Dr. Nicole Errett, CSDE Affiliate, is seeking insights about disaster research responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the University of Washington will be the site of the next National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Disaster Research Response Workshop. This workshop aims to enhance capacity to conduct disaster research response at UW and across the federally funded research enterprise. They are hoping to learn from UW faculty and staff about their COVID-19 research experience to improve tools and processes to enhance disaster research response as part of our workshop activities. Their survey can be found here. They are requesting surveys be completed by next Monday, May 4. Feel free to share it with anyone who may be interested in participating. Any questions can be directed to rpeck1@uw.edu.
*NEW* Census Bureau Rolls Out Household Pulse Survey During COVID-19 Pandemic
The US Census Bureau has received emergency approval from OMB to email/text an online survey link to 13.8M homes over 12 weeks to measure employment, spending, food/housing security, education disruptions, physical/mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic […] Some 13.8 million people in the U.S. may start receiving an official Census Bureau email or text like this about the new “Household Pulse Survey” as early as April 20, 2020. Documents are available here
*NEW* NICHD Joins RFA Call for COVID-19 Administrative Supplements
If you have a current NICHD grant you may apply for an administrative supplement to address COVID-19 impacts on vulnerable populations. NICHD has particular interests in COVID-19-related research on vulnerable populations falling within the NICHD scientific mission area, including pregnant and post-partum women, infants, children, and adolescents; individuals with physical and/or intellectual disabilities; and children who are homeless or in foster care.
NICHD also has particular interest in outcomes falling within its mission, including child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, learning outcomes, maternal, infant, child, and adolescent morbidity and mortality, changes in fertility and pregnancy outcomes, and access to health care, including reproductive health care.
Additional research topics of interest to NICHD that fall within the scope of this NOSI include, but are not limited to:
- The roles of living arrangements and family and household characteristics and processes, social and community influences, and social networks on COVID-19-related vulnerabilities, responses, and outcomes.
- Differential impacts of and responses to COVID-19, COVID-19 mitigation efforts and downstream effects mitigation on specific subpopulations, for example, groups defined by age, race/ethnicity, urban/rural location or socioeconomic status.
- Studies of increased usage of telemedicine for routine well baby and pediatric health and developmental screenings and their impact on immunization schedules on child and adolescent health outcomes.
- Studies of the digital divide – children and families without reliable access to the internet now that schools and libraries have closed, and impact on health behaviors and outcomes as well as health care access.
- Studies on increased screen time, digital media use and rapid conversion to homeschooling/distance learning on child and adolescent cognitive and social-emotional development, peer interactions and family functioning.
- Studies examining risk factors, resilience and coping for families experiencing multiple stressors (e.g., health, economic and emotional) and symptomology (e.g., anxiety, depression) and the short and long-term sequelae for child, adolescent and family functioning.
When the Ends Don’t Meet: The Economic Survival Strategies of African American Grandmothers Raising Their Grandchildren
This Friday, CSDE Affiliate LaShawnDa Pittman from the UW Department of American Ethnic Studies will present research on the economic survival strategies of African American grandmothers who raise their grandchildren in skipped-generation households (SGHs). In her research, Pittman has collected qualitative data from African American grandmothers raising grandchildren to reveal how and why women in non-normative families, lacking legal protections and publicly recognized authority as parents, must negotiate risk in pursuit of resources. Ultimately, through her research, Pittman illustrates how the severe deprivation experienced by these grandmothers is exacerbated by their exclusion from safety net programs that could help them support the children in their care.
Register for this Zoom Seminar HERE
Grant Opportunities from the Gates Foundation
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Grant Opportunities from the Gates Foundation Grant applications are still being accepted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the following Grand Challenges and Grand Challenges Explorations initiatives. The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key global health and development problems. The application deadline is April 22, 2020.
Perspective on COVID-19 Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. To best achieve this mission across the Grand Challenges family of initiatives, we will be exploring with existing and new grantees – where relevant and on a case-by-case basis – finding opportunities to balance longstanding needs in global health and development with new needs from the perspective of COVID-19. And we acknowledge that especially in such cases, this can require providing additional flexibility to our grantees and other partners. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed funding to the global response to COVID-19. To learn more about the foundation’s broader work and how the COVID-19 pandemic is being addressed across the foundation, please visit the foundation’s website and also sign-up for The Optimist newsletter. Grant Opportunities from our Partners
Great Ideas Come from Everywhere We invite you to read summaries of the grants funded to date across the Grand Challenges family of initiatives and to explore an interactive world map of projects across the global Grand Challenges funding partner network. We look forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world. If you have a great idea, please apply. If you know someone else who has a great idea, please forward this message so they can apply and sign up for email updates with the latest opportunities. |
Robert Wood Johnson Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
As our current reality underscores, we live in a dynamic world—where unforeseen global events; new technologies; scientific discoveries; changes in our climate, economy, demographics; and more—continually shape where and how we live, learn, work and play. These changes will profoundly impact health equity in our society, from our individual health and the health of our families to the health of our communities. What dramatic changes might we see in the next 5 to 15 years? What can we do today to create a better, more equitable tomorrow? We seek to answer these questions, anticipate the future, and support unconventional approaches and breakthrough ideas that can help lead the way to a future where everyone in the United States can live their healthiest life possible. For more information, visit HERE.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA seeks a candidate for postdoctoral research fellowship. The postdoctoral fellow will join interprofessional teams engaged in clinical and community-based research to impact health and wellness of individuals and communities.
The initial appointment will be for one year, with the potential for funding to be extended a second year. Decisions regarding fellowship extensions will be based on scholarly productivity, mid-year and year-end progress reports, and availability of resources. The position provides salary and benefits consistent with NIH postdoctoral fellows.”
https://careers.drexel.edu/en-us/job/494742/post-doctoral-researcher
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Global Environmental Change and/or Urban Ecohydrology:
A new postdoctoral associate position is available at Washington State University in Vancouver, WA, in Urban Ecohydrology, Urban/Global Environmental Change, or a related field such as Urban Environmental Biophysics/Ecophysiology, Urban Environmental Modeling, or Remote Sensing Data Analytics. (This is in addition to the first such position, previously advertised in 2019.)
Specific research foci will be led by the postdoctoral researcher, in consultation with the supervisor Dr. Kevan Moffett. Possible research themes include, but are not limited to: urban water-heat relations, biophysical modeling and scaling of urban heat and water balances, urban forest ecohydrology, vulnerability and adaptation of dense populated areas to extreme hydroclimate events across diverse social norms and climate zones, remote sensing data-mining, or the basic natural science needed to support environmental justice.
The researcher will also be invited as a full participant in a growing multi-institutional Collaborative on urban environmental research based out of the Portland/Vancouver area, thereby gaining network contacts, mentors, collaborators, and opening career paths at other types of universities, agencies, offices, and non-profits.
Flexible start date, with possibility of part-time telecommute work until full-time relocation is possible. Relocation to the Portland OR/Vancouver WA area hoped for by end of 2020, if feasible. Additional details at: https://labs.wsu.edu/ecohydrology/opportunities/
Please apply as soon as possible by emailing kevan.moffett@wsu.edu: (1) a letter describing your interests and experiences relevant to the position (maximum 3 pages single-spaced), (2) current CV, (3) contact information for three professional references. Priority application deadline May 11, 2020, but applications will be accepted until position is filled.
UW Statistical Consulting Service
The UW Statistical Consulting Service is now available for Spring quarter. Appointments will be held online via Zoom. We would appreciate you sharing this email about the service with your department colleagues.
Faculty and graduate students in the Consulting Program of the Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics offer free statistical advice to the UW community through scheduled 50-minute consulting appointments during the academic year when classes are in session. They provide assistance with:
- the design of studies and experiments, including the preparation of grant proposals
- data visualization and presentation
- choice and application of statistical methods
- development of specialized statistical methods in some cases
The consultants have experience primarily with the R statistical analysis system, but they work with clients using whatever statistical package is most convenient for them. (Note: Statistical consulting is for study design and data analysis advice, not software tutorials.) Clients should come to a consulting appointments prepared to provide background information and a clear statement of the scientific aims of their research prior to discussion of particular statistical issues, techniques or analyses.
For more information about the Service and to schedule an appointment, click on the following link:
UW STATISTICAL CONSULTING SERVICE
About the Consulting Program: This program is a UW course for graduate students in the Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics. Through this course, students learn how to apply their statistical skills to a variety of real-world problems. Most appointments will have three to four consultants in attendance: two to three student trainees and one faculty advisor. The program is organized around the academic calendar and the participating student consultants change every quarter. Because this is a training program, each consulting appointment has multiple goals. In addition to helping clients, student consultants are developing their consulting skills. Many problems brought to the consulting program require the consultants to research and discuss possible solutions with program colleagues following an appointment in order to determine the most appropriate statistical methods or guidance. In these cases, follow-up appointments are typically scheduled. While resources are limited, some assistance with actual data analyses can be provided on a case-by-case basis, depending on consultant availability, client needs, the size of the problem, and data analysis tasks.
LSE Fellow in International Migration
The London School of Economics and Political Science invites applications to the Fellowship in International Migration to teach in the MSc in International Migration and Public Policy, based in the European Institute and Departments of Government and Sociology. The program provides a systematic approach to central controversies in the comparative analysis of public policy responses to immigration and migrant integration. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching, research, and student engagement activities.