This year the School has been approved for three faculty positions, two tenure track and one research faculty. In the tenure track positions we are recruiting candidates who have research and practice interests in direct or clinical practice. The Faculty Recruitment Committee is very pleased to announce that our second campus visit will be with Meghan Romanelli on December 11th and 12th.  Please join us for Meghan’s presentation on Wednesday the 11^th from 12:30 to 1:30 in Rm. 305.  A light lunch will be served.

A link to join remotely via live stream or that you can view later will be provided via panopto.

Please note – Panopto only allows viewers with UWNETIDs to view the live stream and subsequent recording.

We are also still looking for individuals to meet with Meghan during her visit.  We have more open times on Thursday, but we will work with you to find a time that works for all of us.

 

UCONJ 624 –   Winter quarter 2020

Mondays 5:30-7:20pm –  Classroom: TBD

Contact Leonora Clarke at clarkel@uw.ed for an add code or with questions!

To all students interested in health equity and social justice:
Do you see things in the communities you work with and/or are a part of that you wish were different? Do you want to help change the systems that produce health disparities? Are you ready to take action?

Join experienced Sound Alliance community organizers and students from across the Health Sciences this fall in UCONJ 624. We will develop your skills in advocacy and community organizing for health equity. Participate in different campaigns that work upstream to address the social determinants of health.  

Learn the fundamentals of advocacy, organizing, and their ability to impact health.  Apply skills, gain confidence, & collaborate around a community-driven goal. Work with local leaders to engage in community driven listening campaigns.  Address the social & structural injustices that contribute to & perpetuate health disparities.

If you are a UW Graduate Student, UW Alumni, or UW Staff Member interested in mentoring and co-facilitating with a student, you can fill out the Google Form here. Submissions for mentors are due by December 27th. 

The Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center is currently accepting workshop/session ideas for our annual Diversity Leadership Conference (DLC) happening Friday, February 21st from 3-7 pm.

DLC is an annual event that is intended to showcase the multiple ways in which leadership lives in our communities. This year, we will focus on highlighting UW student voices as they co-facilitate workshops with a mentor. The theme of DLC 2020 is The Personal is Political: Showing Up for Ourselves and in Solidarity. The theme is meant to reflect and pay homage to the intersectional work of feminist womxn of color. Additionally, with the U.S. Presidential Elections happing in the year 2020, we hope participants can engage in conversations of activism/advocacy for themselves and marginalized/targeted communities.

DLC workshop ideas should attempt to answer or engage with the following questions: How do we engage in community/coalition building? How do we build communities of success? How do we bring other people to our table? How do we engage/recognize our privilege? What do you do when you feel like you don’t “fit in” to your community?

The DLC Planning Committee is interested in ideas that explore these questions through theoretical and/or practical perspectives (i.e. such as your own personal experience).

Additional themes can include:

• Social Justice
• Identity Development
• System Wellness
• Safety and Security
• Telling Your Story
• Finding Community

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the ECC Coordinator for Student Leadership, Angelica Gutierrez, directly at agutie@uw.edu. Thank you for your time and consideration.

 

What is Peace Corps?
The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation. Anyone who is a United States citizen and who is at least 18 years of age is eligible to serve in the Peace Corps. We do evaluate applicants based on their relevant experience and qualifications for the sector(s) for which they apply, and so applicants with more experience and qualifications are more likely to receive an invitation to serve. Applicants can qualify for most of our assignments with either a 4-year degree in any subject or at least 5 years of professional experience in a relevant field.

The next deadline for Peace Corps applications closes January 1st (for positions departing Summer 2020)

If interested please contact
Durdana Iqbal
dni@uw.edu

There are a group of pharmacy students who are looking for 1-2 social work students who want to help organize a one day health and wellness fair for the African American/African Diaspora community. In particular, they are looking for social work expertise and input on what kinds of community resources they should try to connect with.

The objective of this health fair is to increase awareness, educate, provide resources, and engage the community regarding various health issues among the Greater Seattle Area. There will be an emphasize the importance of being involved in one’s own health and connect members to resources in their area.

Here are some of the resources and services they will be having:

• Blood pressure screening
• Blood glucose screening
• Blood cholesterol screening
• Dental exams and treatment
• Osteoporosis screenings
• Hepatitis C testing
• Hepatitis A & B vaccines
• HIV screening
• Eye exams
• Women’s health services
• Free plan B
• Sexual Health education
• CPR training
• Mammograms
• Medication take-back program
• Needle exchange program
• Health insurance assistance

The University of Washington eScience Institute 2020 Winter School applications is now open! This free course is open to students and lecturers in Global/Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Social Work, International Relations and Business Management departments who are interested in developing basic skills and knowledge of the tools used in data science.

There are no prerequisites to take this course. Faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students are welcome to apply.

The deadline to apply is January 4th. Application decisions will be made by January 15th.

Questions, please email escienceadmin@uw.edu

Location

eScience Institute WRF Data Science Studio
3910 15th Ave NE
Seattle WA
98195

Director:
Jose Manuel Magallanes, PhD
Visiting Professor at Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
eScience Institute Senior Data Science Fellow
Director Public Policy Lab, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

Course Description:
The University of Washington eScience Institute offers this winter school for policy, social and management scholars. This course is open to students and lecturers in Global/Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Social Work, International Relations and Business Management departments who are interested in developing basic skills and knowledge of the tools used in data science.

There are no prerequisites to take this course and there is no credit offered. Faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students are welcome to apply.

Please apply here. The deadline to apply is January 4th. Application decisions will be made by January 15th.

Schedule:
Class 1: Friday, January 24th (9 am – 1:00 pm)
R and RStudio: This class will introduce students to R programming language. It will give an overview of the R data structures, mainly the data frame. The emphasis will be on the statistical capabilities of R, as well as its visualization tools.

Class 2: Friday, January 31st (9 am – 1:00 pm)
Python and Jupyter: This class will give an overview of Python simple data structures (list, tuple and dictionary). The emphasis will on the data cleaning and pre-processing capabilities, as well on some basic data scrapping.

Class 3: Friday, February 7th (9 am – 1:00 pm)
Reproducible Environments: This last class will teach students how to combine R and tools like Latex (for document management), Github (for organizing data repositories) and Zotero (to manage references) to prepare a reproducible paper.

Office hours for this course:
Mondays – January 27th, February 3rd, February 10th (9 am – 12 pm)

Notes:
* The school requests accepted participants to bring their own laptop.
* Participants are required to attend all the Friday/Saturday classes. Monday tutoring/office hours are optional.

This 2020 Winter School is offered free of charge thanks to the support of the eScience Institute and its funding partners.

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