We invite applications from qualified and highly motivated students for a 3.75-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Demography / Population Studies. The PhD studentship is funded by the University of St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). The PhD student will be working on fertility in high income countries. The aims of the project are to analyse fertility trends and patterns in a number of high income / European countries and to investigate social and contextual determinants of fertility, while potentially also making use of subnational spatial variation. The project will be part of a European network for fertility research investigating recent shifts in the relationship between human development and fertility both at the individual and aggregate population level. The PhD student will be supervised by the following team: Prof. Hill Kulu (St Andrews), Prof. Mikko Myrskylä (MPIDR), Dr. Sebastian Klüsener (MPIDR) and Dr. Júlia Mikolai (St Andrews).
More information is available below.
Are you a University of Washington student studying labor and workers rights? Working for social justice outside the classroom? Pursuing a career in the labor movement, law, public service or the non-profit sector? Apply for a scholarship or grant!
Each year, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies awards thousands of dollars to top students in Labor Studies. This year, over $50,000 will be awarded. Deadlines for this year’s awards are approaching. Apply now!
This year’s scholarships include:
- Martin and Anne Jugum Scholarship – $5,500 for undergraduate students
- Gundlach Scholarship – $5,500 for undergraduate or graduate students
- Samuel Bassett Scholarship – $5,500 for undergrad or graduate students pursuing a career in labor relations
- Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Scholarship – $1,000 for students pursuing a career in labor relations
- Martha H. Duggan Fellowship – $10,000 for graduate students studying or providing caring labor
- Best Labor Studies Paper Prize – $500 for the best graduate and undergraduate papers
The Bridges Center also supports ground-breaking labor studies research through our annual grant funding program. For a look at past sponsored projects, visit our Featured Research website.
This year’s research grants include:
- Washington State Labor Research Grant – Up to $10,000 for UW faculty or graduate students with UW faculty sponsor.
For more information, visit the Bridges Center website at http://depts.washington.edu/hbcls, or contact Associate Director Andrew Hedden at heddena@uw.edu .
SHIFT is the University’s groundbreaking mixed-methods study examining sexual health and sexual violence among undergraduate students. This research lays the groundwork for innovative evidence-based strategies to prevent sexual assault and to promote sexual health. Join for this daylong symposium exploring findings, policy implications, and key directions for future research.
The focus of the day will be presentations and posters about SHIFT’s research, including:
- Findings on consensual and non-consensual sex among undergraduates
- Building a safer, healthier campus: findings on modifiable dimensions of institutional and social context
- Lessons learned about translating campus-specific research into institutional policy
The program will feature a keynote address from former White House Advisor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, JD, and a discussion of SHIFT’s findings by nationally recognized expert Martie Thompson, PhD.
For more information about the program and presenters click here.
You are invited to a public lecture as part of the “Injury and Health Equity Across the Lifespan” (i-Heal) symposium on May 22, 2017 at the University of Washington School of Social Work from 6-7:30pm. Dr. Adil Haider from the Center for Surgery and Public Health, a joint initiative of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will present. Dr. Haider, an active trauma and critical care surgeon, is credited with uncovering racial disparities after traumatic injury and establishing the field of trauma disparities research.
Please RSVP for the lecture below.
The lecture is supported by the Population Health Initiative, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, School of Social Work, and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences.
Bacon v. Broccoli: A Nuanced Look at the Contradictory Research on the Health Effects of Omniverous Versus Plant-based Diets
Though it is widely recognized that diet and nutrition play pivotal roles in health and disease processes throughout the life course, there is limited agreement on what constitutes an optimal, health-promoting diet. A particularly contentious topic in the diet and nutrition realm revolves around the effect of meat and animal fat on cardiovascular and metabolic health, but the current debates on this topic cannot be adequately addressed without answering some important cross-disciplinary questions. For example, why, despite strong anthropological evidence that humans evolved to be meat-eating omnivores, do epidemiological studies seem to suggest that, at least in industrialized settings, vegetarians and vegans tend to experience lower rates of morbidity and mortality than omnivores? How valid are conventional nutritional recommendations to reduce fat, avoid red meat, and consume ample amounts of grains given evidence of superior cardiometabolic health among extant hunter-gatherer populations and improved cardiometabolic health observed in clinical trials in which participants are instructed to follow diets modeled off of hunter-gather consumption patterns? And in general, why is the data on the health effects of any given dietary pattern, food, or macronutrient density so inconsistent across studies and populations?
In an attempt to address some of these questions, Hilary Bethancourt, a current PhD candidate in biocultural anthropology, pursued a dissertation research project that explored the nutritional variation of periodic plant-based diets practiced by Orthodox Christians in the United States during Lent (the 48 days preceding Easter) and concurrent changes in biomarkers of cardiovascular and metabolic health. She will discuss some of her research findings while also highlighting some of the many methodological issues that limit the strength and/or validity of conclusions made from existing research on diet, nutrition, and disease. Hilary hopes researchers from a wide range of disciplines will join and contribute to this interactive conversation on how we might improve upon methods of dietary assessment, evaluation of health status, and statistical modeling of diet-disease relationships in order to address competing perspectives on which foods should or can be included in a healthy diet aimed at preventing or managing nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases.
Hilary Bethancourt is currently pursuing a PhD in biocultural anthropology with a focus on medical and nutritional anthropology at the University of Washington. She has also received a master’s degree in biocultural anthropology and a master’s of public health degree in epidemiology at the University of Washington. Her research interests throughout her graduate studies have been focused on gaining a more comprehensive, interdisciplinary perspective on how human evolutionary history, biology, ecology, and culture have influenced dietary and lifestyle behaviors and growth, development, health, and aging patterns within and across human populations. Hilary’s aim of gaining a better understanding of the complex relationships between diet or lifestyle factors and health throughout the life course is driven by the goal of helping to find more effective, accessible, and cost-effective ways of preventing and managing chronic, degenerative diseases and maintaining health and functionality throughout the aging process.
CSDE provides grant application support for Affiliates submitting through our unit. This includes help with timelines, budget preparation, subawards, and application guidelines. We will help you interface with campus and online submission systems (SAGE, ASSIST, FastLane, Grants.Gov, eRA Commons etc.) to streamline your submission.
There are several upcoming opportunities through the Population Dynamics Branch of NICHD for demographers (due date in parentheses):
R21 – NICHD Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (June 16)
The NICHD Exploratory/Developmental Grant program supports exploratory and developmental research projects that fall within the NICHD mission by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area, or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact on a field of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research.
R03 – Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (June 16)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite R03 applications to support archiving and documenting existing data sets in order to enable secondary analysis of these data by the scientific community. The priority of this program is to archive data sets within the scientific mission of the NICHD; highest priority is to archive data collected with NICHD support.
R01 – Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (Jun 5)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, test, evaluate and/or refine strategies to disseminate and implement evidence-based practices (e.g. behavioral interventions; prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment and disease management interventions; quality improvement programs) into public health, clinical practice, and community settings. In addition, studies to advance dissemination and implementation research methods and measures are encouraged.
- Compliance on medication and vaccines for children
- Contraceptive use/non use
The PAA Affairs newsletter critically requires additional material from you–the PAA membership. Tell them about book releases, new positions, or upcoming conferences. They’d like to hear about the release of new data, interesting training/courses, jobs, and short essays about how your research was utilized. Also, please limit your submissions to about 250 words and include a URL, if relevant, so everyone can learn more.
NEW! They are also interested in three new features:
- Research to Policy: we solicit items of up to 750 words on how research was used to inform or design policy.
- Thought pieces of fields, trends, or innovations in population studies, of up to 750 words.
- Data points: An interesting chart (jpeg or gif) with 250 words of explanation.
Due to space constraints and the incredible scientific productivity of our community, they have chosen not to publish simple lists of journal articles published. If you are not sure if your news is newsworthy, just ask.
Please send your materials to either of the co-editors, Leora Lawton or Emily Merchant, by May 30, 2017.
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The CUGOS Spring Fling is a full-day event centered around open source geography. This is a great way to learn about new mapping software, hear how companies are integrating location into their products, and get some hands-on experience with important tools like Leaflet, AWS, Turf.js, and QGIS. We welcome students, professionals, map lovers, coders, and anyone with a passion for learning about spatial information. The Spring Fling is designed for anyone with an interest in maps and open source software. See our website for more details: http://cugos.org/2017-spring-fling/
Valparaiso University Department of Geography and Meteorology invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, Visiting Assistant Professor in geography for the academic year 2017-2018. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in geography by the time of appointment or ABD for appointment as Instructor. We seek a broadly trained geographer with a strong commitment to high-quality teaching and undergraduate education. Responsibilities will include teaching Introduction to Geomorphology, Advanced Geomorphology lectures and labs, and may include GIS, cartography, or human and regional geography. The standard teaching load for a Visiting Assistant Professor is three to four courses each semester. This appointment is for one academic year only, but it is possible the position may be renewable pending funding and satisfactory performance.
Located near the shores of Lake Michigan, the Calumet region presents opportunities to study the coastal and dune geomorphology, globally rare dune and swale landscapes, and the historic Kankakee Marsh. The Department offers undergraduate programs in both geography and meteorology and participates in environmental science and international programs. The University is located 15 minutes from the Indiana Dunes and about 60 miles from Chicago.
We are looking for excellent teachers first and foremost. Additional information on the department, its people, and facilities can be found at http://www.valpo.edu/geography-meteorology/ Candidates should be interested in working at a university engaged in issues of Christian higher education in the Lutheran tradition. In addition to strong academic qualifications and excellence in teaching, the University highly values experience in working across cultural and other significant differences. Successful applicants will demonstrate a commitment to cultural diversity and the ability to work with individuals or groups from diverse backgrounds.
The Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) invites applications for a tenure stream position with a specialization in Indigenous Mental Health at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, commencing September 1, 2017 or shortly thereafter.
We seek applicants who have a strong research focus as well as practical expertise in the area of Indigenous Mental Health. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of, or experience in, community-based research, indigenous methodologies and working with indigenous communities. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in clinical or counselling psychology or a related field such as psychology or school psychology by the date of the appointment. Preference will be given to a licensed clinical psychologist or school psychologist. Candidates must have an established record of excellence in research which includes exemplary publications in top disciplinary journals, presentations at conferences and strong endorsements from referees of high standing. The successful candidate must have an ongoing, independent and innovative program of research of sufficient quality to merit nomination for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair at the time of appointment or shortly thereafter. Additionally, the successful candidate must demonstrate a record of excellent teaching as evidenced through teaching accomplishments, evaluations and endorsements submitted as part of the application.
The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of both core and interdisciplinary curricula within and across programs offered in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development. They will also contribute to the development an innovative program of research in mental health and education that combines areas of expertise within the department and fosters collaboration in programs and research activities locally and internationally. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
More information is available below.