The call for proposals is now open for the sixth offering of the University of Washington Data Science for Social Good summer program, to be held during the summer of 2020. We invite short proposals for 10-week data-intensive research projects requiring collaboration in data science approaches, such as scalable data management, statistical analysis, machine learning, open source software development, cloud and cluster computing, and/or data visualization.

We seek proposals that are methodologically rigorous and designed to address societal challenges in areas such as human services, public policy, health and safety, environmental impacts, transportation, accessibility, social justice, and urban informatics. We welcome proposals submitted by academic researchers, public agencies, non-profit entities, and industry.

Accepted proposals will need to designate a Project Lead (usually the author(s) of the proposal) who will closely collaborate with one or more Data Scientists from the eScience Institute and an interdisciplinary team of 4-5 student fellows supported by eScience (see Project Team Composition and Time Commitment below). In reviewing the proposals, we will be looking for projects with well-defined deliverables that clearly articulate how the DSSG program can help advance your project. Projects from our previous DSSG programs may serve as useful inspiration.

This program, which has been running since the summer of 2015, is sponsored in part by an award from the Micron Foundation and was inspired by similar endeavors such as the Data Science for Social Good program originally at the University of Chicago (now at CMU).

The Computational Sociology conference will be held on August 7th, 2020, at Stanford University, a day before the ASA Annual Meeting convenes in San Francisco. The conference will showcase work that applies computational methods to important sociological problems. We welcome submissions that use data creatively, whether applying machine learning methods, analyzing text, images, or network structures, or any other form of computational analysis.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

We have one opening for a post-doctoral research associate to undertake research contributing to the Delaware Contraceptive Access Now (DelCAN) Evaluation https://popcenter.umd.edu/delcaneval. This evaluation is being conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Delaware, Newark to a project timetable from June 2016 through May 2022. Work on the evaluation is expected to lead primarily to papers submitted to peer-reviewed journals and scholarly research conferences. The contributions of the postdoctoral research associate to the project will include analysis of survey data collected specifically on Delaware in multiple rounds of representative samples respectively of all reproductive age women and of women attending Title X clinics. Other contributions may include analyses combining state and national data sources, and estimation and simulation of reproductive, infant health, and public-expenditure outcomes. The successful applicant will be provided with office space and research infrastructure through the Maryland Population Research Center, and will report to the DelCAN Evaluation Project Director, Dr. Michael Rendall. Additional mentoring and collaboration opportunities with DelCAN Evaluation faculty at UMD include with Drs. Michel Boudreaux, Amy Lewin, Dylan Roby, and Julia Steinberg (School of Public Health), and Mónica Caudillo (Sociology). Annual salary is expected to be in the range, $70,362 to $72,473. The position is not restricted to U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

IAPHS has 6 award opportunities for members of the organization. To be eligible, individuals are required to be current members of the organization. Self nominations are acceptable. Award winners are recognized at the annual meeting.

Nominations Due: March 23, 2020

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J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award

Honors a leader whose outstanding accomplishments, commitment, values and contributions best reflect the mission of IAPHS to advance population health science through science, translational activities and mentoring.

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IAPHS Mentoring Award

Recognizes an outstanding Mentor for their dedication and significant positive impact on the intellectual and professional development of emerging scholars.

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The Milbank Quarterly Early Career Award in Population Health

Recognizes significant contributions to population health science by an individual who has received the Ph.D., MD or a comparable graduate degree no more than ten years before the year of the award.

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IAPHS Student Award

Recognize work of notable quality, potential, and/or likely impact on the field completed by a trainee in the population health sciences.

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IAPHS Postdoctoral Award

Recognize work of notable quality, potential, and/or likely impact on the field completed by a trainee in the population health sciences.

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Community Research Partnership Award

To recognize excellence in collaboration between community groups or individuals and population health researchers.

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Submit a nomination! Please contact Sue Bevan, IAPHS Executive Director, with any questions (sbevan@iaphs.org)

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is pleased to announce the availability of funding for University of Washington faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to develop courses or conduct research relevant to the interdisciplinary field of Labor Studies.

Funding is available in several forms with varying levels of eligibility, size and obligation. Programs include:

• Labor Course Development Grants – Funds to enable University of Washington faculty and graduate students to develop and teach courses on labor topics during the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year.
• Washington State Labor Research Grants – Up to $15,000 available to UW faculty or graduate students for labor research relevant to policy-making in Washington State.
• Faculty Labor Research Grants – Up to $7,500 available to UW faculty for research on labor topics, broadly conceived.
• Graduate Student Labor Research Grants – Up to $5,000 available to UW graduate students for research on labor topics, broadly conceived.
• Undergraduate Labor Research Grants – Up to $350 available to UW undergraduate students for research on labor topics, broadly conceived.

For more information and application instructions, please visit the website of each specific program linked to above. The deadline to apply for all programs for the 2020-2021 academic year is Monday, February 10, 2020. 

Questions? Contact the Bridges Center at (206) 543-7946, or e-mail hbcls@uw.edu .

The Department of Health Services at the University of Washington (UW) seeks to fill one full-time faculty position with a focus on Anti-Racism as a Full Professor (tenure-track) on a 12-month service period, with an anticipated start date as early as fall 2020.   

The position would serve as the Director for the Center for the Study of Anti-Racism and Health (ARCH).  The purpose of ARCH to provide a community of scholarship and activism – in the School of Public Health, across the University, and within the broader community – concerning interventions that can break down the societal and institutional structures of racism and, thus, to reduce future inequalities in health. 

We seek candidates with demonstrated experience in research, teaching, mentorship, and administration related to structural racism, its impact on health, and approaches to disrupt it.  The Director is expected to engage in both university and community service at the local, regional, national, and international levels and encouraged to establish their own research agenda, including how racism intersects with other social inequities. 

The UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative is delighted to host the 3rd annual Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods (SIMRM), to be held at the University of California, Berkeley campus from May 26-June 5, 2020. The Institute is organized and directed by Irene Bloemraad (UCB) and Jennifer Van Hook (Pennsylvania State University). It is made possible by funding from the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Russell Sage Foundation.

The 10-day workshop will train up to 28 graduate students, early-career researchers and beginning faculty in best-practices and in methodologies especially relevant to the study of immigration and migrant populations. The 2020 program will focus on: (1) conceptualizing, measuring and imputing legal status in migration studies; (2) studying immigration through social media and computational analysis; and (3) current frontiers in research on migration and health. The institute will also include sessions on research ethics and professionalization. Each day of the institute includes a mixture of instructional lectures and hands-on practical instruction or discussion and it reserves time for feedback on participants’ work.

Complete applications must be received by February 10, 2020. Organizers will notify applicants solely through e-mail by mid-March and will ask selected applicants to confirm their participation shortly thereafter. Inquiries can be sent to the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative at bimi@berkeley.edu. Technical questions about the application portal (Fluxx) can be sent to grantsmgt@rsage.org.