Featured affiliate research of the week: Ayesha S. Mahmud, Joyita Bhattacharjee, Rachel E. Baker, and Pamela P. Martinez. 2024. Alarming Trends in Dengue Incidence and Mortality in Bangladesh. The Journal of Infectious Disease. Volume 229, Issue 1.
Our next brownbag seminar is Wednesday, November 13th, 12pm, with Manisha Shah, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley, who will present her research on, “Violent Discipline and Child Behavior: The Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers in Jamaica.” The seminar will be in 310 Social Sciences and also available via zoom. Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB. See the full event details here.
See further announcements and opportunities below.
EVENTS
November 12 | 12:10-1pm | UC Berkeley School of Public Health Research Series | Sabrina Boyce, Assistant Professor, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health. “Evaluation of a Community Mobilization Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention across 22 Communities in California.” Pre-register here.
November 13 | 12:10-1pm | UC Berkeley Demography Colloquium | Manisha Shah, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley. “Violent Discipline and Child Behavior: The Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers in Jamaica.” 310 Social Sciences, with zoom option. Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB. See the full event details here.
November 13 | 12-1:30pm | Social Science Matrix Author Meets Critic Book Series | Yan Long, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley. Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China. New York: Oxford University Press. Professor Long will be joined in conversation by Matthew Kohrman, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University; and Rachel E. Stern, Professor of Law and Political Science at Berkeley Law, and the Pamela P. Fong and Family Distinguished Chair in China Studies. The panel will be moderated by Tom Gold, Professor of Sociology Emeritus at UC Berkeley. The event is free and open to the public. 8th Floor, Social Sciences Building.
November 13 | 2-3:30pm | UC Berkeley Sociology | Chuncheng Liu, Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research New England Sociotechnical Systems Group. “Embedded at the Boundary: How Bureaucrats Datafy Everyday Behavior in China.” 402 Social Sciences Building. Zoom link here.
OPPORTUNITIES
TODAY. The National Science Foundation’s Sociology Program Office Hour. November 12, 2024. 3 – 4pm. ET. Join the National Science Foundation’s Sociology Program to discuss questions about the program with the program director(s) during their virtual office Hour. All meetings during the office hour are 1-on-1 and guests are seen in the order they join. Learn more and register to attend on the NSF website.
FUNDING
2025 Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) pilot competition. See the attached flyer for the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) call for pre-applications for our annual pilot competition. The deadline for submission is Friday, January 17th, 2025. Pre-applications must be submitted via the following link: Submission Form for Pre-Applications.
Retirement Research Foundation Grants
Limit: One application per department per deadline
Sponsor Deadlines: February 1, 2025, May 1, 2025, and November 1, 2025
Summary: The RRF Foundation for Aging focuses on improving the quality of life for older people. Priority areas are:
- Caregiving
- Economic security later in life
- Housing
- Social and intergenerational connectedness
Award: Awards are not limited to a specific amount. Applicants are encouraged to develop realistic budgets. Recent awards have ranged from $50,000 to $600,000.
Link: https://www.rrf.org/apply-for-a-grant/ Reach out to Michelle Poulin if considering a submission mpoulin@berkeley.edu.
Request for Proposals for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research on COVID-19
The Social, Behavioral, & Economic COVID Coordinating Center (SBE CCC) solicits applications for pilot projects for innovative measurement of social, behavioral, and economic indicators that are important correlates and consequences of the COVID pandemic.
Two award sizes are available: 1) Larger projects over $30,000 and up to $60,000 in total costs (direct + indirect), 2) Smaller projects up to $30,000 in total costs (direct + indirect).
Proposals from early career investigators, involving new collaborations, and those building upon existing SBE CCC research (U01 or pilot grants) are encouraged.
Important dates:
December 13, 2024, 11:59pm (PST): Proposals due
By January 31, 2025: Awards announced
April 1, 2025: Projects start
March 31, 2026: Projects end
For more information, including topics/areas of special interest, view the RFP. Send applications and any questions to sbeccc-help@umich.edu.
NIH
NOT-OD-24-079. Notice of Special Interest: Women’s Health Research
NOT-DK-24-026. Request for Information (RFI): Research Strategies for Addressing Obesity Heterogeneity
WEBINAR
How State Contexts Impact Population Health. Cross-Center Webinar. Hosted by the Coordinating Center for the Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Thursday, November 14, 2024
1-2pm ET.
Tyson H. Brown
Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor in Medicine, Associate Scientific Director of Social Sciences, Duke Aging Center
Duke University
Advancing Aging Health Equity through Novel Measures and Models of State-Level Structural Racism: Challenges and Opportunities
The upcoming talk will focus on innovative and best practices for measuring and modeling state-level structural racism to advance aging health research. It will highlight the importance of developing rigorous, theory-driven tools that capture the interconnected and dynamic nature of structural racism at the state level. By examining state policies, systems, and collective logics that drive racial inequities, the presentation will explore how these factors impact aging health outcomes. Special attention will be given to addressing the limitations of current measures, offering interdisciplinary strategies to ensure that measurement tools align with the core features of structural racism. The talk will also integrate life course principles to underscore how state-level racism influences health trajectories over time, advocating for more robust, evidence-based approaches to deepen understanding in this critical area of public health.
Jennifer Karas Montez
Professor of Sociology, Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies, Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies, Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab, Syracuse University
U.S. State Policy Contexts and Population Health
U.S. states have always had a decisive role in shaping the day-to-day lives of individuals. This role appears to have increased since the 1980s, with potentially profound consequences for population health. This presentation will summarize findings from recent studies that have connected the dots between changes in states’ policy contexts in recent decades and changes in population health. The presentation will also highlight new directions in this area of research, including examining the joint impact of state policy contexts and local economic conditions.