Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 2019 UW Biostatistics Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (see below). Also, general registration is open for the Summer Institutes in Big Data, Clinical & Epidemiological Research, and Modeling in Infectious Diseases.

Last year, 700 plus participants representing 63 universities and 91 companies/organizations attended the 2018 UW Biostatistics Summer Institutes, including 57 students from UW.

Please forward this information to any student or colleague who might be interested in attending and contact uwbiost@uw.edu if you have questions.

IAPHS Mentoring Award

Recognizes an outstanding Mentor for their dedication and significant positive impact on the intellectual and professional development of emerging scholars.

The Milbank Quarterly Early Career Award in Population Health

Recognizes significant contributions to population health science by an individual who has received the Ph.D., MD or a comparable graduate degree no more than ten years before the year of the award.

IAPHS Student Award

Recognize work of notable quality, potential, and/or likely impact on the field completed by a trainee in the population health sciences.

IAPHS Postdoctoral Award

Recognize work of notable quality, potential, and/or likely impact on the field completed by a trainee in the population health sciences.

Community Research Partnership Award

To recognize excellence in collaboration between community groups or individuals and population health researchers.

 

Inclusive. Impactful. Inventive.

Calling all UW students from all campuses!

Do you have an innovative idea that would enhance the UW student experience? The Husky Seed Fund has the resources to make your idea a reality! Created by students for students, The Husky Seed Fund provides up to $5,000 for you, or a small team, to pursue your passions and bring your projects to life.

Awardees develop project management and leadership skills while they execute impactful and inventive strategies to elevate the Husky experience. This is a truly unique opportunity to strengthen the entire Husky community by promoting inclusivity and helping to make all students feel that they have a home at the UW. Previously funded projects include OpenSidewalks and HuskyADAPT, both of which have received national and state-wide recognition.  We are also proud to support the 2018 Husky Seed Fund winners, Capillaries Journal and One of Many.

The Husky Experience Student Advisory Council encourages all students to explore The Husky Seed Fund website, attend an information session, and/or contact seedfund@uw.edu for more information.

Follow us on Facebook to see the impact of previously funded projects and stay up to date on award news!

Eligibility:

·         All UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students from any campus are encouraged to apply.

·         Applications can be individual or team-based.

·         All team members must be in good academic standing (each with a minimum 2.5 GPA for undergraduates and 3.0 for graduate and professional students).

·         Projects must involve a UW faculty or staff member as a mentor.

Information Sessions and Application Writing Workshops:

·         Tuesday, Feb. 26th: 4:30PM-5:30PM at Allen Research Commons Green A (Zoom meeting ID: 847-391-686)

·         Thursday, March 7th: 12:00-1:00 at Allen Research Commons Green A (Zoom meeting ID: 581-181-209)

Get all of your questions answered wherever you are! Both info sessions will be available for free, remote streaming via Zoom for all UW students.

Application Dates:

·         Applications open:  Feb. 13, 2019

·         Applications close:  March 12,  2019

·         Semi-finalists will be contacted on April 4 and invited for interviews

 Apply here:  

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/seedfund/366510

For graduate students in British Columbia, Washington State, or Oregon, the Bullitt Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2019 Bullitt Environmental Fellowship.

The Foundation awards this two-year, $100,000 Fellowship annually to one graduate student who has overcome adversity, demonstrates strong leadership potential, and is focused on work to safeguard the natural environment by promoting responsible human activities and sustainable communities in the Emerald Corridor, stretching from Vancouver, BC to Portland, OR.

Eligible candidates will have a strong academic record and be nominated by a university faculty member. Students of color are highly encouraged to apply.

Please share this announcement widely with your colleagues and encourage qualified candidates to apply by April 26, 2019. Visit www.bullitt.org for more information.

Please see in the link below a Call for Expression of Interest for mutual application under the MSCA-IF scheme with “OsloMet Research Group on the Demography of Historical Influenza Pandemics”. Please circulate to prospective candidates in your networks

For further information please contact Svenn-Erik Mamelund at masv@oslomet.no

 

The Rutgers School of Social Work is hiring a post-doc (starting Fall 2019) to work with us on projects related to social and economic policies, father involvement, child support, and child well-being, in the US and Latin America. They are looking for people with strong quantitative skills in social work, demography, sociology, public policy, economics, criminology, and related fields.

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research is looking for Post-Docs/Research Scientists for the Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography. The details of the job vacancy and how to apply can be found below:

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research is looking for a Software Developer for the Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography. The details of the job vacancy and how to apply can be found below:

The University of Washington Departments of Global Health and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences are seeking candidates for up to two faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor (without tenure) to join the UW Global Mental Health Program. These are full-time, 12-month service period positions with anticipated start dates in fall of 2019. The full job description is attached.

If you have any questions about this new opportunity, please email me at uwgmh@uw.edu

The 15^th Annual Western Regional Global Health Conference will be hosted at Western Washington University for the first time ever. This is one of the largest student-led global health conferences in the nation and will take place on April 26-28 (starting Friday evening and ending Sunday noon). The theme this year is Criminalization of the Body: Life, Law, and Liberation. Our keynote speaker is Festus lbanda Kisa, a sexual and gender minorities activist and sexual reproductive health and rights advocate in Q-lnitiative Eldoret, Kenya. Our sub themes are policing and state sanctioned violence, immigration, and LGBTQI+ issues globally.