Academic Links for November 2023 (Expanded!)
Expanded updates on virtual appearances, events, and resources in from my Academic Generations Newsletter.
ACADEMIANEWSLETTERS
MY APPEARANCES
Nothing public I can share at this time, but I do want to highlight a few things:
I blogged in response to Pew Research Center's decision to stop utilizing age-birth cohorts (AKA "generations") to report most of their studies. There are certainly methodological reasons for this, but I argue to continue and even improve generational models in caregiving research.
I helped facilitate and scribe for a recent 2-day workshop hosted by the National Institution on Aging discussing the future of population studies in dementia research; it felt good to facilitate in a research setting, and our work that day will one day be available to guide future research.
I'm tagged in a colleague's LinkedIn blog, but I'm hoping to develop a further conversation in my own piece.
EVENTS & DEADLINES
By November 20th: Census accepting comments on new survey standards for sexual orientation and gender identity.
Also by November 20th: CeASES-ADRD invites applicants toward funding for one-year research pilot projects.
NIH seeks feedback on a new mission statement on diversity through November 24th
November 28th is apparently the day EVERYONE decided to host a webinar or half-day conference before the holidays:
PCORI, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Wednesdays/Thursdays: PCORI's Texas Health Pride Collaborative (of whose planning council I am a member) has specialized programs about community-partnered clinical research almost weekly. See upcoming topics and view recordings of past programs here.
Invites comment on pending methodological changes by November 30th
Seeks nominations for its advisory panels, due March 29
Contemporary Relationships Conference, presenter applications due January 12th
NHATS/NSOC Conference on Dementia Caregiving, abstracts due by January 15
Sociological Perspectives call for papers: Queer and Trans Sociology, abstracts due by January 15
Next year's Data-intensive Research Conference will be themed "Harnessing the Power of Linked Data to Study Aging" with abstracts due Feb 1
NEWS
The NIH is implementing self-paced Integrity and Bias training for peer reviewers.
Congratulations to Dr. Nik Lampe, a member of my network who was recently awarded a grant to study dementia risk in LGBTQ+ adults!
NIA selects the Gerontological Society of America to host the National Coordinating Center for the Resource Centers on Minority Aging Research program.
Some academics are trying to ignore social reality and use the biological refutation of racialization to eliminate racial data in the Census altogether.
Activists bought up and forgave millions of dollars of Morehouse student debt.
STUDY RECRUITMENT
CARES Study: help develop a website matching care families with service providers
Due November 22: Survey on Nursing Home Debt
By January 31st: Study of the state of LGBTQ+ Aging
New Registry for AAPI Caregiving (hosted by UC San Francisco)
New registry for folks with Fronto-Temporal Dementia
Study of SuperAgers (people who live past age 95) and their children
RESOURCES
COVID tests and treatments may now be available to you by mail.
Generations United: Strengthening Cultural Responsiveness in Intergenerational Programs
The John Snow Project joined many others in imploring the CDC to reinstitute masking in healthcare settings
Population Reference Bureau: "How Do We Respond to an Aging World?"
NASEM:
new policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity
Addressing the Needs of an Aging Population through Health Professions Education (seems to resonate with Alzheimer's Association's growing attention to Health Systems)
U.S. Census is releasing disaggregated reports on racial and ethnic identities, including a recent recap of 62 categories of "African American"
The American Society on Aging had a terrific double feature this fall: their academic quarterly, Generations Journal, released a qualitative, narrative-heavy issue themed "How We Talk about Aging", and their magazine Generations Today featured articles on media depictions of aging. Both are available to the public, as are many (but not all) of their webinars.
Michael J. Fox Foundation Webinar on Brain Health in LGBTQ+ population