Spring 2017 (3 CR); Mon & Wed 2-3:20
GH 446 (Undergrad) / GH 546 (Grad)
This course is designed for students who are interested in global family planning policies and practices, male and female contraception, abortion, human rights and reproductive health, access, innovations and population policies. Class format will include interactive lectures, discussions, and case studies. Instructors are Drs. Alison Drake and Jennifer Unger; contact adrake2@uw.edu for more information.
Pulse Lab Jakarta of the United Nations Global Pulse, a special innovation initiative and an applied research lab of the UN Secretary-General on Big Data and Data Revolution, is looking for few interns in 2017, working on Big Data and Data Science for Global Development and Humanitarian Action.
An intern will be invited to apply various data skills including data analytics, data mining and data visualization, to a variety of Big Data (e.g., social media, transportation data, financial data, and mobile data) in tackling different sustainable development issues, such as food and agriculture, public health, economic well-being, urban resilience, urban sensing, natural disaster and climate change.
The internship will be in Jakarta, Indonesia, specifically at the main district of the capital city, and a selected intern will be provided flights from/to the origin city as well as a minimum living allowance. We encourage an intern to work and stay with us longer than three months but the duration and starting date is negotiable and flexible.
Requirements: The applicants should be in a PhD program in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Quantitative Economics, Quantitative Social Science, Operations Research, or related fields, with proven publication records.
Application: For a full review, an application (including Cover Letter and CV) needs to be sent to jonggun.lee@undp.org by Feb 20, 2017.
Wondering how to deliver effective and engaging presentations about complex research topics? Need a refresher on best practices in public speaking?
In the first half of this Career Development Series event from the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), you’ll learn practical tips for crafting an elevator pitch, connecting with your audience, and developing a stage presence. In the second half, you’ll have a chance to workshop your elevator pitch and public speaking with seasoned experts.
By the end of this event, you will know how to:
This event is sponsored by ITHS. Seating is limited — please register below if you plan to attend.
Eric Waithaka, former CSDE Fellow and UW Social Work graduate, accepted a faculty position at George Mason University. He’ll be starting this fall as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work. He’ll bring a wealth of experience to the role from his graduate studies, which focused on intergenerational social and economic mobility during young adults’ transition to adulthood, specifically the role of family capital (resources) on young adults’ life outcomes. More information is available here in his dissertation.
Congratulations, Eric, and good luck with your new position!
Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, CSDE Affiliate and Professor of Sociology at UW, recently published a variety of findings in The Gerontologist about elderly LGBT individuals and the issues they deal with as they age. The study is the first national survey of its kind, and it sheds important light on the unique health disparities the LGBT population faces.
“These articles provide the opportunity to consider how social, historical, and environmental contexts influence the health and well-being of LGBT older adults as we more forward in age-related research, services, and policies–especially if we are to understand the realities of older adulthood across diverse and vulnerable communities,” Fredriksen-Goldsen said.
You can read more about the scope of these studies below.
Lifespan and Healthspan: Past, Present, Promise
It is likely that increases in life expectancy at older ages will continue but life expectancy at birth is unlikely to reach very high levels unless there is a fundamental change in our ability to delay the aging process. We have yet to experience much compression of morbidity as the age of onset of most health problems has not increased markedly. In recent decades, there have been some reductions in the prevalence of physical disability and dementia. At the same time, the prevalence of disease has increased markedly, in large part due to treatment which extends life for those with disease. Compressing morbidity or increasing the relative healthspan will require “delaying aging” or delaying the physiological change that results in disease and disability. Significant improvement in health and increases in life expectancy in the United States could be achieved with behavioral, life style and policy changes that reduce socioeconomic disparities and allow us to reach the levels of health and life expectancy achieved in peer societies.
Eileen Crimmins is the AARP Professor of Gerontology in the Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a University Professor at USC. She is currently the director of the USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health, one of the Demography of Aging Centers supported by the U.S. National Institute on Aging.
To schedule a meeting with Dr. Crimmins, click here.
Jacob Vigdor, CSDE Affiliate and Professor of Public Policy and Governance at UW, recently examined immigration patterns in an opinion piece he penned for the Seattle Times. Vigdor’s article highlights the slowing of cross-border movement between the United States and Mexico, reasons for the decline, and the implications of these trends for the president’s proposed border wall. The full article is available below.
Abstract: We know some things about data visualization, and we don’t know others. But it turns out that many of the things we think we know, we actually don’t. Much of what we believe about charts and visualization is based less on evidence and well-constructed science than we like to believe. Are bar charts always the best choice? Are embellishments bad? Are pie charts really evil? Is animation always distracting? When might it work?
Instead of well-run experiments and real evidence, many supposed rules are based on opinion, aesthetic judgments, and incomplete or oversimplified studies. You wouldn’t exactly know that from the level of conviction with which these things are often stated. In this talk, I will show you that some of the things we just assume to be true are actually wrong, many we don’t know about, and some that are, in fact, correct. But more than that, I want to draw your attention to the fact that there are many things we don’t really know – and show you how important it is to ask, how do we know that?
Robert Kosara is a research scientist at Tableau Software. His focus is on the communication of data through visualization and visual storytelling. Before joining Tableau in 2012, Robert was Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Robert received his MSc and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Vienna University of Technology (Austria). His blog, eagereyes.org, is one of the most popular and respected resources on data visualization.
We would like to share with our graduate networks some professional development opportunities spearheaded by the Race and Equity Initiative and campus partners. The leadership workshops are free and offer multiple sessions. These spots fill quickly (What I Said and What I Meant: Improving Cross Cultural Communication has already been filled).
Workshops offered in Winter and Spring 2017:
To learn more and to register, visit the following link: https://www.washington.edu/raceequity/resources/leadership-workshops/
We are pleased to let you know that submissions are now being accepted for the Special Issue on “Aging & Public Health: Opportunities and Challenges“, publishing in Journal of International Medical Research (JIMR). The Special Issue will be guest edited by Sandul Yasobant of Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, India.
If this sounds like the right fit for your research, we would be delighted to receive your paper for review.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Manuscripts should be submitted by 5 May 2017 in order to be considered.
If you are interested in submitting your paper, please read through the manuscript submission guidelines. For more information on publishing open access, visit our open access FAQ page.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this Special Issue.
We look forward to receiving your submission.