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Students in the doctoral program in Sociology at UBC graduate with extensive experience in research, publication, and teaching.

Besides the comprehensive curriculum equipping our graduates with a strong mixed-methods background, our students build extensive resumes through publication, instruction, and collaboration with a world-class faculty.

Graduates from the PhD program have established themselves at prestigious universities and research institutions worldwide, and students’ research has earned them numerous major awards.

We welcome around 4 students each year into the PhD program.

Sociology PhD students have the opportunity to specialize in any one or more of the Department’s four major research streams:

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April Staff Picks: Life's Journey: Becoming Who We Are

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"Life’s Journey is a collection of works that span a spectrum of literary styles, all echoing the wisdom of the African proverb, 'Know the world in yourself. Never look for yourself in the world, for this would be to project your illusion'. It’s an invitation for readers to explore the multifaceted elements of personal growth and evolution, echoing the diversity of the human experience and celebrating the beautiful, and often challenging, process of becoming who we are. As you navigate this literary tapestry, you'll discover that the journey of 'becoming' is a universal theme that transcends genres."

-- Eric Garvanne, Library Associate

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Staff Picks is curated and designed each month by the Gottesman Libraries' staff to highlight resources on educational topics and themes of special interest.

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Laws Punishing Drug Use During Pregnancy Likely Worsen Health Outcomes

Contrary to some claims, laws that criminalize or otherwise punish drug use during pregnancy are more likely to worsen rather than improve health outcomes, according to a paper by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The study is the first to systematically review the literature on punitive prenatal drug laws—an increasingly common state policy strategy for addressing rising rates of prenatal drug use. The findings are published in the International Journal of Drug Policy .

The authors collected data on the number of states with laws that explicitly allow criminal prosecution, involuntary commitment, or revoke custody rights following allegations of drug use during pregnancy. They then evaluated existing studies testing whether the enactment of such laws was associated with health improvements, either for pregnant people themselves or their babies.

The authors reviewed four studies tested whether the adoption of punitive laws was associated with reductions in neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome (NDWS)—a condition that can occur after exposure to opioids and other drugs in utero. Two of the studies found little change, while the two others found increased NWDS after a punitive law was adopted. 

“There has been considerable concern from within legal, medical, and public health communities that punitive prenatal drug policies might increase potential harms. Our findings support this premise and suggest that such approaches constitute ineffective policy,” said lead author Emilie Bruzelius , PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology .

“Identifying effective policy strategies to support pregnant people with drug use disorder outside of the criminal-legal system is an important priority,” noted Silvia S. Martins , MD, PhD, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School, and senior author.

Co-authors include Melanie S. Askari, Sandhya Kajeepta, Lisa Bates, Seth J. Prins, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health; Kristen Underhill, Cornell University Law School; and Marian Jarlenski, Pittsburgh School of Public Health.

The study was supported by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse (DA045872, DA053745, DA031099).

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Data Manager

• Columbia University Medical Center
• Opening on: Apr 2 2024
• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Salary Range: $90,000 - $95,000 annually

Position Summary

The candidate will have primary responsibility for data integrity, data management, and data analysis for various national and New York City-based cohort studies focused on social, structural, neural, biological, and genetic mechanisms of disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and cognitive aging. The candidate will interact with investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and staff at Columbia University and at other sites. The candidate will harmonize and organize data sets including the maintenance of relevant data documentation. Primary decisions will be related to statistical analyses according to knowledge and experience level.

Broader decisions will be made in consultation with the PIs. The candidate will report to the PIs and will communicate and offer advice to the PIs regarding statistical approaches, program performance, and suggestions for improvement. They will perform statistical analysis of data sets, including structural equation modeling, longitudinal mixed models, and survival modeling approaches. The candidate will assist in preparation of manuscripts for publication, participate in, and author of scientific manuscripts, and assist with power analyses and other aspects of development and implementation of research studies.

Responsibilities

• Independently program and perform statistical analyses in R, STATA, or SAS.
• Prepare datasets for statistical analysis.
• Maintain database system for various projects collecting and linking clinical, imaging, genetic, biomarker, social, behavioral, administrative, and “exposome” data.
• Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
• Possess good organizational, interpersonal, quantitative, and writing skills in order to communicate effectively with investigators, data managers, and other staff.
• Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications.
• Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
• Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
• Create codebooks and direct others in coding descriptions.
• Review procedures in database system manuals and consult expert collaborators for making changes to database.
• Review data requests with project manager to estimate time required to accomplish project.
• QC data requests and work with project manager before distributing to investigators and or analysts.
• Fulfill required IRB compliance trainings.  
• Independently provide feedback to database users.
• Prepare reports and data files as requested.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus four years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with clinical, biomarker, neuroimaging, and genomic data.
• Experience maintaining data using REDCap, Qualtrics, and MS Excel.
• Experience with statistical analyses in R, MPlus, Matlab, SPSS/Stata/SAS.
• Experience with longitudinal data analysis and latent variable modeling.
• Ability to work independently and yet to maintain the flexibility to respond to requests for support of ongoing projects.

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