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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR: CSDE Retreat
CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS: Sam Clark -- Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar (rescheduled)
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: Gloyd Lecture -- David Cay Johnston; Disability Studies Program -- David Serlin; African Studies Program -- Gasana Mutesi; Colloquium Series in Anthropology -- Ann Anagnost, Devon Pena, Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrook, Teresa Mares, and David Giles; Department of Economics -- Joshua Abbott
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: R01 Grant Writing Workshop; Funded research opportunities from University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research; Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Ideas for Common Fund / Roadmap Trans-NIH Strategic Initiatives
CONFERENCES: Third Annual NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival
TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Tenure-Track Position in Econometrics -- California Institute of Technology; Demographic Assistant/Associate Professor -- University of Virginia; Assistant Research Professor -- Portland State University; Director, Center for Sustainable Suburban Development -- University of California, Riverside; Post Doctoral Scholar -- University of Chicago; Research Project Manager -- University of Utah; Researcher/Demographer -- County of Fairfax, Virginia; Evaluation Specialist -- International Center for Research on Women; Gender and Agriculture Specialist -- International Center for Research on Women; Social Science Researcher, Population and Social Transitions -- International Center for Research on Women; Research Analyst, Fertility and Family Structure -- Child Trends; Survey Research Analyst -- Child Trends; Using Secondary Data for Analysis of Marriage and Family -- ICPSR; Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three City Study -- ICPSR
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: Center for AIDS Research Seminar Series -- Sarah Rowland-Jones; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation -- Jairam Lingappa

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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR

CSDE 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. Lunch is reservation only.

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:

CSDE in 2012—developing the population research center of the future, and

Research directions and funding opportunities in population science.

The panels and group discussions are open to all.

CSDE Seminar Schedule

CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS

Sam Clark -- Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar (rescheduled)

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 30
12:30 - 1:20 PM
Denny 401

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

Gloyd Lecture -- David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize 2001
"Inequality, The Vast Majority, and Health"

Thursday, May 1
3:30PM
Hogness Auditorium

Disability Studies Program -- David Serlin

David Serlin Dept. of Communication, University of California, San Diego
"Touching Histories: Personality and Disability in Sex Studies in the 1930's"

Thursday, May 1
4:00 PM
Communications 120

African Studies Program -- Gasana Mutesi

Gasana Mutesi, President, Amani Africa
"A discussion about her life and grassroots work in Kigali, Rwanda"

Thursday, May 1
3:30 – 5:30 PM
Allen Library Auditorium

Colloquium Series in Anthropology -- Ann Anagnost, Devon Pena, Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrook, Teresa Mares, and David Giles

Epistemologies of Anthropology and the Environment

Ann Anagnost, Devon Pena, Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrook, Teresa Mares, and David Giles (Panel)
"Food for Thought: Approaches to the Anthropology of Food"

Friday, May 2
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Denny 401

Department of Economics -- Joshua Abbott

Joshua Abbott
"Dissecting the Tragedy: A Spatial Model of Behavior in the Commons"

Friday, May 2
2:00 PM
Condon Hall Rm 309 Conference Room

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

R01 Grant Writing Workshop

The Research Funding Service is offering a grant writing workshop

Wednesday, May 14
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

This workshop is targeted toward junior faculty and senior postdoctoral fellows, however, any UW investigator will benefit. In this workshop we will review one NIH R01 grant in clinical research. If your field of research is outside of clinical or biomedical bench research, you may be better served by a later workshop, in which we will review a health services or behavioral science grant.

To register for this workshop, please follow the link to the RFS website:
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/gw/index.html

If you can't attend this session, there will be additional grant writing workshops in the future. For questions, please email us at rfs@u.washington.edu or call 206.685.8036. Workshops are open to current faculty, staff, and students.

Funded research opportunities from University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research

Regional Small Grants
Application Deadline: 5:00 P.M. (EST), Friday, July 11, 2008

The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR), in cooperation with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seeks proposals for social science research on issues salient to low-income populations in the American South. The American South, as defined by UKCPR, is the 16-state Southern Legislative Conference. The award cap is $20,000.

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Child and family well being. Examples include health insurance, health outcomes, marriage and family (e.g. Healthy Marriage Initiative), self sufficiency, transfer program participation, deep poverty, child care, and barriers to employment.

Labor-market outcomes. Examples include labor force participation, earnings, multiple job holding, and welfare-to-work transitions.

Human capital accumulation. Examples include early childhood interventions, formal schooling, and welfare-to-work training.

Interaction of federal, state, local, and non-governmental programs and their effects on low-income families.

Link for full RFP: http://www.ukcpr.org/FundingOpps/rfprsg2009.pdf

Young Investigator Development Grants

The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR), in cooperation with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seeks proposals from untenured, junior faculty for social science research on issues salient to low-income populations in the United States. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, persistent poverty, labor-market outcomes, human capital accumulation, transfer-program participation, child and family well being, and the economic status of disadvantaged and underrepresented populations. Although not required, a preference will be given to proposals that address poverty in the American South, and to those based on secondary data analyses. The award cap is $7,500.

All application materials, (including 5 paper copies and one electronic copy) must be received by 5:00 P.M. (EST), Friday, July 11, 2008

Link for full RFP: http://www.ukcpr.org/FundingOpps/rfpyidg2009.pdf

Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Ideas for Common Fund / Roadmap Trans-NIH Strategic Initiatives

Notice Number: NOT-RM-08-014

Release Date: April 22, 2008
Response Date: June 2, 2008

This RFI invites ideas from the scientific community, health professionals, patient advocates, and the general public on ways to:

address specific barriers to basic, translational, or clinical research through development of novel tools, technologies, services, etc.

fill specific knowledge gaps that impede research across a broad spectrum of health science.

We invite you to submit individual ideas. All ideas should meet the following criteria for new trans-NIH strategic initiatives:

Is the proposed initiative truly transforming –could it dramatically affect how biomedical and/or behavioral research is conducted over the next decade?

Will the outcomes from the proposed initiatives synergistically promote and advance the individual missions of the Institutes and Centers to benefit health?

Does the proposed initiative require participation from NIH as a whole and/or does it address an area (s) of science that does not clearly fall within the mission of any one IC or OD program office?

Is the proposed initiative something that no other entity is likely or able to do, and is there a public health benefit to having the results of the research in the public domain ?

In addition to these general criteria, selection of initiatives will be based on whether the goals of the proposed programs can be achieved within a 5-10 year time frame. The selection will also take into consideration current research funding, with the intent of stimulating research in new or fledgling research areas that also meet all of the criteria stated above. The ideas should not be disease specific but should instead be relevant to multiple diseases. Ideas should not address problems or opportunities that fall under the purview of one NIH Institute or Center.

CONFERENCES

Third Annual NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival

September 11th -12th, 2008
Bethesda, Maryland

Eligible students must be enrolled in a PhD program in the U.S. and on schedule to complete their PhD degree requirements between June 2008 and October 2009. Both U.S. and international students are eligible to apply. NIH will provide travel, lodging and meal cost for the students who are invited to attend the Festival.

Invitations to the Festival will be based on a competitive process through applications. We expect to invite up to 250 students to spend two days presenting their research in poster sessions, networking with other students from around the U.S., learning about the research conducted at NIH, and exploring postdoctoral opportunities on the NIH campus.

The deadline for application is May 15, 2008. The online application can be found at the website below. In addition to the application, an electronic letter of recommendation is required from the student's PhD research mentor.

http://www.training.nih.gov

TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Tenure-Track Position in Econometrics -- California Institute of Technology

The faculty at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for two or more tenure track positions in econometrics as an assistant professor. Exceptionally well-qualified individuals at the associate or full professor level will also be considered. The social science faculty pursues interdisciplinary research at the intersection of economics, political science, psychology, neuroscience, history, law, and public policy.

We are seeking highly qualified candidates who are committed to a career in research and teaching. The term of initial appointment is normally four years, if untenured, and is contingent upon completion of the Ph.D.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of application describing their current research, a vita, three letters of recommendation, and a sample of work to: Chair, Economics Recruiting, Division of the Humanities & Social Sciences 228-77, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.

Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

For more details, click here.

Demographic Assistant/Associate Professor -- University of Virginia

The top quality work of the Demographics and Workforce section has led to an increasing amount of public service requests and projects from the state and local governments, business leaders, and general public across the Commonwealth for our data, research, publications and presentations. As our work continues to expand, we need someone with more formal demographic training and research experience who is capable of initiating and carrying out the research projects independently. Therefore, the current Research Assistant position is changed to a Research faculty position at the Assistant/Associate Professor level in the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

Qualifications
The position requires an earned Ph.D. in demography, sociology, economics, geography, statistics, public health or related social sciences fields; SAS proficiency; skills in quantitative analysis of large datasets; working knowledge of GIS; and excellent oral and written communication abilities. Experience in population estimates and projections is a plus, so are other avenues of specialization.

Responsibilities
The Demographics and Workforce Section of the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service invites bright, self-motivated individuals to apply for a Research Assistant / Associate Professor position. Nestled at the foot of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, in one of America's "best places to live", the University of Virginia offers an ideal environment for intellectual inquiry, research, publication, and opportunities to contribute to demographic research in the public interest.

We seek to expand our research capabilities by attracting high quality professionals interested in demographic research and its application to public discourse and policy.

The Demographics and Workforce Section offers a dynamic, stimulating, and cooperative setting for self-motivated individuals. The successful candidate will develop and pursue research topics of interest, and will work collaboratively with others to meet our mission for public service.

The position is a 12-month, non-tenure track, research faculty position, renewable on an annual basis. Candidates must apply on-line at: https://jobs.virginia.edu and search on Posting Number 0601862. Please send a cover letter, C.V. and contact information for three professional references. The Search Committee will begin screening application materials on April 29, 2008, and expects to begin interviews as soon as possible thereafter.However, the position will remain open to applications until filled.

For more information about the Demographics section, please visit: www.Coopercenter.org/demographics. For specific questions, please contact Dr. Qian Cai (pronounced "Chien Tsai") at 434-982-5581, or via email.

Open Until Filled

For more details, click here.

Assistant Research Professor -- Portland State University

Population Research Center/College of Urban & Public Affairs - Fixed Term

Department Description
PRC produces the official, annual population estimates for the state, its counties and incorporated cities. PRC participates in the Federal-State Cooperative program with the U.S. Census Bureau for population estimates and projections, and also serves as the lead agency for the State Data Center program in Oregon.

Starting date is TBD; funding for the position begins July 1, 2008. Candidates should feel free to contact the director for more information.

Position Summary and Responsibilities
The Population Research Center (PRC) is seeking to fill a position of Research Assistant Professor. The position will be a nine-month appointment providing base funding at 0.51 FTE with an expectation to generate 0.49 FTE in enterprise funding through activities that may include contracts, grants, and self-support programs.

Primary area of research will be in applied demography with opportunities to teach demographic methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates should have a strong multidisciplinary orientation, with experience in empirical research and teaching in the area of applied population studies. The successful candidate should possess the presence and skills to develop and manage contracts with individuals/agencies representing a diversity of interests. The hire will receive support through contributing to ongoing PRC contracts. Opportunities exist for collaborative research with the other centers and institutes within the College of Urban and Public Affairs.

Minimum Qualifications

A Ph.D. with a concentration in demography required for appointment at the Research Assistant Professor level

Experience in conducting demographic research may substitute for coursework

ABD's will be considered for appointment.

Preference will be given to candidates who will contribute to our programs in population forecasts and estimates, and school demography

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in using GIS tools is helpful

To Apply
Please submit curriculum vitae, statement of interest that specifies your research experiences, and three letters of reference addressed to:

George C. Hough, Jr., Director
Population Research Center (PRC)
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751

Review of applications will begin May 5, 2008, and continue until finalists are identified.

For full details, click here.

Director, Center for Sustainable Suburban Development -- University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside (UCR), is seeking a Director for its Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development (CSSD). The successful candidate will be eligible for appointment as a tenured full or associate professor, with a distinguished research record and the vision and leadership skills to build an inter-disciplinary center for research on regional issues. A doctoral degree in a field related to the Center’s research agenda is required. The academic appointment of the successful candidate will be in a department within the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS). The candidate will be expected to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Applicants should submit a letter, including a statement of their vision of interdisciplinary research on suburban issues, a current curriculum vitae, and names of at least five references. Nominations are strongly encouraged. Applications and letters of nomination should be sent to:

Chair of the CSSD Director Search Committee (Professor Anil B. Deolalikar)
c/o Ms. Cindi Smith, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences 3415
University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
Email

Review of applications will begin April 1, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled.

For full details, click here.

Research Project Manager -- University of Utah

The Department of Pediatrics in the University Of Utah School Of Medicine has an immediate opening for a Research Project Manager for the National Children's Study (NCS). We are seeking an experienced manager ready to take on significant responsibility in this large study. The NCS is the largest long-term study ever undertaken on childrens health and development. The NCS will evaluate environmental factors to determine the root causes of many major childhood and adult diseases. In Salt Lake County, and in 100 diverse communities across the country, teams will observe 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to determine how these factors such as air, water, dust, what children eat, how they are cared for, neighborhood safety, health care and other environmental factors affect their health and well being. Salt Lake County is one of seven Vanguard Centers across the nation that will be participating in the NCS. Additional Study Centers are being established in Utah and the contiguous states and will work closely with the Salt Lake County Vanguard Center.

The requirements are: PhD in Epidemiology, Public Health with an emphasis in Epidemiology, other health or social (population based survey) science field or equivalency; plus 10 years of progressively more responsible experience managing field research in epidemiological, population based surveys, clinical or basic sciences, and longitudinal studies. A Masters degree and a minimum of 14 years of experience can be substituted.

Experience must include:

Management of large field data collection teams

Experience overseeing off-site study locations and data collection teams

Leadership and Personnel Management (recruitment, training, mentoring and development, staffing utilization, etc)

Recruitment of study participants and field team coordination

Knowledge of field research and/or survey methods and data collection procedures

Effective organizational, problem solving, human relations and communications skills

Knowledge of National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services and Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements and guidelines

For additional information about the NCS, please visit: http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/

Interested applicants can apply by sending a letter of interest and resume or CV to e-mail: Debbie.gabaldon@hsc.utah.edu

Post Doctoral Scholar -- University of Chicago

The Economics Research Center at the University of Chicago is seeking a post-doctoral scholar to work with James Heckman on research related to the economics of human development.

Work will focus on human skill formation from birth through adulthood, and the effectiveness of interventions on all age groups. Unique data sets on long-term experimental evaluations available.

Applicant must have strong empirical skills, training in quantitative methods, and experience with large data sets. Rates competitive and term negotiable.

Please send two letters of reference, curriculum vitae, transcripts, and research papers (if available) to awb143@uchicago.edu.

For more details, click here.

Researcher/Demographer -- County of Fairfax, Virginia

Researcher/Demographer, Demographic and Economic Research, Department of Systems Management for Human Services

Working in a team-based environment, provides collaborative senior level professional support in the areas of research, data analysis, information management and survey research. Conducts research and analyses to support countywide need for land use, demographic, social and economic information. Manages research and analyses processes to include problem definition; research design; primary and secondary data collection; data analysis; and report writing. Designs, maintains and documents complex computerized models, databases, methodologies and statistical tools for obtaining, analyzing and creating land use, demographic, social and economic information and forecasts. Develops GIS and Web-based applications and tools. Considers the uses and potential uses by multiple clients to determine the appropriate information needed as well as the appropriate formats for disseminating data (i.e. statistical tables, graphics, maps, Internet products, and databases). Designs and develops materials and approaches for disseminating conclusions and products to decision-makers, planners and the public. Serves as trainer/mentor to build technical research and analysis capacity in others.

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in quantitative analysis and/or spatial analysis, plus four years of progressively responsible professional experience in quantitative statistics, economics, demographics, spatial analysis or related field.

Deadline: May 2, 2008

For more details and to apply online, click here.

Evaluation Specialist -- International Center for Research on Women

The Social Science Researcher will undertake and further develop the team's evaluation work on girls' and women's empowerment, as well as on the broader programmatic research that the team is undertaking on gender, population and development issues.

Primary Duties:

Functions as a leader or team member with staff; has technical and management responsibility for projects

Responsible for conceptual and instrument design, program design, research training and capacity building, data management and analysis, and dissemination of project results in presentations, reports, and published papers

Responsible for project staff management, partnership engagement, and budgetary management

Participates in the development of proposals and the team's fundraising activities

Maintains and expands professional networks

Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume and salary requirements to jobs@icrw.org with "Evaluation Specialist - Population and Social Transitions (PopSoc) Team" in the subject line.

Vacancies are open until removed from the ICRW Web site.

For more details, click here.

Gender and Agriculture Specialist -- International Center for Research on Women

The Gender and Agriculture Specialist will take the lead in helping ICRW’s Economic Development Team to shape and develop its portfolio on the importance of gender in the emerging reemphasis on agriculture in development. In particular, he or she will take the primary responsibility for working with the Gates Foundation to help integrate gender issues in the Foundation’s major initiative on agriculture. The engagement with the foundation involves input on RFPs and proposals, and technical assistance to Foundation staff on proposal reviews, gender integration, and grantee support. He or she will serve as a senior member in the Economic Development team and contribute to further conceptual development and fundraising on the key thematic area of gender and agriculture, and its integration with the team’s broader portfolio of work on gender and assets.

Primary Duties:

Serve as Project Director to support and provide technical assistance to the Gates Foundation, including responsibility for vision, direction, implementation of project, strategic relations with donor/partner, staff, and administrative management.

Undertake core technical activities in supporting the Gates Foundation, including,

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) design, i.e. development of frameworks, and conceptualization and operationalization of indicators;

Proposal review and input on grantee selection, proposal co-development with donor and grantees.

Analysis and report writing: Developing literature reviews, analyzing primary and secondary data; drafting sharp and comprehensive syntheses based on data analysis; and writing high quality reports and other outputs;

Technical support: Overseeing M&E activities and data management relating to Gates grantees under the agricultural portfolio, and providing and coordinating technical support to grantees.

Workplan, staffing and budget management.

Represent ICRW externally in its work on gender and agriculture, including with donors, partners, and in conferences, events and networks.

Work with Team Director, Economic Development, and Vice President, Social and Economic Development to strengthen and expand ICRW’s Gender and Agriculture portfolio, including

Expanding networks and cultivating potential donors

Raising ICRW’s visibility through publications in agricultural journals

Developing proposals and raising funds

Vacancies are open until removed from the ICRW Web site.

For more details, click here.

Social Science Researcher, Population and Social Transitions -- International Center for Research on Women

The Social Science Researcher will function as both a leader and team member and will have substantial research, technical and project management responsibility. The areas of research are likely to include the empowerment of adolescents/young women, the relationship between fertility declines and women's empowerment, women's leadership as a strategy for development, gender and technology. The incumbent will conduct a range of technical research, coordinate project teams and their work, participate in proposal development, strategic thinking and donor/partner relations.

Primary Duties:

Develops innovative Works as a leader and team member with technical and management responsibility for projects.

Responsible for leading research programs and broader initiatives, conceptual and instrument design, program design.

Analyzes and synthesizes research findings on complex issues and develops products relevant to a range of audiences.

Methodologies and approaches for researching gender and development issues.

Provides technical support to specific partners, including conceptual and instrument design, program design, research training and capacity building, data management and analysis, and dissemination of project results in presentations, reports, and published papers.

Responsible for project staff management, partnership engagement, and budgetary management.

Vacancies are open until removed from the ICRW Web site.

For more details, click here.

Research Analyst, Fertility and Family Structure -- Child Trends

General Description:
Child Trends has an opening for a Research Analyst in its Fertility and Family Structure research area. Current research projects focus on adolescent pregnancy and childbearing; adolescent relationships, sexual activity, and contraceptive use; male fertility behaviors; and nonmarital childbearing and union formation. These projects use data from the National Survey of Family Growth, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort, and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (Kindergarten cohort and Birth cohort). Experience with one or more of these data files is preferred.

Position Summary: Under the general direction of senior staff members, the Research Analyst will be responsible for conducting assigned parts of social research projects. The analyst will do the following: manage large data sets; apply basic methods of statistical analysis; assist in the development of research approach, and in the selection and application of statistical techniques; and report research findings orally and in writing.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

Uses SAS, Stata and other statistical software to manage and manipulate large data sets; includes variable creation, data cleaning and recoding, and translating data from one program to another

Analyzes data using descriptive and multivariate techniques, such as t-tests, ANOVAs, multiple regression, logistic regression, and factor analysis

Draws conclusions from data, and prepares statistical reports and data presentations

Revises and writes critical summaries of research literature and/or public policy

Writes research results; assists in writing proposals and preparing papers for publications

Assists in the presentation of research results to clients, sponsors, or the press

Supervises and assigns work to research assistants and support staff. May train research assistants.

Works independently and provides support for research design and writing

Performs other related duties as required

How to Apply:
We prefer that you upload your resume with a cover letter, salary requirements, transcripts, and three professional references at http://resumes.childtrends.org. Alternatively, email this information to hr@childtrends.org, fax the information to (202) 362-8420, or mail it to: HR Consultant, Child Trends, 4301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20008. NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE!

Open until filled.

For more details, click here.

Survey Research Analyst -- Child Trends

General Description:
Child Trends has an opening for a Survey Research Analyst responsible for conducting social science research projects under the general direction of more senior staff members. The analyst will assist in the selection and application of various data collection techniques; development of data collection instruments and field procedures; and participate in and oversee data collection and analysis and writing results.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

Works independently and conducts all phases of data collection including: development of questionnaires, instruments or protocols; item development and testing; sample design and management; recruitment and screening of participants; training of junior project members; field procedures; data quality; etc.

Familiarity with various interview and data collection techniques such as standardized interviewing; qualitative semi-structured interviews; site visits; cognitive interviewing; focus groups; and observational data collection.

Ability to analyze and interpret data and identify patterns from data collected through surveys, qualitative interviews, observational data, cognitive interviews and focus groups.

Uses SAS, Stata and other statistical software to manage and manipulate quantitative data sets; including variable creation, data cleaning and recoding, and translating data from one program to another.

Analyzes qualitative data. Familiarity with qualitative software packages. Supervises coding of observational data.

Prepares statistical and qualitative reports and presentations.

Supervises and assigns work to research assistants and support staff. May train interviewers or data users.

Acts as liaison with data collection subcontractors.

Develops IRB materials and oversee data security and confidentiality procedures.

Performs other related duties as required.

Some travel may be required.

Open until filled.

For more details, click here.

Using Secondary Data for Analysis of Marriage and Family -- ICPSR

July 24 - 25
Ann Arbor, MI

The National Center for Marriage Research (NCMR) will sponsor a summer workshop that focuses on analyzing marriage and family research questions using the following four data sources: Fragile Families, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, National Survey of Family Growth, and the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The workshop will provide information about the advantages and challenges of using each data source to study marriage and family patterns and change. Data Sharing for Demographic Research at the University of Michigan will facilitate the workshop.

The target audience is graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior researchers, and other researchers who are interested in using the featured secondary data for the analysis of marriage and family. Participants from all disciplines are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to minority candidates.

Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of secondary data, fundamental data analytic skills in SPSS, SAS or Stata, and a substantive interest in marriage and family.

NCMR is funded through a cooperative agreement between the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Bowling Green State University.

Fees: Member: none; Nonmember: none

Applications must include a vita and cover letter summarizing research interests, course objectives, and experience. Application materials are due by 2008-05-16.

For more details and to apply, click here.

Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three City Study -- ICPSR

July 21 - 23
Ann Arbor, MI

This workshop will introduce interested researchers to the Three-City Study, a three-wave longitudinal survey of low-income families and children in the post-welfare reform era. The study has followed about 2,400 families in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio since 1999, including a six-year follow-up wave completed in 2005. The study includes information on families' employment histories, income, usage of TANF and other needs-based programs, health and health insurance, as well as detailed measures of children's well-being and family functioning. An embedded developmental study conducted during the first two waves with preschool-aged children provides extensive interview data and observational data from parents and child care providers on detailed process-oriented measures.

We will discuss the study design and sampling frame, the content of the study, research questions to which the study is well-suited, and issues that users should bear in mind when working with longitudinal data.

This workshop will be of interest to researchers studying poverty, family, child development, welfare reform, women's labor force participation and income, and/or neighborhood ecology. Registered participants may suggest in advance of the workshop specific research questions or topics they would like to discuss. For more information on the study, visit http://www.threecitystudy.jhu.edu/.

Fees: Member: none; Nonmember: none

Applications must include a vita and cover letter summarizing research interests, course objectives, and experience. Application materials are due by 2008-05-16.

For more details and to apply, click here.

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Center for AIDS Research Seminar Series -- Sarah Rowland-Jones

Sarah Rowland-Jones, Director of Research, MRC Laboratories the Gambia, and MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine Oxford
"Protective immunity in HIV infection? Lessons from HIV-2"

Thursday, May 1
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Discovery Conference Room on the First Floor
307 Westlake AVE N, Seattle WA 98109

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation -- Jairam Lingappa

Jairam Lingappa, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Global Health; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics; Associate Director, International Clinical Research Center at the University of Washington School of Medicine
"HSV-2 AND HIV: Probing a Complex Relationship for HIV Prevention Interventions"

Thursday, May 1
3:00 - 4:30 PM
2301 5th Ave. Suite 600