Fwd: [HRS Data Alert] Recent HRS Data Releases and Updates

View this email in your browser News and Announcements Recent HRS Data Releases and Updates The following data products are now available on the HRS website: HRS 2016 Core Final (Version 1.0): This file contains data from each of the seven HRS sub-samples (HRS, AHEAD, CODA, WAR BABY, EARLY BABY BOOMER, MIDDLE BABY BOOMER and LATE BABY BOOMER) for all of the sections of the 2016 Core questionnaire, including physical measures, blood pressure and psychosocial data but does not include results of blood tests. Those assay results will be released separately. The data collection period for the 2016 interview was April 2016 through April 2018. Final sampling weights for HRS 2016 will be available on a future release of the HRS tracker file. Below are the data and documentation resources related to this data product which are freely available from the HRS Website: ASCII data files and corresponding SAS, SPSS and STATA program statements. Data Description - information on each dataset including description of content, advice on using the data and cross wave-merging. Codebooks – describe the contents, structure and layout of the data. Our codebooks provide variable-level information in HTLM format for core interviews and off-year studies. Questionnaires - the "box and arrow" representations of core interviews by section for all years. Question Concordance - a tool for cross-referencing survey questions across core interview years. Additional resources - user guides, video tutorials, publications based on analysis of HRS data and more. RAND HRS CAMS Data File 2017: This file is a user-friendly version of Part B of the CAMS survey that contains annualized, cleaned, and aggregated spending and consumption variables with consistent and intuitive naming conventions across waves. Specifically, total household spending and household consumption are calculated across all categories and for these subsets of spending: nondurables, durables, housing and transportation. RAND HRS data files are available in SAS, SPSS and STATA formats and include corresponding data documentation. Questions, comments or concerns regarding RAND HRS files should be directed to randhrshelp@rand.org. The RAND Center for the Study of Aging creates the RAND HRS data products under subcontract from HRS.  The HRS and the RAND products are supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA).  Please refer to the RAND HRS CAMS Data File 2017 for more information about this data product and visit the RAND Center for the Study of Aging website at https://www.rand.org/well-being/social-and-behavioral-policy/centers/aging/dataprod.html for information about other RAND HRS data products.    The following data products were recently updated:   Restricted Data (see https://hrs.isr.umich.edu/data-products/restricted-data for more information on restricted data products) Cross-Wave Geographic Information (Detail) 1992 - 2016 Early v7.1: contains detailed geographic information (e.g. state and county identifiers, zip code, etc.) for respondents in the 2016 Tracker file who were interviewed in 1992 through 2016. Cross-Wave Geographic Information (State) 1992 – 2016 Early v7.1: contains state-level geographic information for respondents in the 2016 Tracker File who were interviewed in 1992 through 2016.  Public-Use Data Cross-Wave Census Region/Division and Mobility File 1992 – 2016 Early v7.1: provides mobility and rural-urban information for all respondents and covers interview years 1992 through 2016. Please direct any questions, comments or concerns about HRS data products to hrsquestions@umich.edu.   Health and Retirement Study Survey Research Center 426 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Add us to your address book You are receiving this email because you opted in to email announcements at the HRS website. Unsubscribe Update your preferences The Health and Retirement Study is supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration.

Bonnell receives Research Travel Award

Congratulations to doctoral candidate Levi Bonnell, MPH who was awarded a travel stipend from the North American Primary Care Research Group to attend their 2019 Annual Meeting in Toronto this November. Levi will also be presenting his original research at that meeting.

Fwd: SBIR Road Tour 2019 - Burlington, VT

To all Vermont Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Researchers or Small Technology Firms,

The 2019 SBIR Road Tour is coming to Burlington on September 16^th  to convey the non-dilutive, technology funding opportunity provided through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Individual program managers from 16 participating agencies representing over $3 billion in early stage funding will participate in this one day event alongside technology entrepreneurs and state innovation ecosystem members.

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a competitive funding program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential for commercialization. Through a competitive awards-based program, SBIR enables small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. By including qualified small businesses in the nation's R&D arena, high-tech innovation is stimulated and the United States gains entrepreneurial spirit as it meets its specific research and development needs. 

This event will take place at the Davis Center and is sponsored by UVM Innovations, the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, and the OVPR.  The cost is $25 and you need to register at https://appengine.egov.com/apps/vt/DED_SBIR2019  For more information on SBIR's generally, visit:  https://www.sbir.gov/

Fwd: Clean Energy Fund Innovation Research Project - Call for Graduate Student Proposals

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the Clean Energy Fund Innovation Research Project Proposal for Graduate Students. Proposals are solicited from University of Vermont graduate students in any discipline. Awards will range from $1,000 to $30,000. The deadline for receipt of proposals is September 27, 2019 at 4:30pm.

 

The following documents are attached:

 

1.       Clean Energy Fund Innovation Research Project Proposal Application for Graduate Students

2.       Clean Energy Fund call for graduate student proposals poster

 

Please consider sharing the proposal application and poster with your graduate students.

 

Thank you for your time,

Cindy

 

Cynthia Forehand, PhD

Dean of the Graduate College

Professor of Neurological Sciences

330 Waterman Building

802 656-3160

 

Bonnell to speak at American Public Health Association National Meeting

Congratulations to Levi Bonnell, MPH who will be presenting a platform talk on his work on the relationship of commercial development patterns to body mass index at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Philadelphia this November.

Bonnell L, Troy A, Littenberg B. Body mass index increases with commercial development in rural areas, but decreases in urban areas. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, November 2019, Philadelphia, PA. 

https://apha.confex.com/apha/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/453783

Clinical Research Oriented Workshop (CROW) Meeting: August 8, 2019

Present:   Ben Littenberg, Jen Oshita, Adam Sprouse Blum, Connie van Eeghen

1.                   Warm Up: What U.S. state does not have a rectangular state flag?  (Ohio)

2.                   Poster on Familial Diplegic Migraine Poster – Adam

a.       Adam is presenting at the International Headache Congress in Dublin in the fall; goal is to impress Arne, with a related project who works in Britain

b.       Poster size will be 4 feet high by about 2 feet wide – print it out to test legibility

c.       Plan is to talk about the three figures

d.       Story:

                                                   i.      Weakness started on one side of the body, progressing, like a rising level of water, up to the head, then cross to the other side of the body, and work down

                                                 ii.      Attendees will understand the context and illustrations

                                               iii.      6 of 9 people were missing wisdom teeth or had persistence of primary teeth in adult hood

e.       Trim down 50% of the text

                                                   i.      Introduction, reconsider

                                                 ii.      Methods, e.g. who did the genotyping, Thomsen questions

                                               iii.      Remove references

                                               iv.      Results, second bullet point on pathogenic mutation – does it help your audience?  Switch bullets 2 and 3.  Remove bullet 5. Remove “78%.”  Proportion of attacks that were diplegic were variable.

                                                 v.      Discussion: delete first bullet.  And two. Highlight the tension between bullets 3 and 4.  Spread is reminiscent of migraine aura but the bilateral aspect suggests a different bio mechanism. 

f.        Enhance

                                                   i.      Add color to the family tree for those member interviewed

                                                 ii.      Add heading to pictures with take-aways, e.g. 7 of these cases progressed across the mid-line

                                               iii.      Add color to text box borders, title (green or cerulean blue)

g.       Include a separate handout with the poster/references

h.       Ben’s prediction: People will be interested: don’t expect that this is talking to Arne, it is talking to the unknown unknown

3.                   Future sessions:  

a.       8/15 Jen Oshita will present her background on a paper (lit review). More to come from her beforehand.

b.       8/22: Connie- Pragmatic Trial Complexity Analysis

Recorded by: CvE

Kennedy named Distinguished Educator

Amanda G. Kennedy, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Professor of Medicine, has been named a Distinguished Educator by the UVM Larner College of Medicine Teaching Academy. In addition to her many other duties, Dr. Kennedy is a key faculty member in the Graduate Program in Clinical and Translational Science where she advises students and teaches Designing Clinical Research (CTS 301).

Congratulations, Amanda!

Facts

No amount of belief makes something a fact. -James Randi, magician and skeptic (b. 7 Aug 1928) 

(Thanks to Anu Garg and https://wordsmith.org)



- Ben Littenberg

Fwd: Child Health Research Award for newly independent faculty affiliated with a New England Institution

RFA: The Charles H. Hood Foundation is seeking applications for the Child Health Research Awards Program. 

Targeted Population: researchers within five (PhD scientists) or seven (physician-scientists) years of employment following completion of training

Citizenship: All eligible

Current Funding Restrictions: at time of application applicant must have combined federal and non-federal funding totaling less than $500,000 in direct costs during first year of the Hood Award. This figure refers to external funding only and not an Applicant's start-up package, other intramural support, or the Hood Award.

Area of Interest: Clinical, basic science, public health, health services research, and epidemiology projects must be hypothesis-driven with direct relevance to child health

Amount: Two-year grants of $165,000 ($82,500 per year inclusive of 10% indirect costs)

Deadline: October 7, 2019 (12:00 Noon, Eastern Time)

Website:  https://hria.org/tmf/Hood/?utm_source=Hood+January+2020+RFA&utm_campaign=Hood-Jan+2020+RFA&utm_medium=email

Child Health Research Awards Program   The Charles H. Hood Foundation was incorporated in 1942 to improve the health and quality of life for children throughout New England. Today's research projects encompass many disciplines that have contributed to discoveries in pediatric medicine while launching the careers of promising junior faculty. The intent of the Award is to support newly independent faculty, provide the opportunity to demonstrate creativity, and assist in the transition to other sources of funding. Research projects must have direct relevance to child health.   Online Application Deadline Monday, October 7, 2019 at 12:00 Noon, Eastern Time   Application Materials Go to https://hria.org/tmf/Hood for full guidelines and instructions. In addition: Visit http://www.charleshoodfoundation.org/resources for informational webinar slides and recording related to the Child Health Research Awards Program; and Join us live at 2pm on Tuesday, August 6th, to learn about research resources available from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/HoodNICHD8-6-19.   Funding Period and Award Amount January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021 Up to five $165,000 awards at $82,500 per year (inclusive of 10% institutional overhead)   Applicant, Project and Geographic Eligibility PhD scientists within five years and physician scientists within seven years of employment following conclusion of training United States citizenship or permanent residency is not required Research with direct relevance to child health Hypothesis-driven clinical, basic science, public health, health services research, and epidemiology projects Nonprofit academic, medical or research institutions in New England Complete eligibility requirements are detailed in the "Application Guidelines" Please direct any questions to Charlene Mancusi, Program Officer: Charlene.Mancusi@CharlesHoodFoundation.org