SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
What is the MPC and What Can it Do for You? | Watch the Recording
All UMN graduate students welcome | 
Slides
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Introduction to Writing National Science Foundation Grants | Watch the Recording
Chalandra Bryant - Department of Family Social Sciences, UMN | Slides
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
What's the Deal with Postdocs? (And How to Find One) | Watch the Recording
Theresa Osypuk - MPC Associate Director and Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health
Kazumi Tsuchiya - MPC Population Health Postdoctoral Fellow
Maryia Bakhtsiyarava - Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California - Berkeley
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
How to Give a 12-Minute Research Talk | Watch the Recording
Jose Pacas - Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation
Better Presentations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks (book) | PolicyViz Worksheet
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
Thinking Outside of the Ivory Tower: Non-academic Career Options | Zoom Link
Mike Davern - Executive Vice President of Research, NORC
Kim Turner - Business Intelligence Principal, Humana
Misty Heggeness - Principal Economist/Senior Advisor for Evaluations & Experiments, U.S. Census Bureau
FRIDAY, MARCH 19
Population Studies Trainee Presentations | Zoom Link
Housing Stress and Self-Rated Health of Migrant Workers in Chinese Cities - Yi Wang
Climate, Mothers’ Time-Use, and Child Nutrition: Evidence from Rural Uganda - Chris Boyd Leon
FRIDAY, MARCH 26
Sticky Situations: Ethical Issues in Research | Zoom Link
Rob Warren - MPC Director and Professor of Sociology
Lindsey Fabian - Training and Grants Manager, ISRDI
Katie Berry - MPC Population Health Predoctoral Trainee
FRIDAY, APRIL 2 | 12:15 - 1:45
Population Studies Trainee Presentations | Zoom Link
How do Climate Shocks and Armed Conflict Affect Migration? A Case Study of Conflict, Climate, and Internal Migration in Zimbabwe from 2002-2012 - Ruthie Burrows
The Carceral and Welfare State: Mental and Physical Health Conditions Among Vulnerable Youth - De Andre' T. Beadle
Police Violence and Gentrification: How Gentrification Shapes Use of Force by Police - Chris Robertson
FRIDAY, APRIL 16
Getting Research Money: National Institutes of Health Research Grants for Pre and Postdocs | Zoom Link
Katie Berry - Population Health Predoctoral Trainee
Ann Meier - MPC Training Director and Professor of Sociology
Wendy Diedrich - SPH Health Policy & Management, UMN
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
Population Association of America Conference Poster Practice
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
Population Association of America Conference Presentation Practice