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February 5, 2008

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DIRECTOR: CSDE Small Grants Program -- Call for Proposals
CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR: David Blau -- The Effect of Economic and Social Policy on the Family Structure Experiences of Children in the U.S.
CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS: Victoria Lawson, Lucy Jarosz, Anne Bonds -- WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Yonatan Eyal; IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM) -- Alex Mesoudi; The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation -- Jonathan Betz Brown; Department of Global Health Lecture Series -- Jared Baeten
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Robert Wood Johnson Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization; National Campaign Survey on Knowledge, Beliefs, and Myths Pertaining to Fertility and Contraception among Young Adults 18-29
CALLS FOR PAPERS: 2008 ESF Research Conference on the Transfer of Resources Across Generations; The International Conference on Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability
CONFERENCES: RAND Summer Institute
TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Post Doctoral Fellowship -- University of Michigan, National Center for Institutional Diversity; Several opportunities -- Public Policy Institute of California; Director, Office of Extramural Programs -- NIH; Director, Division of Scientific Programs -- NIH; Executive Director -- Union for African Population Studies; Post Doctoral Fellowship -- National Center for Marriage Research; Pre-doctoral Fellowships -- NIMH-Supported Research Training Program on HIV/AIDS; Research Social Scientist -- University of Alabama; Two Assistant/Associate Professors -- St. John's University; Research Associate (Biostatistician) -- INDEPTH Network; Full-time, permanent positions available -- Population Division of the U.S. Census Bureau; Post Doctoral Fellowship -- National Institute on Aging; Conservation Science Internships -- The Nature Conservancy; Eighth Annual Summer Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions; Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Therapy; Integrating Bio-Markers in Population-Based Research
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: NIH Issues -- New Public Access Policy

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DIRECTOR

CSDE Small Grants Program -- Call for Proposals

The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) announces a second round of our small grant program for 2007-08 that provides direct support to demography research projects and working group collaborations. This developmental program is supported by our Population Research Infrastructure Program award from NICHD and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Priority for seed grant awards (up to $15,000) 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. Support for multidisciplinary working groups (up to $5,000) will fund series of meetings or discussions that explore new opportunities for collaboration and new approaches to complex problems. 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.

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.

The principal investigator for a working group application must also be a CSDE affiliate and UW faculty member, and the proposed working group must include at least one other UW or regional CSDE affiliate. A PI may submit only one proposal per round.

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, budget and budget justification, and cv’s or biosketches for all key personnel. Proposals for working group support will follow a similar format, but the substantive proposal will be limited to two pages. Detailed instructions for preparing proposals are on the CSDE website at http://csde.washington.edu/research/funding/grantsDetails.shtml.

Proposals are due on April 1, 2008, and awards will be announced by May 15, 2008. Submit proposals to Josh Patrick, CSDE, Box 353412.

Questions regarding the application procedure should be directed to Shelly Lundberg, Director, CSDE, via email.

Shelly Lundberg, Director

CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR

David Blau -- The Effect of Economic and Social Policy on the Family Structure Experiences of Children in the U.S.

Friday, February 8
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Parrington Hall Commons

CSDE Seminar Schedule

CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS

Victoria Lawson, Lucy Jarosz, Anne Bonds -- WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy

Victoria Lawson, Professor and Thomas L. & Margo G. Wyckoff Endowed Faculty Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Washington, CSDE Affiliate
Lucy Jarosz, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Washington
Anne Bonds, Doctoral Candidate, Geography, University of Washington
"Dumping Grounds and Unseen Grounds: Placing Poverty, Race and Ethnicity in the Rural American Northwest"

Monday, February 11
3:00 PM
Parrington Hall Commons

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Yonatan Eya

Yonatan Eyal, Researcher, Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Capsules of Information Possessed by Individuals: Their Value in Estimating the Effect of Public Intervention Programs"

Wednesday, February 6
12:30 - 1:20 PM
Denny 401

IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM) -- Alex Mesoudi

Alex Mesoudi, U of Cambridge, Psychology
"Broken telephones, virtual arrowheads and cultural evolution: How cultural transmission experiments can inform an evolutionary science of human culture"

Thursday, February 7
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Denny 401

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation -- Jonathan Betz Brown

Jonathan Betz Brown, MPP, PhD is a Senior Investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
"Economics of the Global Diabetes Epidemic"

Thursday, February 7
4:00 - 5:30 PM
2301 5th Ave. Suite 600

We have limited space so please come early.

Department of Global Health Lecture Series -- Jared Baeten

Jared Baeten, MD, PhD, Candidate for a faculty position within the Department of Global Health, International Clinical Research Center
"New Biomedical Strategies for HIV Prevention in Women"

Monday, February 11
5:30 PM
Foege Auditorium S-060, Genome Sciences Building
Reception to follow in Vista Cafe

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Robert Wood Johnson Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization

Call for Proposals: Robert Wood Johnson Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization. This program supports policy analysis, research, evaluation and demonstration projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy and financing issues.

Deadline: Open

More information is here: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19274

National Campaign Survey on Knowledge, Beliefs, and Myths Pertaining to Fertility and Contraception among Young Adults 18-29

We are pleased to announce that we are now actively seeking proposals to conduct a nationally representative survey on knowledge, beliefs, and myths pertaining to fertility and contraception among young adults aged 18 to 29. Specific details about the solicitation can be found in the attached request for proposals or on the Campaign’s website www.thenationalcampaign.org. We would encourage you to share this funding announcement with other interested colleagues and organizations.

Please contact Katy Suellentrop at ksuellentrop@thenc.org or 202-478-8515 if you have any questions.

The deadline for proposals is 4:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, February 19, 2008.

CALLS FOR PAPERS

2008 ESF Research Conference on the Transfer of Resources Across Generations

Transfers of economic, social and cultural resources from parents to children to a large extent are responsible for the inequalities of opportunity among children of different social origin and for the reproduction of social inequality across generations. To longstanding issues of economic disparities have recently been added important dimensions of family structure and other forms of social capital. These are the issues to be addressed by the ESF Research Conference on The Transfer of Resources across Generations: Family, Income, Human Capital and Children’s Wellbeing. The overarching goal of the conference is to develop and understand basic principles that generate these flows of resources of different kind and extent.

Sub-themes include consequences of family change for childhood resources and children's well-being; distribution of resources within households; welfare state support versus family support in the transition to adulthood; social mobility -- processes behind intergenerational reproduction of social position; economic transfers between generations; and income mobility across generations.

This conference will be of interest to academic and policy researchers with concerns about inequality, social welfare, family processes and child development. The format of the conference will permit interaction between representatives of different disciplines and between national experts.

The conference is explicitly organized at the European level in order to contribute to the formation of an international community of scholarship that is able to adequately treat research questions of a comparative nature. The substantive topics addressed in the proposed conferences are topics that are and will remain part of the core of social science inquiry and which relate to central features of the present state and future development of modern societies. The conference will take place at Vadstena Klosterhotel, located in a lovely natural setting on the shores of beautiful Lake Vättern, offering comfortable accommodation in an historic environment. During the Middle Ages, Vadstena was the location of a Catholic monastery and convent for the nuns of the Birgittine order. Today, the conference center and hotel are located for the most part in the monastery’s medieval buildings.

Application closing date 3/14/08.

For more information please refer to the flyer or visit the website at: http://www.esf.org/conferences/08256

The International Conference on Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability

This is a Call for Abstracts for the International Conference on Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability (EFMSV) hosted by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) from 9-11 October 2008 in Bonn, Germany.

The complete call is here.

The deadline for abstract submission is the 28 February 2008.

For more information about the conference please visit www.efmsv2008.org.
For online abstract submission please visit www.efmsv2008.org/application

CONFERENCES

RAND Summer Institute

RAND is pleased to announce the 15th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI). RSI consists of two annual conferences that address critical issues facing our aging population. The MiniMedical School for Social Scientists will be held on July 7-8, and the Demography, Economics, and Epidemiology of Aging conference on July 9-10, 2008. Both conferences will convene at the RAND Corporation headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

We are now accepting applications for the 2008 conference. (Qualified applicants must hold a Ph.D. or have completed two years of a Ph.D. program and be actively working on a dissertation. Only applicants working in the field of aging — or actively considering this research field — will be considered.)

Application deadline: March 14, 2008

For more information, click here.

The conferences are sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.

TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Post Doctoral Fellowship -- University of Michigan, National Center for Institutional Diversity

The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce a new Institutional Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This university-wide, interdisciplinary initiative seeks to advance the Centers national commitment to institutional diversity as well as its strategic agenda to bridge exemplary scholarship with multilevel engagement and innovation. This fellowship program is also designed to help recruit outstanding faculty with strong commitments to diversity within a range of U-M academic units. A successful candidate will be attractive as both an NCID fellow and a tenure-track or research faculty member. For example, successful candidates could have the opportunity for a full-time fellowship at NCID before starting a tenure-track position within a UM academic unit. Applications will be evaluated by representatives from both NCID and a relevant U-M academic unit, including a potential faculty mentor.

Application deadline: March 1, 2008

For details, please visit the NCID website.

Several opportunities -- Public Policy Institute of California

Dissertation Fellow: The Dissertation Fellow position is designed for doctoral candidates whose dissertation topic and career goals are related to public policy issues. In particular, scholars whose research will benefit from access to PPIC's databases and consultation with PPIC staff are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants should be in a Ph.D. program that will lead to a career in public policy research. Examples of eligible fields of study include demography, economics, education, geography, political science, psychology, public policy, sociology, social welfare, and urban planning.

Application deadline: February 29, 2008

For more details on the Dissertation Fellow positions visit this link http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1969

Visiting Fellows: The visiting fellow positions are designed for candidates whose career goals are related to public policy. Qualified applicants will have a well-established career in research and a PhD. or equivalent experience in demography, education, economics, geography, political science, public policy, sociology, urban planning, or a related field.

Applications are considered as they are received.

For more details on the Visiting Fellow positions visit this link: http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1496

Summer Internship Opportunities: Detailed descriptions are on their website at http://www.ppic.org/main/position.asp?i=1201. The PPIC summer internships are particularly appropriate for current students in graduate programs in economics, public administration, public policy, and related disciplines; recently graduated undergraduates with strong research skills and/or equivalent experience may also qualify.

The application deadline for summer internships is March 14, 2008.

Additionally, we have policy analyst and senior fellow positions available, which can be viewed at this link: http://www.ppic.org/main/opportunities.asp

Director, Office of Extramural Programs -- NIH

The Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks exceptional candidates for the position of Director, Office of Extramural Programs (OEP). OER oversees policies that govern NIH extramural research grants. The OEP Director provides leadership and management oversight of policies and operations impacting the NIH extramural research community. This includes setting priorities and policies for mission-critical functions across NIH including peer review, extramural NIH staff education and training, resolution of human subjects issues; assessments in response to allegations of scientific misconduct; and administration of the NIH Loan Repayment Program and the National Research Service Award (NRSA) requirements. The OEP Director exercises broad influence and represents OER on NIH, Departmental, interagency, and non-governmental committees involving extramural research, especially as related to clinical research and human subjects issues. The Director supervises three senior level division directors and provides management oversight of a staff of approximately 70 individuals.

The OEP Director will be appointed under Title 42 at a salary commensurate with qualifications. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Medical, Biological, Physical, Mathematical, Health Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences, or equivalent and possess executive level biomedical research policy, managerial, and supervisory experience within a complex organization.

Full position requirements and detailed application procedures are available in the vacancy announcement (# OD-08-240882-T42) at www.usajobs.opm.gov.

To be considered for this position, you must submit your Curriculum Vitae to: Damita Cleveland, Department of Health and Human Services, 31 Center Drive, 4B41, Bethesda, MD 20852.

For additional information, contact Damita Cleveland at 301-496-1443.

All applications must be postmarked by the closing date, February 26, 2008.

Director, Division of Scientific Programs -- NIH

The Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks exceptional candidates for the position of Director, Division of Scientific Programs located within the Office of Extramural Programs (OEP). The incumbent serves as the NIH Research Training Officer and senior staff advisor to the OEP Director. OEP provides policy support and advice to the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research regarding the operation of extramural research and research training programs totaling nearly $23 billion annually. The incumbent provides leadership and management on all matters pertaining to, but not limited to, the NIH Research Training and Career Development Programs, research involving human subjects, issues related to research misconduct, and policy associated with peer review. The Director has supervisory responsibility for a staff of six employees.

The incumbent will be appointed under Title 42 at a salary commensurate with qualifications. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Medical, Biological, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Physical, Mathematical, Health Sciences or equivalent. Experience in clinical or laboratory research, research administration, or biomedical training program administration is required. The incumbent must have executive level management and supervisory experience.

Full position requirements and detailed application procedures are available in the vacancy announcement (# OD-08-240885-T42) at www.usajobs.opm.gov. To be considered for this position, you must submit your Curriculum Vitae to: Damita Cleveland, Department of Health and Human Services, 31 Center Drive, 4B41, Bethesda, MD 20852.

For additional information, contact Damita Cleveland at 301-496-1443.

All applications must be postmarked by the closing date, February 26, 2008.

Executive Director -- Union for African Population Studies

The Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) is a non-profit making pan African organization whose main objective is to promote the scientific study of population in Africa. In order to attain this objective, the strategy adopted by the Union consists of facilitating research on key population and related issues in Africa and ensuring the broadest dissemination of scientific information on these issues as well as their integration into development strategies of African countries.

The Union whose headquarters is in Accra, Ghana, currently has about 1000 registered members from Africa and other regions of the World.

Duties/Functions
The Executive Director of UAPS is the Head of the Secretariat and provides management leadership to the Union’s activities and programs and is responsible for the management and development of the Union. She/he is accountable to the Union’s Governing Council, which is elected by the Union’s members at the General Assembly. Primary responsibilities of the Executive Director include:

Overseeing management of UAPS’ projects, resources and budgets;

Managing Secretariat personnel and overseeing financial matters, information technology, external relations and communications, and other administrative functions;

Coordinating and providing leadership in fund-raising activities for the Union;

Facilitating and negotiating collaborative partnerships with relevant organizations and stakeholders;

Preparing annual work plans for approval by the Council;

Reporting regularly on the financial and program status of the Union to the Council and Union members, as determined by the Council;

Undertaking any other related activities that may be mandated by Council and the General Assembly.

Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate must be bilingual (English and French), possess a doctoral degree in Demography, Social Sciences, Epidemiology, Public Health or other related fields, should also have several years of progressively responsible post-doctoral experience (at least 5 years) in a relevant research institution or international organization. He or she will have a demonstrated track record of successful project management, demonstrated leadership and communication skills, analytic skills, management capability and credibility with scientists and the donor community. Previous fund-raising experience and a working knowledge of the Union are preferred. The Executive Director will establish a close, working relationship with the President of the Union and the Governing Council, to facilitate smooth running of the Union.

The position will pay an attractive salary and benefits. The position’s tenure is three years and it is renewable based on performance. The position is available immediately.

The Executive Director will be based in Accra, Ghana. Nationals from Africa are preferred.

Application Procedure:
Qualified applicants are requested to send preferably via email (or fax or mail) a cover letter (motivation letter) and curriculum vitae, together with the names, addresses and contact information (telephone, fax and e-mail) of three references to:

The Executive Director
Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)
P.O. Box A 408
La – Accra, Ghana
Tel: +23321 680420
Fax: +23321 680406
E-mail: uaps@uaps.org

Application Deadline: 15th February 2008
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Post Doctoral Fellowship -- National Center for Marriage Research

The National Center for Marriage Research (NCMR) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) seeks one postdoctoral fellow for a one year appointment (renewable for an additional year with satisfactory progress). The fellowship is designed to provide an opportunity for an outstanding young scholar to perform research and receive training in residence at the NCMR. The postdoctoral fellow will identify a senior BGSU faculty member as a mentor and pursue collaborative research on a topic of mutual interest. The fellow also will initiate an independent stream of research on which the mentor will provide informal guidance. The fellow will receive a 12 month stipend of $40,000 plus health insurance and retirement benefits.

Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in a social science discipline with an emphasis on marriage and families by the time of the appointment. Preference will be given to those with prior experience on research projects; publication and grant activity; interests that complement those of NCMR faculty; and to minority candidates. Applicants should mail a cover letter that describes why they wish to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship with the NCMR and how it will benefit their career development and research goals; curriculum vitae; and research statement summarizing their current and future research agenda. Three letters of reference are also required.

More detailed application instructions are available on the NCMR web site, http://ncmr.bgsu.edu or can be mailed to potential applicants upon request. For further information, please email ncmr@bgsu.edu or call (419) 372-4910.

To be considered, applications must be postmarked no later than February 29, 2008.

Mail completed applications to National Center for Marriage Research, 009 Williams Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403. Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Pre-doctoral Fellowships -- NIMH-Supported Research Training Program on HIV/AIDS

Website: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/aids/

Applications are now being accepted for traineeships that we anticipate will be available on July 1, 2008 in a multidisciplinary research training program on psychosocial issues and service systems for persons living with HIV/AIDS that has been established since 1989 with funds provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH 19127).

This is a behavioral health sciences predoctoral training program involving public health, public policy, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, medicine, social welfare, and other related disciplines. (A postdoctoral training component has also been established.) The program is sponsored by the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, School of Public Affairs (SPA), Department of Sociology, the Center for African American Studies, the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), and the AIDS Institute. Students who have completed their second year of graduate studies (or more) or will complete a master’s level program and proceed to their Ph.D. or equivalent by June 30, 2008, are encouraged to apply. Applicants should contact the Director by email and describe their background, the reasons for their interest in the program, and attach a copy of their CV. They should also indicate their willingness to allow the Director and the Faculty Advisory Committee access to their department personnel record. The NIMH/NIH require that applicants be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents.

Trainees receive their Ph.D. in their core discipline and participate in a training seminar, work with a scientific mentor(s) on ongoing HIV/AIDS research projects, undertake formal coursework in the behavioral health sciences and in ethical issues and issues of scientific responsibility, and agree to undertake a Ph.D. thesis in an HIV-relevant area.

Stipends will be for two years (one-year appointment renewable if performance is satisfactory and the grant is renewed) at $20,772 per year and, if approved and funded by the NIMH/NIH, for a third year. NIMH/NIH will also provide for the cost of tuition, fees, and health insurance at this rate: 100% of all costs up to $3000 and 60% of costs above $3000. Trainees will also receive an additional $1500 per year supplement from the Graduate Division and may receive office space. Job placement assistance is provided when the Ph.D. is completed.

Application deadline is February 15, 2008.

For further information contact:
Oscar Grusky, Ph.D., Professor and Director
AIDS Research Training Program
Department of Sociology/School of Public Affairs/CHIPTS
Haines Hall 108
Tel: 310-825-3232
Fax: 310-206-2758
Email: grusky@ucla.edu

Research Social Scientist -- University of Alabama

The Institute for Social Science Research in the College of Arts & Sciences at The University of Alabama is searching for a Research Social Scientist whose PhD is in biostatistics, applied statistics, or any of the social sciences with a quantitative emphasis. The candidate must have substantial expertise in applied statistics and be able to communicate effectively with faculty and students who have modest statistical expertise. Expertise can include epidemiology or clinical trials. The consultant's primary role will be to assist faculty in applying for and conducting externally funded social science research. As a result the candidate is expected to generate a portion (50%) of his/her salary. In addition, the consultant will contribute to graduate education by teaching courses in A&S on advanced statistical techniques and serving on thesis and dissertation committees. The position is a 12-month research staff appointment beginning August 16, 2008 and is a 3-year renewable position; continuation of the position is dependent on funding. Please send a letter of application, vita, and three letters of recommendation to:

Beverly Roskos-Ewoldsen, Chair
Research Social Scientist Search Committee
College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office
Box 870268
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0268
For more information call 205-348-7007, email broskos@as.ua.edu or go to http://www.as.ua.edu/issr/site/index.php.

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

Two Assistant/Associate Professors -- St. John's University

The Department is seeking applications for one tenure track position in anthropology. The successful candidate must have a doctorate in anthropology and be able to teach a range of cultural anthropology courses in our undergraduate program. A promising publishing record and an interest in service and mentoring of students is required.

The Department is seeking applications for one tenure track position in sociological methods and statistics. The successful candidate must be prepared to teach required statistics and methodology courses in the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. A Ph.D. in Sociology or Criminology is required. A promising publishing record, interest in service and mentoring of students is required.

Send letter of application, curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to: Dawn Esposito, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. John Hall, Room 444F. Or email: espositd@stjohns.edu.

For more details, click here.

Research Associate (Biostatistician) -- INDEPTH Network

The Research Associate (RA) will work closely with the Senior Research Associate in co-ordinating the Network’s scientific agenda and liaising/working with scientists at our HDSS sites in currently 19 countries in the developing world, in the production of scientific knowledge based on cross-site research. The RA will report to the Senior Research Associate, and ill be under the overall supervision of the Executive Director.

INDEPTH Network
An International Network of field sites with continuous Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health in developing countries. INDEPTH is dedicated to the identification of critical developing-world health and social issues, the co-ordination of cross-site, longitudinal studies and interventions to address these issues, and the translation of research findings into improved health and social policy and practice. INDEPTH is a non-profit international health, population and social research organisation with a Secretariat based in Accra, Ghana. The network currently includes 38 member health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) sites located across Africa, Asia, Central America and Oceania. Please visit our website for more information on INDEPTH: http://www.indepth-network.org/

For full details, click here.

Deadline for applications February 28, 2008.

Full-time, permanent positions available -- Population Division of the U.S. Census Bureau

Full-time, permanent positions are now available, with flexibility for those who are not able to begin working until next fall or winter. These positions offer the opportunity for active involvement in providing high-quality data and analytical products to the American public, academia, government agencies, international organizations, and beyond. We are looking for well-qualified persons at all levels (BA, MA, PhD).

Appropriate educational backgrounds for these opportunities in the Population Division include sociology, demography, statistics, and related social sciences, especially training in quantitative data analysis of large datasets and special populations such as race, Hispanic origin, ancestry, age, gender, and group quarters population groups. Salaries for permanent positions reflect experience and the level of education completed. All positions require U.S. citizenship.

For full details, click here.

Post Doctoral Fellowship -- National Institute on Aging

The Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging and The Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, UK announce a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Life Course Epidemiology

This experience provides fellows with the oportunities to:

Utilize one of the leading life course epidemiologic research studies

Train with mentors who are experts in life course epidemiology

Produce high impact research papers that will help them establish a successful research career

Year 1 in London with Professor Diane Kuh, Director of MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Aging

Year 2 in Bethesda, MD with Dr. Jack Guralnik,Chief Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry with the National Institutes on Aging

Suitable candidates:

PhD or an MD with and MPH or MS

Training in epidemiology, demography or a related field

Most recent degrees should have been conferred in the past five years

Send letter of interest and CV to:
Jack Guralnik. MD, PhD

or
Jack Guralnik, MD, PhD
National Institute on Aging
7201 Wisconsin Avenue
Gateway Building, Suite 3C309
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205

Application deadline is February 29, 2008.

Conservation Science Internships -- The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy, Kingston Jamaica, is pleased to offer a limited number of Conservation Science Internship positions between May and November 2008.

The deadline for applications is February 15, 2008.

To read the full announcement, click here.
To retrieve the application, click here.

If you need further clarification please contact Renee Mullen or Lynne Eder at ( rmullen@tnc.org or leder@tnc.org).

Eighth Annual Summer Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions

July 13 - 25, 2008
Airlie Conference Center, Virginia

Organized by NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

General Information and Applications available at http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Content/Training_and_Career_Development/Annual_RCT_Course/RCT_2008/2008_RCT.htm

Objective: to provide a thorough grounding in the conduct of randomized clinical trials to researchers and health professionals interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution of clinical trials involving behavioral or social interventions.

The Curriculum will describe the principles underlying the conduct of unbiased clinical trials.

Contrast biomedical vs. behavioral interventions in the context of RCTs.

Evaluate and interpret critically the literature on RCTs for behavioral interventions.

Contrast and evaluate alternative research designs in terms of their appropriateness.

Contrast and evaluate methods for monitoring, coordinating, and conducting RCTs.

Select appropriate outcome measures, enrollment strategies, and randomization techniques

Design a specific research proposal in collaboration· with a multidisciplinary team.

Faculty: Faculty will consist of leading authorities in their fields, with extensive prior experience in the conduct of major clinical trials, with specializations in psychology, behavioral medicine, psychosomatic medicine, gerontology, oncology, cardiovascular diseases, statistics, clinical trials, and other areas. Over twenty Faculty members will be onsite over the course of the Institute.

Students: Priority will be given to individuals who already have their PhD or MD (equivalent degrees accepted) and two years of subsequent research experience. Applicants should not yet have achieved a tenured position at their institution. Beyond these eligibility criteria we are seeking researchers who have demonstrated research experience and who will benefit from this summer institute on randomized controlled clinical trials.

Further, the applications of those who have extensive research experience will only be considered after more junior investigators have been evaluated. Preference will be given to individuals who are not employees of NIH. While we will consider and may even accept applicants who do not meet these criteria, those who do will have higher priority.

Due to the limited number of spaces in the course, applicants must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, or must have been lawfully admitted to the United states for permanent residence (i.e., possess a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or other legal verification of such status). Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in this activity, please include this information with your application at least 60 business days before the course begins. A request for disability-related reasonable accommodation will not influence the selection process!

Costs: The Office of Behavioral Sciences Research, NIH, will pay for travel to and from the Summer Institute site, room and board, and course materials. There are no additional fees. Family members may accompany participants at their own expense. However, please note that the Airlie Conference Center is not set up as a vacation property. If accepted as a Fellow, please contact Ms. Monica Duda at 301-57700244 ext. 56 or mduda@blseamon.com to discuss this option before committing to the Institute.

Location: The course will be held at the beautiful Airlie Conference Center in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Northern Virginia, "...providing a serene atmosphere for work and thought in a community of scholars..." Airlie is approximately 60 minutes driving time from Washington, DC and surrounding airports: http://www.airlie.com

Applications due February 8, 2008: Applications must be submitted electronically. The application instructions and forms are posted at http://www.blsweb.net/app2attend/

Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Therapy

Applications due by February 22, 2008

The National Cancer Institute and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research will sponsor an intensive, 7-day workshop for early career investigators July 6-13, 2008 at the Fluno Executive Conference Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The objectives of the institute are to allow 25 attendees to extend their understanding of the assumptions underlying major types of health behavior theories, to explore how theories are tested and improved, and to examine how to use theories appropriately in designing interventions for behavioral risk factor modification. Lead instructors include researchers Neil Weinstein, University of Arizona, Alex Rothman, University of Minnesota, Susan Curry, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Barbara Curbow, University of Florida.

Applicants from all disciplines are welcome to apply. Multiple disciplines have been represented at each of the previous workshops. An interest in cancer-related behaviors is desired, but not required. You must have received a doctoral degree by the beginning of the course and have completed at least one graduate level course in the behavioral sciences and one graduate level course in statistics. Participants must be U.S. citizens. There will be a $500 meeting cost to participate in the institute. Travel, meals, and lodging will be provided. More information, an application, and comments from previous participants are available at http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/workshop/.

Integrating Bio-Markers in Population-Based Research

Do you want to include biomarkers in your research but don't know how to get started? This week-long introduction to biospecimens provides a basic understanding and practical examples for collecting specimens such as blood, saliva, hair, and more. Activities will be anchored to social science and public health hypotheses and frameworks. Learn about options for what to collect, how to develop protocols, how to work with a lab, ethical considerations, costs, gene-environment interactions, and overall logistics.

The course structure focuses on understand the linkage of biomarkers with social and behavioral data with a hands-on approach. This year only, for a limited number of applicants, no tuition will be charged and some funds are available to defray travel costs. All materials are due Thursday, April 7, 2008. The applications will be reviewed and decisions made about admission no later than April 15, 2008.

Taught by Dr. Andrew Olshan and Dr. Nancy Dole of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Course held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

For more information and application through ICPSR:
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/services/biomed/educ
hill@unc.edu
After Feb 8, 2008 http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/2008/index.html

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

NIH Issues -- New Public Access Policy

The NIH recently announced its new Public Access Policy regarding peer-reviewed publications. The new NIH Public Access Policy will ensure published NIH-funded research is accessible to the public, health care providers, educators and scientists and will help advance science and improve human health.

In accordance with federal law, the NIH now requires the submission of published articles resulting from NIH-funded research to PubMed Central. These articles will be made publicly available on PubMed Central within 12 months of the publication date. The length of this delay period is determined by the copyright holder, which may be the author, their institution or their publisher. NIH will continue to work with all three groups to make this new policy a success.

There are three actions grantees must take to comply with the policy:

Address copyright: Beginning April 7, 2008, authors of articles arising from NIH funds are responsible for ensuring that publishing agreements allow for full compliance with the policy.

Submit the article to NIH. Beginning April 7, 2008, authors must submit to PubMed Central an electronic version of every peer-reviewed article arising from NIH research funds, once an article is accepted for publication. NIH has worked with publishers to develop several ways to submit articles:

The author or someone in their organization may deposit a copy of the peer-reviewed manuscript in the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system ( http://www.nihms.nih.gov/). Author verifies content.

The journal may offer to send the peer-reviewed manuscript files to the NIHMS. Author verifies content.

Publish in a PubMed Central Journal. No additional effort required from the author. See http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm for a list of these journals.

Cite. Beginning April 7, 2008, authors must include PubMed Central ID numbers in NIH applications and reports when citing their articles covered by the policy.

What the New Public Access Requirement Means to the NIH-Supported Investigator

For full details, please visit the website.