Vacancy Announcement for Interdisciplinary Epidemiologist-Statistician at NCHS

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Announcement Date:  August 6, 2015                                     Announcement No.:  2015-160 Topic:  Interdisciplinary: Epidemiologist/Statistician (Health), GS-0601/1530-11/12, with promotion potential…

New on the NICHD website: Exploring Population Dynamics

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NICHD’s Population Dynamics Branch supports research on a range of topics, including the factors that make populations rise and fall, such as fertility and mortality. Here’s what branch chief Rebecca Clark had to say http://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/resources/spotlight/Pages/072115-pop-dynamics.aspx

Call for Proposals – NCFR Innovations Grants

NCFR will support up to two $10,000 innovation grants over the next year. The grants program is designed to enhance interdisciplinary collaborations around issues of importance to family well-being. To that end, applicants must make a strong…

Call for Proposals – FOA for Small Grants on Research and Methods in Health Statistics from NCHS/CDC

This initiative invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for projects involving the development and testing of statistical and survey methodology relevant to the conduct, analysis and reporting of health surveys and vital records.…

Position Announcement – National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute

Asia Research Institute, Changing Family in Asia cluster is hiring. All positions are intended for outstanding active researchers from around the world, to work on an important piece of Asia-related research in the social sciences and humanities. Applicants…

Position Announcement – University of Utah, Assistant Professor in Families, Health and Policy

The Department of Family & Consumer Studies at the University of Utah invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will have collective expertise in families,…

Assistant/Associate Tenure-track Faculty Position in Health Disparities/Health Equity, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

The Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, seeks applicants for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in health disparities/health equity at the Assistant to Associate Professor rank.…

Prof. Edward Walker is quoted in Mashable

Prof. Edward Walker stated "when businesses face major threats that could potentially harm their whole industry, these kinds of 'grassroots' campaigns start to happen in a pretty serious way." Article: http://mashable.com/2015/07/15/short-term-rentals-lobbying/  

Prof. Mark Kaplan is quoted in Philly.com

Prof. Mark Kaplan stated that it is important to appreciate the complexity of the suicide by viewing it both as a personal and social phenomenon. He expressed the need to understand how the social organizational context of the Army affects…

Prof. Michael Stoll featured in Bloomberg Business

Prof. Michael Stoll explained why the 20 metropolitan areas are losing the greatest share of local people to other parts of the U.S. between July 2013 and July 2014. Article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-22/these-are-the-top-20-cities-americans-are-ditching