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April 22, 2008

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DIRECTOR: Please Join Us at the CSDE Retreat on May 2 -- Send your RSVP Today; Another Banner Year at PAA for CSDE
CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR: Mario Small -- How Do Neighborhoods Affect Life Chances? What Childcare Centers Suggest about the Role of Organizational Networks
CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSDE Morning Tea -- The Basics of Longitudinal Data Analysis
CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS: Sam Clark -- Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar; David Nolin -- Congratulations on Post Doc Award; Rachel Kleit -- Interviewed on NPR
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM) -- Aimee Plourde; WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy -- Deborah Reed
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Academic Career Award (K07); NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13); Request for Information (RFI) -- Public Comment on Development of a Funding Opportunity Announcement on Highly Innovative Tactics to Interrupt Transmission of HIV
CONFERENCES: Disability Rights in Asia -- UW School of Law
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: The Institute For Health Metrics -- Saul Morris

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DIRECTOR

Please Join Us at the CSDE Retreat on May 2 -- Send your RSVP Today

To the CSDE community: Please set aside the afternoon of Friday, May 2 for CSDE’s spring meeting/retreat.

Lunch will be served in HUB 209AB from 12:00 to 1:30. The new Dean of Arts and Sciences, Ana Mari Cauce, will be joining us for a celebration and review of the events and accomplishments of the past year.

We will continue next door at the UW Club from 1:30 to 5:00 pm with a series of panel and group discussions of 1). CSDE in 2012—developing the population research center of the future, and 2). Research directions and funding opportunities in population science. A more detailed program is forthcoming.

So that we have a count for lunch, would you please send your RSVP today. The RSVP link in here.

rsvp0502@u.washington.edu

Thank you,
Shelly

Another Banner Year at PAA for CSDE

As usual, CSDE was very well represented at last week's annual PAA conference in New Orleans. We had 33 presenters and/or discussants who participated in 47 sessions--reflecting the wide-ranging expertise of our students and affiliates.

Many thanks to Becky Pettitt for organizing the UW dinner at the Crescent City Brewhouse. About 40 faculty, students, staff and alums shared good food, a warm evening breeze and a great time. Mark your calendars for next year's dinner on Thursday night at the PAA in Detroit.

Thanks also to Josh Patrick for arranging and hosting the CSDE table at the Alumni Night Party, and for giving UW an often-requested presence at this (noisy) event.

Shelly

CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR

Mario Small -- How Do Neighborhoods Affect Life Chances? What Childcare Centers Suggest about the Role of Organizational Networks

Friday, April 25
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Parrington Hall Forum

CSDE Seminar Schedule

CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS

CSDE Morning Tea -- The Basics of Longitudinal Data Analysis

Enjoy an informal talk and discussion on this useful topic by CSDE Biostatistician Jane Shofer. Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, April 23
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Raitt Hall 221

CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS

Sam Clark -- Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar

Sam Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
"Population Projection in the Context of HIV/AIDS: Application of Bayesian Melding to a Cohort Component Projection Model with HIV"

Wednesday, April 23
12:30 - 1:20 PM
Denny 401

Congratulations to David Nolin on Post Doc Award

David Nolin, finishing up his PhD in Biocultural Anthropology, has been awarded an NICHD postdoctoral research fellowship from the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

David will be using family reconstitution methods from historical demography to reconstruct genealogies from a century's worth of church records from my field site of Lamalera, Indonesia. Using the resulting dataset he will be testing evolutionary hypotheses about human reproductive strategies. David's postdoctoral advisor on this project will be anthropologist Paul Leslie, a specialist on the demography of East African pastoralists. The postdoc starts next fall and is for two years.

Rachel Kleit -- Interviewed on NPR

As Congress goes ahead with plans to address the mortgage crisis, there's a growing chorus of people saying not so fast. Rachel Garshick Kleit, associate professor in the Evans School of Public Affairs, is quoted.

For the full interview, click here.

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM) -- Aimee Plourde

Aimee Plourde, U College London, Center for Evolution of Cultural Diversity
"Cultural transmission and social evolution: Prestige, prestige goods, and the emergence of hierarchical social structures"

Thursday, April 24
3:30 – 5 PM
Denny 401

WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy -- Deborah Reed

Deborah Reed, Director of Research, Senior Fellow, and Thomas C. Sutton Chair in Policy Research, Public Policy Institute of California
"Changes in Family Structure, Childbearing and Employment: Implications for Poverty Trends"

Monday, April 28
3:00 - 4:30 PM
School of Social Work 305A

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Academic Career Award (K07)

Program Announcement (PA) Number: PA-08-152
This is a reissue of PA-00-070

Purpose
The purpose of the NIH Academic Career Award is to provide support to increase the pool of individuals with academic and research expertise to become academic researchers and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the grantee sponsoring grantee institution. The Academic Career Award supports Development awards for more junior level candidates and Leadership awards for more senior individuals with acknowledged scientific expertise and leadership skills.

Program Announcement (PA) Number: PA-08-152 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number(s):
93.392, 93.866, 93.272, 93.281, 93.213

Release Date: April 18, 2008
Letters of Intent Submission Date(s): Not applicable
Expiration Date: May 8, 2011

NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13)

Program Announcement (PA) Number: PA-08-149

Purpose
The purpose of the NIH Research Conference Grant Program (R13 and U13) is to support high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to the scientific mission of the NIH and to the public health. A conference/scientific meeting is defined as a gathering, symposium, seminar, scientific meeting, workshop or any other organized, formal meeting where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge. Each NIH Institute and Center (IC) has a scientific purview and different program goals and initiatives that evolve over time. Prior to preparing an application, it is critical that all applicants consult the appropriate IC representative listed in the R13/U13 Website to obtain current information about IC specific program priorities and policies. This action is of utmost importance because applications with marginal or no relevance to the participating Institutes will not be accepted for review or possible funding. In addition, applicants are encouraged to consult the Frequently Asked Questions Website for more detailed information about this program: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/index.htm

NOTICE: Applications submitted in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Federal assistance must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov using the SF424 Research and Related (R&R) forms and SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.

Release/Posted Date: April 16, 2008
Opening Date: April 21, 2008 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
Expiration Date: May 8, 2011

Request for Information (RFI) -- Public Comment on Development of a Funding Opportunity Announcement on Highly Innovative Tactics to Interrupt Transmission of HIV

Notice Number: NOT-AI-08-049

Release Date: April 18, 2008
Opening Date: April 20, 2008
Closing Date: May 20, 2008

The email address for this RFI will not be available after COB May 20, 2008.

Issued by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Purpose
NIAID is seeking input from the scientific community regarding novel research topic areas and approaches that could be exploited to develop highly innovative tactics to interrupt transmission of HIV. The information obtained from responses to this RFI will aid the Division of AIDS (DAIDS), NIAID, in developing a future Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for applications that aim to stimulate discovery, design and early preclinical evaluation of highly innovative, risky but rational approaches that could provide long-term protection from acquiring HIV infection. Opinions from junior investigators and new faculty are particularly encouraged.

CONFERENCES

Disability Rights in Asia -- UW School of Law

"Framing Legal and Human Rights Strategies for Change: A Case Study of Disability Rights in Asia"

Thursday - Friday, April 24 - 25
University of Washington School of Law, William H Gates Hall, Room 138

For more details, click here.
To register, click here.

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

The Institute For Health Metrics -- Saul Morris

Saul Morris, United Kingdom Department for International Development
"Reducing Maternal and Child Undernutrition: How Can We Use Data More Effectively"

Thursday, April 24
4:00 - 5:30 PM
2301 5th Ave. Suite 600