Our next brown bag seminar is this Wednesday, October 30th, 12pm, with Antonino Polizzi, who will present his research on, “The Demography of the Mortality–Fertility Nexus: Early Death and ‘Missing Births’ in the United States.” Antonino is a PhD student in Sociology at Nuffield College and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford. 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: Caitlin Patler. 2024. “Blurring the Borders of Reentry: Socioeconomic Reintegration among Noncitizens Following Release from Immigration Detention.” Social Forces, Volume 71, Issue 4.

See further announcements and opportunities below.

EVENTS

October 28  | 2-3:30pm | UC Berkeley Sociology |  Elizabeth Bruch, Associate Professor of Sociology and Complex Systems, University of Michigan. “From Outcomes to Processes: Quantitative Sociology in the Era of Activity Data.” 402 Social Sciences Building. Zoom link here.

October 29  | 12:10-1pm | UC Berkeley School of Public Health Research Series | Becky Staiger, Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management. “Pharmaceutical Industry Payments to Physicians: Differences in Trends and Effects on Prescribing by Gender.” Pre-register here.

October 30 | 10:30-11:30am | Demographers Respond to Rising Pronatalism, co-sponsored by University of Colorado Population Center (CUPC) and the University of Wisconsin Center for Demography and Ecology. Speakers: Amanda Jean Stevenson, Leslie Root, and Leigh Senderowicz. Moderated by Jessica Pieklo.  See attached flyer. Registration is here.

October 30 | 12-1pm |  UC Berkeley Demography Colloquium | Antonino Polizzi, PhD student in Sociology at Nuffield College and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford, will present, “The Demography of the Mortality–Fertility Nexus: Early Death and ‘Missing Births’ in the United States.” This is an in-person talk, 310 Social Sciences Building. See the full event details here. Zoom Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198   Password: DEMOG_BB.

SAVE THE DATE: November 19, 4:10pm | Berkeley Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences, with Edward (Ted) Miguel, Distinguished Professor of Economics, the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, & Faculty co-Director of the Center for Effective Global Action. “Do Cash Transfers Save Lives?” Alumni House, Toll Room. See further event details and registration.

OPPORTUNITIES

NIH Grants Process for Beginners: Webinar Resources.  Event resources and slides available from recent webinars on the NIH Grants process.

National Couples’ Health and Time Study (NCHAT). With core funding from the Population Dynamics Branch of NICHD, the National Couples’ Health and Time Study (NCHAT) is embarking on five more years of data collection and dissemination. We are now inviting scholars to submit proposals to contribute survey items to the next round of data collection expected for late Spring 2025.  NCHAT is a nationally-representative, multi-method study of cohabiting and married individuals aged 20 to 65 who were in a same- or different-gender couple in the United States. The study includes oversamples of persons who are LGBTQ+ and who are Hispanic/Latina/o/é, Black, and Asian. The 2020/2021 main respondent sample includes 3,642 respondents and we are adding 300 new respondents in their twenties at the next wave. The baseline survey is focused on physical health, psychological well-being, health behaviors, stressors, discrimination, relationship functioning, emotion regulation and racial trauma. A short follow-up survey (Wave 2) was administered one-year after the 2020/2021 baseline. Many measures from Wave 1 will be included in the Wave 3 survey. 

With this initiative, the NCHAT team aims to foster innovative research on health disparities by providing researchers with the opportunity to field their questions without the burden of high startup costs. The goal is to widen the playing field, allowing a more diverse group of researchers to contribute to survey content. We are accepting applications from scholars with a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. To learn more about this opportunity and how to apply, see our call for proposals here. Proposals are due November 22, 2024.

The Education Studies for Healthy Aging Research (EdSHARe) project is an interdisciplinary research initiative exploring how education and early life conditions affect health and cognition in later life. The project includes two longitudinal cohort studies:

• The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS:72)
• High School and Beyond (HS&B:80)

Both studies began with diverse, nationally representative samples of American high school students and have collected extensive data through repeated surveys and assessments over the years. HS&B:80 participants were last surveyed in 2021/2022, including cognitive assessments and biomarker collection. NLS:72 is scheduled to go into the field in 2025-2026 with survey, cognitive assessments, biomarker and MRI data collection. For more information, visit edshareproject.org.

Scholarship and Application Details. The 3-day conference in Austin, Texas (March 12-14, 2025) is an excellent way to network with experts dedicated to healthy aging research. The scholarship allows early career researchers to present a new research idea utilizing the HS&B:80 and/or NLS:72 data to an interdisciplinary group of researchers and scientists.  The scholarship application is open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and early career researchers. To be considered for a scholarship to present at and attend the 2025 EdSHARe Mini-Conference, please submit your application online by January 6th, 2025. 

FUNDING

Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed). NICHD is hosting an informational webinar on this opportunity on December 9th from 10am-11am PT. The purpose of the Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00) program is to support promising, late-stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds, for example those from underrepresented groups (see Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity), to transition into and succeed in mentored postdoctoral research positions. It is anticipated that successful completion of this phased award program will position ARC scholars to advance in impactful careers in the biomedical research workforce that typically require postdoctoral training (e.g., academic research and teaching at a range of institution types, industry or government research). This two-phase award will provide support for late-stage graduate students pursuing research related to the mission areas of participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) to facilitate the completion of doctoral dissertation projects and research training (F99 phase), and to transition into and succeed in postdoctoral biomedical research and career development opportunities (K00 phase). ARC F99 fellows/K00 scholars will be part of organized cohorts and will be expected to participate in mentoring, networking, and professional development activities coordinated by ARC Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5) recipients. Due February 13, 2025; June 13, 2025.

Ending the Epidemic: New Models of Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction, and Primary Care Services (R34 Clinical Trial Optional). The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support the development and testing of enhanced models of care that optimally integrate HIV, Hepatitis B and C, addiction, and primary care services. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is interested in research that addresses gaps related to the delivery of comprehensive, integrated health services to include the full continuum of HIV/AIDS services, addiction prevention and treatment services, and primary care services, with a goal of improving the coordination of care, and improving health outcomes related to HIV, Hepatitis (optional), and substance use disorder (SUD) in the US. Due March 19, 2025.

CONFERENCES

We invite all scholars working in the field of social stratification and social mobility to contribute to the 2025 RC28 Spring Conference on March 25-27, 2025, hosted by the University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences. The conference theme is “Education, markets, and families: The dynamics of social stratification and inequalities.” Paper or poster submissions that address this theme are particularly encouraged, but all empirical and theory-driven submissions related to social stratification are welcome. The abstracts submission will close on November 7, 2024. Learn more and apply here.

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