The Department of Policy Analysis and Management in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University is seeking to hire two Assistant Professors, one in Health and one in Applied Microeconomics.  These tenure-track positions will have responsibilities of 50% research and 50% teaching and advising.  The Health hire will conduct empirical research in health economics and/or health disparities.  The Applied Microeconomics hire will conduct empirical research in one or more of the following areas: behavioral economics, development, economic demography, education, health, law and economics, environmental economics, labor economics, public finance, and regulation.  Teaching and advising responsibilities will include support of an undergraduate major in Policy Analysis and Management, professional master’s students, and PhD programs in Policy Analysis and Management, Economics, and Sociology.

This position is in an applied multidisciplinary department with research interests in the areas of health policy, social policy and regulatory policy, with faculty members drawn from economics, sociology, public policy and other disciplines.  The research environment offers ample opportunity for faculty cooperation and interactions, both within the department and across the university.

Qualifications:  A PhD in economics, public policy, sociology, public health, or other appropriate field is required.

Application Process: To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae, a sample of research, and three letters of recommendation through https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9983.  Please contact the Search Committee Chair, Sean Nicholson (sean.nicholson@cornell.edu), with any questions. Cover letters can be addressed to: Rosemary Avery, Department Chair, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, 2301G MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY  14853-4401.

We will begin reviewing applications immediately and will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research
A New NICHD Funded Training Program at the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

We are soliciting applications for a new Bio-Social training program that aims to promote and support interdisciplinary training of PhD students and Post-doctoral scholars from both the social sciences and biological/health sciences. The goal of this new and innovative training program is to produce scientists who will conduct truly integrative work that will address some of the most pressing health problems nationally and internationally. Trainees will have the opportunity to receive interdisciplinary mentorship and training in a wide array of content areas, ranging from social inequalities to biological processes. Trainees will enter from their respective disciplines and will identify a co-preceptor team comprised of a mentor from their home discipline and another representing their new interdisciplinary interest area from among the current training faculty.

Requirements:  Predoctoral trainees must be at least in their 2nd year (or transitioning to) of their academic program.  Students from any academic program are eligible to apply. Postdoctoral trainees must have received their PhD degree before the start date of the traineeship. Graduates from any academic program are eligible to apply.

The application deadline has been extended to January 10, 2018. The start date of this program has changed. Start dates include April 2018 or August 2018. 

More information and our application can be accessed from the following website: https://www.cpc.unc.edu/training/biosocial-science-training-program/

Lead PIs: Drs. Allison Aiello (Epidemiology) and Robert Hummer (Sociology)

Questions? Please contact: Sommer Barnes: sommer_barnes@unc.edu

We welcome proposals for original research analyzing Wave 1 of the UCNets data. UCNets is the University of California Berkeley Social Networks Study, a longitudinal study funded by the National Institute on Aging (R01 AG041955-01), with Claude Fischer as Principal Investigator. The objective of the UCNets study is to understand how network composition changes over time as a result of life course transitions – e.g., graduation, marriage, retirement or widowhood – and how these changes are related to health status and outcomes.  Research will be presented in a conference and workshop in June 14-15, 2018.  Travel and lodging for invited speakers will be paid by the conference.  The first day of the event will be a conference featuring the research presentations, and the second will be a workshop on using the UCNets data.

Proposals will be judged for contribution to theory and substantive topic, and commitment to presenting a solid research result for the conference. Proposals should be about 4 pages long, and propose a research topic, background and theory, hypotheses, operationalization and method. Please include full contact information. The deadline for proposals is December 15, 2017, and should be sent to Dr. Leora Lawton, UCNets director, llawton@berkeley.edu. Requests for data and other questions are also to be addressed to her. The survey instrument and codebook can be downloaded from the project website ((http://ucnets.berkeley.edu).  Decisions will be announced by January 1, 2018.  Please visit the website for more information.

The University of Utah Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity (Center for HOPE) is accepting applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships in Health Inequities (2-3 year appointments). Foci include health inequities, behavioral risk factors, and use of state of the science mobile health technologies for both assessment and intervention. Special populations of interest include Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, African Americans, LGBTQ+, low socioeconomic status individuals, and rural populations. Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in several NIH-funded intervention, mechanism, and dissemination/implementation studies. Treatment approaches include smartphone apps, motivational enhancement therapies, mindfulness meditation, and cognitive behavioral interventions. Assessment approaches include on-body human sensing technologies and ecological momentary assessments. In addition to participation in numerous local projects, Fellows have the opportunity to participate in MD2K (md2k.org), a NIH-funded Big Data to Knowledge Center of Excellence that is focused on mobile health and on-body human sensing technologies.

The program is designed to prepare Fellows for independent academic research careers. Fellows will have numerous publication and grant-writing opportunities, and will share in authorship and investigator status in a manner commensurate with their effort and responsibilities. For interested candidates, there are outstanding opportunities for developing quantitative analysis and statistical expertise via workshops, courses, and with our collaborators across campus. Salary is extremely competitive with excellent fringe benefits.

The Center for HOPE provides unusually rich opportunities in community-based and clinical research. Fellows will be mentored by Drs. David Wetter and Cho Lam. The mentoring team has an exceptional track record of helping fellows obtain independent funding as principal investigators of NIH funded K and R01 awards.

Qualifications include a doctoral degree in psychology, public health, or other relevant social or population science. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Applicants from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

Applicants should submit their application at https://employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city-ut/post-doc-res-assoc-wret/845DDDC2BF3946528A81B8B7216C49FE/job/. Applicants should include the following in their application:

1. Cover letter describing their research interests in health inequities and their research experience;
2. Curriculum Vitae