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Population Health Initiative is Hiring a Temp Research Scientist for Vaccine Disparities Research

The Population Health Initiative has an outstanding opportunity for a Temporary Research Scientist to join our team. This position is full-time and anticipated to be 11 months in duration. The Research Scientist will be a core member of a mixed-methods study to compare resilient immunization programs in the United States and Canada to reduce racial gaps in vaccination levels. Key activities include measuring and reviewing changes in vaccine equity in Canada over time, identifying which public health interventions or public policies have most effectively improved immunization equity, and comparing findings with a recently completed study of U.S. immunization programs. The Population Health Initiative engages and galvanizes stakeholders from across the UW, the region, and the globe toward achieving the vision of creating a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives. This position acts as a critical resource to translate that vision into reality by supporting the completion of a key, initiative-led research project.

Rao Presents Research on UN Development Program in India

External Affiliate Arni Rao recently presented a talk on the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) as part of a National Student Outreach Program in India. Rao’s presentation highlights that the HDI does not take into account development prior to 1990 and the need to improve this tool. Great work Rao!

RWJF Applications for Research on Structural Barriers to Economic Inclusion for Children & Families

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking applications for research on how to address the structural barriers to economic inclusion for children and families.  Awards are up to $750,000.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has a vision of a Culture of Health rooted in equity where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to reach their best health and wellbeing, no matter their race, ethnicity, or social class. Economic inclusion for family wellbeing is one of RWJF’s central goals and the heartbeat of the Healthy Children and Families (HCF) theme. At RWJF, we envision a society in which all parents and caregivers are fully integrated into our economy, the barriers to wealth and prosperity are removed, and every child has an array of opportunities that helps them grow up healthy. Evidence reveals a robust causal link between access to economic resources and opportunity for health and wellbeing. The U.S. economy and many systems that families interact with prioritize production and economic growth, excluding some people—particularly Black, Indigenous and immigrant families—from the nation’s shared prosperity based on factors such as participation in the traditional labor market. HCF’s goal is to disrupt current economic paradigms that value production over wellbeing by addressing the structural factors in economic systems, policies, and decisionmaking.

 

We seek efforts to bring a new social contract for children and families to life–one that acknowledges our collective interdependence; the need for shared prosperity; and that all families and children have inherent value and dignity. This call for proposals will create a portfolio of grants addressing structural issues that hinder children and families from thriving in our economy. We are interested in frameworks, ideas, models, or approaches that demonstrate an alternative economic vision that positions families at the center–challenging the idea that the value of families can only be understood in connection to work or production.

 

The focus is on systems change—shifting from programs, policies, and services that fill gaps in families’ resources to the longer-term structural and systemic changes that will ensure all families have the resources they need to raise thriving children. We aim to build evidence for and to elevate promising and innovative models, their connections to current approaches, and how they might help realize a vision that prioritizes child and family health and wellbeing as a core goal of our nation and the infusion of such into the economy.

 

Eligibility:

Faculty & Pls

Eligible applicants:

Must have organizational infrastructure that demonstrates sufficient capacity and a history to conduct proposed efforts in timely, well-managed capacity that led to desired outcomes. Organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.

 

Two or more organizations may partner to develop and implement this grant program. While each collaborating organization must be described in detail in the proposal, only one organization may represent the collaboration and be the lead contact in the application process and may engage the other organization(s) through a subcontract or grant. The Foundation seeks to engage organizations that do not provide—and within the past year have not provided—significant services to clients whose interests conflict, or appear to conflict, with programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Such clients include, but are not limited to, those that promote tobacco or firearms of any kind, promote alcohol products irresponsibly, promote the work of trade associations for the tobacco, alcohol or firearms industries, or promote to children food of minimal nutritional value. According to federal regulations, “foods of minimal nutritional value” are foods that provide less than 5 percent of the Recommended Daily Allowance per serving for each of eight key nutrients. They include soft drinks, water ices, chewing gum, and certain candies made largely from sweeteners, such as hard candy and jelly beans.

 

 

This guideline also may apply in cases where such clients’ work is done by an affiliate company of the entity or vendor submitting the proposal, e.g., if the entity or vendor’s parent company has clients who promote tobacco. This guideline, of necessity, cannot cover every potential situation; accordingly, the Foundation will consider conflicts, or perceived conflicts, on a case-by-case basis.

 

Link to RFP

 

*New* RWJF Applications for Research on Structural Barriers to Economic Inclusion for Children & Families (due 6/21/23)

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking applications for research on how to address the structural barriers to economic inclusion for children and families.  Awards are up to $750,000.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has a vision of a Culture of Health rooted in equity where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to reach their best health and well-being, no matter their race, ethnicity, or social class. Economic inclusion for family well-being is one of RWJF’s central goals and the heartbeat of the Healthy Children and Families (HCF) theme. At RWJF, we envision a society in which all parents and caregivers are fully integrated into our economy, the barriers to wealth and prosperity are removed, and every child has an array of opportunities that helps them grow up healthy. Evidence reveals a robust causal link between access to economic resources and opportunity for health and well-being. The U.S. economy and many systems that families interact with prioritize production and economic growth, excluding some people—particularly Black, Indigenous and immigrant families—from the nation’s shared prosperity based on factors such as participation in the traditional labor market. HCF’s goal is to disrupt current economic paradigms that value production over well-being by addressing the structural factors in economic systems, policies, and decision making.

 

We seek efforts to bring a new social contract for children and families to life–one that acknowledges our collective interdependence; the need for shared prosperity; and that all families and children have inherent value and dignity. This call for proposals will create a portfolio of grants addressing structural issues that hinder children and families from thriving in our economy. We are interested in frameworks, ideas, models, or approaches that demonstrate an alternative economic vision that positions families at the center–challenging the idea that the value of families can only be understood in connection to work or production.

 

The focus is on systems change—shifting from programs, policies, and services that fill gaps in families’ resources to the longer-term structural and systemic changes that will ensure all families have the resources they need to raise thriving children. We aim to build evidence for and to elevate promising and innovative models, their connections to current approaches, and how they might help realize a vision that prioritizes child and family health and wellbeing as a core goal of our nation and the infusion of such into the economy.

 

Eligibility:

Faculty & Pls

Eligible applicants:

Must have organizational infrastructure that demonstrates sufficient capacity and a history to conduct proposed efforts in timely, well-managed capacity that led to desired outcomes. Organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.

 

Two or more organizations may partner to develop and implement this grant program. While each collaborating organization must be described in detail in the proposal, only one organization may represent the collaboration and be the lead contact in the application process and may engage the other organization(s) through a subcontract or grant. The Foundation seeks to engage organizations that do not provide—and within the past year have not provided—significant services to clients whose interests conflict, or appear to conflict, with programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Such clients include, but are not limited to, those that promote tobacco or firearms of any kind, promote alcohol products irresponsibly, promote the work of trade associations for the tobacco, alcohol or firearms industries, or promote to children food of minimal nutritional value. According to federal regulations, “foods of minimal nutritional value” are foods that provide less than 5 percent of the Recommended Daily Allowance per serving for each of eight key nutrients. They include soft drinks, water ices, chewing gum, and certain candies made largely from sweeteners, such as hard candy and jelly beans.

 

 

This guideline also may apply in cases where such clients’ work is done by an affiliate company of the entity or vendor submitting the proposal, e.g., if the entity or vendor’s parent company has clients who promote tobacco. This guideline, of necessity, cannot cover every potential situation; accordingly, the Foundation will consider conflicts, or perceived conflicts, on a case-by-case basis.

 

Link to RFP

 

Graduate Students – Application Open for CSDE’s Demographic Methods Certificate Program (Due 6/30/23)

Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) is accepting applications to its Graduate Certificate Program in Demographic Methodsfor the Autumn enrollment in the 2023-2024 Trainee Cohort. Students looking to gain demographic skills and population research experience may choose to apply to the Certificate Program, which is the academic pathway at UW to advanced interdisciplinary training in demography and population research. Upon completion, certificate students will receive official recognition of the Demographic Methods certificate on their transcript.  Trained demographers are in high demand in academia, as well as public and private sectors.

 

If you are interested in enrolling in the Demographic Methods Certificate Program or have questions please fill out this form on our website.

 

You may also email our Training Director (Jessica Godwin – jlg0003@uw.edu), Certificate Program Adviser (Jill Fulmore – fulmore@uw.edu), or our Training Core PI (Zack Almquist, Associate Professor of Sociology and eScience Institute Fellow — zalmquis@uw.edu).

 

About the Graduate Certificate Program in Demographic Methods

Recognized by the National Institute of Child Health and Development and the UW Graduate School, the CSDE Demographic Training Program provides graduate students with the skills to be a demographic researcher and to be a competitive candidate for academic and applied jobs and funding requiring a demographer’s expertise. The Certificate Program is designed to enhance training beyond the requirements of a graduate degree. It provides a coherent body of study in demography, enhanced mentored research experiences, and the following benefits: