The Center for Health Innovation & Policy Science invites you to our inaugural Annual Health Policy Symposium, “The Future of the VA: Privatization or the Model for a US Single Payer System”, on March 21^st, 2019 from 6:00-8:00pm in Kane Hall 210. Please join us for a timely and thought-provoking discussion followed by a period for audience questions, moderated by UW heath policy expert, Aaron Katz.

Our panelists include:

• Suzanne Gordon– Author of Wounds of War and Senior Policy Fellow at Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute
• Stephan Fihn, MD, MPH– Head, Division of General Internal Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Health Services
• Hugh Foy, MD– Professor of Surgery, UW School of Medicine; member of Physicians for a National Health Program – Western Washington Chapter
• James Tuchschmidt, MD, MM– Chief Executive for Clinical Programs and Physician Strategy, Providence Health Systems
• Kelly Wadsworth, MDiv, PhD– Speaker, pastor, Iraq War Veteran, and member of Veterans for Peace

If you’d like to attend, please visit our Eventbrite webpage to reserve your spot as we have limited seating: https://2019-chips-symposium.eventbrite.com

Any questions can be directed to uwchips@uw.edu. Thanks and see you all March 21^st!

This seminar will provide students with a critical reflection on the possibilities and challenges of the smart city on urban regeneration and community-building process in the context of modern cities in South Korea. The discourse of the smart city epitomizes a new paradigm shift in the cities in the world. It builds new urban models that raise city’s competitive power of efficiency in planning and control with the integration of information and community technology (ICT) in various urban domains, human and physical environmental resources. The idea of the smart city seems already actively implemented in South Korea’s urban governance, planning and policy with economic support and technological advancement. However, a big question still remains if smart city development enacts to build a better community and if it presents citizens with more opportunities for improving their communities. Drawing on evidence from three cities in Korea — Busan, Sejong, and Changwon, this class will provide students an opportunity to experience creative engagements with local communities, and to explore re-working with (already-familiar) smart technologies and infrastructure in urban revitalization and community-building.

The course will start with a series of seminars and mini-conference that will introduce students to some of key concepts around smart city, urban regeneration, and community-building. There will be various “urban expeditions” that will expose students to different local communities in Busan, Changwon, and Sejong, and translate key concepts in the seminar into the real-world examples they will observe and engage with. In addition, this course will provide students an opportunity to learn and work with digital (mapping) technologies, such as online mapping, digital story maps, and mobile GPS app, as the process of unfolding their engagement with local communities and community partners.

This program will be held in collaboration with the Pusan National University (PNU), the City of Busan, the City of Changwon, and the City of Sejong. Readings will be assigned in advance of the seminar. The faculties and students in PNU will join the lectures and workshops in the first 2 weeks of the seminar, and students will visit various local sites they can have an experiential learning experience of urban regeneration efforts and a diverse range of community-based projects, couple with the smart urban development in Korea.

Here is a program flyer : www.tinyurl.com/urbanexplorationbusan2019  and students can see a full information in the official program site here: https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11823

There will be three public information sessions as well:

January 30, 2019, 3:30 pm-4:30 pm (East Asia Library, Gowen 3rd floor, Seminar Room, UW Seattle)

February 7, 2019, 11:30 am-12:20 pm (UW1-103, UW Bothell)

February 13, 2019, 3:30 pm-4:30 pm (UW1-103, UW Bothell)

The application deadline is February 15, and there are also several scholarship opportunities available.

Courtney Mansfield

PhD student, Departments of Linguistics, University of Washington, https://linguistics.washington.edu/people/courtney-mansfield

In this study, we examine factors that lead to the misperception of speech in conversational speech transcription, an area which has had little previous research. We investigate the role of surprisal, a measure of expectedness and language processing effort, on misperceptions. A dataset of word errors was generated using two sets of transcriptions that have undergone two iterations, where the second transcription was hand-corrected to reduce the error rate. Errors fell into three basic categories: insertions (a word occurred in the first but not second iteration), deletions (a word occurred in the second but not first iteration), and substitutions (a mismatch between iterations). The dataset includes surprisal measures and syntactic information about word errors and their respective baselines. Surprisal was calculated using a trigram model and an LSTM neural network model. Using linear mixed effects models, we found that category of word error and syntactic class have a complex relationship to surprisal. A qualitative analysis shows that transcribers in the first iteration often generate errors which lead to a more formal grammatical structure. Future work will consider the expectedness of both lexical and acoustic information and its relationship to misperceptions.

This talk is coauthored with Richard A. Wright (Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics, University of Washington; https://linguistics.washington.edu/people/richard-wright)

The GIS Programmer supports teams across the organization who need to leverage GIS technology for their project needs. The focus is the creation of scalable and scriptable solutions that will answer pressing questions across multiple communities in the United States. The GIS Programmer will be involved in all aspects of project development, from ETL to deliverable. The common thread is the need for a geospatial solution to the problem at hand.

The GIS Programmer must be an effective communicator with other collaborators from varying backgrounds and areas of technical expertise. These include both human interest and environmental backgrounds. The position requires versatility and creative thinking in order to meet business goals. Familiarity with a diverse set of geospatial tools is a must. The GIS programmer will be particularly well versed in open source and cutting-edge solutions.

Regular activities will include the participation in brainstorm sessions, the research of appropriate solutions and the implementation of the geospatial goals of each project.

A bachelor’s degree and previous open source GIS programming experience is required. Background in QGIS, ogr2ogr, GDAL, and Python are required. Javascript is a plus. Additionally, the proven ability to work collaboratively on diverse teams needs to be demonstrated in the application package. They must work effectively on their own, as well as in a team setting with peers of varying subject area expertise.  This position is part-time. Huge growth potential for correct candidate. Competitive salary.

IPUMS CPS and IPUMS Health Surveys are hiring data analysts. We are looking for smart, technically-minded people who enjoy working with data. As with all IPUMS projects, the signature activity is the integration of discrete datasets into a single consistently coded and documented series that enables comparative analyses over time. The environment is highly collaborative, and you will work closely with research scientists, data analysts, student research assistants, and software developers. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of data processing and dissemination methods, and there is considerable opportunity for initiative and creativity by all members of the research staff.

Learn more about these positions and how to apply for them.

Please note the call for applications below from Temple University for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the mission to support the development of scholars from historically underrepresented groups in the field of Urban Policy and Inequality

Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Liberal Arts

Postdoctoral Diversity Fellow in Urban Policy and Inequality

The Department of Sociology at Temple University invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship to support the development of early career scholars from diverse backgrounds with particular attention to historically underrepresented groups on the professorial faculties of colleges and universities in the United States. This year we seek applications from scholars who show promise in the area of Urban Policy and Inequality. The position will complement departmental strengths in race and ethnicity, globalization, immigration, gender and sexuality, and health and medical sociology. The successful applicant will contribute intellectually to the department and college by collaborating with faculty to conduct research while teaching one course over the year. The Department of Sociology (http://www.temple.edu/soc) offers two undergraduate majors in Sociology and the Sociology of Health. We offer three graduate programs – an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Sociology and a Professional Science Masters in Applied Sociology.

The Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship is a competitive program whose goal is to increase the diversity of the community of scholars devoted to academic research at Temple University. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in Sociology or a related field by September 1, 2019. Please submit a letter of application (that addresses research and teaching interests, and includes a brief statement on the grounds of eligibility for this fellowship), a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation by March 15, 2019 via the Interfolio link below. Temple University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and the University especially encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities.

The current postdoctoral award is a non-renewable, 12-month residential fellowship.  The award includes a salary of $50,000, full Temple University employee benefits, a research/travel fund of $3,000, and a $2,000 moving allowance.  The postdoctoral fellow will teach one course during the year of appointment and will meet regularly with other postdocs and faculty in the department and college through participation in seminars, colloquia, teaching circles, etc.  The appointment will be effective September 1, 2019.

Please submit information to INTERFOLIO at the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/59686

Jobs at NICHD
NICHD Division of Extramural Research, Population Dynamics Branch

PDB supports research, research training, and data collection in demography, reproductive health, and population health, with an emphasis on research based on population-representative samples. In demography, the branch supports research on the scientific study of human populations, including fertility, mortality and morbidity, migration, population distribution, nuptiality, family demography, population growth and decline, and the causes and consequences of demographic change. In reproductive health, the branch supports behavioral and social science research on sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, family planning, and infertility. In population health, the branch supports data collection and research on human health, productivity, behavior, and development at the population level, using such methods as inferential statistics, natural experiments, policy experiments, statistical modeling, and gene/environment interaction studies using non-truncated measures of environmental exposure.

The candidate should have successfully completed all requirements for a Ph.D. (or equivalent doctoral degree) in an academic field of the health or related sciences (e.g., demography, economics, or population geography) allied to health or health-related research. Background in demography, the social determinants of health, analysis of longitudinal cohorts, and the collection and analysis of population representative samples also would be a plus.

NICHD is using multiple announcements to fill this position: The first two links are the global recruitment program announcements; the last two links are the social and behavioral scientist announcements. Please note the links differ if you are a federal employee. This is a not supervisory position. Closing January 31, 2019.

• Health Scientist Administrator (NIH-GR-DE-19-10394059) Open to the Public.
• Health Scientist Administrator (NIH-GR-MP-19-10394135) Merit Promotion for federal employees and other status applicants.
• Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator (NIH-SR-DE-19-10397223) Open to the Public.
• Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator (NIH-SR-MP-19-10397297) Merit Promotion for federal employees and other status applicants.

CED, invites applications for a full-time Researcher in Demography.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Demography or a cognate discipline, will be expected to contribute significantly to the research output of the Centre. The candidate will have, relative to career stage, a track record in research, including high-impact scholarship and international publications, and proved funding ID.

Applications are sought from candidates with expertise in quantitative methods that align with the priority research areas of the Centre as detailed on the CED’s website (https://ced.uab.cat/en/research/areas/). We particularly invite applicants with expertise in the area of socio-economic inequalities and their relationship with demographic dynamics/outcomes. The appointee will be expected to engage in wider public and policy debates, and to foster collaboration with other external research bodies.

CED is an equal opportunities employer and invites applications from all suitably qualified candidates. CED also works to promote work/life balance and facilitates this through Centre
policy and practices.

October’s IAPHS Conference “Local, national, global impacts on population health” promises an exciting and diverse set of offerings:

– Posters featuring the latest in population health research, practice, theory, methods, and more;

– Oral presentations, comprised of investigator-driven panels as well as of individual abstracts, which address various topics of population health science, including practice, theory, methods, student training, or technological innovations.

Be a part of the action!

Please visit the Call for Submissions to find out how and submit your ideas by March 11, 2019.

PS: This year will again feature awards for the best posters!

Key dates:  

Submission Deadline:  March 11, 2019
Registration Opens:  April 1, 2019
Conference:  October 1-4, 2019

Conference Location:

Sheraton Seattle Hotel
1400 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

Conference Website:

https://iaphs.org/conference/

IAPHS Membership:

IAPHS members receive discounted rates to attend the conference. Join/Renew for the 2019 calendar year. Membership rates increase January 1^st, so join now at a discounted rate!

Santa Margherita di Pula (Sardinia), Italy, 10-21 June 2019

The Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) Computational Social Science summer school cordially invites junior researchers (advanced MA students or higher*) to apply for participation in the CSS summer school on data-driven modeling of migration to take place in Santa Margherita di Pula on Sardinia, Italy, from June 10-21, 2019.

Women are especially encouraged to apply!

The CSS summer school serves as a research incubator aiming at fostering the use of data-driven methods in the social sciences and developing a contribution to the research field of migration. During the summer school, you will work in one of eight teams of five people on a specific research project. Each team consists of three junior researchers and two senior experts/supervisors, with strong methodological expertise in CSS and the field of migration research. Each team will work through the whole research process with the aim to prepare a manuscript for scientific publication. Each project combines CSS methods with a research focus on migration. This involves data-driven modeling of migration and making use of simulation or prediction techniques. The projects may look, for example, into the consequences of migration and its relation to conflicts and social cohesion.

Learn more about the general summer school concept, the focus on migration and CSS methods of the 2019 school, as well as check out our expert team and the pre-defined projects they offer:
https://bigsss-css.jacobs-university.de/calls/call2019/

Venue and accommodation
The 2019 summer school will be in Santa Margherita di Pula on Sardinia, Italy from June 10-21, 2019. The summer school hotel will be announced soon.

All participants are offered accommodation in shared double rooms in the summer school hotel including half board (breakfast buffet and dinner).

Travel grant
Applicants may apply for a travel grant within the limits regulated by the Volkswagen foundation. If your application is successfull, you will get reimbursed for your travel expenses only after the summer school has ended and you have handed in all original receipts and tickets. Find a list with reimbursement caps here.

You are only eligible for the travel grant if your home institution does not cover your travel expenses.

If you apply for a travel grant, indicate this in the EasyChair application form and add a cover letter in which you explain your need of a travel grant briefly and give proof that your home instoitution does not cover your travel expenses.

Registration fee
The registration fee is of 250 Euro per participant. The fee can be waived for participants from low-income countries.

Application
Follow the link to apply: https://bigsss-css.jacobs-university.de/calls/application/ The deadline is February 17, 2019.

*Eligibility criteria
There are no strict eligibility criteria. We recommend applicants to have finished at least their undergraduate studies (BA degree). However, PhD students are the main target group. Scholars even further in their career (e.g. postdocs) are welcome to apply, too,