SSRI Announcements, Week of 9/14/09
Dear colleagues:
Here are the announcements of events, initiatives, funding opportunities, and other news for the week of September 14-18, 2009 from the Social Science Research Institute and its units: the Children, Youth, and Families Consortium, Population Research Institute, Survey Research Center, SLEIC, and Smart Spaces Center.
Upcoming Events
Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
SSRI Workshop 1: SSRI Proposal Development: Services & Supports
October 5, 2009, 8:45-10:45 a.m., The Living Center, 110 Henderson
Speakers: SSRI Directors
In this workshop, presenters will talk about the supports, resources,
and services that the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) offers to
faculty who are developing interdisciplinary research endeavors.
Cost: Free
Refreshments: Continental breakfast beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Registration
Center for Health Care and Policy Research (CHCPR)
Health Services Research Colloquium
Mondays, fall 2009, 11:30-12:45 p.m., 208 Ford Building
September 14, 2009, Daniel E. Polsky, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
September 21, 2009, S. Diane Brannon, Pennsylvania State University
September 28, 2009, Jeffrey S. McCullough, PhD, University of Minnesota
Sponsor: Department of Health Policy & Administration and the Center for
Health Care and Policy Research
View semester schedule
Child Study Center at Penn State
Lois Bloom Lecture
ADHD: Endophenotypes, Environmental Risk Factors, and Causal Models
October 8, 2009, 4:15 p.m., Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom
Presenter: Joel Nigg, Oregon Health and Science University
Family Research in Diverse Contexts (FRDC) Friday Teas
Skin as Interface: Exploring the Biological and Social Aspects of Human
Skin
September 18, 2009, 12:00 -- 1:00 p.m., The Living Center, 110 Henderson
Presenter: Nina Jablonski, Department of Anthropology, Penn State
Sponsor: The Center for Family Research in Diverse Contexts
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International Center for the Study of Terrorism (ICST) at Penn State
International Speaker Series
Rebuilding Weak and Failed States: Challenges, Problems, and Strategies
October 7, 2009, 4:00 p.m., Nittany Lion Inn, Assembly Room
Presenter: Michael Baranick, National Defense University
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International Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK)
Seminar Series
Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing among the Anishinaabeg
September 23, 2009, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 208 Chambers
Presenters: Lucy Green and Penn State Students
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Learning Sciences
Learning Sciences Group Methodology Sessions
Wednesdays, 5:30 -- 6:30 p.m., 121 Chambers
Assessing Learning Performances
September 30, 2009
Presenter: Jonna Kulikowich
The Methodology Center at Penn State
Brown Bag Seminar Series
Thursdays, fall 2009, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 204 E. Calder Way, Suite 400
September 17: Madhu Reddy, IST, Penn State
September 24: Rachel Smith, Methodology Center, Penn State
View semester schedule
Neuroscience
Frontiers in Motor Control Conference celebrates the inauguration of
Penn State's newly formed Center for Motor Control
October 30, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., The Living Center, 110 Henderson
Presenters: W. Zev Rymer, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Michael
Turvey, University of Connecticut; Marjorie Woollacott, University of
Oregon; James Ashton-Miller, University of Michigan
Cost: Free
Lunch and refreshments provided
RSVP requested by September 25, 2009 to Donna Panasiti, dlp18@psu.edu, 814-865-1528
View event description
Neuroscience Research Day
November 22-23, 2009, The Penn Stater
22nd: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.---faculty discussion -- graduate education
6:00-9:00 p.m.---faculty dinner
23rd: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.---data blitz sessions and poster session
Please RSVP to Tina Keller, ckeller4@hmc.psu.edu, by November 1, 2009
Sponsor: Penn State Institute of the Neurosciences in conjunction with the Central PA Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
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SLEIC Imaging Reading/Discussion Group
Wednesdays, fall 2009, 12:00-1:00 p.m., 110 C Chandlee
Open to all members of the Penn State Community
September 16: Rick Gilmore, Director, SLEIC--joint session with Developmental Psychology Proseminar
September 23: Amishi Jha, University of Pennsylvania
Articles related to discussion topics may be found on the Center's wiki.
If you do not have access to the wiki, please contact Anna Engels
(ase1@psu.edu) to be added to the list of
authorized users.
To suggest topics for discussion, contact Rick Gilmore,
(rogilmore@psu.edu)
Penn State Cancer Institute
Addressing Cancer Health Disparities in Appalachia
September 25, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Hershey Lodge
Presenters: Eugene Lengerich, V.M.D., M.S.; Brenda Kluhsman, Ph.D.,
M.S.S.; Roxanne Parrott, Ph.D.; Oralia Garcia Dominic, Ph.D., M.S.,
M.A.; Betsy Aumiller, D.Ed.; and Northern Appalachia Cancer Network
Coalitions
Registration is now closed. If you would like to be put on a waiting
list, please contact Mark Troyer, 614-293-0413, mark.troyer@osumc.edu
Population Research Institute
De Jong Lecture in Social Demography
Gender and the Reallocation of Time Later in Life
November 3, 2009, 8:45 am - 11:30, Nittany Lion Inn, Ballroom AB
Presenter: Suzanne Bianchi, University of Maryland
Discussants include: Frances Goldscheider, University of Maryland and
Valarie King, The Pennsylvania State University
Sponsors: Gordon F. and Caroline M. DeJohn Lectureship in Social
Demography Endowment and supplemented by the Department of Sociology and
the Population Research Institute at Penn State
Conference Coordinator: Carolyn Scott, css7@psu.edu
Conference is free
Symposium on Family Issues at Penn State
Biosocial Research Contributions to Understanding Family Processes and Problems
October 8-9, 2009, Nittany Lion Inn
Speakers: Alison Fleming, University of Toronto at Mississauga; Jenae
Neiderhiser, Penn State; Steven Gangestad, University of New Mexico; and
Guang Guo, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Registration
Sponsor: Grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for
Child Health and Human Development and several organizations at Penn State
For further information, visit the Symposium home page
Prevention Research Center at Penn State
Fall 2009 Seminars
All seminars are in S209 Henderson, 4:00-5:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
Tuning and Training Attention and Working Memory
September 23, 2009
Presenter: Amishi Jha, University of Pennsylvania
Other
National Institutes of Health Call for proposals
NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation:
Methods and Measurement
Deadline for proposals: November 6, 2009
Conference date: March 15-16, 2010
Conference registration deadline: February 12, 2010 (no registration fee)
Proposal submission instructions and registration
Note: This year's conference will NOT be available for viewing online.
Graduate Courses
The Methodology Center is pleased to announce three one-credit graduate
courses in methodology for Spring 2010. Each course in the series
provides an advanced introduction to a specific advanced methodological
topic. The courses are aimed at advanced graduate students but are also
attended by post-docs, research associates and faculty. This spring the
courses are:
HD FS 597A Causal Inference in the Social Sciences
HD FS 597C Social Network Analysis
HD FS 597B Experimental Design for Building and Evaluating Behavioral
Interventions: Introduction to Phased Experimental Approaches
View flyer
Registration is limited and courses tend to fill up early; interested
graduate students should register soon.
Contact Donna Coffman (dlc30@psu.edu) with questions
Hershey room/night information
Notes
To be included in SSRI's weekly announcement, items must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday; distribution will occur the following Monday or Tuesday. Please send items to Terry Noll (tmg3@psu.edu). Thank you!
These weekly announcements may also be found on both the SSRI and CYFC websites, under Latest News, and under More Events where the SSRI Events Calendar and Social Science Events at Penn State are located.
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