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April 3, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 14
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Funding Opportunities
Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons (DOJ)
NIJ is seeking proposals for research and evaluation projects that support and inform federal, State, local and tribal criminal justice agencies and victim service providers in responding to the challenges that trafficking in persons (hereinafter "trafficking in persons," "human trafficking," or "trafficking") poses in their jurisdictions. NIJ is particularly interested in research responding to the following priority areas: fostering partnerships between researchers and trafficking survivors; evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Human Trafficking Task Forces; perception of human trafficking victimization in courts (judges, jurors, prosecutors); the extent to which existing crime reporting and data systems capture the human trafficking victimization that occurs in a particular jurisdiction; trafficking and sex offender registries. Click here for more information. Methodologies to Enhance Understanding of HIV Associated Social Determinants (NIH)
Deadline: August 19, 2015 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that propose to understand social determinants of health as they relate to HIV infection and disease outcomes. Click here for more information.
White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Fellows and Associates
Deadline: April 12, 2015
The White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) is seeking Fellows and Associates beginning in September 2015. Fellows and Associates translate insights from the social and behavioral sciences into concrete recommendations for how to improve federal programs, policies, and operations, and work closely with agency partners to structure and implement rigorous experimental trials capable of testing the relative efficiency and efficacy of proposed interventions. Fellows are typically researchers with a PhD in a social or behavioral science field (e.g., economics, psychology, political science, statistics, sociology, public policy, etc...) on leave from positions at universities, government agencies, or other research organizations. Associates are generally pursuing a PhD in a social and behavioral sciences field or have a Master's Degree plus two or more years of relevant experience. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
Social Work HEALS: Social Work Health care Education and Leadership Scholars was created to develop the next generation of health care social work leaders who will stand ready to lead efforts to address system-level changes, to heighten awareness of prevention and wellness, and to address the issues of structural racism that are embedded in social institutions. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
The 39th Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) Annual National Conference
Deadline: May 29, 2015
This year's theme is, "Integrating Policy and Research into Teaching and Practice." We have planned an exciting conference featuring oral abstract and poster sessions, skills-focused workshops, one-on-one career mentoring, and plenary sessions addressing issues of national and international importance. Abstract submissions will be accepted in recent substance use-related research and education innovations. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Special Issue of The Journal of the Sociology and Social Welfare (JSSW) - Mind-Body Interventions in Social Work
Deadline: August 8, 2015
This special issue is dedicated to studies of mind-body interventions as applied to social problems to prevent adversity and promote wholeness and well-being among individuals, groups, organizations, or communities served by the social work profession. Mind-body interventions include a diverse group of practices such as controlled breathing practices, meditation, yoga and practices associated with spirituality;1 and are considered one domain of practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).2 In this special issue, we explore usefulness and effectiveness of mind-body interventions as applied to groups of marginalized individuals in society including but not limited to individuals living with conditions of homelessness, mental illness, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, poverty, incarceration and discrimination based on race or gender-identity orientation.
Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Columbia University School of Social Work Presentation/Webcast - Criminal Justice Involvement & HIV Related Risk
April 9-10, 2015 - New York, NY
Kim Blankenship is a professor and Chair of the department of Sociology, Director of the Center on Health, Risk and Society, and Director of Social and Behavioral Sciences at American University. Click here for more information.
White House Summit on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
May 12, 2015 - Washington, DC
Held during Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, this Summit will be an unprecedented and historic all-day convening of senior federal officials and community leaders. The day will include conversations with federal officials and AAPI leaders, performances by distinguished AAPI artists, and interactive sessions on diverse issues including economic growth, education, health care, civil rights, and immigration. Click here for more information.
Online Certificate Program in Mixed Methods Research
June 1 - July 1, 2015
Application deadline: May 18, 2015
The Online Certificate Program in Mixed Methods Research (MMR) at the University of Michigan School of Social Work (UM-SSW) is designed for researchers and practitioners in social work, nursing, psychology, and other applied fields. Participants will learn ways to integrate various types of research methods; commonly used data analysis procedures; and approaches to research conducted in practice settings. Special emphasis on: critiquing theoretical foundations of research, forming research questions, applying mixed methods techniques, conducting statistical analysis, and interpreting research reports. Click here for more information.
Intersectional Qualitative Research Methods Institute
June 8-12, 2015 - College Park, MD
Application Deadline: April 6, 2015
This training will bring together an interdisciplinary group of underrepresented minority scholars with research interests in intersectionality. An important challenge we face as qualitative methods scholars is to appropriately match methods to empirical questions and issues, and not universally advocate for any single method approach for all problems. To do so, we must build on our skills and knowledge to navigate important research questions within our disciplines. IQRMI is designed to enhance practical and theoretical skills for intersectional researchers who apply qualitative methods in their work. Click here for more information.
Michigan State University Dyadic Data Analysis Workshop
July 13-17, 2015 - East Lansing, MI
The workshop will focus on analyses for data in which both members of a dyad are measured on the same set of variables. Topics to be addressed include the measurement of nonindependence, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, the analysis of distinguishable and indistinguishable dyads, and the analysis of over-time dyadic data (e.g., dyadic growth curve models). The software package used in the workshop will be SPSS. Although the workshop does not require any prior knowledge or experience with multilevel modeling, participants are expected to have a working knowledge of multiple regression and analysis of variance, as well as SPSS. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
This interactive map provides data on the health of nearly every county in the nation-high school graduation rates, obesity rates, smoking rates, unemployment, air quality, and access to healthy foods. The Rankings provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play. Click here for more information.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Strategic Plan for Research
In this new Strategic Plan for Research, with the goals of helping individuals living with mental illnesses and promoting both prevention and cure, NIMH has four, high-level Strategic Objectives: define the mechanisms of complex behaviors; chart mental illness trajectories to determine when, where, and how to intervene; strive for prevention and cures; strengthen the public health impact of NIMH-supported research. Click here for more information.
Institute for Research on Poverty Fast Focus Brief - Unaffordable America: Poverty, Housing, and Eviction
This brief explores the crisis faced by poor families in finding and maintaining affordable housing. It outlines the trends that led to the current situation: rising housing costs, stagnant or falling incomes among the poor, and a shortfall of federal housing assistance. As a result of these trends, most poor renting families now devote over half of their income to housing costs, and eviction has become commonplace in low-income communities. Poor single mothers with young children, particularly African Americans, are at especially high risk of eviction. Click here for more information. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
New York Times - House Approves Bill on Changes to Medicare
The House overwhelmingly approved sweeping changes to the Medicare program on Thursday. The measure, which would establish a new formula for paying doctors, increase premiums for some Medicare beneficiaries and extend a popular health insurance program for children, has already been endorsed by President Obama and awaits a vote in the Senate. Click here for more information.
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