Weekly News – September 18, 2017

EVENTS

Wednesday, Sept 20, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag: Demography Seminar room. Peter Hepburn, Demography. “Costs of Work: Effects of Parental Work Scheduling on Childcare Arrangements.” 2232 Piedmont Ave. Refreshments and cookies served.
Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience.

Monday, September 18, 2-3:30 PM. “Creating Psychological Profiles from People’s Digital Footprints” with Dr. Michal Kosinski, Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. 820 Barrows Hall (Social Science Matrix).

EVENTS

September 18 | 2-4 p.m. Railroads and the Rural to Urban Transition: Evidence from 19th Century Argentina. Santiago Perez, UC Davis. | 597 Evans Hall

Tuesday, Sept 19, 12:30- 2 PM. “An African Public-Health Success Story: The Control of River Blindness” with Vince Resh, Professor of the Graduate School, ESPM. | 223 Moses Hall.

September 19 | 12:40-2 p.m. “The Front Lines of Health Equity: Improving Safety-Net of Health Systems” Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine| 714C University Hall.

Thursday, Sept 20, 12-1:30 PM. Oliver E. Williamson Seminar with Prof. Mark Rosenzweig, Yale University. | C330 Haas School of Business.

Thursday, September 21 @ 3:00 pm. “Research, Policy Making, & Ground Work: Understanding the Impact of Environmental Conditions on Latinos in California” with Adriana Quintero, National Resource Defense Council, Catherine Sandoval, Former Commissioner of California Utilities Public Commission (CPUC), Faculty Member, School of Law, Santa Clara University, and Federico Castillo, PhD, College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley. CLPR, 2547 Channing Way

Friday, September 21, 12-1 PM. “Occupational language requirements and the effects of immigration” with Maria Brunborg Hoen, Frisch Centre. | 648 Evans Hall.

NIH FUNDING
Tribal Health: NIH has issued calls for R21 and R01 research projects to study health disparities among Native American populations. “[These FOAs] will support collaborative research between TECs and other investigators on topics related to minority health and health disparities in AI/AN populations, with emphasis on areas where there are significant gaps in data and knowledge. Such partnerships are proposed to support community-responsive, scientifically rigorous projects with findings disseminated to local stakeholders, the IHS, and the scientific community. One or more TECs may collaborate with academic researchers, tribal governments or other tribal organizations, clinicians, healthcare organizations, public health organizations, school systems, faith-based organizations, or other relevant stakeholders to achieve FOA objectives.” See the FOA for the R01, which has a link to the R21: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-484.html.

GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Pacific Association for Public Opinion Research (PAPOR) is pleased to announce its 2017 Annual Student Paper Competition. Papers should focus on survey methods, public opinion, or market research. Topics could include, but are not limited to: substantive findings about public opinion on any subject, statistical techniques or methodological issues, new technologies or methodologies, or theoretical issues in the formation, change, or measurement of public opinion. Paper may not exceed 30 pages. Submissions due October 14, 2017. Email Mingnan Liu, PhD, PAPOR Student Paper Competition Chair, with any questions studentpaper@papor.org. http://www.papor.org/resources/student-paper-competition/.

D-LAB
Dlab sponsors 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, visithttp://dlab.berkeley.edu.

JOBS
All jobs and postdoctoral fellowships are posted as we receive them on the Demography Department Jobs Listserv, http://lists.demog.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/jobs. This list advertises positions of all sorts relevant for social and behavioral scientists with advanced degrees.