Post-Doctoral Research PositionsDemography and GeneticsUniversity of Colorado at BoulderThe Institute of Behavioral Science and the Institute for Behavioral Genetics recently received a T32 training grant from NIA to train pre and post-doctoral candidates in Demography and Genetics (T32AG052371). We are currently searching for two post-doctoral positions that will begin early or late Summer, 2018.
Lori Peek was named by the Ottawa University Alumni Association as the 2017 recipient of the Ottawa University Outstanding Achievement Award. The award “recognizes individuals who have made an impact in their chosen field of endeavor, whether over a span of many years or in a relatively short time frame.” To be considered for the
Dr. Tom Cook presented two guest lectures at the Institute of Behavioral Science at CU Boulder, October 13, 2017: 1) The evidence about evidence-based policy: How consistent are different clearinghouses on the standards for what warrants acceptable evidence? and 2) When quasi-experimental designs reliably reproduce estimates from randomized experiments on the same topics. Tom Cook
Lori Hunter, Director of the CU Population Center and the Population Program at IBS, has received an appointment to serve on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS). The BECS helps guide research in the United States on the interactions between human activity and global environmental change. It is the
An article entitled "Life after the Storm: Children Who Survived Katrina Offer Lessons" was published on September 8th by the New York Times. Dr. Lori Peek, the director of the Natural Hazards Center at IBS, did extensive research on the ground in New Orleans in the years that followed Katrina and published a book on
Postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students to increase their knowledge of demography and genetics in one of the first programs of its kind Article by Jeff Thomas Jason Boardman has made headlines studying the interactions between people’s genes and their environment, finding, for instance, that social factors trump genetic forces in forging friendships. Now, the University of Colorado
At the recently concluded Joint Statistical Meeting of the American Statistical Association, IBS researchers Seth Spielman and David Folch were recipients of the 2017 SPAIG Award (SPAIG is the Statistical Partnership Among Academe, Industry, and Government Committee) for their work wiht the National Science Foundation – Census Reserach Network (NCRN).
Opioids, obesity—not 'despair deaths'—raising mortality rates for whites Drug-related deaths among middle-aged white men increased more than 25-fold between 1980 and 2014, with the bulk of that spike occurring since the mid-1990s when addictive prescription opioids became broadly available, according to new CU Boulder research. The study, published online today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, also found
A group of IBS Researchers, led by Amanda Stevenson with co-investigators Jane Menken, Stephanie Mollborn, Sara Yeatman, and Katie Genadek, were recently awarded funding on a large research proposal from the Society of Family Planning Research Fund (SFPRF). The project, entitled Assessing life course impacts of expanded access to LARCs in Colorado, asks the question "Does access
This article was originally published in CU Boulder Today. You can view the original article here.) By: Lisa Marshall With record high temperatures scorching the Southwest this week, farmers were quickly reminded of the severe droughts that threatened their crops and livelihood in recent years. How will they manage increasingly scarce water when drought comes again? A
