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The second symposium of the four-part series on systems science and health:
Network Analysis: Using Connections and Structures to Understand and
Change Health Behaviors
Katherine Faust, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of California, Irvine
Thomas W. Valente, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute for Prevention Research
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California
Sponsored by the
THE NIH OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH
AND CDC'S SYNDEMICS PREVENTION NETWORK
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Natcher Center, Main Auditorium
45 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Directions to the Natcher Center: http://www.nih.gov/about/directions.htm
Webcast at: http://videocast.nih.gov
Description of the talks:
Dr. Faust will present a non-technical overview of methods used to
analyze networks, with an emphasis on social networks. Topics include:
formal representations of social networks (graphs and sociomatrices),
social network data considerations, and methods for analyzing social
networks (connectivity, centrality, cohesive subgroups, equivalences and
blockmodels, subgraphs, and structural hypotheses). Dr. Valente will
describe methods for using network analysis to elucidate the antecedents
and consequences of health-related behaviors. To do this, he will draw
from a number of examples of his applied work in the areas of substance
abuse prevention and treatment, contraceptive choices, and community
coalitions among others. He will also describe how applied research
utilizing network analysis methods can be used to stimulate improvement
in individual, community and organizational behavior change programs.
Prior experience with or exposure to network methods is not assumed.
Mark Your Calendars for upcoming symposia in this series:
* Agent Based Modeling: Population Health From the Bottom Up.
Joshua M. Epstien, Ph.D. (The Brookings Institution) and Michael
Macy, Ph.D. (Cornell University). Friday, July 13, 2007 10 :00 A M
- 12 :00 p.m. Natcher Center, Balcony , 45 Center Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892.
· System Dynamics Modeling for Population Health. Jack Homer,
Ph.D. (Homer Consulting) and George Richardson, Ph.D. (University at
Albany - State University of New York). Thursday, August 30, 2007, 1:00
p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Natcher Center, Main Auditorium, 45 Center Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892
In case you missed the first symposium in the series:
* Systems Methodologies for Solving Real-World Problems:
Applications in Public Health John Sterman, Ph.D. (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology) and Kenneth McLeroy, Ph.D. (Texas A&M
University). March 22, 2007. The videocast is archived at:
http://videocast.nih.gov
<http://videocast.nih.gov/ram/ss032207.ram> see "Past Events" -
"Special". Podcast at: http://videocast.nih.gov/podcasting
Sponsorship
This series is sponsored by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social
Sciences Research and CDC'S Syndemics Prevention Network with support
from the following NIH components: Division of Nutrition Research
Coordination, Fogarty International Center, National Institute for
Childhood Health and Human Development, National Institute for General
Medical Sciences, and the National Cancer Institute.
Patricia L. Mabry, Ph.D. (Patty)
Health Scientist Administrator/Behavioral Scientist
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director, NIH
31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room B1-C19; MSC 2027
Bethesda, MD 20892-2027
Phone: (301) 402-1753
email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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McKenzie, Ellis (NIH/FIC) [E]; Spittel, Michael (NIH/NICHD) [E];
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Subject: RE: Symposia Series on Systems Science and Health
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To: 'Katherine Faust'; 'Tom Valente'
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McKenzie, Ellis (NIH/FIC) [E]; Spittel, Michael (NIH/NICHD) [E];
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Subject: FW: Symposia Series on Systems Science and Health
FYI
Here's the announcement I am sending out for the symposia. Go ahead and
publicize widely. THANKS!
PM
THE NIH OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH
AND
CDC'S SYNDEMICS PREVENTION NETWORK
Present
SPRING 2007 SYMPOSIA SERIES ON SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND HEALTH
The second symposium of the four-part series is:
Network Analysis: Using Connections and Structures to Understand and
Change Health Behaviors
Katherine Faust, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of California, Irvine
Thomas Valente, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Southern California
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Natcher Center, Main Auditorium
45 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Directions to the Natcher Center: http://www.nih.gov/about/directions.htm
Webcast at: http://videocast.nih.gov
Description of the talks:
Dr. Faust will present a non-technical overview of methods used to
analyze networks, with an emphasis on social networks. Topics include:
formal representations of social networks (graphs and sociomatrices),
social network data considerations, and methods for analyzing social
networks (connectivity, centrality, cohesive subgroups, equivalences and
blockmodels, subgraphs, and structural hypotheses). Dr. Valente will
describe methods for using network analysis to elucidate the antecedents
and consequences of health-related behaviors. To do this, he will draw
from a number of examples of his applied work in the areas of substance
abuse prevention and treatment, contraceptive choices, and community
coalitions among others. He will also describe how applied research
utilizing network analysis methods can be used to stimulate improvement
in individual, community and organizational behavior change programs.
Prior experience with or exposure to network methods is not assumed.
Mark Your Calendars for upcoming symposia in this series:
* Agent Based Modeling: Population Health From the Bottom Up.
Joshua M. Epstien, Ph.D. (The Brookings Institution) and Michael
Macy, Ph.D. (Cornell University). Friday, July 13, 2007 10 :00 A M
- 12 :00 p.m. Natcher Center, Balcony , 45 Center Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892.
· System Dynamics Modeling for Population Health. Jack Homer,
Ph.D. (Homer Consulting) and George Richardson, Ph.D. (University at
Albany - State University of New York). Thursday, August 30, 2007, 1:00
p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Natcher Center, Main Auditorium, 45 Center Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892
In case you missed the first symposium in the series:
* Systems Methodologies for Solving Real-World Problems:
Applications in Public Health John Sterman, Ph.D. (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology) and Kenneth McLeroy, Ph.D. (Texas A&M
University). March 22, 2007. The videocast is archived at:
http://videocast.nih.gov
<http://videocast.nih.gov/ram/ss032207.ram> see "Past Events" -
"Special". Podcast at: http://videocast.nih.gov/podcasting
Sponsorship
This series is sponsored by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social
Sciences Research and CDC'S Syndemics Prevention Network with support
from the following NIH components: Division of Nutrition Research
Coordination, Fogarty International Center, National Institute for
Childhood Health and Human Development, National Institute for General
Medical Sciences, and the National Cancer Institute.
Patricia L. Mabry, Ph.D. (Patty)
Health Scientist Administrator/Behavioral Scientist
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director, NIH
31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room B1-C19; MSC 2027
Bethesda, MD 20892-2027
Phone: (301) 402-1753
email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Evaluating Health Promotion Programs (Oxford U. Press):
http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195141768.html
My personal webpage:
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~tvalente/
The Empirical Networks Project
http://ipr1.hsc.usc.edu/networks/
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Thomas W. Valente, PhD
Director, Master of Public Health Program
http://www.usc.edu/medicine/mph/
Department of Preventive Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Southern California
1000 S. Fremont Ave.
Building A Room 5133
Alhambra CA 91803
phone: (626) 457-6678
fax: (626) 457-6699
email: [log in to unmask]
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