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Join the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at our annual meet-and-greet dedicated to networking Labor Studies faculty and students at the University of Washington.
Meet other faculty and students interested in Labor Studies from departments across campus

• Learn more about scholarships and research grants opportunities
• Learn about internship opportunities with local labor organizations
• Meet Seattle area labor leaders
• Enjoy drinks and refreshments!

FREE! Parking provided. Please RSVP to receive parking code for free parking on campus.

RSVP:  RSVPs are not required, but are requested. To RSVP, contact the Bridges Center at 206-543-7946, or e-mail hbcls@uw.edu.

The National Academies Communication Awards recognize, promote, and encourage effective communication of science, engineering, medicine, and/or interdisciplinary work within and beyond the scientific community.

Communication across disciplines and the promotion of public engagement with science, technology, and health contribute significantly the advancement of research and the ability of science to touch our daily lives.  Nominations for the National Academies’ Communication Awards- which are accepted in four categories: Book, Film/Radio/TV, Magazine/Newspaper, and Online – recognize individuals or teams for creative, original work pertaining to issues and advances in science, engineering, and medicine for the general public.

The Communication Awards are part of the Keck Futures Initiative, created in 2003 to foster interdisciplinary research and funded by a 15-year, $40 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation.  Designed to realize the untapped potential of interdisciplinary research, the Futures Initiative has become a model for convening researchers across disciplines and providing funding for innovative workshops and research across a wide variety of scientific topics.

Nominations will be accepted through February 8th, 2019. Click here for more information and to nominate.

The 2019 Communication Awards winners will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC in October.

Questions about the Communication Awards may be sent to commawards@nas.edu.

The West Coast Poverty Center is currently accepting applications for this year’s dissertation fellowships, which will be offered through at least 2021 as part of our membership in the U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers. Please pass the attached information along to any interested students, and keep this funding source in mind for students considering poverty-related dissertation topics.

ABOUT THE AWARDS: We invite applications from doctoral students at the University of Washington for the 2018-19 West Coast Poverty Center Dissertation Research Fellowship competition. These one-quarter awards will support outstanding doctoral student dissertation research on poverty, poverty-related issues, and anti-poverty policy in the U.S. during Summer (or Spring) 2019. Doctoral candidates from any discipline may apply, but all applicants must be sponsored by a WCPC Faculty Affiliate.

Applications must be submitted by 10:00 am (PST) on Monday, February 18, 2019.  Please see the attached call for proposals.

Please e-mail wcpc@uw.edu with any questions.

163400, RESEARCH CONSULTANT, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, .50 FTE

• This .50 FTE position will be responsible for the design and implementation of complex palliative care quality metrics and the development of a quality assurance program that monitors and tracks these metrics across the UW Medicine Healthcare System.
• This position will be responsible for implementing a quality metrics program across all UW Medicine entities as well as with community partners. The Research Consultant will lead efforts to establish and assess clinical metrics that are core to UW Medicine strategic plan. Working with the principal investigators, this is a .50 FTE position for a research consultant responsible for managing the Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence’s Palliative Care Quality Metrics Program.
• Duties include:

40% – Designing, implementing and evaluating quality data reporting systems and dashboards across all UW Medicine clinical entities and 5-7 community clinical sites. Accurate and robust data acquisition will require understanding of a wide array of information systems including familiarity and access to multiple data platforms including but not limited to ORCA, EPIC, and MedHub to procure and assess data quality. Oversee the management of both quantitative and qualitative data including developing collection systems, evaluation processes and quality controls while adhering to all clinical access compliance requirements. Provide complex data analysis through a variety of ad hoc reports.

20% -Assess data integrity and applicability within the stated goals, objectives and strategic development plan as it pertains to the provision of palliative care within UW Medicine. Utilize statistical modeling to support quality and accuracy of data and analytics.

20% – Recognize notable trends and identify opportunities for additional quality improvement and quality assessment activities as they relate to the UW Medicine strategic plan. Create recurring reports and databases to support the analysis and interpretation of data. Independently interpret and analyze date to address strategic aims.  Identify and determine data distribution protocols and apply continuous quality improvement tools to assess and improve practices for the duration of the assessment period.

10% – Create and disseminate overall project outcomes to sponsor, UW Medicine leadership and regional partners. Monitor and track overall project time lines and deliverables. Work independently with process partners across UW Medicine and in the community to meet program metrics and timelines. Provide timely updates to the PI and project directors on concerns or issues that might impact the goals of the project.

10% – Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders including medical center leadership, Cambia Center members, funders, and community physicians to ensure continuous communication on program aims and activities.

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Mathematics or Statistics with 4-5 years of relevant experience; experience with health metrics development or statistical modeling.
• Desired:

Organizational Skills:  • Works independently and collaboratively.  • Critical thinking and sound judgment with an ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently under deadline  pressure and changing priorities.  • Experience in project management highly desirable. • Experience in working with quality improvement and quality metrics in a healthcare setting highly desirable.  • Strong organizational skills and a high degree of attention to detail.  • Understands and systematically follows procedures and guidelines to assure complete and accurate work  products.  • Works within the culture and realities of the organization; routinely taps into organization resources to  achieve optimal results.

Language Skills:  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.  Interpersonal Skills:  • Ability to collaborate and foster relationships with faculty, staff, and peer management team members both  within the business unit, across the UW Medicine, and externally to affiliated institutions.  • Promotes a welcoming, productive climate, good morale and cooperation.  • Welcomes and adapts to different situations, personalities, and cultures.  • Listens effectively to understand customer needs.

Other Skills:    • Experienced user of e-mail applications, calendar (e.g., Outlook), word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, workflow, and project management software.  • Prior experience with ORCA, Epic, Catalyst, MedHub, and Amion desirable. • Prior experience with  user interface for data collection (Access, dashboard)

For questions: please contact

Ruth Engelberg PhD

Research Associate Professor

Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence

Email: rengel@uw.edu,

Phone: 206-744-9523

The program is recruiting post-doctoral research fellows to study racial residential segregation and racial inequalities in environmental toxicants. Fellows will work with Dr. Margaret Hicken on a research project on the intersection between environmental toxicants and social and economic inequalities and their relation to racial health inequalities in the US.

Insight is now accepting applications from graduating students (must have completed all coursework in order to participate full time) for our fellowships in:

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The Seattle Police Department is in the process of configuring a new Records Management System. MK43 is on schedule and set to come online March 31^st, 2019 and the Data Analytics Platform is in the final phase of a re-engineering effort to consume the new data. While we anticipate some bugs, the outlook is good and we should soon have complete data on the full spectrum of contact with the community.

Also, the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research has recently issued a RFP  https://www.ncgvr.org/content/dam/ncgvr/rfp/NCGVR_RFP_1_7_2019.pdf. The SPD is actively seeking partners who might want to respond to this opportunity. A short letter of interest is due February 4^th and we’ll be holding an open webinar, this Friday (18 January) to discuss. Our Grants Manager, Sheryl Jardine, will be on the call to discuss the requirements and answer any questions you might have.

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The Seattle Police Department is in the process of configuring a new Records Management System. MK43 is on schedule and set to come online March 31^st, 2019 and the Data Analytics Platform is in the final phase of a re-engineering effort to consume the new data. While we anticipate some bugs, the outlook is good and we should soon have complete data on the full spectrum of contact with the community.

Also, the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research has recently issued a RFP  https://www.ncgvr.org/content/dam/ncgvr/rfp/NCGVR_RFP_1_7_2019.pdf. The SPD is actively seeking partners who might want to respond to this opportunity. A short letter of interest is due February 4^th and we’ll be holding an open webinar, this Friday (18 January) to discuss. Our Grants Manager, Sheryl Jardine, will be on the call to discuss the requirements and answer any questions you might have.

ISSUE ON “ASIAN AMERICANS: DIVERSITY AND HETEROGENEITY”

Edited by Jennifer Lee, Columbia University and Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside

Asian Americans are the fastest growing and most diverse group in the country; they were 1 percent of the population in 1970, 6.4 percent today, and are projected to be about 10 percent by 2060. Immigration has driven much of this growth. China and India have surpassed Mexico as the leading sources of new immigrants, and by 2055, Asians will become the largest immigrant group. The new face of immigration is Asian, but “Asian” is a catch-all category that masks tremendous diversity, heterogeneity, and inequality. In 1960, 80 percent of the U.S. Asian population was either Chinese or Japanese, but today their share is 20 percent. Immigrants and refugees from South and Southeast Asia have fueled the growth and diversity of the Asian American population. And unlike other ethnoracial groups, most Asians are foreign-born: two-thirds are immigrants, and 90 percent are either immigrants or their children. Moreover, one in seven Asian immigrants is undocumented, and this group is growing at a faster rate than the Mexican and Central American undocumented populations.

Asian Americans are also diverse with respect to socioeconomic outcomes. The Pew Research Center (2018) reports that income inequality among Asian Americans is rising rapidly, with those at the top tenth of the income distribution earning nearly 11 times those at the bottom tenth. Inequality among Asians is also high on indicators such as educational attainment, poverty, welfare receipt, and English language proficiency. The heterogeneity and inequality among Asian Americans, however, is often eclipsed by medians, means, and the model minority trope.
Yet, Asian Americans remain understudied, in part, due to the lack of nationally representative survey data. The 2016 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) rectifies this shortcoming as it is the first national survey to include ten groups—Chinese, Indians, Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, Japanese, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Hmong, and Cambodians. It is also the first national survey offered in ten Asian languages, along with English and Spanish, and also includes sizeable samples of Whites, Blacks, and Latinos. The 2016 NAAS includes questions about racial and ethnic identity, social attitudes, intergroup relations, political behavior, civic engagement, and policy attitudes. The data are weighted by Asian ethnicity across the following factors: gender, age, state of residence, education, and nativity.

Now that the 2016 NAAS is publicly available at http://naasurvey.com/data/ (including the survey questionnaire, the survey codebook and microdata in both STATA or SPSS formats, as well as reports and infographics), we welcome contributions that draw on the NAAS to address research questions about the U.S. Asian population. We are also making available, for the first time, sub-state geographic identifiers on request, based on the proposed research question and design of the study.

Because one of the unique features of NAAS is its inclusion of ten diverse Asian groups, we strongly encourage papers that draw on intragroup comparisons in the analyses. Researchers are also welcome to submit papers that make intergroup comparisons of Asians with other U.S. ethnoracial groups, but if they choose not to disaggregate the Asian category, we ask for a justification for this decision.

We seek papers from many disciplines and perspectives, including (but not limited to) sociology, political science, psychology, economics, education, geography, ethnic studies and urban studies.

Please see the attached pdf for topics covered.

Anticipated Timeline

Prospective contributors should submit a proposal of no more than four pages in length (single or double spaced). The proposal should include an abstract (up to two pages in length) of their study. In addition, contributors must include some preliminary analyses of NAAS (up to two pages in length), including sample sizes, tables, figures, preliminary models, etc. Proposed paper submissions should be uploaded as a single document, received no later than 5 PM EST on 4/2/19 to our application portal: rsf.fluxx.io.

All submissions must be original work that has not been previously published in part or in full. Only proposals submitted to our application portal, rsf.fluxx.io, will be considered. Each paper will receive a $1,000 honorarium when the issue is published.

The journal issue is being edited by Jennifer Lee, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University; and Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at University of California, Riverside. All questions regarding this issue should be directed to Suzanne Nichols, Director of Publications, at journal@rsage.org and not to the email addresses of the editors of the issue.

A conference will take place at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City on Friday, December 6, 2019. The selected contributors will gather for a one-day workshop to present draft papers (due on November 6, 2019, a month prior to the conference) and receive feedback from the other contributors and editors. Travel costs, food, and lodging will be covered by the foundation. Papers will be circulated before the conference. After the conference, the authors will submit their revised drafts on or before 2/6/2020. The papers will then be sent out to three additional scholars for peer review. Authors will receive their review in early May and revised papers will be due in by 6/30/20. The final issue will be published in spring 2021.