The Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) has an open position for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the HIV team. We are looking for strong candidates with a background in the areas of HIV or infectious disease epidemiology, mathematical modeling, phylogenetics, statistics/bio-statistics (including spatial stats), and/or other quantitative field. This position will be based in Seattle within the Global Health Division of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Please reach out to Radhika Ragsdale Radhika.Ragsdale@gatesfoundation.org for more information on this position.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School invites applications for two Postdoc Positions at the Department of Organization, one position with a background in Social Science and one position with a background in Computer Science, Network Science, Physics, Computational Social Science or related fields. Expected starting date is January 1st, 2021.
The Post Doc positions are time-limited for two years and connected to the research activities of the three-year Carlsberg Foundation project “NetCareers – Careers through Complex Networks” led by Associate Professor Lasse Folke Henriksen. The posts may be extended. The Postdocs will work on modeling complex life course trajectory networks of complete population cohorts in high income countries, focusing on career mobilities and stratification outcomes. Using large scale administrative data sets from high income countries, the project models the movement of people through institutions and organizations over the life and links these networked trajectories to outcomes such as status, wages, wealth, and health. The NetCareers project assembles an inter-disciplinary team of researchers from the sciences and social sciences to develop new techniques for studying complex network trajectories and their outcomes. The team is embedded at the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, and the Postdocs will be working in collaboration with the team.
Questions should be addressed to Lasse Folke Henriksen lfh.ioa@cbs.dk.
Postdoc with social science background:
https://www.cbs.dk/cbs/jobs-paa-cbs/ledige-stillinger/postdoc-with-social-science-background-to-analyze-complex-network-trajectories
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Christine Leibbrand joins CSDE as Research Scientist and Training Program Director
CSDE is happy to announce that Dr. Christine Leibbrand has joined its Science Core as a Research Scientist responsible for research consultations requiring statistical and social demography expertise. Leibbrand received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington in 2019 and served as an Acting Assistant Professor of Sociology during the 2019-2020 academic year. Leibbrand was also a CSDE Trainee and Fellow from 2014-2019. Her research focuses on residential mobility and internal migration within the U.S., racial/ethnic stratification, segregation, and the consequences of local gun violence for community members. Currently, Leibbrand provides research consultation to students and faculty, collaborates on interdisciplinary research projects including with researchers at the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program. As an alum of CSDE’s Training Program, Leibbrand brings lots of experience and ideas as the new Training Program Director. Leibbrand will continue to organize CSDE’s workshop series, teach several of CSDE’s Proseminar courses, collaborate on the program planning for CSDE’s seminar, and advise CSDE’s trainees.
CSDE Welcomes New Staff Members to the Administrative Core
CSDE is thrilled to announce that three new staff members have joined CSDE’s Administrative Core in the last several months. Gianna Cannataro is CSDE’s new Program Coordinator, Belinda Sachs is CSDE’s new Grants Manager in collaboration with the College of Built Environment’s Office of Research, and Angie Thai is CSDE’s new Budget Analyst Lead.
Gianna Cannataro also joined CSDE in April 2020 as a Program Coordinator. She graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Science and Resource Management from the University of Washington in 2019. While attending school, Gianna worked as a Student Assistant at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences where she helped with various administrative duties. At CSDE, Gianna assists with purchasing, budget reconciliation, coordinating travel, and many other tasks. Prior to her work and schooling at UW, Gianna studied Merchandise Management at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and worked as a retail manager at a recycled clothing store chain. In her spare time, Gianna enjoys volunteering at the PAWS Wildlife Center, thrift store shopping, and hanging out with her husband and two cats.
Belinda Sachs joined CSDE in April 2020 as a new Grants Manager, focusing on pre-award grant proposal preparation. Hiring a new grants manager was made possible through a new partnership between the College of Built Environment and CSDE. Prior to joining CSDE in 2020, Belinda was a Fiscal Specialist with the UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute (2002-20), where her pre- and post-award responsibilities include assisting with grant proposal preparation and monitoring budgets for compliance. Belinda is also the former Director of Development for Coffee House Press in Minneapolis. Belinda’s extracurricular activities include fundraising for the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation as a team captain for Walk MS, and for the American Cancer Society as a team captain for Making Strides against Breast Cancer.
Angie Thai joined CSDE in June 2020 in the Budget/Fiscal Analyst Lead role. She received a Master of Accountancy degree from Gonzaga University. Prior to her position with CSDE, Angie worked at UW’s School of Nursing as a Fiscal/Budget Analyst. Her professional experience at UW includes: payroll, fiscal management and budgeting. At CSDE, she is the contact person for payroll, and post award grant management. In her free time, Angie enjoys cooking, baking, and spending time with her son.
Raftery Joins Panel to Discuss COVID Data for Decision Makers
On Thursday August 6, a panel of behavioral and social scientists, including CSDE Affiliate Adrian Raftery, will present on how data about COVID 19 might be used to make program and policy decisions. The webinar is organized by the Societal Experts Action Network of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The webinar will answer the question – how can decision makers evaluate measurements and use COVID-19 data to understand the spread of the disease in their communities? You can register for the program here.
Apply to Attend the First PAA Applied Demography Conference!
PAA announces Applied Demography Conference, which will be hosted in conjunction with the Committee on Applied Demography. During these challenging times, the work of applied demographers is more important than ever! PAA is providing this tremendous opportunity to more effectively engage our applied demography community. The first Applied Demography Conference will take place virtually February 2-4, 2021. If you are interested in serving on the Program Committee, please fill out this form by August 5.
Join #PAA2020 Webinar Series: Data Collection during the Pandemic
On August 18 @11:30am (EST), PAA will hosts its fourth webinar in its ongoing PAA2020 programming. This webinar will focus on COVID-19 data collection challenges in countries of the Global South. Absence of sampling frame, poor quality of telephone and internet connectivity and absence of civil registration systems has led to a reliance on household surveys as the primary mode for obtaining demographic data. The spreading pandemic has blocked this avenue for gathering data precisely at a time when data are most needed. Researchers have responded by undertaking telephone surveys, video interviews and drawing samples via Facebook. This panel brings together researchers working in diverse geographies to discuss new modes of data collection, the opportunities they offer and the ethical challenges they pose, as researchers try to work with respondents living under highly stressful conditions.
Join Asian Population Association/NUS CFPR Webinar: Asian Families Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
On August 6 (4.00pm to 5.30pm (SGT)), the Asian Population Association and NUS Center for Family and Population Research are hosting a webinar. The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted unprecedented pressure on many institutions including the health care systems, schools, government, markets, and law. Family, as the basic socioeconomic unit of the society, bears the brunt of the multiple stressors caused by the disruptions to these institutions. The webinar will explore the impact of COVID-19 on families in Asia-Pacific region focusing on the vulnerabilities of women, children, and older adults as they experience morbidity, mortality, migration, economic recession, and school closure.
Chan Co-authors Book Examining Migration in China
CSDE Affiliate Kam Wing Chan and co-author Yuan Ren recently published Children of Migrants in China (Routledge 2020). The book illustrates how unprecedented urbanization and internal migration have resulted in large-scale family separation in China. The authors reveal that more than 100 million children grow up in unstable families, a majority of whom suffer from prolonged separation from their parents owing to migratory upheaval. The analyses explains the impact of China’s internal migration on children and recommends policies to address problems from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Data for Policy Conference, Networking Volunteer Opportunities
Check out these networking volunteer opportunities for the September Data for Policy conference.We are recruiting a team of volunteers to assist with the running of the 5th Data for Policy International Conference, which is taking place virtually between 15th and 17th September 2020. This is an opportunity to use your skills to help us deliver an interdisciplinary conference, happening online for the first time, and to network with some key people and organisations working at the interface of data science and policy.
Event Assistants: https://dataforpolicy.org/apply-to-be-an-event-assistant-volunteer-at-data-for-policy-5th-international-conference/
Social Media and Blog Assistants: https://dataforpolicy.org/looking-for-social-media-and-blog-volunteers-at-data-for-policy-5th-international-conference/
Ambassador Scholarships: https://dataforpolicy.org/apply-for-data-for-policy-2020-fifth-international-conference-ambassador-scholarships/