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*New* Vacancy Announcement in the International Programs Center: Statistician (Data Scientist) GS 7-12 (7/29/24)

The U.S. Census Bureau’s International Programs Center (IPC) is hiring a Statistician (Data Scientist). We are seeking a talented individual with expertise in data science, statistics, demography, and/or geography to join our team. The Center is charged with sharing the Census Bureau’s expertise globally. Our team works to advance data-driven decision making by providing in-country technical assistance, developing widely-used and free tools for data capture, processing, and analysis, and producing internationally-focused data products.

 

We partner with National Statistical Offices across the globe and with various international organizations to develop and promote best practices for population censuses in resource-constrained environments. Our work is critical for enhancing data quality in low- and middle-income countries and in shaping policies and strategies that impact the lives of millions of people globally. If this sounds like your type of work, check out the job description below.

 

Position Details:

  • Title: Statistician (Data Scientist), GS-1530-7-9, 11-12
  • Application Deadline: July 29, 2024
  • Announcement Links: USAJOBS GS 7-9 and GS 11-12

 

Duties and Responsibilities:  As a Statistician (Data Scientist), you will contribute to the newly launched Data Science Innovation Lab which seeks to support national statistical organizations in low- and middle-income countries in applying data science methods to official statistics production, and to the development of DAPPS, a software tool for demographic analysis and population projections.

 

Desired Qualifications: The ideal candidate for this position will have the following skills and experience:

  • Programming experience in Rand/or Python
  • Technical expertise in data science, statistical methods, demography, geography, or social sciences
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • S. citizenship (required)

 

How to Apply: Interested candidates are encouraged to review the detailed job announcement on USAJOBS (GS 7-9 and GS 11-12). Please carefully read the specialized experience and required documents sections before submitting your application. Ensure eligibility by reviewing the ‘Who May Apply’ section.

 

Questions? Please email: nobuko.mizoguchi@census.gov

CSDE Hosts D4 Hack Week on Social Science and Climate-related Flooding with Support from NOAA and NIH

CSDE affiliates Ann Bostrom, Sara Curran, and Sameer Shah are collaborating on an upcoming UW-hosted 2024 D4 Hack Week: Disasters, Demography, Disparities, and Decisions (September 9-13).  This week-long hack-a-thon is supported by a partnership between CSDE, the National Science Foundation AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES), and the UW’s eScience Institute. Funding for the workshop derives from a grant from NOAA to AI2ES (Award NA23OAR40505031) and a center grant to CSDE (P2C HD042828) from the Population Dynamics Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development.

During the D4 Hack Week, seven interdisciplinary teams of 40 researchers from across the country will join up to focus on the data and analytic challenges of linking climate- and weather-related impacts and mitigation efforts to human behavior, health, and well-being by:

  • Investigate the human behavior and societal adaptive responses to, and impacts of, severe weather and climate-related events, particularly flooding associated with atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, and severe storms, but also including other extreme events such as heat or fire.
  • Address the research gaps linking mitigation to adaptation and resilience in relation to severe weather. This will involve exploring co-benefits for human well-being from climate adaptation strategies that will further contribute to resilience to extreme weather events and climate mitigation.
  • Explore pathways to better understand the dynamics of decisions and population disparities in responses to and impacts of past extreme climate / weather events.

The workshop will create improved data products and methods (data integration, data assimilation, analytic tools, new approaches to analyses) that integrate social and weather and/or climate data across space and time, through interdisciplinary collaborations. Data products should inform decision models that can guide decision making to address the needs of individuals, households, neighborhoods, and communities, with projections of impacts on the scales of minutes to hours, days, weeks, or years. Data and their analyses should be capable of informing impact analysis and risk reduction planning.

The larger initiative is part of a NOAA investment of $10 million to support social science research related to flooding services and products. This is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The funding will allow NOAA to understand how the public uses emergency communication during atmospheric events such as flooding to then evaluate how to best help communities prepare for weather emergencies.

NIH Request for Information (RFI) on NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Health Research (NOT-OD-24-122) (Due 7/15/2024)

NIH is publishing this Notice to solicit input from the scientific research community, clinical practice communities, patient and family advocates, scientific or professional organizations, federal partners, HHS and NIH staff, other interested constituents; and the public on topics to consider for the next strategic plan to optimize NIH’s research investments. This request is to inform the Fiscal Years (FYs) 2026 – 2030 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Sexual and Gender Minority Health (SGM) Research. See the full RFI here. Responses are due by July 15, 2024.

 

UW Geographers Michael Brown and Larry Knopp Quoted in Seattle Times Article

CSDE Affiliates Michael Brown and Larry Knopp were recently quoted in the Seattle Times article, “How Capitol Hill became Seattle’s gayborhood.” The article includes various people’s experiences coming to Capitol Hill over the past decades. Capitol Hill became a center for members of the LGBTQ+ community and many began to move into the various neighborhoods surrounding the area. Dr. Brown and Dr. Knopp share their expertise and research as geographers on the events and other key points that built up Capitol Hill as a hub for different communities, especially the LGBTQ+ community. Details of their map Claiming Space and of the models they have developed linking the formation of LBGTQ+  neighborhoods to urban economic, cultural, and political changes, such as suburbanization and gentrification, are included in the article. This story goes into detail about the history, experiences, communities, and places of Capitol Hill.