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Leeds Beckett University (UK) are advertising for three full-time Postgraduate Research Studentship Bursaries in collaboration with Suffolk County Council, starting February 2017. There are a range of themes including stigma, digital tools, and workplace health interventions.

The position is open to all nationalities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to study towards a PhD that has an impact, by contributing to a new and highly innovative Integrated Healthy Lifestyles Service in the UK.

http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/research-studentships-and-fees-only-bursaries/

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The Wellcome Trust invites applications for its investigator awards in humanities and social sciences. These support researchers in established posts at all career stages working on important questions of relevance to health.

Applicants must be based in the UK, Republic of Ireland or a low or middle-income country, and should have an established academic post at an eligible higher education or research institution. Applicants who have an established academic post guaranteed by the time they take up the award are also eligible to apply. Candidates should have a statement of commitment from a senior member of the institution and a relevant research project. Two researchers working together may apply jointly.

Awards range from £300,000 to £1 million each over a maximum period of five years. They may be used to cover research expenses, materials and consumables, equipment, and travel and subsistence costs.

Deadline: 16th January 2017

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The Wellcome Trust invites applications for its research fellowships for health professionals. These enable practising health professionals to carry out humanities or social science research in any area of health. Candidates should have completed general professional training and be a practising health professional with little or no research experience.
Research fellowships must be held at an eligible UK, Republic of Ireland, or low- or middle-income country institution. Candidates should be sponsored by someone who holds an established post at the institution and is committed to helping the candidate achieve their career aspirations, and have a supervisor or research mentor who will offer the applicant mentorship throughout the fellowship.
Fellowships are tenable for between six months and three years and are usually worth up to £300,000. They provide fellows with a basic salary, research expenses, materials and consumables, animals, equipment, and travel and subsistence costs.

Deadline: 18th January 2017

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I am delighted to announce that after tireless effort from Icelandic weight stigma activist Sigrún Daníelsdóttir, the City of Reykjavik has today included weight as a protected category in its new human rights policy. Reykjavik joins a handful of cities and the state of Michigan in the US in outlawing discrimination based on weight.

Sigrún is a clinical psychologist who has worked with children and adolescents with eating and body image problems, and founded the Body Respect movement in Iceland eight years ago. She currently works for the Directorate of Health in Iceland in the area of mental health promotion and prevention. She campaigns to promote body satisfaction and respect for diversity, and is author of the book: Your body is brilliant: Body respect for children. She hosted the Weight Stigma Conference in 2015, which was sponsored by the City of Reykjavik as part of its celebrations marking 100 years of women’s suffrage in Iceland.

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The Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University is currently seeking a candidate (at the associate level) whose research and teaching activities contribute to improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities.

Culture Race and Health Transdisciplinary Core

The Culture, Race and Health Transdisciplinary Core is seeking tenure-track faculty and visiting fellows to join us in improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities within a local health district using community-engaged research and activities. Our core addresses how culture and race / ethnicity impact health and overall well-being, in particular among populations in greater Richmond, Virginia experiencing health disparities. We engage in collaborative team science to understand the mechanisms underlying health disparities, and develop culturally informed interventions that are acceptable to community members and are effective in reducing disparities. Core activities include teaching, research and service.

The Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry and Innovation (iCubed) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) builds human capital across the university and community. iCubed connects multiple disciplines and lived experiences through the creation of transdisciplinary cores: university-community partnerships that endeavor to solve problems that disproportionately impact populations in urban areas. Applicants must demonstrate a strong interest in working within a transdisciplinary team in areas related to health disparities, culture and health, community-engaged research, intervention science, and / or program evaluation. For additional information and/or to apply, visit http://www.icubed.vcu.edu/programs/culture-race-health/.

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No citizenship requirements.

Princeton University: The Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW), part of the Woodrow Wilson School, invites outstanding researchers to apply for appointments as postdoctoral research associates for a 12-month position starting September 1, 2017.

CHW supports research on the multiple aspects of health and wellbeing in both developed and developing countries. Applications are welcome from researchers in a variety of disciplines, including medicine, psychology, biology, epidemiology, economics, sociology, and related social science disciplines.

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Call for Participants

Console-ing Passions 2017

Panel, Issues of Fat and/or Body Size in Media

Seeking participants for a panel on issues of fat and/or body size in media for 2017 Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media, and Feminism. Conference is to be held July 27-29, 2017, at East Carolina University in Greeneville, North Carolina. Please note: conference is focused on all media BUT cinema. For more information see link below.

http://www.console-ingpassions.org/

Panel currently has 2 participants, both feminist scholars working in media, body studies, and fat studies. Panel is open to a variety of related topics, but especially interested in work connected to people of color and men/masculinities.

If interested in participating, please email Jennifer Lynn Jones j.l.jones@me.com by Friday, October 28th, with a short (250 word or less) proposal and bio. Decisions about participants will be made by Tuesday, November 1st. Final proposals will be due 1 week later, on Tuesday, November 8th. Forum proposal for the conference is due Tuesday, November 15th.

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2015 WSC keynote Dr Daniel Goldberg is guest editing a special Symposium Issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics on Stigma & Health.

http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aslme/issues/2016-09-22/index.html

Deadline for proposals is November 1, 2016. Please contact Daniel directly with any queries. daniel.goldberg@ucdenver.edu