Minnesota Demography & Aging Seminar: Creating and Using Measures of Structural Racism George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Philando Castile. Michael Brown. COVID mortality rates of 108.4 per 100,000 for Blacks vs. 54.4 per 100,000 for Whites (APM Research Lab, 2020-10-15). Pregnancy-related mortality rates of 43.5 per 100,000 for Black women vs. 12.7 per 100,000 for non-Hispanic…

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WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 2020 (12:00–1:00 p.m. EST) WHERE: Online (REGISTER) COST: Free The Social Demography Seminars, sponsored by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS), provide a forum for social science scholars to discuss in-progress research that touches on timely topics such as health and social inequalities, race and ethnicity, aging and life course, gender, immigration and migration, and other population…

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Urgent public health measures are needed to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. Scientific research to improve basic understanding of COVID-19 and to develop the necessary tools and approaches to better prevent, diagnose, and treat this disease is of paramount importance. The NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research, released on July 13, 2020, provides…

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The National Institutes of Health recently released a new Policy for Data Management and Sharing to promote the management and sharing of scientific data generated from NIH-funded or conducted research. This Policy emphasizes the importance of good data management practices and establishes the expectation for maximizing the appropriate sharing of scientific data generated from NIH-funded…

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Webinar description: Join Guttmacher Institute experts for a discussion about how the results of the 2020 election will impact the landscape for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice in the months ahead. Experts will break down the election results at the Federal and State levels and share how the fight for good reproductive health…

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WHEN: November 12, 2020 (12:00 pm-1:00 pm EST) WHERE: Online (REGISTER) COST: Free The Social Demography Seminars, sponsored by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS), provide a forum for social science scholars to discuss in-progress research that touches on timely topics such as health and social inequalities, race and ethnicity, aging and life course, gender, immigration and migration, and other population…

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