The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is pleased to announce that the 2020-2021 U.S. Policy Communication Training Program is now open for applications. Applications will close February 17th, 2020.
The U.S. Policy Communication Training Program builds on PRB’s 40-year legacy of training researchers to communicate their findings for policy change. The program is designed to develop skills that U.S. researchers need to communicate with U.S. policy audiences, including decision makers and the media. Through the generous support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), PRB will be able to fund the participation of U.S. citizens and permanent residents studying demography, population health, and reproductive health in doctoral programs at U.S. academic institutions.
If you have questions, please contact Alfred Hylton-Dei at USPolicyTraining@prb.org.
The Dean’s Office will be holding two information sessions about UW Royalty Research Funding next week. The next RRF deadline is March 2nd, so it’s time to get started for anyone wanting to submit a proposal. These sessions are targeted for faculty and admin staff.
RRF provides up to $40,000 for one year of funding to establish new research programs or engage in concentrated scholarly activities. The process is straightforward which makes it ideal for new investigators who ultimately want to submit outside proposals. Come hear about the requirements, get some tips and receive a suggested timeline.
Applying for UW Royalty Research Funding
Tuesday, February 11th OR Wednesday, February 12th From 12noon – 1pm in Communications 126
Agenda topics:
· Purpose of RRF
· Deadlines & Eligibility Requirements
· Proposal Development
· Tips for Grant Writing
· Review Committee & Criteria
· Submission Process
RSVP is appreciated but not required (mattheu@uw.edu)
Feel free to bring your lunch.
The Columbia Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities (CIRAD) is soliciting applications for its pilot project program from investigators who will become RCMAR Scientists. Postdoctoral scientists, early, or mid-career investigators in the greater New York City area are encouraged to apply. Investigators must meet the NIH definition of underrepresented in biomedical research. Investigators must demonstrate an interest in an enduring career in ADRD-relevant research. Applications due 3/1/2020. Visit the RCMAR National Coordinating Center’s website, Call for pilot proposal/new RCMAR Scientists. The Columbia Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities (CIRAD) is soliciting applications for its pilot project program from investigators who will become RCMAR Scientists. Postdoctoral scientists, early, or mid-career investigators in the greater New York City area are encouraged to apply. Investigators must meet the NIH definition of underrepresented in biomedical research. Investigators must demonstrate an interest in an enduring career in ADRD-relevant research. Applications due 3/1/2020. Visit the RCMAR National Coordinating Center’s website for more information.
This tenure track professor focuses on the analysis of human capital for-mation covering the methods of formal demography and demographic mod-elling. While a special focus on the demographic analysis of educational at-tainment is preferred, human capital formation also includes fertility and im-migration. Topics should be covered in broad international perspective.
This Friday, three panelists will present on various facets of the social demography of homelessness. The panelists include:
- Rachel Fyall from the UW Evans School of Public Policy and Governance will present: “Housing and Food Insecurity among UW Students: Variation by Demographic and Economic Characteristics”
- Horacio de la Iglesia from the UW Department of Biology will present: “Homeless and Sleepless in Seattle”
- Andria Lazaga from the Seattle Housing Authority will present: “Designing & Learning from the Creating Moves to Opportunity Experience”
CSDE Affiliate Bo Zhao has produced a dynamic visualization of the spread of the Coronavirus. The online interactive map enables users to track both the global and local trends of the Novel Coronavirus infection since Jan 21st, 2020. The country-level data is collected from the WHO, while the data for each province in China is collected from multiple sources such as China’s NHC and Baidu. Notably, Zhao and his team also reference CDC to verify the virus status in the U.S. To provide timely map updates, they collect data every 4 hours and verify the data quality daily. In the future, they plan to provide finer-scale data from China (the county level), U.S. (the state level) and Canada (the province level).
The computational resources to support the map were provided by CSDE. Zhao’s team members include Fengyu Xu, Lola Kang, Joshua Ji, and Steven Bao.
UW News also featured the map, you can look at the post here. Additionally, multiple news outlets broadcasted Bo’s map such as KING 5 and KOMO 4.
English speakers do not give much thought when they refer to people as “old,” a term generally not taken politely. A recent article published in The Atlantic covered this linguistic issue, featuring CSDE Affiliate Clara Berridge and her publication on valuing old age. In the article, Berridge describes the different aging terms we use in everyday language and what they imply. For example, “elderly” is a term that many do not apply to themselves as it suggests limitations. Berridge also discusses “positive aging discourse” as a movement to shift perspectives on aging and to highlight its successes.
The article quotes Berridge, “phrases such as ‘70 is the new 50’ reflect a ‘positive aging’ discourse, which suggests that the preferred way of being old is to not be old at all, but rather to maintain some image of middle-age functionality and appearance.”
CSDE Affiliate Kam Wing Chan researches critical aspects of China’s urbanization, especially its impacts on an augmenting rural-urban divide. A recent Brookings Institute piece highlighted Chan and his research to connect China’s urbanization to the neglect of millions of rural children in China. The publication also discusses the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and how the assessment reaches only the wealthier, urbanized Chinese provinces. By featuring Chan’s journal article on China’s rural-urban “dual system,” the publication demonstrates how educational disparity is yet another consequence of rural-urban geographic divide in China.
The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting theme, “Turning 75: Why Age Matters,” was selected as a celebration of GSA’s 75th Anniversary. Submit your abstract by March 12, 2020, 11:59 PM EDT to be eligible to present at the GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting. For more information, visit: https://www.geron.org/meetings-events/gsa-2020-annual-scientific-meeting/call-for-abstracts.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences- Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam is looking for two assistant professors of sociology. They are specifically looking for candidates with strong profiles in migration sociology, urban sociology, welfare sociology, digital sociology, the sociolgy of climate/sustainability, work/labor sociolgy, or a combination of these specializations. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree with preferably experience as a post-doc research or as (justice) faculty member.