Post-Doctoral Researcher, Center for Interacting Urban Networks – NYU Abu Dhabi (1/20/25)
Tenure-Track Professor of Computational Social Science – NYU Abu Dhabi (1/20/25)
Population Health Initiative Accepting Tier 2 Pilot Grant Applications (LOI due 1/13/25)
The Population Health Initiative recently announced the availability of Tier 2 Pilot Grants. The purpose of this tier of grants is to support faculty and PI-eligible staff to develop preliminary data or proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale one’s efforts. Awards of up to $65,000 each will be available to interdisciplinary research teams. Letters of intent are due January 13, 2025. Learn more about the opportunity and previously funded projects here.
Call for Proposals: Workshop in Environmental Economics and/or Data Science (TWEEDS) (1/15/25)
The Workshop in Environmental Economics and/or Data Science (TWEEDS) recently announced their call for proposals. TWEEDS brings together scholars working on projects related to policy, economics, environmental sciences, and data science to discuss methodologies at the forefront of our fields. During the conference, workshop participants will hear from experts in data-science methods and tools—machine learning, remote sensing, natural language processing, cloud computing, geospatial data analysis—and applied environmental economics—including climate change, energy policy, environmental justice, transportation, and the interchange between air/water quality and health. Learn more and submit a proposal here.
“Contraceptive Use Can Increase the Love between Husband and Wife”: Six Years of Research on the Rwandan Family Planning Program – Dr. Hilary Schwandt
When: Friday, Jan 10, 2025 (12:30-1:30PM)
Where: 360 Parrington Hall and on Zoom (register here)
1-on-1 meetings: 223 Raitt Hall (sign up here)
We are looking forward to hosting CSDE Affiliate Hilary Schwandt from the Western Washington University on Friday, Jan. 10 in Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative. In addition, there are opportunities to meet 1-1 with Dr. Schwandt throughout the day. Sign up here!
This talk is based on findings from six years of research, funded by two NSF REUs, on the family planning program in Rwanda with undergraduates from the USA and Rwanda. This presentation will focus especially on the findings and lessons learned each year – and how those informed each subsequent summer of data collection.
Hilary Schwandt is a Professor at Fairhaven College at Western Washington University. Hilary earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research primarily focuses on reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa – particularly in the area of family planning. Most recently, with her colleague in Sociology, she was awarded two consecutive grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research on Rwanda’s family planning program. At Fairhaven, Hilary teaches classes in the areas of sexual health, pregnancy and childbirth, nutrition, and population health. In her free time, Hilary enjoys spending time outdoors with her 4 daughters and 3 dogs.
Tram to Present at UW/Fred Hutch CFAR Behavioral Innovations Core Webinar
Geographic mobility has been associated with poorer outcomes across the HIV care cascade. On January 23rd, join CSDE Affiliate Khai Tram (UW Medical Center) for a presentation sponsored by the UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) that aims to put this issue into context. The presentation is focused on a study conducted in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa which investigates daily mobility of a cohort of young adults at high risk of HIV over a 6-month period. This presentation, entitled “Mobility data for population health: Smartphone GPS traces to measure human mobility in a high HIV prevalence area in rural South Africa” will show how understanding dynamic patterns of movement can help inform location-intelligent mHealth interventions for HIV prevention. Register for this webinar here.