EVENTS
Wednesday, March 20, 12-1:15 PM, Pre-PAA Practice Sessions for Graduate Students. Demography Seminar Room, 2232 Piedmont Ave. Coffee and cookies served.
To view past brown bag presentations: http://www.vimeo.com/
For the Spring 2019 brown bag schedule: https://events.berkeley.edu/
March 18, 2019, 12:30 – 2 p.m. Monday, “Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of Natives,” with Paola Giuliano, UCLA. Moses Hall, room 223
Monday, March 18, 12-1 PM. “Leveraging Science to Improve the Lives of Children and Adolescents: A cross-disciplinary discussion” Panelist/Discussants: Prudence Carter, Dean, Graduate School of Education; Jill Duerr Berrick, Professor, School of Social Welfare; Lia Fernald, Professor, School of Public Health; Jason Okonofua, Professor, Department of Psychology. Moderated by Ron Dahl, Psychology. | 1102 Berkeley Way West.
Tuesday, March 19 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. “Physician Behavior in the Presence of a Secondary Market: The Case of Prescription Opioids” Molly Schnell, Northwestern University. 597 Evans Hall.
EVENTS
Wednesday, March 20, 12-1:15 PM, Pre-PAA Practice Sessions for Graduate Students. Demography Seminar Room, 2232 Piedmont Ave. Coffee and cookies served.
To view past brown bag presentations: http://www.vimeo.com/
For the Spring 2019 brown bag schedule: https://events.berkeley.edu/
March 18, 2019, 12:30 – 2 p.m. Monday, “Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of Natives,” with Paola Giuliano, UCLA. Moses Hall, room 223
Monday, March 18, 12-1 PM. “Leveraging Science to Improve the Lives of Children and Adolescents: A cross-disciplinary discussion” Panelist/Discussants: Prudence Carter, Dean, Graduate School of Education; Jill Duerr Berrick, Professor, School of Social Welfare; Lia Fernald, Professor, School of Public Health; Jason Okonofua, Professor, Department of Psychology. Moderated by Ron Dahl, Psychology. | 1102 Berkeley Way West.
Tuesday, March 19 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. “Physician Behavior in the Presence of a Secondary Market: The Case of Prescription Opioids” Molly Schnell, Northwestern University. 597 Evans Hall.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 4-5:30 PM. American Opinion on Immigration: Implications for Policy. A Panel Discussion with Morris Levy, University of Southern California; Cecilia Mo, UC Berkeley; Cara Wong, University of Illinois; Moderated by Laura Stoker, UC Berkeley. Social Science Matrix Conference Room, 8th floor Barrows Hall.
Tuesday, March 19 | 5-7 p.m. Universal Coverage: Is “Medicare for All” the answer? | Berkeley Way West, Colloquia.
Wednesday, March 20, 4-5 PM. “Facebook Disaster Maps: Aggregate Insights for Crisis Response and Recovery” with Shankar Iyer, Facebook. 1011 Evans Hall.
Friday, March 22 12-1:30 PM. “Name Your Friends, but Only Five? The Importance of Censoring in Peer Effects Estimates Using Social Network Data” with Alan Griffith – University of Washington. 311 Wellman Hall.
SAVE THE DATE
Registration is now open for the UCSF-UC Berkeley joint meeting on Data Science for Advancing Population Health, David Brower Center. A half-day UCSF-UC Berkeley joint meeting on April 22nd from 8:30am-Noon on Data Science for Advancing Population Health. Our goal for this meeting is to present a vision for population health data science for 2020 and beyond, and to catalyze population health collaborations across UCSF and UCB. We have a window to expand the work we are doing in population health and health equity across the UCs and California and the collaborative meeting between our two institutions (and our partners) would be a great way to jumpstart this effort. Registration will be required for attendance and space is limited. Any questions, contact Lauren Goldstein atlhg@berkeley.edu. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Tuesday, April 2 | 4:00-5:30pm “Cultural Capital, Systemic Exclusion and Bias in the Lives of Black Middle-Class Women: A Conversation.” Dawn Marie Dow, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park; Tina Sacks, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley with moderator Amani Allen, Associate Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley. Toll Room, Alumni House.
Thursday April 4, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm. “The UC and CSU Access to Reproductive Health Services Study” with Jackie Castellanos. Sponsored by the Bixby Center. 440 University Hall
Thursday April 18, 2018, 4:00 – 6:00 pm, Social Science Fest/Matrix Open House. Held at the Social Science Matrix, 820 Barrows Hall. RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/
May 30-31: Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries. On May 30 and 31, CEGA and the Experimental Social Science Laboratory (Xlab) will host the 2019 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC) at UC Berkeley. The event will bring together researchers conducting economic lab experiments (or lab-in-the-field experiments) in low- and middle-income countries, and will feature keynote talks by Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley) and Pam Jakiela (University of Maryland and Center for Global Development). RSVP here.
OFF CAMPUS EVENTS
Tuesday, 10:30 AM – 12 noon. April 23, 2019, “Social network analysis and engagement in care among HIV-infected youth in East Africa” with Lillian Brown, MD, PhD. UCSF Mission Hall, Room 3700 550 16th Street
FUNDING
Increasing Uptake of Evidence-Based Screening in Diverse Populations (PA-18-932). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that seek to understand strategies to reduce disparities in the uptake of evidence-based screening (e.g. screening recommendations proven to be effective based on rigorous systematic review of scientific evidence by authoritative committees) across the adult lifespan. In this program announcement, screening is defined as a preventive service focused on detection of an undiagnosed disease in asymptomatic populations. Research supported by this initiative should enhance the screening process related to use: (1) in diverse populations, (2) in diverse clinical and community settings, and/or (3) with traditional, non-traditional and/or allied health care providers. More information can be found here.
CALLS FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers: International Seminar on Kinship and Reproduction in Past Societies (Minneapolis 8/22-8/23/2019) IUSSP Scientific Panel on Historical Demography (Deadline: 3/22/2019)
International Conference on the Rohingya Crisis in Comparative Perspective (London, 7/4-7/5/2019) UCL Institute of Advanced Studies (Deadline: 4/30/2019)
The 2019 IATUR meetings will be held at American University in Washington, D.C., from July 10-12. See the call for abstracts here.
WORKSHOPS.
Network Modeling for Epidemics (UW Summer Short Course, 8/12-8/16/2019) University of Washington (Deadline: 5/1/2019)
WEBINARS
IPUMS International: An Introduction. March 28, 2019; 11 a.m. -12:00 p.m. CT. This webinar will provide an overview of the available datasets, topics, website features, and basics for accessing data and extracts in IPUMS International—the largest repository of census and survey microdata in the world! Great intro for new users to IPUMS International. REGISTER HERE.
NIA Webinar: “(Almost) everything you wanted to know about NIA funding but were afraid to ask” on Tuesday, March 26. Read the full blog post for more information.
AWARDS
Nominations for the 2019 Freeman Award are now being accepted. The Freeman Award is given to a distinguished scholar in the field of social networks for significant contributions to the scientific study of social structure. The award is designed to be given to a young scholar, someone in the earlier stages of their research career — someone under 40 years old or someone who has received their PhD within the past 10 years. Consideration is also given to persons who have come to education later in life or who have interrupted their career for any reason (family, health, etc.). Please see the INSNA website for a complete description of the award and past recipients of the award. Nominations (including self-nominations) are now being accepted. A nominating letter should briefly summarize the nominee’s contributions to the field of social networks. Nominees will be contacted and asked to provide a brief summary of their work and a copy of their CV. The recipient will be announced in June at Sunbelt XXXIV in Montreal, and will deliver the Freeman Lecture at Sunbelt XXXV in Paris (June 1-7). The 2019 Freeman Award Committee is Kayla de la Haye (chair), Delia Baldassarri, and David Lazer. Nominations and supporting materials should be sent to the chair at delahaye@usc.edu. All materials must be received by 30 April 2019.
DATA
IPUMS @ PAA: If you will be presenting research at PAA using IPUMS, let the IPUMS folks know by emailing ipums+paa@umn.edu with your paper/poster title and session information.
IPUMS TIME USE: New IPUMS Time Use data are available for Hungary 1999.
USA: The 2017 ACS/PRCS 5-year files are now available at IPUMS USA.
CPS: December 2018 and January 2019 monthly data are now available at IPUMS CPS.
NHIS: Updated linked mortality data are now available at IPUMS NHIS. 1986-2014 NHIS participants have been linked through the 2015 National Death Index files.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Two PhD positions on Health in Europe. The Population Research Centre of the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) is currently seeking to fill up 2 PhD positions (2 x 1,0 fte) on the overall theme “Health in Europe”, partly in collaboration with the Institute of Sociology and Demography of the University of Rostock. One PhD position is on “Air pollution and health in Europe” (joint PhD position by the University of Groningen and the University of Rostock). The other PhD position is on “Economic crises and health in Europe”. Both positions are full-time for four years, with as preferred starting date September 1, 2019. Last day of applying is April 22, 2019. For more information you can contact: Dr Tobias Vogt (t.c.vogt@rug.nl). The full vacancies can be obtained through: http://www.rug.nl/about-us/
D-LAB
NIH Grants: April 2, 2-1 PM by Leora Lawton: click here to register. D-Lab regularly offers workshops and training in courses, one-on-one consulting for faculty, grad students and undergraduates, and working groups of focuses topics. One-on-one consulting also available. For more information and registration, visit http://dlab.berkeley.edu. You can now add D-Lab workshops to your bcalendar directly from D-Lab workshop description. They will have pre-semester intensives, so be sure to check out the calendar.
RELATED LISTS
JOBS
All jobs and postdoctoral fellowships are posted as we receive them on the Demography Department Jobs Listserv, http://lists.demog.berkeley.
MIGRATION MAILING LIST
Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI.berkeley.edu) is a research center for the study of immigrants and immigration. BIMI has a mailing list (immigration_group@lists.
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MAILING LIST
Tue$day Top Tip$ for SPH Research is a listserv with research funding opportunities and other information pertinent to public health researchers who are not necessarily population researchers. To subscribe, write to Dr. Lauren Goldstein, lhg@berkeley.edu.