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NIH Summer Institute on Behavioral and Social Intervention Research, July 18-22
April 6, 2005Apr 6, 2005 The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is sponsoring a Summer Institute to address essential conceptual, methodological and practical issues involved in planning and carrying out research on psychosocial interventions. The Institute will take place … Read more
Data Sharing for Demographic Research
March 7, 2005Mar 7, 2005 The Data Sharing for Demographic Research project began at the end of last summeras a partnership of NICHD with ICPSR and the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, the Carolina Population Center, and the Minnesota … Read more
Workshop on the Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families
March 2, 2005Mar 2, 2005 Addressing Health, Educational, and Socioeconomic Disparities of Children in Immigrant Families will be held on May 25 and 26, 2005, Wednesday and Thursday (half day) at 6001 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The funders for this workshop are … Read more
California Health Interview Survey
February 25, 2005Feb 25, 2005 The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is described as the most comprehensive source of important health information on Californians. Conducted every two years, CHIS provides information for the entire state and most counties on a variety of … Read more
Population Research & Policy Review Call for Papers
February 21, 2005Feb 21, 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS Population Research and Policy Review Special Issue on Spatial Demography Paul R. Voss University of Wisconsin-Madison Guest Editor July 29, 2005 – Deadline for paper proposals (Send to spatialprpr@olemiss.edu.) Aims … Read more
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Launches Monitoring & Evaluation Website
February 7, 2005Feb 7, 2005 A new website dedicated exclusively to the M&E of population, health, nutrition and poverty programs is now on-line. The Latin American Network of Evaluation Programs (REDEVAL) website has also been created. Please visit http://redeval.insp.mx. This effort is … Read more
Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health Program Announcement
February 2, 2005Feb 2, 2005 This announcement invites applications to (a) elucidate basic social and cultural constructs and processes used in health research, (b) clarify social and cultural factors in the etiology and consequences of health and illness, (c) link basic research … Read more
GIS and Population Science Workshops – Summer 2005
January 24, 2005Jan 24, 2005 Two GIS and Population Science workshops (supported by an NICHD R25 training grant) will be offered during Summer 2005. The GISPopSci workshops are scheduled for May 29 – June 11, 2005 (Penn State) and June 19-July 2, … Read more
New IRB Website and Forms
January 18, 2005Jan 18, 2005 As recently announced, the Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) was created to centralize and enhance oversight of research at UNC-Chapel Hill involving human subjects. The next phase of integration will be to standardize practices across all … Read more
NIA Program Announcement – Retirement Economics
January 13, 2005Jan 13, 2005 The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications for research on retirement economics. The research objectives of this Program Announcement include, but are not limited to: (1) the determinants of retirement behavior, (2) the variation in work … Read more