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Weekly News – September 25, 2017

EVENTS

Wednesday, September 27, 12-1:15 PM.  Demography Brown Bag: Dan Benjamin (University of Southern California) will present, “Social-Science Genomics: A Primer and Progress Report.” Demography Seminar room.  2232 Piedmont Ave.  Refreshments and cookies served. 
Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channelhttps://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience

Monday, September 25 | 4-5:30 p.m. “The Impact of Cash Transfers on Local Public Finance: Experimental Evidence from Kenya” with Michael Walker. | 648 Evans Hall. 

Tuesday, September 26. 12:30-1:30 p.m. “Long-term effects of violent conflict on second-generation health outcomes: evidence from Liberia” Soazic Elise Wang Sonne; Shibiru Melesse, CEGA EASST Fellow | 648 Evans Hall. 

 

EVENTS

Wednesday, September 27, 12-1:15 PM.  Demography Brown Bag: Dan Benjamin (University of Southern California) will present, “Social-Science Genomics: A Primer and Progress Report.” Demography Seminar room.  2232 Piedmont Ave.  Refreshments and cookies served. 
Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channelhttps://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience

Monday, September 25 | 4-5:30 p.m. “The Impact of Cash Transfers on Local Public Finance: Experimental Evidence from Kenya” with Michael Walker. | 648 Evans Hall. 

Tuesday, September 26. 12:30-1:30 p.m. “Long-term effects of violent conflict on second-generation health outcomes: evidence from Liberia” Soazic Elise Wang Sonne; Shibiru Melesse, CEGA EASST Fellow | 648 Evans Hall. 

Wednesday, September 27 | 4-5:30 p.m. “Modern Myanmar History and the Crisis of Community, 1948-2017” with Maitrii Aung-Thwin, Associate Professor of History, National University of Singapore. | 180 Doe Library.

Friday, September 29, 12-1 PM.  “New Evidence on the Criminogenic and Incapacitation Effects of Incarceration” with Yotam Shem-Tov. | 648 Evans Hall. 

Friday, September 29th, 2017 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm.  Opening Ceremony of XVII Binational Health Week (BHW): the inauguration will take place on at the University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health located at 2199 Addison St. room 50, Berkeley, California, 94720. Please confirm your attendance by registering here or contact Laura Torres by email, torres_laura@berkeley.edu.

CONFERENCES

Pacific Sociological Association: The Call for Papers/Proposals for the PSA 2018 conference and online submission system information–Deadline is October 15! (Start here to submit: http://pacificsoc.org/2018-conference/2018-call-for-papers-submission-information-more. 2018 hotel information and reservations link: http://pacificsoc.org/2018-conference/2018-conference-hotel-information.

CALL FOR PAPERS

NHGRI Call for Papers – Genomics at the frontiers of social and behavioral science research: theory, discovery, and translation.  This special issue of Social Science & Medicine solicits papers focusing on the application of social science theory to advance the study of genomic translation. The National Human Genome Research Institute seeks to publish high impact research that considers the social contextual factors that influence the translation of genomic information through the lens of social science theory. The submission and review process will occur in two stages. First, authors should submit an extended abstract of 800 words by October 15, 2017, along with a cover letter explaining the unique features of the study, review, or commentary and how the contribution fits within the call for papers to  GenomicFrontiers.SSM@nih.gov. Authors whose submissions fall within the scope of the special issue will be invited to submit a full manuscript between October 31, 2017 and February 1, 2018, with the goal of publishing the special issue in May 2019.   Read More

TRAINING

2018 25th Annual RAND Summer Institute, July 9-12, 2018, Santa Monica, CA. Two conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population: Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists; Workshop on the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging. Interested researchers can apply for financial support covering travel and accommodations. More information and application form: http://www.rand.org/labor/aging/rsi.html. The application deadline is March 8th

FELLOWSHIPS

RAND Corporation Study of Aging Postdoctoral Fellowship.  For more information, visit (http://www.rand.org/labor/fellows/aging.html. The application closing date is January 31, 2018.

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.  

 

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