event is designed to showcase the important contributions of postdoctoral researchers to the overall research mission of the University. Provost Phyllis Wise will open the Symposium at 1 pm with the keynote address, followed by oral presentations from eight postdoctoral scholars. A reception and poster session will be held after the presentations. All are welcome, no registration required.

More information at: http://depts.washington.edu/uwpa/

PDF flyer here

CONFERENCES

Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity -- Should we count, how should we count and why?

December 6-8, 2007, Montréal, Canada

Sponsor: Institut national détudes démographiques (INED)

The main objective of the International conference on Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity: Should we count, how should we count and why? is to establish links between the production, analysis, uses and interpretation of social statistics related to ethnic diversity.

The Conference aims to encourage international exchanges in order to document the diversity of situations, namely: the experience of countries of immigration (Canada, the United States, Australia, etc.), the European experience and the experience of countries of the South (Africa, Latin America, Asia, etc.).

The Conference also aims to generate debate between the many different actors involved: organizations that produce statistics, researchers and users (including civil society, in particular NGOs involved in anti-discrimination activities).

http://www.ciqss.umontreal.ca/en/SSED/index.html

TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Instructor, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor -- City University of New York (CUNY)

John Jay College, CUNY, is seeking a specialist in community justice and social-economic development concepts. Must teach undergraduate courses and assist in developing an expanding African American Studies Department research agenda related to diverse community justice issues. The successful candidate will be expected to provide service to the college and community.

Deadline: December 28, 2007

Full Details

Assistant or Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology , Haverford Colleg

Haverford College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, beginning July, 2008. We are interested in hiring someone who does theoretically-informed quantitative research in any area of sociology. Candidates must have a strong commitment to teaching and to establishing a vigorous research program at the undergraduate level. Candidates should send a statement of current and future research interests, a brief statement of teaching interests, three letters of recommendation, at least one published or unpublished paper, and if possible a sample syllabus to: Merleen MacDonald, Search Secretary, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041-1392.

First priority will be given to applications received before December 17, 2007.

http://www.haverford.edu/provost/adhoc_search.htm

Applied Statistician -- New York University

The NYU Steinhardt School seeks an applied statistician with a strong research focus in one or more of the following areas: education, psychology, sociology, health, economics and/or policy analysis. The search is open to all ranks. Applicants should have a keen interest in both developing/evaluating new quantitative research methods as well as applying methods in collaborative work with faculty and graduate students in areas represented by the departments in the School. Applied statistics specialty areas that are of particular interest to the departments include: (1) multilevel modeling, panel data methods, random coefficients models; (2) structural equation modeling; (3) models for randomized experiments and quasi-experiments. The candidate also should have strong communication skills as a classroom teacher and as a presenter of research findings to others who are not as well-versed in his/her field of research.

Please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, three samples of scholarly writing, and three letters of recommendation to Professor Sharon L. Weinberg, Search Chair, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, New York University, 246 Greene Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003.

Review of applications will begin December 10, 2007. We will continue to consider new applications until the position is filled.

Health Policy Fellowship -- CDC

A new solicitation of applications for the NCHS/AcademyHealth Fellowship will be made each year during the life of the program. The schedule for 2008-2009 is:

January 7, 2008 Deadline for proposal submission
April 1, 2008 Announcement of selected fellows
Early September 2008 Fellowship begins

For more details and to download application, click here.

Research Associate, Health and Population -- Public Policy Institute of California

This position provides research assistance to individual fellows or to research groups working on health, immigration, and population issues. Responsibilities include (but are not necessarily limited to) performing statistical analysis, organizing and maintaining databases, conducting literature searches, abstracting documents, and presenting research results.

Position open until filled

For full details visit the PPIC website.

Research Associate, Economic Development -- Public Policy Institute of California

This position provides research assistance to individual fellows or to research groups working on economic development, job creation, entrepreneurship, and business policy. Responsibilities include (but are not necessarily limited to) performing statistical analysis, organizing and maintaining databases, conducting literature searches, abstracting documents, and presenting research results.

Position open until filled

For full details visit the PPIC website.

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

To facilitate this goal the Fellowship grants awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and, Postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.

Deadline: Nov 29, 2007

For full details visit the Ford Foundation Fellowship website.

Young Social Scientist in the World Bank's Research Department

Applications accepted until December 15, 2007

The World Bank's Research Department is one of the world's leading centers for research on economic development. It aims to conduct fundamental and relevant research published in refereed academic journals, generate new knowledge and ideas about effective policy interventions, and provide policy and strategic advice to the World Bank's operational staff.

Although the department is primarily staffed by economists, it works on a broad range of issues beyond the traditional focus of development economics, including community development, culture, governance, comparative and international politics, networks and social capital, and other issues that are informed by disciplinary perspectives drawn from anthropology, law, political science, psychology and sociology.

To expand our capacity in these realms, we are hiring a 'Young Social Scientist': a recent PhD in one of the non-economic social sciences whose research demonstrates significant promise in understanding questions that relate to the problems of development. We are looking for a world-class researcher with excellent skills in qualitative methods, and with significant field experience in one or more developing countries. The ideal candidate should also be familiar with quantitative methods and be willing to interact and collaborate closely with development economists. S/he should be willing to engage closely and critically with issues that are centrally related to development policy. The position offers a very competitive salary and benefits.

Please send a cover letter describing your research and why this position is of interest, and a CV with the names of three references to research@worldbank.org

At this stage we would request that candidates not send us any more material.

Candidates selected for the short-list will be requested to submit a more detailed application with writing samples, reference letters, etc. at a later stage.

Health Scientist/Social Scientist -- DHHS, Maryland

The incumbent serves as a Social Scientist or Health Scientist. Incumbent plans, coordinates, and conducts research activities in the area of long-term care. The incumbent will work on the development and operations of national surveys and design and implement analyses of the survey data to address important topics in the delivery of long-term health care. Studies are designed to identify and assess emerging trends of health care utilization. Research results will contribute to the knowledge and understanding of public health and the delivery of health care services and will contribute to the solution of public health problems in the United States.

Deadline: Friday, November 16, 2007

For full details, click here.

NIH K-Award Grant Writing Workshop

Is a Career Development Award in your future? Research Funding Service is offering a grant writing workshop

Tuesday, November 13
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

This workshop is targeted toward medical residents or fellows as well as Ph.D. postdoctoral fellows who are planning to write an NIH career development grant (K series), such as K01, K08, or K23. In this workshop, we will review a funded NIH K award, critiquing both the research plan and the career development plan.

To register for this workshop, please follow the link to the RFS website: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/gw/index.html. Once you register, you will receive a confirmation along with the location and room information.

For questions, please email rfs@u.washington.edu or call 206.685.8036. Workshops are open to current faculty, staff, and students.

IIASA YSSP 2008: Grad student summer fellowship in Austria

Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with IIASA’s senior scientists on projects within the Institute’s 3 theme areas.

Funding is available to cover travel to IIASA and a modest living allowance.

APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: 15 JAN 2008
2008 YSSP DATES: 2 JUNE - 29 AUGUST

What is IIASA and What Are Its Program Areas?

IIASA is an international institution, supported by the U.S. and 18 other governments, engaged in scientific research aimed at providing policy insight on issues of regional and global importance in the following areas:

Energy and Technology

Energy

New Technologies

Dynamic Systems

Integrated Modeling Environment

Natural Resources and Environment

Land Use and Agriculture

Forestry

Evolution and Ecology

Atmospheric Pollution & Econ. Devt.

Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Population and Society

World Population

Risk and Vulnerability

International Negotiation

Population and Climate Change

Health and Global Change Initiative

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OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

SDRG Open House for graduate students in social and health sciences

The Social Development Research Group (SDRG - http://depts.washington.edu/sdrg/) at the School of Social Work is excited to host an open house for graduate students in social and health sciences. SDRG was established nearly three decades ago under the leadership of Dr. David Hawkins. Currently directed by Dr. Richard Catalano, SDRG’s research activities focus on a common mission. That mission is to understand and promote healthy behaviors and positive social development among children, adolescents, and young adults by:

conducting research on factors that influence development;

testing the effectiveness of interventions;

studying service systems and working to improve them;

presenting science-based solutions to health and behavior problems; and

disseminating knowledge produced by this research.

The Open House provides an opportunity for graduate students to "meet" our datasets and our team of researchers, faculty, and data staff who work at SDRG. We hope to provide opportunities for graduate students and faculty to use rich sets of longitudinal, quantitative and/or qualitative data for analysis.

Wednesday, November 7
4:30 – 6:30 PM
9725 3rd Ave NE, Northgate Executive Center, Suite 401, Seattle, WA 98115 (Map)

Please join us for refreshments and collegial conversation.

RSVP to Carl Maas (cdmaas@u.washington.edu) by November 5th!

The Institute For Health Metrics and Evaluation -- Hector Rodriguez

Hector Rodriguez, Assistant Professor,Department of Health Services,University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
The Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Patient Care Experience Performance

Thursday, November 8
4:00 - 5:30 PM
1616 Eastlake Avenue E, Suite 300

We have limited space so please come early.

The Population Reference Bureau has added new content to its website: www.prb.org

HIV/AIDS

Misconceptions About Attitudes Toward AIDS in Africa
In the world of HIV prevention, policy researchers and program officers have long puzzled over why information and educational campaigns have failed to significantly change behaviors in Africa. Some experts believe that many people are in denial about AIDS in Africa and that part of the problem is that talking about AIDS or sex is taboo. Many assume that Africans don’t think they can do anything to prevent themselves from catching HIV. Others contend that people are afraid to be tested because they fear social stigma. But Susan Watkins, the author of an ethnographic study based in Malawi, says her findings challenge these assumptions. This article was written by Sandra Yin, associate editor at PRB.

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/misconceptions.aspx

POPULATION BASICS

Is Delhi India’s Largest City?
India is both a highly rural country, with the large majority of its population living in villages, and home to some of the world's largest metropolitan areas. The UN places three of India's metros in the top 10 in population worldwide: Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, and Kolkata (Calcutta). But is Delhi being shortchanged? This article proposes a new definition for the Delhi metropolitan area so that it is measured the same way as its two rivals. O.P. Sharma, PRB’s India consultant; and Carl Haub, PRB’s senior demographer, did the analysis.

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/delhi.aspx

New Fertility Rates for Europe
PRB regularly monitors fertility trends in low-fertility countries. We have posted a table on our website with national total fertility rates from 1995 to the most recent year available for 53 countries. In this most recent update, new data show that Norway has one of the highest fertility rates in Europe, at 1.90 lifetime children per woman in 2006. Within Europe, only Iceland (2.07 children per woman) and France (1.98 children per woman) have higher rates. The lowest rates are found in eastern European countries, where women average 1.3 or fewer children per woman.

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/newfertilityrates.aspx

GENDER

PRB’s Women’s Edition Journalists Cover ‘Women Deliver’ Conference
At Women Deliver, a global conference marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of the global Safe Motherhood Initiative, more than 1,800 people gathered in London from Oct. 18 to 20 to focus on creating the political will to save the lives and improve the health of women, mothers, and newborns around the world. Nine members of PRB's Women's Edition, a network of journalists, attended the conference and published a daily conference newsletter. Read their stories here.

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/womendeliver.aspx

AGING

Underweight, Undernutrition, and the Aging
This e-newsletter is the eighth in a series funded by the University of Michigan Demography Center. This issue, "Underweight, Undernutrition, and the Aging," highlights National Institute on Aging-funded research and other research that examines the importance of nutrition to the elderly and the prevalence of underweight and undernutrition among this group; and it suggests measures to address this issue at the individual and population levels. This newsletter was written by Richard Skolnik, director of international programs at PRB; and Meghan Cagley, program associate at PRB.

http://www.prb.org/pdf07/TodaysResearchAging8.pdf

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Subscribe to RSS feeds of PRB news, events, and new content on PRB’s website. You can choose among 13 topics and 6 world regions. When you subscribe to the feed, every time news, events, and feature stories and reports are published to the PRB site, a link to that item is added to your reader.

http://www.prb.org/Rss.aspx