CSDE External Affiliate Jennifer Laird and co-author Diana Hernandez have recently published a paper entitled “Surviving a Shut Off: U.S. Householders at Great Risk of Utility Disconnection and How They Cope” in American Behavioral Scientist. This article is the first known study to estimate household characteristics and coping behaviors associated with utility disconnections in the United States. Utilizing the Residential Energy Consumption Survey, the authors analyze the prevalence of disconnection notices, disconnection services, and related coping strategies, including forgoing necessities, maintaining an unhealthy home temperature, and receiving energy assistance. They show that nearly 15% of American households received disconnection notices and 3% experience service disconnections in a 2015 panel. The authors discuss implications for future research on material hardships, survival strategies, and the health impacts of poverty.
Formal Demography Working Group Meeting
The next meeting of the Formal Demography Working Group will be next Tuesday, October 18, at 3pm Central European Summer time (Denmark, Vienna, Rostock) (9am Toronto time).
Ariel Karlinksy will talk about the World Mortality Dataset, which has been widely used to track excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zoom details:
Zoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/85429821749 [utoronto.zoom.us]
Meeting ID: 854 2982 1749
Passcode: eulerlotka
Links:
– Here is the website.
– Meetings are recorded for those who are unable to join us. Previous recordings can be found here .
– If you are interested in presenting at a future meeting, fill out this form.
Formal Demography Working Group Meeting
The next meeting of the Formal Demography Working Group will be next Tuesday, October 18, at 3pm Central European Summer time (Denmark, Vienna, Rostock) (9am Toronto time).
Ariel Karlinksy will talk about the World Mortality Dataset, which has been widely used to track excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zoom details:
Zoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/85429821749 [utoronto.zoom.us]
Meeting ID: 854 2982 1749
Passcode: eulerlotka
Links:
– Here is the website.
– Meetings are recorded for those who are unable to join us. Previous recordings can be found here .
– If you are interested in presenting at a future meeting, fill out this form.
US Census Bureau International Program Center (IPIC) hiring multiple positions!
The U.S. Census Bureau’s International Programs Center (IPC) is hiring for multiple positions. We seek candidates with experience in sociology, demography, statistics, public health, survey methodology, human ecology, and/or data science.
IPC advances data-driven decision making through tools, capacity strengthening, and data products for the global statistical community. Visit us at census.gov/internationalprograms [census.gov]
Martin, Keith, Eisenberg, and Brindle Publish New Paper in Frontiers in Immunology
In a large collaboration CSDE Affiliates Melanie Martin, Monica Keith, Dan Eisenberg, and Eleanor Brindle (with many other co-authors) recently published a new research in Frontiers in Immunology . The paper entitled “SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody trajectories in mothers and infants over two months following maternal infection” was funded in part with CSDE seed grant money, with work conducted in CSDE Biodemography Lab. Results from the study support previous research demonstrating minimal risks to infants following maternal COVID-19 infection, including for breastfeeding infants.
Williams Receives New Grant for SHARE Study
CSDE Affiliate Emily Williams receives funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to explore patterns of unhealthy alcohol use and HIV prevention among a national VA cohort of gender and sexual minorities and other marginalized groups. The project is titled Informing and promoting Shared decision-making for HIV prevention and Alcohol Reduction: Engaging diverse Veterans to refine and pilot a decision aid (SHARE Study) and will be done in collaboration with investigators at Yale University. The SHARE study will use mixed methods and co-design methodologies, guided by a Community Advisory Board, to examine PrEP initiation and persistence among patients with unhealthy alcohol use, including those from marginalized subgroups, and tailor and pilot a decision aid to foster shared decision-making to enhance uptake of PrEP concomitantly with provision of evidence-based alcohol-related care. Congratulations to Professor Williams!
Hagopian Named as Vice Chair to the AJPH Editorial Board
CSDE Affiliate Amy Hagopian has been named the vice chair for the American Journal of Public Health editorial board! Dr. Hagopian will begin the one year term November 9th, 2022 through November 15th, 2023, to become the Chair in the following year! We wish you a huge congrats on your accomplishment!
Anderson Publishes Article in Journal of Economic
CSDE External Affiliate D. Mark Anderson and colleague Daniel Rees have recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Economic Literature titled “The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana”. This publication reviews literature from various disciplines on the public health consequences of legalizing marijuana and considers outcomes such as youth marijuana use, alcohol consumption, abuse of prescriptive opioids, traffic fatalities, and crime. They find that it is not yet clear how legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes will affect these and other important health outcomes, but future data will help inform prior drawn conclusions.
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) Visiting Research Scholars Program
Applications for New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient world Visiting Scholar Program are now live!
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education, which aims to encourage particularly the study of the economic, religious, political and cultural connections between ancient civilizations. In an effort to embrace a truly inclusive geographical scope while maintaining continuity and coherence, the Institute focuses on the shared and overlapping periods in the development of cultures and civilizations around the Mediterranean basin, and across central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. The approaches of anthropology, archaeology, geography, geology, history, economics, sociology, art history, digital humanities, and the history of science and technology are as integral to the enterprise as the study of texts, philosophy, and the analysis of artifacts.
ISAW anticipates appointing visiting scholars in several different categories for the 2023-24 academic year. Applicants in all categories should be individuals of scholarly distinction or promise in any relevant field of ancient studies who will benefit from the stimulation of working in an environment with colleagues in other disciplines. Scholars with a history of interdisciplinary exchange and scholars whose academic interests include parts of the ancient Old World that are often underrepresented in traditional academic departments, including Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, are especially welcome and encouraged to apply.
Visiting scholars at ISAW have access to the Institute’s own library, as well as to a wide range of other libraries at NYU, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (located a block away), and other institutions in New York City, including Columbia University and the New York Public Library. They are provided with their own carrel workspace.
Visiting scholars in all categories are expected to undertake research projects connected with ISAW’s core academic mission, to be in residence at the Institute during the period for which they are appointed, to take part in the intellectual life of the community, to participate in ISAW seminars, to give a public lecture on their research at ISAW, and to play an active role in mentoring graduate students.
ISAW is prepared to host visiting scholars in three categories:
(1) Two-Year Visiting Assistant Professors: ISAW anticipates appointing up to two two-year Visiting Assistant Professors with a start-date of September 1, 2023. Holders of these positions are appointed as faculty, teach a graduate-level research seminar at ISAW, and teach one undergraduate course in an NYU department per academic year.
Visiting Assistant Professorships are reserved for early-career scholars who received their PhDs on or after May 1, 2020. Current doctoral students in their final year of dissertation work are also welcome to apply, but please note that official conferral of the PhD must take place prior to the start-date of the position (September 1, 2023).
Visiting Assistant Professors are paid a fixed salary. In 2022-23 the salary was $78,799. A research account is also provided to defray the cost of travel to conferences and other research expenses.
(2) One-Year Visiting Research Scholars: ISAW anticipates appointing up to three funded one-year Visiting Research Scholars for the 2023-24 academic year (September 1, 2023-August 31, 2024). Holders of these positions are typically appointed as professional research staff.
One-Year Visiting Research Scholar positions are available to scholars of all post-PhD career stages, from recently minted PhDs to retired academics. Current doctoral students in their final year of dissertation work are also welcome to apply, but please note that official conferral of the PhD must take place prior to the start-date of the position (September 1, 2023).
Visiting Research Scholars are paid a fixed salary. In 2022-23 the salary was $78,799. A research account is also provided to defray the cost of travel to conferences and other research expenses.
(3) Externally-Funded Visiting Research Scholars: ISAW is prepared to consider applications from postdoctoral scholars with their own funding from another source for appointments to be held during the 2023-24 academic year. Appointments can be for one semester (fall 2023 or spring 2024) or for the entire 2023-24 academic year.
Externally Funded Visiting Research Scholar positions are available to scholars of all post-PhD career stages, from recently minted PhDs to retired academics. Applicants should have their doctorates in hand by the beginning of their period of appointment at ISAW.
Holders of these positions do not receive any financial support from ISAW.
The Cornell Population Center (CPC) invites applicants for the Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Cornell Population Center seeks applicants for its Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellowship. This amazing opportunity is meant to progress research in areas related to poverty alleviation, support for the elderly and disadvantaged children and youth, public health, and human rights.
The position starts August 15, 2023 and will continue for 2 years, subject to a satisfactory first year evaluation.
Selection is based on scholarly potential, ability to work in multi-disciplinary settings, and the support of a CPC faculty affiliate who will serve as mentor. Preference will be given to fellows with research interests in areas broadly related to the CPC’s four main areas: families & children; health behaviors & disparities; poverty & inequality; and immigration & diversity. Especially encouraged are applications from candidates whose research has significance for those countries on which the fellowship’s funder focuses – the United States, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, South Africa, and Bermuda.