Category: Training Seminar

Fall 2012

Friday, September 7 Preparing Careers in Health & Aging: Developing Successful Conference Submissions (Please note there is a 9 A.M. breakfast gathering: meet the new CDHA students!) Christine Schwartz, UW Sociology Friday, September 14 Preparing Careers in Health & Aging: Academic Hiring from the Perspective of Employers Mara Loveman, UW Sociology Pam Herd, UW La …

Spring 2013

Friday, January 25 U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health This paper is in chapter 2 of this report. Alberto Palloni, UW Sociology James A. Yonker, UW Sociology Friday, February 1 Phenotype Selection and Evolution in Contemporary SocietiesJenna Nobles, UW Sociology Friday, February 8 Mortality and Fertility: Dynamic Programming I James Walker, UW …

Fall 2013

Friday, September 13 Writing successful conference abstracts Michael Massoglia,UW Sociology Friday, September 20 University of Wisconsin Microbiome Symposium Speakers and topics for this workshop can be viewed in this agenda. Watch recorded webcast here: ics.webcast.uwex.edu/Mediasite6/Catalog/Full/5e041f7db1654480a990568c000d79e121 Friday, September 27 Coresidential Eldercare and Female Labor Market Decisions Nicole Hair, UW Department of Population Health Friday, October 4 …

Spring 2014

Friday, January 31 Disability Insurance and the Medicare Waiting Period Kathryn Edwards, UW Economics Friday, February 7 Hiring & Negotiating from the Search Committee’s Perspective James Montgomery, UW Sociology Don Moynihan, LaFollette School of Public Affairs Friday, February 14 Responsible Conduct of Research Jim Raymo, UW Sociology Marcy Carlson, UW Sociology Friday, February 21 Segmented …

Fall 2014

Friday, September 5 Individual Development Plans Jenna Nobles, UW Madison Sociology Friday, September 12 Introductions and Overview of the Semester Pamela Herd, UW Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Friday, September 19 Constructing Abstracts for the Population Association of America Meeting Pamela Herd, UW Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public …

Spring 2015

Friday, January 23 Publication Submissions and Processing on PubMed Julie Schneider, Director of Ebling Library Friday, January 30 Introduction and Overview of the Semester Pamela Herd, UW Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Jenna Nobles, UW Madison Sociology Friday, February 6 Survey Methods Nora Cate Schaeffer, UW Madison Sociology Friday, February 13 …

Fall 2015

Friday, September 11 Introduction & Overview, Planning a PAA Submission Michal Engelman, UW–Madison Sociology Jim Raymo, UW–Madison Sociology Friday, September 18 Workshop PAA Abstracts Michal Engelman, UW–Madison Sociology (Bring a draft.) Friday, September 25 Faculty Job Market: What Do Hiring Committees in Sociology, Applied Economics, Public Policy, and Public Health Look for? Christine Schwartz, UW–Madison …

Spring 2016

Friday, January 29 The Publication Process: Manuscript Submission, Revision, and Reviewing Monica Grant, UW–Madison Sociology Friday, February 5 GIS: An Overview Malia Jones, UW–Madison Applied Population Laboratory Friday, February 12 A Hands-on Introduction to Geospatial Analysis Bill Buckingham, UW–Madison Applied Population Laboratory Friday, February 19 Grant Writing: A Primer for Graduate Students Pamela Herd, UW–Madison …

Fall 2016

Wednesday, September 7 Intro & Overview of the Graduate Training Program Marcy Carlson, UW–Madison Sociology Michal Engelman, UW–Madison Sociology Pamela Herd, UW–Madison Public Affairs & Sociology John Mullahy, UW–Madison Population Health Jenna Nobles, UW–Madison Sociology Jim Raymo, UW–Madison Sociology Jim Walker, UW–Madison Economics Wednesday, September 14 Doing Interdisciplinary Research Ben Domingue, Stanford School of Education …

Spring 2017

Wednesday, January 18 An Introduction to R Mark Banghart, UW–Madison Social Science Computing Cooperative Wednesday, January 25 Measuring Change with Longitudinal Data Eric Grodsky, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, February 1 Computational Social Science: Practice & Ethics Jenna Nobles, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, February 8 Communicating Research for Policy Ellen Dinsmore, UW–Madison Sociology Wednesday, February 15 Research on …