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WIDTH is an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral students to discuss their dissertation topics, research ideas, and results with other students and faculty that have a similar interest in health services research but different cognate training/perspectives. WIDTH participants will gain insight into other cognate's research methods and potentially stimulate ideas about how to integrate similar techniques to their own research.
WIDTH meetings are held in room M3024 (the North Conference Room) in SPHII on Fridays from 12-1:30pm unless otherwise specified. As if the topics aren't stimulating enough, refreshments will be served, too, so make sure you attend!
| January 12 – M3024 (NCR) | Professional Development I - Grants and Funding |
| January 26 –M3024 (NCR) | Student Presentation: Julie Berson Grand |
| February 2 –M3024 (NCR) | Professional Development II - Surviving the Dissertation |
| February 16 – M3024 (NCR) | HSOP Alumna: Rebecca Wells |
| March 9 –Griffith Leadership Center | Student Presentation: Nancy Baum & Sarah Gollust (HSOP Visit Day) |
| March 16 – M3024 (NCR) | Professional Development III: Academic Jobs: Inside the Search Committee |
| March 23 – M3024 (NCR) | Student Presentations: Feng Pan & Soheil Soliman |
| April 6 – M3024 (NCR) | Student Presentations: OPEN!! |
| April 13 – M3024 (NCR) | Emily Shelton & Pam Clouser-McCann |
We all know how important -- and how difficult -- it is to stay on top of the current literature and policy issues in our field. WIDTH has created the Journal Club as a cooperative service for WIDTH. Each month WIDTH members submit publication summaries, consisting of name and affiliation of researchers, citation, and a sentence or two of findings and anything interesting about methodology, implications, etc.
The WIDTH Journal Club is a great way to stay updated on current health policy literature, generate new research ideas, and see see what is being funded and what researchers at what institutions are doing the work.
Journals included are: AJPH, HSR, Inquiry, Medical Care, Medical Care Research and Review, Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law, JAMA, NEJM, J Health Economics, J Health and Social Behavior, J Health Care Finance, Health Affairs and Soc Sci and Medicine.
Click here to go to the *NEW* Journal Club database
Just click on the following links for each of the summaries:
Resources from Previous WIDTH Sessions:
Grants and Funding Opportunities (from Brenda)
Health & Health Care Data Resources
Jennifer Elston Lafata's presentation slides
Interaction Terms in Non-Linear Models: Edward Norton's presentation slides
WIDTH is funded by the Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops Program.
CLICK HERE to see the original proposal for Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop Funds
CLICK HERE to see our end-of-the-year report to Rackham.
Rackham's requirement for candidacy
Funding Resources:
CSWEP's "Applying for Research Grants from Liberal Arts Colleges" (p. 4)
AHRQ's dissertation grant guidelines (as discussed in Mike Chernew's presentation)
Rackham's fellowships
Dissertation Resources:
The All-But-Dissertation Survival Guide
Subscribe to the monthly newsletter
See other tips here
ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Web Sites for Jobs:
The Chronicle of Higher Learning
Academy Health
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
American Economics Association
Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
John Cawley's "Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the US Junior Academic Job Market"
CRLT's Preparing Future Faculty Resources
Questions? Comment? Please Contact Us.
Last updated February 2nd, 2007