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CSDE Regional Affiliate Amy Bailey Awarded NIH R21 Grant!

CSDE Regional Faculty Affiliate Amy Kate Bailey (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago) has been awarded an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health. The project, “Historic Violence and Contemporary Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes,” will assess whether county-level histories of threatened and completed lynchings predict contemporary rates of infant mortality, pre-term birth, and low birthweight, as well as racial disparities in these key health metrics.

Prof. Bailey, who serves as the PI, completed substantial work on the grant application while she was a visiting researcher and seminar coordinator at CSDE during her 2019-2020 sabbatical, and consulted with multiple CSDE staff members and affiliates during that process.  CSDE Faculty Affiliate Amelia Gavin is also a consultant on the project. Margaret Hicken (Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan), Michael Kramer (Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University), and Michael Berbaum (Senior Biostatistician, Institute for Health Research and Policy, UIC) are co-investigators.

Panel: Climate Migration

This week, CSDE’s seminar is a panel discussion about climate migration. Panelists include CSDE Director Sara Curran (UW Sociology), CSDE Affiliate and Executive Committee Member Nathalie Williams (UW Sociology) and Jeremy Hess (UW Global Health). Amy Snover, who is the Director of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, University Director of the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and Affiliate Associate Professor in the UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, will moderate the panel. Here is the line-up for this week:

Sara Curran will present “Adding a Few Complications: Exposure and Livelihood Considerations.″

Nathalie Williams will present “Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Weather Shocks and Migration in Nepal.”

Jeremy Hess will present “Health, Wellbeing, Conflict, and Migration in the Upcoming IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.”

Register for the Zoom seminar here.

CSDE Workshop: Micronutrient Malnutrition and Population Health

CSDE is offering a workshop on Micronutrient Malnutrition and Population Health, taught by Dr. Ellie Brindle on Thursday, February 4th from 2:30-3:30 pm. The workshop will the explain the relevance of micronutrient status to population health research, discuss some existing datasets that include variables informative about the effects of micronutrient malnutrition, and give a brief overview of biomarker methods for micronutrient status assessment. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to register for our workshops and we welcome registrants from outside the University of Washington as well. If you miss a workshop, recordings will be available on our website for 3 months after the workshop. To register, click here.

 

Encourage Early Stage Investigators to Submit a Paper to NIH Competition [due 1-31-21]

The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences (OBSSR) annually seeks paper submissions by Early Stage Investigators that showcase Dr. Matilda White Rileys’ visions of research excellent in health-related behavioral and social sciences. Up to four ESI awardees will be selected to present the findings from their accepted papers during the 14th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Honors, to be held virtually on Wed., May 5, 2021.  Many CSDE affiliates’ research are great candidates for this competition. Consider encouraging your colleagues!  The submission deadline is January 31st, and articles must be submitted here.

Canadian Population Studies Annual Meeting Now Virtual [Paper Submissions Due 2-1-21]

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation and based on a survey of CPS members conducted in Fall 2020, the 2021 CPS Annual Meeting will be held remotely. For more information, see the Call for papers. The deadline to submit is February 1, 2021. Abstracts should be submitted to CPS.CFA2021@gmail.com. Notification about accepted papers will be sent to corresponding authors beginning on March 1, 2021. Graduate students are especially welcome to participate in the Conference. Each year, the CPS holds a competition for the best student paper, awarding the winner with a $500 cash prize. Further details on the competition are included in the Call for Papers. Session themes for CPS 2021 include mortality; morbidity and health; family; immigration and migration; social diversity; labour market and education; fertility; Indigenous demographics; sex, gender and sexuality; COVID-19 and other topics. The conference will also feature some fun social events! The CPS strongly encourages all persons attending the conference to “renew” their membership fees. All attendees to the conference are expected to be paid members of the Association. Questions about the conference may be directed to the Organizing Committee Chair, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (amelie.quesnelvallee@mcgill.ca).

*New* Call for IAPHS Workshop Proposals [Due: 03-05-2021]

The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences (IAPHS) invites proposals for pre-conference workshops on October 19th in connection with the 2021 conference that is to be held in Baltimore, Maryland October 19-22, 2021. Proposals for the Pre-Conference Workshops will be accepted until March 5th. You can submit your proposal here.  Workshops should be designed to engage the audience in a focused learning, skill-oriented interactive experience. For each workshop, some didactic presentation content is acceptable, but the emphasis should be on engaging with the audience and aimed at filling a current gap in knowledge or practice. Case studies, simulation, small group exercises, and sharing of tools and resources is strongly encouraged. Workshops will be held in 2 hour or 4-hour time blocks. Proposals will be solicited from the IAPHS membership and reviewed by the Professional Development Committee, in conjunction with the Program Committee Chairs.

CSDE Affiliates Plan NOW for an NIH Population Dynamics Branch Research Application!

Calling all UW demographers, population scientists, and population health scientists. CSDE strongly encourages you to consider preparing applications (larger ones (R01) or smaller ones (R21/R03) or career awards (K’s) or conference grants (R13s) or small training workshops (R25)) to the Population Dynamics Branch! The Population Dynamics Branch has a broad social science mandate that includes research, data collection, and research training in demography, reproductive health, and population health.  Any research captured by CSDE’s Primary Research Areas is eligible, including: Population and Environment, Migrations and Settlements, Health of People and Populations, Demographic Methods and Measurements, Wellbeing of Families and Households. Upcoming due dates are the standard ones for NIH, which are primarily in early to mid February.  The scientific review panels for PDB are comprised of social scientists, demographers, and reproductive health scientists.  There are typically two panels where your research proposal will be sent, including SSPA and SSPB.  Contact CSDE for more details about your applications.  We’re happy to support your applications, including offering mock reviews!
In demography, the branch supports research on the scientific study of human populations, including fertility, pregnancy outcomes, mortality and morbidity (especially maternal, infant, child, adolescent, and young adult mortality and morbidity), migration, population distribution, population stratification (including disparities based on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, and age), nuptiality, family demography, population growth and decline, and the causes and consequences of demographic change. In reproductive health, the branch supports behavioral and social science research on family planning, infertility, and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. In population health, the branch supports research on how demographic, social, economic, institutional, geographic, and other factors influence human health, productivity, behavior, and development, with an emphasis on research using population-representative data and natural and policy experiments using methods addressing selection and other sources of bias. Research at multiple levels of analysis, involving interdisciplinary perspectives, incorporating social determinants of health, and elucidating mechanisms leading to health disparities are encouraged.