Examine the past and present of Seattle’s homelessness crisis, and discuss solutions addressing this structural and systemic issue.

9:00am-3:30pm – 220 2nd Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98104

Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Seattle, WA

This one-day workshop just prior to the IAPHS Annual Conference will provide an orientation to the value of interdisciplinary collaboration, challenges inherent in interdisciplinary work, and skills and resources that facilitate interdisciplinary success in population health science.  Workshop participants will engage with leading population health and interdisciplinary scholars in interactive group exercises and case studies with a focus on the combining the knowledge, theory, and methods of diverse fields to understand and address health disparities.  View the provisional agenda here.

The workshop is open to scientists training and/or working in any field that contributes knowledge relevant to understanding the causes of health disparities at multiple levels of analysis (from the molecular to the societal and environmental) and/or the ways in which health disparities can be ameliorated.  Students and early career scientists are especially encouraged to apply, but individuals at all career stages are welcome. Students must have completed at least two years of post-baccalaureate training in a discipline.

Applications will be accepted through May 5, 2019. Applicants will be notified by the end of June. Workshop enrollment is limited to facilitate the success of small-group activities.

Funding to defray travel costs will be available on a limited basis.  Please contact Sue Bevan (sbevan@iaphs.org) with any questions.

This workshop is supported by a grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Register Here

The UW College of the Environment, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion would like to invite you to join the celebrations towards Earth Day, by recognizing and honoring the voice of communities of color through the 2019 Environmental Justice Conference: In-Reach before Outreach.

WHEN: April 19, 2019; 1:00-5:00pm

WHERE: Maple Hall Great Room, University of Washington

DESCRIPTION: Global climate change is changing at a faster rate due, mainly to human activities, with observable effects on socio-ecological systems. The impact of these changes is expected to be catastrophic and now, more than ever, collaborative strategies are needed to mitigate and adapt to new environmental conditions.

The 2019 Environmental Justice Conference organized by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the UW College of the Environment will focus on issues of equity and inclusive collaboration to confront climate disruption. The main goal of this conference is to reflect on our outreach strategies and look into community-based solutions. Participants will be able to engage with scholars from different disciplines as well as with local community leaders in a half-a-day program, including a panel-workshop in community engagement through participatory action research and a panel with experts in environmental coalition building.

Registration for the conference is open to all. If you plan on attending the conference, please RSVP Nicole David at nmd3@uw.edu or 206.221.6634.

Description. The NIH-funded project entitled The Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS) at the University of Utah (PI, Dr. Kim Korinek, Sociology) is currently recruiting a
postdoctoral fellow with expertise in health and aging research. The VHAS main foci are the collection and analysis of extensive survey, anthropometric and biomarker data in a
cohort of war survivors in order to disentangle lingering effects of exposure to the Vietnam War on old-age health and mortality. The project aims are to identify the specific life course
exposures to wartime stressors and pathways of influence into late adulthood health and wellbeing. The project also documents late life social and family relationships, migration in
the life course, and material conditions as they are linked to military service and war exposures in early-mid adulthood. The postdoctoral position is for one year. It is renewable
for a second and possibly third year contingent on excellent job performance and continued funding.

 

In advance of the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of people for temporary jobs across the country.

These positions provide the perfect opportunity to earn some extra income while helping your community. The results of the 2020 Census will help determine each state’s representation in Congress, as well as how certain funds are spent for schools, hospitals, roads, and more. This is your chance to play a part in history and help ensure that everyone in your community is counted!

The key things to know about jobs with the census are found here: www.2020census.gov/jobs

U.S. Census Bureau Employment Information Sessions at the 2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting

The U.S. Census Bureau is interested in meeting with qualified candidates with education and expertise in demography, sociology, economics, geography, and related social sciences.  Training in demographic analysis, survey research, geographic information systems, and/or quantitative data analysis of large datasets is preferred.  U.S. Census Bureau employees work on topics such as: population distribution; population estimates and projections; race and ethnicity; international technical assistance; housing; socio-economic characteristics; employment; disability; health insurance coverage; and migration.

Representatives will meet with those interested in careers at the U.S. Census Bureau during the Population Association of America (PAA) annual meeting in Austin, TX.  We will be available for informal discussions about Census careers on April 11 and April 12 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Meeting Room 210.  Feel free to email David Zaslow (David.C.Zaslow@census.gov) prior to the conference or visit the Census Bureau’s exhibition booth during the conference for more information.  Please share this invitation with all interested individuals.

Employment opportunities appear at USAJobs.gov. There will be at least one job announcement during the conference, as well as other opportunities on an on-going basis. Census representatives will help candidates apply for jobs in our meeting room.  Please set up a USAJobs account prior to the conference.  You should create a saved search on the word “Census” to receive email notifications of future job openings the day after they appear.

The Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau are Equal Opportunity Employers and encourage applicants from all sources.

MICRA and the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) are pleased to invite you to our one off event Developing age-friendly cities: Turning urban research into practice, which occurs on Wednesday the 26th June from 10am at the Museum of Science and Industry.  Please see details below.

This event will provide the opportunity for dialogue between researchers, policy makers, practitioners and older people working on issues relating to ageing, age-friendly cities and urban change. It will provide practical insights into how urban research can  influence policy and practice.

Understanding the relationship between population ageing and urban change has become a major issue for public policy, and an increasingly important area for interdisciplinary research. The following questions will be discussed:

• How can researchers and practitioners engage with different groups of older people?
• How can findings from academic research be turned into practice?
• Who should have a voice in the future of older people in Greater Manchester?
• What topics should researchers explore in the future?

A series of practical workshops will be run throughout the day, focusing on the following themes: ageing in place, developing social infrastructure, urban regeneration, engaging with hard to reach populations, and international perspectives on age-friendly approaches.

This workshop is hosted by the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) from the University of Manchester. Our research supports the promotion of age-friendly environments at global, EU, national and local level. MUARG has a particular focus on understanding issues relating to social exclusion and pressures facing older people in areas subject to economic decline.

We would request that interested parties register in advance of the seminar here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/developing-age-friendly-cities-turning-urban-research-into-practice-tickets-59752729021

Labor Studies Workshare Series
How are Anti-Prostitution Laws Impacting Transgender Individuals in the Sex Trade?
Kari Lerum, Associate Professor, UW Bothell

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 • 12:00PM-1:30PM
Smith Hall, Room 306 • University of Washington, Seattle

ABSTRACT: Sex workers have a long history of living in a context of hyper criminalization, surveillance, and state abandonment. But the stakes were raised in the U.S. on April 11, 2018 when President Trump signed into federal law FOSTA/SESTA — a bill that made it much more difficult for sex workers to screen their potential clients online. Since then, anecdotal and empirical evidence points to the reality that FOSTA/SESTA has placed individuals who rely on income from the sex trade are at increased risk of violence, poverty, homelessness. This paper will 1) summarize recent data collected with a local sex work coalition, and 2) argue for centering the needs of QTPOC individuals in policy discussions about sex work and human trafficking.

Kari Lerum (PhD Sociology) is an Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at University of Washington Bothell, an Adjunct Professor in Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies at University of Washington Seattle. She is an appointed member of the Seattle LGBTQ commission and former Chair of both the UWB General Faculty Organization and the UWB Campus Diversity Council. Professor Lerum’s research has critically evaluated popular discourses about the “sexualization of girls,” challenged normative assumptions of workplace sexuality, pushed for emotionally engaged epistemological approaches for critical theory, and advocated for non-carceral strategies for racial, economic, gender, & sexual justice. Her current work focuses on policies about sex work & human trafficking.

FORMAT: Lerum’s paper will be circulated to registered attendees a week in advance of the workshare. Participants are expected to read the paper before the meeting and be prepared for a discussion. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Coffee and cookies will be served.

Wednesday, 10 April | 12:30–1:30pm | Savery (SAV) 409

Bayesian Framework for Finding Relevant Macro Factors in Affine Term Structure Models

Kyu Ho Kang

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University http://faculty.korea.ac.kr/kufaculty/kyuho/index.do

We address the question of which unspanned macroeconomic factors are the best in the class of macro-finance Gaussian affine term structure models. To answer this question, we extend Joslin, Priebsch, and Singleton (2014) in two dimensions. First, following Ang and Piazzesi (2003) and Chib and Ergashev (2009), three latent factors, instead of the first three principal components of the yield curve, are used to represent the level, slope and curvature of the yield curve. Second we postulate a grand affine model that includes all the macro-variables in contention. Specific models are then derived from this grand model by letting each of the macro-variables play the role of a relevant macro factor (i.e. by affecting the time-varying market price of factor risks), or the role of an irrelevant macro factor (having no effect on the market price of factor risks). The Bayesian marginal likelihoods of the resulting models are computed by an efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm and the method of Chib (1995) and Chib and Jeliazkov (2001). Given eight common macro factors, our comparison of 2^8=256 affine models shows that the most relevant macro factors for the U.S. yield curve are the federal funds rate, industrial production, total capacity utilization, and housing sales. We also show that the best supported model substantially improves out-of-sample yield curve forecasting and the understanding of the term-premium.

Paper co-authored with Siddhartha Chib (Washington University in St. Louis) and Biancen Xie (Washington University in St. Louis)

About the Series

The weekly Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) seminar provides a forum for local and visiting scholars to present current research at the interface of statistics and the social sciences. Talks range in their level of technical detail and substantive motivation, and often result in spirited discussion. During the Winter and Spring 2019 quarters, we are celebrating CSSS’s 20th anniversary, with many speakers drawn from the population of past CSSS students. Current students may receive credit for attending the seminar by enrolling in CS&SS 590. All seminars are held at 12:30 on Wednesdays in Savery (SAV) 409 unless otherwise noted, and we will aim to conclude by 1:30. We provide coffee and light refreshments; attendees are also welcome to bring their lunch. For information or questions about the CSSS Seminars, please contact our Seminar Organizer, Will Brown (brownw@uw.edu). You can receive updates via a mailing list or calendar.