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HIV/AIDS Research and Treatment – Open Journal Call for Papers

This is a requisition mail from HIV/AIDS Research and Treatment – Open Journal, which is an open access journal that deals with advancements in the field of the following:

  • Latest advances in immune system
  • Popular HIV/AIDS medications
  • Treatments in HIV
  • Anti-retroviral agents
  • Pain management
  • Public policy perspectives
  • Treatment/prevention options
  • HIV care
  • HIV/AIDS-related illnesses and complications
  • Precautionary methods to prevent HIV/AIDS
  • Analysis of important social and economic issues
  • Current research and developments on other STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

Please submit your research in the form of articles and manuscripts relating to HIV/AIDS Research and Treatment. Articles from these fields but also from various other fields are appreciated. The article, once submitted, undergoes rigorous double-blinded peer-review process in order to earn the reputation for being published in Openventio Publishers. The following categories are accepted: Research, Review, Case report, Mini Review, Short communication, Opinion, Letter to the Editor, etc.

You may choose to submit the manuscript to editor.hartoj@openventio.org or through our online submission system: http://openventio.org/submitManuscript/submitmanuscriptform.php.

Multiple NIH R01 Opportunities

The NICHD issues and participates in various FOAs to support research activities and training using requests for applications (RFAs), program announcements (PAs/PARs), and requests for proposals (RFPs). In addition, NIH Guide Notices for NICHD provide updates on extramural policy issues related to funding and NICHD FOAs. There are four featured announcements below–click each for more information.

SOC WL 591: Grant Writing Seminar

SLN# 20110

Dr. Rona Levy

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is the first of two, interrelated seminars on grant writing that will be offered in Winter 2017 and Spring 2017. Enrollment in both sections of the seminar is encouraged but not required. The goal of the first seminar is to provide doctoral students with basic fund acquisition, grant proposal writing and review skills such that by the conclusion of the course they will produce the foundation sections of a quality application, participate in a mock review of their colleagues’ applications. The seminar will also prepare students for the Spring seminar, which will cover the remaining grant application sections.  Since they serve as a useful template for the development of grant acquisition skills across a number of fields, NIH F31 and K applications will provide the basic structural outline for the course. However, it is recognized that some students may ultimately apply the skills acquired toward other funding mechanisms. An overview of these applications and required sections will be covered. Specific sections to be written this quarter will include Specific Aims, Significance, Innovation and (if appropriate) Training Goals. In the following quarter, students will be expected to complete the remaining sections of a grant application, including the Approach, Budgeting, and Protection of Human Subjects. Priority will be given to social work doctoral students, but students from other departments will be admitted by instructor permission if space permits.

Spatial Data Scripting in Python

This workshop explores the basic functionality of the OGR python library. This free and open-source library enables users to work with a variety of spatial data formats. This workshop will implement reading and writing shapefiles as well as testing if a set of geographic coordinates are within a particular geographic boundary. Effectively, a point in polygon operation: one of the most frequently used operations when working with spatial data. This method can answer such questions as: Are these study participants in one census tract or another? What neighborhood is each city park within? Are these incidences of malaria in the city center or the outer neighborhoods? This workshop is recommended for people who have some experience programming in python (i.e. basic control flow and understanding the differences between a set, a dictionary, and a list).

Lecturer in Demography/Population Geography

The Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St. Andrews is seeking to appoint a Lecturer with expertise in Demography/Population Geography. They are looking for candidates with excellent research profiles in Demography and Population Studies  and with research interests in family and fertility; international and internal migration; population ageing, health and mortality; or in a cognate research area. The candidates should have strong skills in demographic and longitudinal data analysis and be capable of contributing to the Human Geography teaching program.

The successful applicant will join the Population and Health Research Group (PHRG), which is one of the four research clusters in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development (DGSD). The PHRG research covers a wide range of demographic topics including the analysis of health, well-being and mortality; family and fertility dynamics; life course choices; migration and new mobilities; ethnicity and minority populations; and population inequalities. The group combines expertise in demographic and longitudinal data analysis; small-area estimation and population projections; spatial and geographical analysis; and qualitative and mixed methods.

Candidates should hold a PhD in demography, population geography or a cognate social science discipline (including statistics and applied mathematics). Excellent teaching skills and an interest in promoting knowledge exchange are essential. They should also have some familiarity with grant seeking processes in relation to research councils and other national and international sources. This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to work in and collaborate with an international team of population researchers on highly policy-relevant topics exploiting rich longitudinal data and applying sound methodology.

Informal inquiries can be directed to: Professor William Austin, Professor Hill Kulu (before 31/12/16 and after 1/1/17), and Dr Nissa Finney.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online here. If you are unable to do this, please call +44 (0)1334 462571 for an application pack.

CSDE Trainee Special Seminar: Lightning Talks & Poster Session

Come meet eight of CSDE’s Graduate Students and learn about their cutting-edge research and latest demographic insights. The newest members of UW’s population science community are eager to connect their work across disciplines and to translate their findings for basic and applied research impact.

NEXT WEEK: Mark Hayward, Professor of Sociology at UT Austin, “Do Recent Declines in U.S. Life Expectancy Signal Bad News for Healthy Life Expectancy?”

Assistant Professor of Geography

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Geography, with a specialization in Human Geography. The candidate must be able to teach a range of lower and upper-level courses in service to an innovative combined B.A. in Anthropology and Geography, and the minor in Geographic Information Systems, including GIS and other introductory courses and upper-level seminars. Because it is an integrated Anthropology and Geography department, preference may be given to candidates with research or teaching in cultural geography that facilitates collaboration across both disciplines.

Candidates should hold an earned Ph.D. in geography or a related discipline, exhibit scholarly promise, and possess a sound record of teaching excellence. The teaching load is 7 classes over the course of a 12-month academic year, and includes limited opportunities for periodically teaching evening, weekend, study-abroad, summer and distance-learning courses. The salary range is within CUPA Averages.

Assistant or Associate Professor in Social Work

The Department of Social Work in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont (UVM) seeks applicants for full-time, nine-month, tenure-track positions who wish to join a socially progressive department and vibrant intellectual community with a distinct social work orientation. Their unique academic programs emphasize critical social construction, human rights, social justice, and a strengths perspective. Their dynamic faculty values creative scholarship and teaching, collegiality, and a sense of humor. They believe that pursuing human rights and social, economic and environmental justice through transformative change is an important dimension of social work education, practice and scholarship.

The department is moving into its next phase of articulating transformative social work and its significance in light of the dilemmas and inequities facing a diversity of people and their communities. It welcomes applicants with a particular interest in joining this distinct commitment.

MAGH Seminar: Engaging the Concept of Culture in Public Interest Medical Anthropology

Drawing on collaborative, interdisciplinary work carried in Guatemala and Denver in the past four years, Dr. Alejandro Cerón discusses the difficulties he encountered finding coherence between his conceptual criticisms of the notion of culture and the practical demands (communication, methods) of doing interdisciplinary work aimed at informing public policy. He draws some lessons from his experience and puts them in the context of contemporary anthropological debates.

Alejandro Cerón is Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Denver. He received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Washington. He also holds a Master in Public Health and received his Physician and Surgeon Licentiate, both from the University of San Carlos, School of Medicine, Guatemala. In his work, Alejandro Cerón combines a focus on applied anthropology and public health with a strong concern for building inclusive societies. His research examines how people evaluate and procure medicine in Guatemala’s public health system. He also examines chronic kidney disease in Guatemala and teases out how risks factors, treatment adherence, and health seeking behavior shapes people’s accessibility and usage of health care in Guatemala. His work has appeared in the International Journal of Equity in Health, BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, and American Journal of Public Health.

For more information regarding the MAGH lecture series, please contact Marieke van Eijk.