California State University, Sacramento, will seek two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions, Position #1 for Health & Aging and Practice, and Position #2 for Practice and Policy, beginning Fall Semester, 2017. The candidate for Position #1 is expected to teach Health & Aging courses and Practice courses; the candidate for Position #2 is expected to teach Practice courses and Policy courses. The candidate must be able to undertake appropriate scholarly activity, work in a collegial environment, and advise students. The successful candidate is also expected to be capable of supervising undergraduate and graduate field placements, as well as student research. Positions also include committee work at the division, college, and university levels and engagement in community service.
Assistant Professor in Sociology
Moreno Valley College is seeking outstanding candidates for the position of Assistant Professor, Sociology. The successful candidate will be responsible for lecture and/or laboratory instruction in lower division sociology courses, which include introductory courses, contemporary social problems, sociological research methods, and race and ethnicity. The assignment may also include other courses in the discipline.
Intro to Stata
This workshop offers an introduction to the statistical programming language Stata, meeting two consecutive Tuesdays (Jan 24 and Jan 31) from 4 pm to 6 pm. It assumes no prior experience with Stata but does assume familiarity with basic statistical concepts. Contact Anita Rocha for more information.
Population Research Discovery Seminar: Benjamin Cerf
Research Funding and Subsequent Outcomes of Underrepresented Doctoral Students in STEM Fields
Foreign born students comprise a large share of doctoral candidates in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and those who remain in the US labor market upon graduation play an important role in promoting economic growth and development in the US. Relative quality of foreign and domestic job offers, as well as the availability of H1B visas, play an important role in a person’s decision to stay in the US; however, another understudied factor may be the availability and type of federally funded research opportunities available to graduate students during their training. In addition to providing financial support and hands-on training, federal research awards help integrate students into networks of scientists. We use unique new data to examine how access to federal research funding, along with the composition of federally funded research teams, is related to the future economic outcomes of native born and foreign born STEM doctoral recipients.
Benjamin Cerf is an economist in the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau and is also the Administrator of the Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center at the University of Washington. His research uses linked administrative and survey data and other big data techniques to investigate experiences of marginalized populations. In particular, Ben’s work focuses on participation in anti-poverty programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); the demographics and labor market experiences of LGBT individuals; and the training and labor market experiences of women and foreign born students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Ben earned his PhD in economics from Simon Fraser University in 2013. He also holds an MA in economics, as well as BAs in Philosophy and Classics, all from the University of Montana.
Bettina Shell-Duncan and Eleanor Brindle Publish Research on Allergic Diseases in Children
Bettina Shell-Duncan, CSDE Affiliate and UW professor of anthropology, and Eleanor Brindle, Director of Biodemography at CSDE, recently published their research on hay fever, asthma, eczema, and infectious diseases in children of rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Their study found that allergic diseases were common among children from the area and turned up results consistent with existing hypotheses on household animals and allergy incidence. The positive associations they discovered between allergic disease and earth housing materials, however, require closer examination. You can read the full article below.
2017 Young Statisticians Prize, International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS)
To encourage more young statisticians to take an active interest in official statistics, the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) is announcing its next annual competition for the best paper in the field of official statistics written by a young statistician. In addition to the monetary prizes, the first place winner will receive travel funds to present the paper at one of the sessions at the 61st World Statistics Congress in Marrakech, Morocco in July 2017.
They encourage submitters to address, and propose solutions to pressing methodological or strategic issues in the area of official statistics at the regional, national or international level. The paper must be ten or fewer pages in length, be submitted in English, and not have been previously presented in a public forum or published. More information is available at the link below.
Research Scientist and Other Positions
IPUMS at the University of Minnesota is hiring. They are currently recruiting candidates who are enthusiastic about creating the data that fuels social science and health research around the world. They are seeking smart, data-minded people to join our growing team of researchers and technical staff.
They have several open research positions at different professional levels (BA/BS, MA/MS, PhD). Their researchers are involved in all stages of data and metadata production, including the web dissemination system and outreach. They are constantly pushing the boundaries of data processing and dissemination methods, and they are looking for people who will approach their work with initiative and creativity.
IPUMS Research Award
IPUMS is seeking submissions for the IPUMS Research Award. Candidates for this award used IPUMS microdata in a paper that was published in 2016. Papers or publications submitted should utilize IPUMS-USA, IPUMS-CPS, IPUMS-International, NAPP, or IHIS data to study social, economic, and/or demographic processes. Cash prizes will be awarded for best published work and for best work by a graduate student (published or unpublished).
The submission deadline is Monday, February 13, 2017. Visit the IPUMS Award page for full submission information.
Bioscience Seminar: What Kind of Scientist Do You Want To Be?
Join for a talk by UW Genome Sciences Alumn Joshua Burton who is a computational biologist at local company Adaptive Biotechnologies.
Joshua N. Burton has traveled through several scientific fields en route to a fulfilling career in the biotechnology industry. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Princeton University in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Genome Sciences from the University of Washington in 2014. In graduate school he invented genome assembly tools under Prof. Jay Shendure and obtained a UW grant to convert his patented research into a start-up. Now, as a Computational Biologist at Adaptive Biotechnologies, he applies his expertise in genomics and bioinformatic software development to build Adaptive’s cutting-edge immunosequencing products, which are driving groundbreaking research in cancer and other immune-mediated diseases. He enjoys mentoring other scientists and is excited to come back to UW to share his experiences.
Social Networks and Health Workshop
The Duke Network Analysis Center (DNAC) with the Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI) will be hosting a second, week-long Social Networks and Health workshop from May 22 – 26, 2017. The Social Networks and Health workshop will cover topics in social network analysis related to studying health behaviors, including:
- Data collection
- Ego network analysis
- Diffusion and peer influence
- Communities in networks
- Respondent-driven sampling
- Network visualizations
- Exponential random graph models (ERGM)
- Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models (SAOM, or Siena models)
- Agent-based modeling
The workshop will also contain a substantial lab component, which will give attendees an opportunity to learn how to use the R statistical computing language to analyze networks. Last year’s presentations and labs are available online at https://dnac.ssri.duke.edu/social-networks-health-scholars-training-program.php .
We have funding for a limited number (up to 10) of SN&H fellowships. Fellows will participate in the week-long training course, but also be matched with a mentor to work on an ongoing research project that the fellow has proposed. All participation costs (including domestic travel and lodging expenses to come to Duke) for SN&H fellows will be covered by the program. There is additional funding available for fellows to travel to meetings and otherwise support research meetings with their program mentor. SN&H fellows must commit to presenting the results of their project at next year’s workshop. SN&H Fellowships will be primarily targeted at pre-doctoral students, post-docs and junior faculty and is open to participants both in the triangle and across the nation. Women, individuals from underrepresented minority groups, and disabled individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
To apply for an SN&H fellowship, please send an email with your CV and a brief (no more than 1 page) description of research project you propose to work on over the year to snh2017@soc.duke.eduby Feb 1, 2017.