This week’s Brownbag Seminar on Wednesday, April 8th at 12pm PT is with Na’ama Shenhav, Assistant Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Professor Shenhav will present, “Life-Cycle Effects of Women’s Education on their Careers and Children.” The event will take place in Room 310 in the Social Sciences Building and will also be available via Zoom. (Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB). See the full event details here. Our YouTube channel is here. Visit our Brown Bag event page for both past and upcoming talks here.
Featured affiliate research of the week: Flourishing through heritage: Instilling heritage culture as a pathway to Asian American men’s positive mental health. (2026). Cathy Zhu and Brian TaeHyuk Keum.Journal of Counseling Psychology, 73(2): 212–221.
See further announcements and opportunities below.
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EVENTS
April 7 | 12-1:30pm | Social Science Matrix | Authors Meet Critics panel on the book “The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World,” by Trevor Jackson, Associate Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Professor Jackson will be joined in conversation by Chenzi Xu, Assistant Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, and Dylan Riley, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley. Abhishek Kaicker, Associate Professor of History, will moderate. This event is co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Departments of Economics, History, and Sociology. 820 Social Sciences Building. Event details and register here.
April 8 | 12-1pm | Demography Brownbag Seminar | Na’ama Shenhav, Assistant Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, who will present, “Life-Cycle Effects of Women’s Education on their Careers and Children.” Room 310, Social Sciences Building and via Zoom. Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198; Password: DEMOG_BB. See the full event details here.
April 9 | 12-1:30pm | Social Science Matrix | Authors Meet Critics panel on the book “Incommunicable: Toward Communicative Justice in Health and Medicine,” by Charles Briggs, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. Professor Briggs will be joined in conversation by Elinor Ochs, Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, and Eric Snoey, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System at Highland Hospital and Clinical Professor in Emergency Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine. Armando Lara-Millán, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, will moderate.
The event is co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of Anthropology, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, and the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society. Event details and register here.
OPPORTUNITIES
The Office of Research Training and Special Programs (ORTSP) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH invites you to an upcoming virtual webinar, “Advancing Biomedical Careers: Strategies for Successful F and K Awards.” This webinar is designed for early-career investigators interested in pursuing NIH Fellowship (F) and Career Development (K) awards. Participants will gain practical insights into developing competitive applications, understanding the NIH peer review process, and identifying key resources to support successful submissions.
Dates: May 6–7, 2026.
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST
Register here.
FUNDING
The Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) has released an Annual Program Statement (APS) intended to operationalize the America First Global Health Strategy. The Department of State invites eligible applicants to advance the America First Global Health Strategy, which aims to save lives, strengthen health systems, enhance efficiency, foster self-reliance, and ensure U.S. investments benefit American safety, strength, and prosperity. This Annual Program Statement (APS) establishes a supplemental framework through which the Department of State may identify and support projects that complement, extend, and/or fill identified gaps in the implementation of these bilateral MOUs. Through specific Addenda, the Department will signal priorities and needs. APS provides the standard application instructions for the submission of all Statements of Interest (SOIs) to these specific Addenda. The APS will guide up to $4.5 billion in foreign assistance. Funding opportunities under the APS will come in the form of addenda, which will be released in four stages over the next year. The first two addenda, one on child development and protection and the second on outbreak response, were published March 6, and statements of interest (SOI) due by May 31, 2026. For this APS, the Department of State anticipates awarding up to 100 awards, that may range from a minimum of $500,000 to a maximum of $250 million each. There is up to $4.5 billion in total funding available for the APS. Read more here. More information on the America First Global Health Strategy can be found here.
National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women. This NOFO seeks applications for grant funding to conduct research and evaluation projects examining a broad range of topics to reduce violence against women (VAW), including the crimes of domestic violence (DV) and family violence (FV); intimate partner violence (IPV); rape, sex trafficking, sexual violence (SV); stalking; and teen dating violence (TDV), also known as adolescent relationship abuse (ARA), along with the trauma that results from these crimes and the associated criminal justice system response, procedures, and policies. NIJ also seeks to invest in high-quality evaluations focused on testing programs, practices, models, or interventions aimed at (1) enhancing engagement with the justice system for women and girls who have been victimized and (2) improving accountability within the criminal justice system from individuals who engage in or perpetrate violence against women and girls. This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by supporting the development of new knowledge and tools to address the challenges of crime and justice in the United States through fundamental research. Deadline: May 11, 2026. Read more here.
CDC Forecast: Public Health Strategies to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: The National Healthy Brain Initiative, BOLD Public Health Centers of Excellence, and Public Health Adoption Accelerator. The CDC Alzheimer’s Disease Program, through the National Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) and funded partners, promotes brain health, addresses cognitive impairment, and supports caregivers using evidence-based approaches. Estimated post date: May 5, 2026. Read more here.
Google’s Impact Challenge, AI for Science. Accelerating scientific breakthroughs with the power of AI. AI is a critical lever to unlock scientific breakthroughs and understand the fundamental mechanisms of human health and climate systems. Building on the success of the inaugural AI for Science fund, Google.org is launching a supercharged initiative at the intersection of artificial intelligence and scientific discovery. By empowering researchers with catalytic funding and technical expertise, we aim to accelerate our understanding of key scientific questions—achieving Nobel-level breakthroughs and enabling science at digital speed. AI for Science is a $30M global open-call designed to empower researchers and organizations with the funding, tools, and technical expertise they need to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. Beyond funding, organizations may participate in a Google.org Accelerator and receive six months of dedicated pro bono technical support from Google experts and access to Google Cloud credits to help bring these projects to life.
CALLS
BMC Global and Public Health is calling for submissions to our Collection on factors shaping population well-being and resilience throughout the life-course. As people around the world live longer, the focus is shifting from simply increasing lifespan to ensuring those additional years are spent in good health. This Collection aims to explore the dynamic, intersecting factors that influence health trajectories and disparities across diverse populations. We are interested in research that investigates individual, structural, and policy-level determinants that enable people to live longer, healthier lives. Submissions may include epidemiological studies, implementation research, policy analyses, and health systems research. We especially welcome studies that identify interventions that improve health outcomes and reduce the burden of disease over time. Learn more and see submission guidelines. Submission deadline: December 21 2026.