The Migration Conference Organizing Committee invites you to submit abstracts to the 8th conference in the series that will take place in the South East European University campus in Tetovo, North Macedonia. The Conference is a forum for discussion where experts, young researchers and students, practitioners and policy makers working in the field of migration are encouraged to exchange their knowledge and experiences in a friendly and frank environment. The Religion and Migration track invites the submission of papers exploring all facets of the intersections of mobility, migration, and religion. All papers presented at the conference must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another conference. Structured abstracts (up to 500 words) are invited for submission.
Conference Dates: June 2 – June 5, 2020 | More Information
Eurac Research invites applications for its 2020 Eurac Summer School. The courses explore the theme of “Linguistic and Religious Diversity” by examining the challenges and opportunities of diversity through theoretical and empirical perspectives from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Participants are offered seminars and workshops on linguistic diversity, multilingualism, language, and intercultural competences, multiculturalism and secularism, religion and politics, religion and gender, religious radicalization, etc. led by international experts. Additionally, field trips are held to gain the first-hand experience of local approaches to minority protection and diversity governance.
Deadline: March 15th | Summer School Dates: June 2 – July 3, 2020 | Bozen/Bolzano, Italy | More Information
*Senior Associate for Health Surveys & Data Capture*: The role is focused on driving our pursuit and conduct of projects in the areas of health survey research (e.g., in-person, telephone, web, mobile, and mixed-mode) and data capture (e.g., information collection, use of administrative records, web-scraping, IOT data). As a growing leader and expert in the field, the Senior Associate will help develop and drive business strategy working closely with Abt’s many subject matter experts, data scientists and technology specialists; oversee a broad portfolio of work in the area of health policies and programs with an array of government and non-government clients; and, build and mentor a team of experts with specializations in health surveys and advanced analytics.
*Survey Sampling Statistician* (Associate level) with interests in advanced analytic and data science techniques: working with internal and external clients on the valid and reliable uses of primary and secondary data, including survey data, administrative records, social media data, sensor and other available data; develops complex sampling designs for data collection, communicating the strength and weaknesses of various sampling strategies; identifying and applying appropriate analytic techniques across a range of data types; provide mentoring and guidance to more junior staff; and representing Abt at research conferences (e.g., the Joint Statistical Meetings, the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Federal Committee on Survey Methodology, Total Survey Error, American Public Health Association, and others).
Please forward to all interested UW students and medical residents:
The Department of Global Health Funding for Fieldwork application is now available. These funding opportunities are available to full-time UW graduate students, professional students and some opportunities for medical residents, and Global Health Minor undergraduate students to help support short term fieldwork experiences in global health. Please be sure to read the application requirements thoroughly for each fellowship program and identify those programs for which you qualify.
The following fellowships in the DGH Funding for Fieldwork application are
* Warren George Povey Endowed Fund for Global Health Students Fellowship
* Global Opportunities in Health (GO Health) Fellowship
* Global Opportunities in Health (GO Health)-Kenya
* Global Mental Health Fellowship
* Stergachis Endowed Fellowship in International Exchange
* Thomas Francis Jr., Global Health Fellowship
Details for these programs and list of past participants can be found on the Funding for Fieldwork page, https://globalhealth.washington.edu/education-training/funding-fieldwork. This year the SCOPE fellowship conducted an early round of applications Therefore, the SCOPE fellowship is not included in this cycle’s DGH Funding for Fieldwork Application.
Submit all materials to Google Form by 12 p.m., March 16, 2020 Link: https://forms.gle/3BM7k5AVBPuWuG8z8
For questions regarding the application or other details, please contact Daren Wade at dwade@uw.edu.
COVID-19 appears to be more contagious than the flu, but big uncertainties about it remain. Early misinformation and diagnostic testing deficits may have protracted these uncertainties. Therefore, policy makers and publics are vulnerable to misperceptions of and faulty solutions to the outbreak. This is why CSDE Affiliates Ann Bostrom and Nicole Errett co-authored an opinion piece for The Guardian on COVID-19 perceptions and their consequences. In their piece, Bostrom and Errett explain how the uncertainties can amplify misperceptions—people may accept established policies and familiar remedies for illusory certainty, unwittingly helping the virus spread. Thus, the authors emphasize that “clear messaging from trusted sources, and guidance on what to do and how to do it, is essential during a pandemic.”
A recent article in The Stranger claims that 37 of Washington’s 39 counties are short on dental health care professionals—this shortage especially affects the well-being of low-income and rural populations of Washington. This article highlights CSDE Affiliate Donald Chi’s research to describe a solution for the shortage: dental therapy. According Chi’s 2018 study on dental therapy, featured in the article and co-authored by CSDE Science Lead Matt Dunbar, increases in dental therapists within Alaska Native communities have led to improved preventative care practices and fewer extractions. The article also features Chi’s testimony for HB 1317 in which Chi states that about 15,000 fewer children would no longer need front tooth extractions with dental therapists in Washington.
The article quotes Chi, “Ask any dentist, myself included, and they’ll agree that these extractions are the hardest thing to do emotionally. When you think about the impact on young children and families—the ability to bite into an apple, and to smile with a full set of teeth—it’s huge…Dental therapists can make a difference.”
Calling all demography students! In Spring 2020, CSDE Affiliate and Training Core Director Jon Wakefield, Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics, and Bobby Reiner, Associate Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, are offering Advanced Spatial Statistics for Public and Global Health (BIOST/STAT 578 A). Wakefield and Reiner will cover Gaussian process (GP) models and Model-Based Geostatistics, methods for point process data, and space-time-age models among many other topics of spatial statistics. Preerequisites for this course include STAT 554 or BIOST 555, or permission from the instructors. CSDE encourages demography students to take advantage of this opportunity!
This Friday, Eileen Crimmins, president of the Population Association of America (PAA), will present “Life Expectancy and Health in the 21st Century: the Inconceivable, the Unthinkable, and the Unknowable,” a dress rehearsal for the PAA Presidential Address she will deliver in April. This seminar will touch on contemporary problems in the United States and how to deal with uncertainty.
Click here to schedule a meeting with Eileen Crimmins!
Mark your calendars! The Second Annual UW Multidisciplinary Family Planning Symposium titled “Global Family Planning, Fertility, and Abortion: Innovations in Research, Programs, and Policy” is coming up on Friday, May 19, 8:30-3:30PM in HUB Room 145. This symposium is a multidisciplinary opportunity for the exchange of ideas and innovations in global family planning to generate connections between research, program, and policy work internal and external to the University. It is co-sponsored by the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Global Health, Medicine, and the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology.
Drs. Sara Curran and Elizabeth Harrington are the Planning Committee co-chairs. More details and registration information to follow soon.