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"Data linkages to support oncology health services research: Results from a pilot study of barriers to healthcare utilization"
HPA and CHCPR are hosting Dr. Ebere Onukwugha from the University of Maryland for a talk on Monday April 17 from 11:30-12:45 at 118 Keller. Ebere is a rising star scholar in health economics, decision-making, patterns of care and health disparities.
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Strategies for Class Participation
How can we take a more inclusive, accessible approach to class participation in our classrooms, whether they’re virtual or in person? In this workshop, we’ll consider principles and practices to turn our classes into learning communities where students can learn from and with each other.
This workshop is presented by Derek Bruff, visiting associate director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Bruff is the author of Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching (West Virginia University Press, 2019).
March 30 (Zoom) noon-1pm
April 13, in person at UP, HUB 129AB, noon-1pm
Rigor as Inclusive Practice: Improving Equitable Outcomes in Teaching
Rigor and inclusion are often seen in opposition to one another, despite the evidence that inclusion necessitates rigor to empower all of our students to grow, build on their strengths, and learn. Additionally, ill-defined or false notions of rigor lead to practices in teaching that are neither inclusive nor equitable and produce unnecessary stress. This interactive workshop will illuminate the ways that the term rigor is often misused or misunderstood, guiding participants to a more inclusive, substantive, (and dare we say, more rigorous!) enactment of rigor in our teaching.
Presented by Jamiella Brooks, Director of Student Equity & Inclusion Initiatives at the Penn Carey Law School, and Julie McGurk, Director of Faculty Teaching Initiatives at the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning at Yale.
EXPANDING EMPATHY 2023
Ways to Channel Empathy
April 19, 2023
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Anat Perry and Antti Kauppinen
Antti Kauppinen
EXPANDING EMPATHY 2023
Moral Learning
April 12, 2023
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Victor Kumar and Oriel FeldmanHall
Oriel FeldmanHall
EXPANDING EMPATHY 2023
Empathy, Effort, and Common Ground
April 3, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Patricia Lockwood and Hannah Read
Hannah Read
Dr. Mary Murphy, the Herman B Wells Endowed Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the founder of the Equity Accelerator at Indiana University, a research, practice, and policy organization focused on creating more equitable learning and working environments through social and behavioral science, will be visiting Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, for two events.
Reception
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Research Talk: Creating Cultures of Inclusion in STEM
Time: 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Capital Union Building (CUB) 210 and Livestream
Growth Mindset Workshop
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Capital Union Building (CUB) 210 In Person Only
Please pre-register @ Creating Cultures of Inclusion in STEM Tickets, Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 11:45 AM | Eventbrite by April 5, 2023.
This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Research and Outreach at Penn State Harrisburg, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, and the Equity Pedagogy Network.
As an FYI, a follow-up panel discussion to Dr. Murphy's visit will be hosted by the Equity Pedagogy Network.
"Acetylcholine as a neuromodulator: role in affective behaviors"
Marina Picciotto, PhD is the Charles B.G. Murphy Professor in Psychiatry, Deputy Chair for Basic Science Research and Director of the Division of Molecular Psychiatry at Yale University. She is also a professor in the departments of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and the Child Study Center and Deputy Director of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale. She received her PhD from The Rockefeller University in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Greengard and did her postdoctoral work at the Institute Pasteur with Dr. Jean-Pierre Changeux. Dr. Picciotto’s research focuses on the role of acetylcholine and its receptors in cellular processes and circuits relevant to complex behaviors and psychiatric illness.
Dr. Picciotto was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroscience from 2015-2022 and is President-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience. Dr. Picciotto is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science.
On Tuesday, March 28, 7-9:30 pm, we will be hosting a film Screening of the documentary “Our American Family” in 112 Woodland. This film focuses on a family that is supporting loved ones as they work through their substance use issues and recovery process. For more information visit: https://www.abington.psu.edu/community/our-american-family
Following the screening, we will have a panel discussion with two of the family members, Nicole and Bryan, who are featured in the film. We will also have Carla Sofronski, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Network (PAHRN), on the panel to discuss local resources for those facing substance use issues.
We’ll have light refreshments starting at 6:30 pm, and we’ll start the event at 7 pm.
Reception and Poster Session May 10, 6 – 8 p.m., General Symposium May 11, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
EXPANDING EMPATHY 2023
Empathy for Animals
March 24, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT
Kristin Andrews and Kristof Dhont
Kristof Dhont
"The use of immersive virtual reality technologies to understand food choice and eating behaviors"
Dr. Travis Masterson is the director of the Health, Ingestive Behavior, and Technology Laboratory at Penn State. His lab recently received funding from the SSRI to investigate and validate the use of immersive virtual reality technology (iVR) to better understand food selection and eating behaviors. Dr. Masterson will be reviewing data on the validation of his labs iVR buffet environment. This includes reviewing data showing the effect of altering portion sizes of foods within virtual environments alters food selection behavior and that this change in behavior directly correlates with measured food intake in the laboratory. He will also give a brief overview of the future of using mixed reality technologies in eating behavior paradigms.
Discussion with HRPP/IRB: Policy and Practice for Local and Multi-Site Studies
SSRI invites you to join Rafael Santos (HRPP Assistant Director), Jodi Mathieu (HRPP Assistant Director), and Sara Horn (IRB Director) for a discussion of recent policy changes and challenges for multi-site and cooperative research activities that require single IRB review. The speakers are prepared to address questions on additional changes that might impact social scientists regarding federal, state, and international policies and procedures, as well as PSU policies. A short presentation will be followed by Q&A.
Please RSVP HERE.
The Penn State Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) is hosting Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and current chairman of the board at Planet Federal, for a discussion on the ubiquity of data and sensors in the modern world.
The talk, “Global Transparency: Managing Risk in a Ubiquitously Sensed World,” is open to the public and will take place at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 27, in the Lewis Katz Building. Registration is required.
We are surrounded by sensors of all kinds—from satellite imagery and location data to wearables and biosensing, and more—and live in world that is awash in the data produced by these devices. Such a connected world helps us to fly more safely, measure our environment more accurately, and detect threats more quickly, but also can facilitate the spread of disinformation, help squash dissent more efficiently, and enable actors to inflict harm more effectively. Cardillo will examine the benefits and risks of omni-present sensors, and explore some of the myriad technical, policy and ethical issues in play: Who should own the data? How can it be used? What are the implications for privacy? And what are the effects on a democracy?
“We are excited to bring in Robert Cardillo, a renowned and respected expert in the intelligence arena,” said Lisa Witzig, CSRE director and professor of practice in the School of International Affairs. “In addition to sparking discussion on an incredibly interesting and timely topic, his visit will also bring immense insight for current students interested in pursuing a career in intelligence or national security.”
Cardillo is the president of The Cardillo Group, LLC (TCG). TCG delivers strategic and operational expertise to create an enhanced awareness of our planet to enable improved decision-making. The TCG portfolio includes academic, non-profit, and national security-related industry clients.
Before forming TCG in May 2019, Cardillo was the sixth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from 2014-2019. He transformed the agency’s future value proposition through innovative partnerships with the growing commercial geospatial marketplace.
During his 35-plus years of public service, Cardillo served in leadership positions with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Visit the CSRE website for more information about this event.
The Center for Security Research and Education (CSRE) is a hub of security-related activity at Penn State, with support from 13 units across the University Park campus. Its mission is to enhance interdisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach relevant to the protection and preservation of individuals, infrastructure, institutions, and society. Using its interdisciplinary approach, CSRE draws on Penn State’s diverse strengths to address today’s security challenges.
We hope you can join us for our Virtual ASD@PSU Monthly Seminar Series on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, from Noon-1:00 pm to welcome Suzy Scherf, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Pennsylvania State University, who will present “Is Social Visual Attention to Blame? Difficulties Understanding Eye Gaze Cues as Social Communicative Signals in Autism”.
The ASD@PSU seminar series brings university stakeholders together to discuss innovative work, explore new potential collaborations, and provide input into strategic initiatives in support of the autism community. All meetings will be available via Zoom.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d8lJf2pERGizqaw1k92-JQ
Current Challenges, Future Trends: The Convergence of Factors Impacting Rural Economies and Health in Pennsylvania
March 20, 7-9 pm: Performance Night in Recital Hall, Music Building
March 24, 1-4 pm: Poster session in HUB-Robeson Center
March 20-23: Videos available for viewing online
Register as a judge or attend as an interested community member! The Graduate School’s annual showcase of research and creative scholarship is open to the public. Attend to help students improve their communication skills, learn about dozens of exciting research projects throughout the University, and make connections within the research community. Learn more at https://gradschool.psu.edu/exhibition/. Judge registration due by March 15.
David E. Conroy, Penn State professor of kinesiology, human development and family studies and public health sciences, will present the 2023 Pattishall Research Lecture, “Can a Smart Device Help You Improve Your Health? Precision Behavioral Interventions to Improve Health Behaviors.”
The lecture, sponsored by the College of Health and Human Development, will be presented on Wednesday, March 29, at 3:30 p.m. in the Edna Bennett Pierce Living Center (110 Henderson Building) and via Zoom Webinar. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Data Matters: Spring Ahead | Virtual | March 13 - 16, 2023
Data Matters™ is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at students and professionals in business, research, and government. The short course series is sponsored by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, the National Consortium for Data Science, and RENCI. Our first-ever springtime series, Data Matters: Spring Ahead, will feature a selection of our most popular two-day courses. Learn more on their website.
Among the classes available are:
- Introduction to Effective Information Visualization, Eric Monson. Visualization is a powerful way to reveal patterns in data, attract attention, and get your message across to an audience quickly and clearly. However, there are many steps in that journey from information to influence, and many questions – what visualization tools to use, how to get data into the right format, and which choices to make when putting it all together to tell your story? This course will quickly walk participants through a wide variety of data and chart types to help even beginners feel comfortable embarking on a new visualization project.
- Visualization for Data Science in R, Angela Zoss. Data science skills are increasingly important for research and industry projects. With complex data science projects, however, come complex needs for understanding and communicating analysis processes and results. Ultimately, an analyst’s data science toolbox is incomplete without visualization skills. Incorporating effective visualizations directly into the analysis tool you are using can facilitate quick data exploration, streamline your research process, and improve the reproducibility of your research. This course is designed for two audiences: experienced visualization designers looking to apply open data science techniques to their work, and data science professionals who have limited experience with visualization.
- Basics of R for Data Science and Statistics, Justin Post. This course introduces participants to discrete choice models, econometric models of how people choose between discrete outcomes, such as mode of travel to work or type of treatment for pain. The course will cover the subset of discrete choice models known as random utility models. These models are often used in disciplines such as economics, transportation, and public health. No prior knowledge is expected, and the course will cover logistic regression, multinomial logistic regression, and nested logistic regression. Hands-on exercises will be conducted in R.
- Introduction to Python, Laura Tateosian. Python is a consistently top ranking programming language. Python syntax is easy to learn and the language is well-suited for rapid data exploration, as well as larger data science projects. This course will help you add basic Python skills to your data science tool belt, so that you can then go on to explore some of the vast number of libraries written in Python. Learning Python is important for any aspiring data scientist. This course is designed for students with some prior exposure to computer programming, but no Python experience. Participants will be introduced to core Python elements for working with data.
The deadline for registration is March 8 for Monday/Tuesday courses and March 9 for Wednesday/Thursday courses.
The Healing Power of Research in Service to Equity
Pursuing health equity through implementation science
When Best Practices Fail: Nuances of Using Narratives in Research Dissemination to Policymakers
Join us for Integrating the Human Sciences to Scale Societal Responses to Environmental Change: A Workshop to explore the potential for synthesizing the human sciences (e.g., social, behavioral, psychological, political, organizational) to develop critical societal capacities for and responses to climate change.
The 2-day, virtual public workshop will consider how to integrate, align, and converge the broad mix of social, behavioral, and cognitive sciences to produce new insights and inform efforts for enhanced human responses to environmental change. Earth System Science increasingly incorporates human systems in its analysis of climate change, but social, behavioral, and social sciences have yet to align internally in prioritizing and addressing the range of challenges faced by individuals and communities in responding to the various stresses and opportunities posed by climate change.
Inaugural Seminar: “Pursuing health equity through implementation science”
In this inaugural seminar, Dr. Prajakta Adsul, a leading implementation scientist, will describe the use of implementation science methods to advance health equity in her cancer prevention and control work, both nationally and internationally. Dr. Adsul trained with the Implementation Science team at the National Cancer Institute and now serves as a World Health Organization consultant for cervical cancer screening guidelines. Following her seminar, we will feature a series of flash talks
from Penn State faculty and trainees sharing their experience incorporating implementation science in their ongoing research.
This seminar is supported by Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the Comprehensive Health Studies Program and Penn State Cancer Institute.
PRI Education and Inequality Working Group
Friday, February 24 ~ 3:00 pm
403 Rackley and Zoom
Zoom Information: Maithreyi Gopalan (smg632@psu.edu)
Rohitha Edara, PhD student from Education Theory and Policy
Eberechukwu Onukwugha, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical HSR
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Lecture will be held in-person and remotely via Zoom
https://psu.zoom.us/j/91556694848
(No prior registration is necessary)
"Understanding the Patterns in Destination Emergency Department of Ambulance Transports by Race/Ethnicity"
Dr. Hanchate is an economist by training and interested in the evaluation of healthcare policies and clinical interventions, with a focus on vulnerable sub-populations. He has long-standing experience in the use of administrative and claims data and application of causal models for observational data.
He has collaborated on cost and cost-effectiveness evaluation of clinical interventions at the provider level. His ongoing studies examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act insurance expansions on disparities in healthcare access and outcomes, unintended consequences of CMS performance-based payment programs, and the effects of the ambulance diversion on disparities in access to ED care. Dr. Hanchate also serves as the Director of the Program in Health Services Research.
Lecture will be held in-person and remotely via Zoom
https://psu.zoom.us/j/91556694848
(No prior registration is necessary)
Jiyoon Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics
Bryn Mawr College
Lecture will be held in-person and remotely via Zoom
https://psu.zoom.us/j/91556694848
(No prior registration is necessary)
Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Institute of Behavioral Medicine Research
The Ohio State University
Lecture will be held in-person and remotely via Zoom
https://psu.zoom.us/j/91556694848
(No prior registration is necessary)
LOOKING BACK & REACHING FORWARD: TAKING STOCK OF THE EVIDENCE ECOSYSTEM TODAY & TOMORROW
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Penn State’s Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative (EIC) will co-host the final Evidence Forum of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Year of Evidence for Action on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the White House. Register online to join the public Evidence Forum from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 22.
Join the Community Health Equity & Engagement in Research (CHEER) team on February 28, 2023 from 11AM-12PM (EST) via Zoom for a session that will present the historical context that led to mistrust of research in communities of color, and why that mistrust remains today.
Keynote speaker Hattie McCarter, a Certified DEI Professional and Founder of McCarter's Equitable and Distinctive (MEND) Solutions, will bring her decades-long professional expertise and lived experience to spotlight how systemic racism infiltrates our health systems and research ventures, contributing to health disparities and inequities. Members of the CHEER team will offer insight on how community engagement and researcher education can support inclusivity of underrepresented populations.
Register HERE!
Take a deeper dive prior to the session by viewing this excellent podcast episode from 1619, which addresses some of the history around access to medicine, medical insurance, and health care in the United States.
Melissa Wilde, PhD, University of Pennsylvania,will give a talk about race, birth control, religion, and abortion.
This talk is organized by Religious Studies.
Immigration Policy and Immigrant Families
Immigrant families are heavily influenced by immigration policies. For example, laws determining who may legally enter the country recognize certain types of family relationships while discounting others. Immigration enforcement and border policies shape family migration strategies in home communities and contribute to the separation of children from their parents. Immigrant families encounter unique stresses related to settlement, language and cultural differences, race/ethnicity, and low income, all of which are complicated by immigrants’ legal status. Moreover, the challenges many immigrants face due to their immigration status often spill over to impact their broader kinship network, potentially taxing the resources of their adult U.S.-born children and grandchildren. These issues will likely remain highly significant in the near future given the continuing growth and geographic spread of immigrants across American communities. Currently, about 14 percent of the U.S. population is foreign born, and 26 percent of all children live in an immigrant family. This symposium brings together an exceptional panel of scholars whose research is devoted to these issues and who aim to better understand how public policies and practices are impacting this large and growing group.
Monday, October 23, 2023
Session 1: How immigration admission and enforcement policy shapes family separation and migration strategies
U.S. immigration law is oriented around family relationships and grants privileges to some types of relationships (e.g., marriage and immediate kin) over others (i.e., more distant kin), particularly for those with relatives who are U.S. citizens. Yet for immigrant families who do not have such connections, U.S. immigration policies may contribute to the separation of family members from one another, or even to the deportation of entire families including U.S.-born citizen children. Session 1 focuses on how immigration admission and enforcement policies shape the structure, formation, and separation of the families of immigrants and humanitarian migrants.
Julia Gelatt, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute
Family Reunification and Family Separation
Vanessa Delgado, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Washington State University
Motherhood, (Il)legality, and COVID-19: The Effects of Restrictive Immigration Policies on Latino/a Immigrant Families During the Pandemic
Claudia Masferrer, Associate Professor at the Centre for Demographic, Urban, and Environmental Studies (CEDUA) of El Colegio de Mexico, Erin Hamilton, Department of Sociology, University of California Davis, and Nicole Denier, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
Adding Return Migration to the Equation: Complex Integration Processes in the Face of Binational Family Life
Session 2: Immigrant family settlement, marriage, and family building in the context of exclusion
Research has documented the unique stressors and economic hardships that are associated with having unauthorized legal status. Such designations exclude immigrants and their families from legal protections, expose them to the risk of detention and deportation, and can derail undocumented children’s educational plans and career goals. Session 2 focuses on how families and children growing up in the context of exclusion weather these challenges.
Sarah Rendon Garcia, National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences (SBE) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Sarah Bruhn, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
Understanding the Impact of U.S. Immigration Policy on Parenting
Asad L. Asad, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
Present and Absent: Institutional Surveillance among U. S. Latinos by Citizenship and Parental Status
Laura E. Enriquez, Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies, Associate Director, Center for Liberation, Anti-Racism & Belonging, University of California, Irvine, and Jenniffer Perez Lopez, Department of Sociology, University of California Irvine
(Re)building Families: How Undocumented Young Adults Negotiate and Contest Legal Violence in Their Extended Families and Romantic Relationships
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Session 3: The longer-run impact of immigration policy on the U.S.-born children and grandchildren of immigrants
Many noncitizens and unauthorized immigrants face financial hardships and are categorically excluded from public programs and are ineligible for benefits. Yet they are embedded in households and kinship networks that are composed of a mixture of U.S. citizens and noncitizens. Session 3 explores how the impacts of immigrants’ legal status can spill over to impact the wider kinship network, including the health and well-being of their U.S.-born citizen children.
Neeraj Kaushal, Professor of Social Policy, School of Social Work, Columbia University, Xiaoning Huang, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and Hao Wen, School of Social Work, Columbia University
Policy Vacuum on DACA: Health and Well-being of DACA-Edultsligible A and Their Children
May Guo, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Iowa
Aging in a Foreign Land: Family Dynamics and Later Well-being in Chinese Immigrant Families
Jody Agius Vallejo, Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Director, Equity Research Institute, University of Southern California, and Stephanie Canizales, Department of Sociology, University of California Merced
Precarity Ripples: Legal Status, Economic Mobility, and Well-Being Within and Across Generations
Symposium Sponsors
The Symposium on Family Issues is sponsored annually by The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R13 HD048150) along with Penn State’s Population Research Institute and Social Science Research Institute. We are grateful for support from the Penn State departments of Sociology & Criminology, Psychology, and Human Development & Family Studies, in addition to support from the Child Study Center, the Prevention Research Center, and Clinical & Translational Science Institute.
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Lessons from the Community: the importance of lived experience when designing clinical intervention programs
Ready to learn more about the Russel Sage and William T. Grant Foundations and what makes a successful proposal? Interested in hearing about how these Foundations score and rank concept notes and what elements they look for when inviting a Concept Note to Full Proposal?
Join the Office of Foundation Relations Staff and special guests:
- Adam Gamoran, president of the William T. Grant Foundation
- Jennifer Van Hook, Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography and former Russell Sage Visiting Scholar
Hear details about what each foundation seeks in effective proposals and how you can make your proposal stand out, and also learn about effective tools in which to design your research and what types of evidence both Foundations look for when determining who and how they will fund. Bring your questions!
Di Yang
Ph.D. Candidate
Penn State University
College of Health and Human Development
Lecture will be held in-person and remotely via Zoom
https://psu.zoom.us/j/91556694848
(No prior registration is necessary)
Tracking and Prediction of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic Across Africa
SSRI will be hosting an open house on February 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in room 114 Henderson Building entitled "Envisioning SSRI’s Future of Data Management and Computing Resources: A Roundtable."
The roundtable will be used to discuss the future of supported data management and computing resources under SSRI. The main focus will be new computing resources for data storage and enhanced processing power. The roundtable will also be looking for input on other areas of data support such as data use agreements and specialized storage solutions. We ask that you bring all of your concerns, ideas and needs related to data management and computing resources for a lively discussion about what issues are of upmost importance.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
In celebration of Black History Month, Penn State's Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness is sponsoring a showing of the documentary "Six Triple Eight".
"Six Triple Eight" honors the service of the 6888th Postal Battalion during World War II. The battalion was an 855-member, all-Black, all-female unit that served in England and France with the mission of clearing a two-year backlog of over 17 million pieces of mail. During the war, mail was crucial to maintaining troop morale, and the Six Triple Eighth’s contribution was exemplary but largely unknown. This 70-minute documentary chronicles the women and their experiences.
Open to the public, the film will be shown on Feb. 16, 6 p.m., in the Freeman Auditorium in the Hub Robeson Center, University Park Campus. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion with Dr. Carmen Jordan-Cox, daughter of a unit member, and Dennis Miller, grandson of a unit member.
PRI Population Health Working Group
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Cayley Ryan
Information: Louisa Holmes lmholmes@psu.edu
PRI Population Health Working Group
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Anna Shetler
Information: Louisa Holmes lmholmes@psu.edu
In preparation for the new NIH DMS Policy Penn State is hosting open sessions focused on an overview of the policy and how to create a data management plan. These sessions are open to anyone at the University including researchers, staff, Post-Docs, and students. See below for webinar information including dates and call-in links.
January 30 @ 2pm
- NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Overview
- https://psu.zoom.us/j/91951837986?pwd=R3FiMHdQZ0NjSmdwTld2SnVFQWxBdz09&from=addon (passcode 757340)
January 31 @ 10am
- How to Create a Data Management Plan
- https://psu.zoom.us/j/95083926895?pwd=V1E3RzUzZU1BRGhVREZjNXNCekJvQT09&from=addon (passcode 697583)
Additionally, the most up-to-date information and resources on the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy can be found at https://www.research.psu.edu/NIHDataManagementandSharing.
Further, the University Libraries offers support for data management and sharing planning through providing resources, data management and sharing plan reviews, and one-to-one consultations.
If you are looking for information on what a data management and sharing plan (DMSP) is, why a DMSP is useful, whether a DMSP is required for your research, and how to create an implemental DMSP, review the Data Management Plans LibGuide. More information, resources, and tools can be discovered by visiting the Data Management and Sharing webpage.
You can request a data management sharing plan review two ways. Please allow a minimum of 1 week for review of your data management and sharing plan.
- If you are using the DMPTool, a review can be requested directly in the tool under the Request feedback tab.
- If you are NOT using the DMPTool, please send a copy of your data management plan to repub@psu.eduincluding information about the funding opportunity and deadline for submission.
You can also sign up for a one-to-one consultation by visiting the Data Learning Center Consultation Bookings Page to discuss data management and sharing activities such as creating a data management plan, selecting a data repository, data and metadata standards, etc.
Promoting Self-Regulation and Healthy Eating Habits among Toddlers Living in Poverty
Communities of Practice as Places to Cultivate Justice and Equity
The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) hosts quarterly webinars to provide relevant IRB updates and news. These quarterly webinars are open to faculty, staff, and students across the University. Slides and recordings will be made available on our website following the webinar.
The next webinar is scheduled for January 25, 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST. Register for the webinar →
January 25 topics to be covered include:
1. Updates and new HRPP documents, including screening consent form
2. NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans: language now included in protocol and consent documents
3. HRPP Updates
Missed our last webinars? Summaries and slides are available here. And save the date for our next webinar: April 26, 2023, 12-1 PM.
Sleep-Wake Classification of Actigraphy Data: A Machine Learning Approach
Translating COVID Science into School Policy: Insights from School Health Administrators
PRI Population Health Working Group
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Molly Martin
Information: Louisa Holmes lmholmes@psu.edu
Film viewing with panel discussion lead by Dr. Judy Illes. Reception to follow.
WFRN Virtual Conference Author-Meets-Readers
Claudia Goldin’s Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Towards Equity
co-sponsored by Penn State's Population Research Institute
January 20th, 2023
10:00-11:30am New York, US
(3-4:30pm GMT; 3:00-4:30pm London, UK; Midnight-1:30am January 21 Tokyo, Japan)
Special Free Event Open to the Public
This WFRN Virtual Conference Series plenary session invites discussion from both author and readers of Dr. Claudia Goldin’s new book, Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Towards Equity (Princeton University Press (2021). Drs. Mary Blair-Loy, Janet Gornick, Helen Kowalewska, Kris Marsh, and Berkay Özcan will serve on our panel of readers. Dr. Claudia Goldin will begin the session with short remarks about the book and each panelist will provide 6-8 minutes of reflection on the manuscript after which Dr. Goldin will respond to the readers’ comments. Our expert panelists will then engage in a moderated panel discussion. The session will then open to the general audience. Following the panel discussion, the conversation will open to questions and comments from event participants. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Organizers/Presiders:
- Sarah Damaske, Professor of Sociology, Labor & Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University and WFRN Vice President
- Richard J. Petts, Professor of Sociology, Ball State University and WFRN Board Member
Author:
- Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Readers:
- Mary Blair-Loy, Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
- Janet Gornick, Professor of Political Science and Sociology and the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Distinguished Chair in Socio-Economic Inequality, the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
- Helen Kowalewska, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath
- Kris Marsh, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
- Berkay Özcan, Associate Professor, Department of Social Policy & School of Public Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science
To register for the event, please click here or follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wfrn-virtual-conference-author-meets-readers-tickets-482579457147
PRI Population Health Working Group
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Information: Louisa Holmes lmholmes@psu.edu
Jessica Hardie, from Hunter College – CUNY,
will give a talk about her new book:
Best Laid Plans Women Coming of Age in Uncertain Times.
Melissa Wilde, from the University of Pennsylvania
will give a talk about race, birth control, religion, and abortion.
This talk is organized by Religious Studies.
Are you new to NIH grants and looking to better understand the processes and policies behind NIH funding? Or are you experienced and want to brush up on the latest policies and information? Consider this your personal invitation to the 2023 NIH Grants Conference, a free and virtual event on February 1-2, 2023. During this 2-day live event, NIH and HHS experts will share policies, resources, guidance, and case studies in informative and engaging sessions.
Registration is free and includes your personal “All Access Pass” to the virtual NIH Grants Conference 2022-2023 season. Once registered and logged into the conference site, you are free to explore the 2-day agenda, on-demand library of related resources (including the Loan Repayment Programs session), and create your personal schedule.
In the meantime, explore the PreCon event recordings and materials for deep dives into select NIH grant topics. We hope to see you soon at #NIHGrantsConf!
If you have any questions, send an email to NIHGrantsEvents@nih.gov
PRI Migration & Diversity Initiative Working Group
is a working group focused on migration that will promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
Thursday, April 20, 2023 ~ 3:00 pm
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Information: Jorge Ballinas, jxb969@psu.edu and Thoa Khuu, thoa.khuu@psu.edu
PRI Migration & Diversity Initiative Working Group
is a working group focused on migration that will promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
Monday, March 13, 2023 ~ 3:00 pm
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Information: Jorge Ballinas, jxb969@psu.edu and Thoa Khuu, thoa.khuu@psu.edu
PRI Migration & Diversity Initiative Working Group
is a working group focused on migration that will promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
Monday, February 27, 2023 ~ 3:00 pm
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Information: Jorge Ballinas, jxb969@psu.edu and Thoa Khuu, thoa.khuu@psu.edu
PRI Migration & Diversity Initiative Working Group
is a working group focused on migration that will promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
Monday, February 13, 2023 ~ 3:00 pm
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Information: Jorge Ballinas, jxb969@psu.edu and Thoa Khuu, thoa.khuu@psu.edu
PRI Migration & Diversity Initiative Working Group
is a working group focused on migration that will promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
Thursday, February 2, 2023 ~ 3:00 pm
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Information: Jorge Ballinas, jxb969@psu.edu and Thoa Khuu, thoa.khuu@psu.edu
Mapping the Marginalized Groups with Presence-Only Data
PRI Migration & Diversity Initiative Working Group
"Lives of Migrants in Europe: The MigrantLife Project"
by Chia Liu, Research Fellow at the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St. Andrews
Abstract: In this talk, Chia Liu will discuss family and employment trajectories of immigrant groups in the UK, France, and Germany, from the European Research Council funded MigrantLife project. Using panel data from Understanding Society (UK), Trajectories and Origins (France), and German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), Liu and colleagues identified persistent differences in aspects of family and labor market characteristics among native- and foreign-born populations in the three countries using multi-state and competing risks frameworks. The cross-national comparisons not only illuminate the role institutional settings play but also drawn attention to the unique migration waves experienced by individual countries which led to a diverse selection of immigrants. The talk will begin with an overview on the overall project aims and findings, leading results centered on Germany, and end with a brief discussion on the significance of tying migration literature together not only from across the pond, but in all emerging high-migration settings around the world.
During this workshop, Dr. Hill will discuss early career research opportunities at NSF that are beneficial for doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers. Hill will also discuss NSF support for dissertation research and post-doctoral fellowship programs in the social sciences as well as how the review process works. The workshop will conclude with information on opportunities from the Arctic Social Sciences program, including support for early career researchers new to Alaska and the Arctic.
To register for both in-person or Zoom sessions, go to https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WP-HxWe-QjmWeLrc634eJA
Additionally, individual meetings with Hill are available. Please contact Emily Christenson (ejc5697@psu.edu) to schedule a meeting.
During this talk, Dr. Erica Hill will explain to social science faculty the organization of NSF programs, current solicitations, and the review process. She’ll also provide tips on addressing the two NSF Merit Review Criteria: Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts. The presentation will then shift to opportunities from the Arctic Sciences Section, and outline research areas the section is especially interested in supporting, including Arctic security, Indigenous knowledge, and sustainable livelihoods.
To register for either in-person or Zoom presentations, go to https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TyDf3tpUQgiKFWScf2MFyg.
Additionally, individual meetings with Hill are available. Please contact Emily Christenson (ejc5697@psu.edu) to schedule a meeting.
PRI Migration & Diversity Initiative Working Group
is a working group focused on migration that will promote interdisciplinary connections and collaborations.
Thursday, January 12, 2023 ~ 3:00 pm
605 Oswald Tower and Zoom
Information: Jorge Ballinas, jxb969@psu.edu and Thoa Khuu, thoa.khuu@psu.edu
PRI Family and Gender Working Group
The Family & Gender Working Group is a vibrant community with research interests across all aspects of family demography and gender disparities, including union formation and transitions, family inequalities (gender, race, class, etc.), and family health and wellbeing.
Amilcar Matos-Moreno
"Kinlessness, Migration, and Population Aging: The role of transnational families and the health of older adults"
Information: Léa Pessin, lzp31@psu.edu
PRI Family and Gender Working Group
This working group will be different from our usual format and focus on helping our graduate students converting an early research idea into an actual research plan. We will have two different presentations by two of our graduate students: Elena Pojman and Carlos Gonzales. While we will also provide substantive feedback on each project, the core of the meeting will be centered around providing advice to early career researchers on how go from a rough research idea to a final and completed research outcome. Other graduate students are encouraged to attend and participate as this meeting is intended to have a broader graduate mentoring scope.
Elena Pojman and Carlos Gonzales
"How to go from an idea to an actual research plan"
Information: Léa Pessin, lzp31@psu.edu
Carlos Gonzales
PRI Family and Gender Working Group
The Family & Gender Working Group is a vibrant community with research interests across all aspects of family demography and gender disparities, including union formation and transitions, family inequalities (gender, race, class, etc.), and family health and wellbeing.
Dr. Liying Luo
"The Effects of Intergenerational Educational Mobility and Family Outcomes"
Information: Léa Pessin, lzp31@psu.edu
Policy Research and Public Health Practice: A Local Health Department Perspective
Early career faculty from the Social Disparities cluster (co-funded by SSRI) at Penn State, Drs Maithreyi Gopalan and Alexis Santos will provide an overview of their research on examining and mitigating social disparities in education and population health.
Dr. Gopalan engages in policy-relevant, research exploring the causes and consequences of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in educational outcomes and will discuss findings from her emerging lines of research at the intersection of social psychology, education and health policy. Dr. Santos’s primary research interest lies in the study of social disparities in stress, health, and mortality. As a population health scientist, he works with health disparities and the implications measurement issues to population health scholarship.
They will provide an overview of their research agendas and future directions. If time permits, they will also discuss preliminary findings emerging from a joint research project that has been invited for presentation at the U.S. Census 2020: Continuity and Change Conference, sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, to be held this summer.
Please register at https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WZeUhGvsRwGm-dNWuXE2Eg.
Penn State's Population Research Institute and Graduate Program in Demography are proud to sponsor the mini-PAA Conference for 2023.
This Conference will include various poster presentations, followed by presentations on topics related to demography, and then another time span of various poster presentations. Each session/presentation will be presented by various graduate students associated with the Population Research Institute and the Graduate Program in Demography.
This event is a great opportunity for graduate students to practice presentations ahead of the actual PAA conference in New Orleans, LA ~ April 12– 15, 2023.
Roan Buma will be presenting his talk titled: "Official yet questionable: Examining misinformation in U.S. state legislators’ tweets". The objectives of the C-SoDA brownbag series are to provide (1) valuable feedback on work in progress, and (2) a space for members of the C-SoDA community to connect. The C-SoDA brownbag session includes approximately 30min each of presentation and Q&A.
Effects of Long-Term Heavy Drinking on Brain Structure & Function: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Neuroimaging Studies
Energy efficiency projects, like weatherizing living spaces and installing energy-efficient appliances, have well-recognized socioeconomic, environmental, and health benefits. Numerous governmental and non-profit programs aim to help low-income individuals capture these benefits, but there appear to be substantial challenges to realizing their full potential. These challenges include coordinating diverse energy efficiency and home rehabilitation programs and enhancing individuals’ access to programs, among others. The Penn State Center for Energy Law and Policy, the Hamer Center for Community Design in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School, and their research collaborators convened a group of expert advisors to identify opportunities for enhancing access to and the effectiveness of low-income energy efficiency programs in Pennsylvania. This virtual workshop will explore our initial findings and solicit further input on the most relevant research questions in this space.
For more information: Penn State webinar to address access to low-income energy efficiency programs - Penn State College of Arts and Architecture (psu.edu)
If you are interested in attending a rural cancer disparities retreat with Dr. Vanderpool following the presentation from 2-4PM, please RSVP to Cheryl Thompson, PhD at cheryl@psu.edu
PAMT has been funded since 2005 by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) through a T32 grant to The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center. As part of PAMT, doctoral students are trained to become cutting-edge prevention scientists who apply rigorous statistical methods to understand and prevent substance use and problems. Trainees receive a stipend, tuition waiver, and funding for training related expenses / travel for two years to (1) work intensively on substance use prevention science with two mentors and (2) participate in training experiences with other pre- and post-doctoral trainees. Learn more about PAMT.
In the information session, we will:
- Provide more details about PAMT to help you determine if this training program is a good fit for you;
- Discuss the PAMT application process;
- Ask several PAMT leadership faculty and mentors, along with a current PAMT predoctoral trainee, to discuss their experiences with PAMT; and
- Provide time for attendees to ask questions.
We encourage you to attend the info session even if you are early in your own doctoral training program (i.e., first year students welcome!) or if you aren't sure if your current research experiences are a good fit.
Zoom link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/93276429897?pwd=WGhzRzcyU3ZhWFpqVWZaeU8vMFV6dz09
Password: 218590
SSRI will be hosting an Open House on December 5, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., in SSRI offices, 114 Henderson Building. Guest speakers will be Associate Directors Kate Totino and Jara Dorsey-Lash, Office of Foundations Relations.
Totino and Dorsey-Lash will be sharing information on the resources available to Penn State faculty who are seeking Foundation grant funding. They will also answer questions, lend guidance, and make connections with faculty who would like to further their research interests with the help of Foundation grants.