Congratulations to CSDE poster presenters for their very good work! Extra kudos to Public Policy graduate student Rebecca Walcott for winning the best poster award during CSDE’s Autumn 2022 Lightning Talks & Poster Session. Walcott’s presentation, titled “Regulating Mobile Money for Financial Inclusion: Mobile Interest Distributions and Savings Behavior in Tanzania”, included analysis of mobile money and banking behavior as well as considerations of mobile money interest dispersal. Many thanks to our other speakers David Coomes (Epidemiology),

UW’s Population Health Initiative’s autumn awardees received Tier 1 pilot grant funding cycle, including six teams comprised of CSDE affiliates or trainees! Tier 1 grants aim to support interdisciplinary teams of researchers at the early, foundational stages of new lines of research and collaboration. Special consideration is given to projects that involve community partnerships. Collectively, the projects are expected to address three pillars of population health – human health, environmental resilience, and social and economic equity. (read more)

CSDE Affiliate Jake Grumbach recently spoke on “The Ezra Klein Show” where he addressed gridlock at the national level, and how this hasn’t stopped policy making from happening. A significant change in policy making power has occurred, according to Grumbach. Increasingly effective decisions are being made at the state level, such as the ability to receive a legal abortion or use recreational marijuana, that has not been seen since before the civil rights revolution of the mid-twentieth century! (read more)

On November 30, researchers from the departments of Sociology, Real Estate, Psychiatry, Global Health, and more, including several Spark Grant recipients, reported on recent projects related to homelessness.

Those in attendance discussed current research collaboration, including recent initiatives surrounding vehicle residency and strategies to combat misinformation around Housing First policies.  Led by CSDE Affiliates Gregg Colburn and Rachel Fyall,

CSDE Trainee Neal Marquez recently published an article in Health Affairs entitled “Racial And Ethnic Inequalities In COVID-19 Mortality Within Carceral Settings: An Analysis Of Texas Prisons.” The authors found evidence that COVID-19 mortality was 1.61 and 2.12 times higher for Black and Hispanic populations, respectively, when compared to White population in Texas prisons. These findings have helped inform a recently released op-ed advocating for the removal of medical co-pays in prison settings to help alleviate the COVID-19 burden faced in Texas prisons by Marquez and co-authors. (read more)

CSDE Research Scientist Phil Hurvitz presented at the 2022 Seoul Big Data Forum, November 28-29, 2022. The Forum’s theme was “Inclusive Smartcity Seoul with Big data and AI” with attendees and presenters including government officials, practitioners, and academic researchers mostly from South Korea but with several international speakers. Phil’s presentation was titled “Built Environment and Walkability: Data Driven Approaches for Measurement and Analysis.” He also presented to a group of students, (read more)

If you are looking to find out more about which federal data might be available for social science research, there is good news!  In a new memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the White House, the federal government approves the establishment of the Standard Application Process Portal.  This will be a portal to learn more about and facilitate accessing use of secure, federal data. As a part of the 2018 Evidence for Policy Act,

The National Science Foundation has reissued its call for Research Coordinating Networks (here). The goal of the RCN program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic, and international boundaries. The RCN program provides opportunities to foster new collaborations, including international partnerships where appropriate, and address interdisciplinary topics.

There is a request for proposals for several grants through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Grand Challenges Initiative. The request for proposals include grants for Interventions to Enhance Epidemic Intelligence, Surveillance, and Outbreak Response; Strengthening Modeling and Analytics Capacity and Ecosystem for Women’s Health; Pathogen Genomic Surveillance and Immunology in Asian; African Agriculture Climate Adaptation Research System; Strengthening the Contraceptive Research and Development Ecosystem in Africa: Accelerating Innovations in Non- Hormonal Contraception for Women. (read more)

The 2023 Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev 2023) will be held in-person at the University of Washington on Saturday, March 18, 2023. As details are finalized, they will be available on the CEGA event page.  Paper proposals are due on January 6, 2023.  The conference welcomes submissions in all research topics in development economics. While priority will be given to full papers, extended abstracts will also be considered. They encourage submissions from junior researchers,

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued an RFI related to stillbirth. The NIH seeks to address research gaps by developing and expanding approaches to scientific research on stillbirth. Of particular interest is information on how to improve the evidence base for prevention, including data on the causes of stillbirth; the impact of a wide range of biomedical, social, and environmental risk factors; improving clinical practice related to stillbirth prevention and so on. For more information visit the RFI here. (read more)

A Call for Papers has been issued by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), for the National Seminar on “75 years of India’s Demographic Changes: Processes and Consequences”. The last date to submit an abstract is January 8th, 2023, where the seminar will be hosted in Bengaluru from the 23rd-25th of February 2023. More information and a poster can be found here.

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Attend the UAA Economic Inclusion Research Network (EIRN) Workshop (Due 1/9/2023)

Apply to attend the Urban Affairs Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee on April 26th, 2023! The conference will be focused on Economic Inclusion, details follow below and application can be found here.

The concept of economic inclusion has been articulated in several ways, but essentially means to create equitable access to resources and opportunities that support self-sufficiency and economic security. Research on economic inclusion covers a broad range of subtopics focused on:

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is inviting applications for a summer research visit opportunity! The goal of the program is to enable discovery by bringing together data scientists and population scientists interested in projects of broad societal relevance. The program takes place over three months will students will be expected to work in small teams towards a common research goal alongside experienced mentors. The primary research goal this summer is focused on forecasting,

The 2023 Cohort Request for Proposals (RFP) process is seeking proposals from teams of community members, researchers, and students across the University of Washington to co-produce actionable science and knowledge at the intersection of climate change and social justice. The maximum funding request is $75,000 over 17 months.

The Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Partnership has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for research on federal nutrition assistance programs. Funding will support innovative research on nutrition assistance programs and looks to broaden the network of researchers applying their expertise to USDA topics. This grant program seeks applications from a diverse community of experienced nutrition assistance researchers, early career scholars, and established researchers who are new to nutrition assistance research. Proposals are due Jan. 30th

The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is offering a summer program in quantitative methods with more than $150,000 in student scholarships every year! These scholarships provide fee waivers to attend their 2023 summer sessions that take place over three weeks where students can be expected to learn foundational training in research methods, including computation, formal theory, basic stats, regression analysis, and specialized training in a diverse array of cutting-edge methodological techniques.

Howard University’s Center on Race and Wealth and the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW-Madison seek applications for their Graduate Student Research Workshop on Poverty and Economic Mobility. This week-long workshop, held at Howard University in Washington, D.C., is aimed at pre-proposal doctoral students in the social sciences studying topics related to poverty or inequality in the United States who are from groups that are underrepresented in academia. 

Consider this great opportunity with NextGenPop!

NextGenPop is an undergraduate program in population research that aims to increase the diversity of the population field and nurture the next generation of population scholars. The program includes a 2-week, in-person, on-campus summer experience and subsequent virtual components focused on research and professional development. This summer 2023, 15 undergraduate students will be hosted by Cornell University in Ithaca, NY,

UW students are invited to apply for the 2022-2023 cycle of UWRA Scholarships and Fellowships in Aging.

These awards are available to students in any field who are pursuing research or preparing for careers related to aging. More information can be found here: http://www.washington.edu/uwra/about/scholarships-fellowships-in-aging/

-Applications for the UWRA Scholarship in Aging must be submitted by February 15. The application form can be both found and submitted here: http://uw.edu/uwra/scholarship-application/. 

The NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) within the Office of the Director (OD) announces the availability of administrative supplements to support 1) research on bioethical issues to develop or support the development of an evidence base that may inform future policy directions, and/or 2) certain efforts to develop or augment bioethics research capacity. Applicants may propose to supplement parent awards focused on bioethics or to address a component related to bioethics in a biomedical and/or health-related behavioral research study. (read more)

The 2023 Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Institute is hosting its fifth summer institute.  Next summer it will focus on interviewing for migration research.  Several UW faculty and students have participated over the years and it has proven to be an important and productive program.  Here is a link to the program details.

The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) will be hosting it’s Fall conference on “Gender, Sexuality, and Health Across the Life Course: Current Challenges and Opportunities for Population Health and Health Equity”. Groups of individuals are invited to submit panels that will present original research or engage in innovative discussions that push the boundaries of population health science, practice, theory, methods, student training, or technological innovations (or a combination of these) around a significant issue related to population health. (read more)

The application for graduate students attending school in British Columbia, Washington State, and Oregon to apply for the 2023 Bullitt Environmental Fellowship will open on January 1st.

The Foundation awards this two-year, $100,000 Fellowship annually to one graduate student who has overcome adversity, can demonstrate strong leadership potential, and is focused on work to safeguard the natural environment by promoting responsible human activities and sustainable communities in the Emerald Corridor,

Conferences & Calls for Papers

• Call for Papers for 2023 Pacific Conference for Development Economics (Due 1/6/2023) University of Washington (Deadline: 1/6/2023)
• Call for Panel Submissions for IAPHS Fall Conference (Due 3/6/2023) (Deadline: 3/6/2023)
• Attend the UAA Economic Inclusion Research Network (EIRN) Workshop (Due 1/9/2023) 4/26/2023 51st UAA Conference | Nashville Renaissance Hotel (Deadline: 1/9/2023)

Funding

• SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Deadline: 1/10/2023)
• Gulf Research Program Early-career Research Fellowship – Human Health and Community Resilience Track (Deadline: 1/11/2023)
• Dissertation Funding Opportunity Through UW-Madison (Deadline: 1/25/2023)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) (Deadline: 1/31/2023)
• Addressing Transformation of Mental Health Care Funding Opportunity (Due 1/13/2023) (Deadline: 1/13/2023)
• Request for Proposal: Research on Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs (Due 1/30/2023) (Deadline: 1/30/2023)
• Russel Sage Foundation Dissertation Research Grants https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/dissertation-research-grants (Deadline: 2/1/2023)
•  Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Deadline: 2/10/2023)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Development and Preliminary Testing of Health-related Behavioral Interventions (Deadline: 9/27/2024)
• CBE Research Restart Funding University of Washington (Open until filled)
• NSF Funding to Support Research Relating to Preventing and Predicting Future Pandemics (Open until filled)
• The NIH Common Fund’s Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) (Open until filled)
• CBE Research Restart Funding University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Request for Proposals! Grand Challenges Global Call-to-Action Initiative (Open until filled)

Employment

• Statistician (Data Science) – The Demographic Research Area in the Center for Economic Studies (Deadline: 1/2/2023)
• Postdoc Position at the Max Planck-University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health (Deadline: 1/10/2023)
• Post-Doctoral Positions (BIOSFER) – Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) University of Helsinki (Deadline: 1/10/2023)
• Post-Doctoral Positions – Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) University of Helsinki (Deadline: 1/10/2023)
• Office of Evaluation Sciences Fellows (Deadline: 1/11/2023)
• Tenure Track Faculty Position, Health and Illness – Rowan University (Deadline: 1/15/2023)
• University of South Carolina Seeking Two Tenure Track Positions (Open until filled)
• Postdoc position at Harvard University Harvard University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Network Science (IUNI Fellow) Indiana University Bloomington (Open until filled)
• Position in Statistical Analysis Center for Criminal Justice Research State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Research positions for Education Research and Data Center State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Senior Research Analyst – State of Washington State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation seeking new Research position! University of Washington (Open until filled)
• The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Seeks Researchers! University of Washington (Open until filled)
• City of Bellevue seeks Demographer Bellevue, Washington (Open until filled)
• Labor Economists at EEOC (Open until filled)
• Several Job Opportunities at The Labor Center and California Policy Lab University of California, Berkely (Open until filled)
• Researcher – Center for Health Information and Analysis Boston, MA (Open until filled)
• School of Public Health at Texas A&M seeks qualified candidates for Instructional Track Professor Positions Texas A&M University (Open until filled)
• Tenure Track Faculty Position, Health and Illness Rowan University- New Jersey, United States (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor in Rural Sociology Puerto Rico (Open until filled)
• King County Housing Hiring Senior Program Evaluation Analyst King County, Washington (Open until filled)
• US Census Bureau International Program Center (IPIC) hiring multiple positions! (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy & Governance, University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- University of Texas, Austin University of Texas, Austin (Open until filled)
• Demographer- City of Bellevue, Washington Bellevue, Washington (Open until filled)
• Applied Statistician, Assistant Professor- Tenure track New York University (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Visual Arts and Culture University of Washington, Tacoma (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Gerontology University of Massachusetts Boston (Open until filled)
• Assistant or Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Washington,Washington (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Quantitative Social Science Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (Open until filled)
• Assistant/Associate Professor – Global Studies Arizone State University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar in Poverty and Social Policy Columbia University (Open until filled)
• Research Scientist Postions for University of Washington (UW) Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship – Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease Prevention, Standford Stanford University (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Anthropology: Archaeological Study of Climate Change University of Washington, Seattle Campus (Open until filled)
• Research Faculty Positions – Evicted in Oregon Portland State University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Position- Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University (Open until filled)
• Research Scientist- Center for Behavioral and Preventative Medicine, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Public Health – Wayne State University Wayne State University (Open until filled)
• Health Policy and Organization Faculty Positions – University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham (Open until filled)
• Epidemiology Professor – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans (Open until filled)
• Faculty Positions in Health Science and Technology at GIFT – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Open until filled)
• Director of PhD Program, Health Sciences – College of Health and Human Sciences – Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (Open until filled)
• Department Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics – University of Arizona University of Arizona (Open until filled)
• Edgar Berman Chair of the Department of International Health – John Hopkins University John Hopkins University (Open until filled)
• Chair, Associate/Full Professor, Tenure Track, Biostatistics or Epidemiology – Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma Health Services Center (Open until filled)
• Department Chair/Head – Public Health Sciences – Clemson University Clemson University (Open until filled)
• Inaugural Divisional Dean, School of Public and Population Health – Boise State University Boise State University (Open until filled)
• Tenure Track Public Health and MPH Program Director – University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis St. Louis, MO (Open until filled)
• Program Manager, Psychology and Health Sciences – University of California Berkeley University of California Berkeley (Open until filled)
• Executive Director, Computational Precision Health – University of California Berkeley University of California, Berkely (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- Columbia University, Poverty and Social Policy (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Position – University of Maryland, School of Medicine (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- Columbia University, Poverty and Social Policy (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Position – University of Maryland, School of Medicine (Open until filled)
• Full Stack Engineer -University of Washington University of Washington (Open until filled)