Berkeley Computational Social Science Training Program

The UC Berkeley Computational Social Science Training Program (CSSTP) trains predoctoral students representing a variety of degree programs and expertise areas in the social sciences, including demography, public health, public policy, social epidemiology, social welfare, and sociology. 

Launched in 2020 with a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences (OBSSR) and its partner institute, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, this two-year multidisciplinary training program in advanced data analytics supports predoctoral students focusing on the social and behavioral sciences. Fellows participating in this program develop advanced computational and data science analytics skills to address urgent needs in biomedical, behavioral, social and clinical research. They are being trained to take advantage of recent advances in medical informatics, electronic health records, big data analytics, mobile/wearable technologies, social media and web-generated data, as well as geospatial and administrative data.

This program is a collaborative effort currently led by David J. Harding, professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of the Berkeley Social Science Data Laboratory (D-Lab);  Maya Petersen, MD, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and Berkeley director of the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Program in Computational Precision Health; Heather A. Haveman, professor of Sociology and Business and BIDS Associate Director; and Tim Thomas, BIDS Research Training Lead for the Computational Social Science Training Program, and Research Director of Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project.

For full details about this program’s implementation and training faculty, see the CSS Training Program Overview. Please contact css-t32@berkeley.edu with any questions.

View this series' 2020-2022 videos in the CSS Training Program video archive.

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Berkeley Computational Social Science Training Program welcomes Fall 2022 cohort
July 26, 2022  |  Marsha Fenner  |  BIDS News

Berkeley Computational Social Science Training Program welcomes next cohort of postdoctoral fellows for the Fall 2021 semester
July 1, 2021  |  Marsha Fenner  |  BIDS News

Berkeley Computational Social Science Training Program: Call for Fellowship Nominations — Faculty Submissions due April 29, 2021
March 17, 2021  |  BIDS News

BIDS and D-Lab launch the Computational Social Science Forum
September 3, 2020  |   Marsha Fenner  |  BIDS News

Berkeley’s new Computational Social Science Training Program welcomes first cohort of new fellows for the Fall 2020 semester
July 30, 2020  |   BIDS News

UC Berkeley announces new NIH-funded Computational Social Science Training Program
April 23, 2020  |   BIDS News

BIDS Affiliates

Leader

David J. Harding

Sociology, D-Lab, UC Berkeley
Faculty Affiliate
Leader

Maya Petersen

School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Faculty Affiliate
Leader

Heather A. Haveman

Sociology, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Associate Faculty Director
Leader

Tim Thomas

Urban Displacement Project
Research Training Lead, Computational Social Science Training Program

Monica De La Cruz

Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Elleni Hailu

Epidemiology, Public Health, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Jessie Harney

Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Ángel Mendiola Ross

Sociology, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Mahader Tamene

Epidemiology, Public Health, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Benjamin Fields

Sociology, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Daniel Lobo

Sociology, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Krista Neumann

Public Health, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Valentín Sierra

Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Solis Winters

Public Health, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Madeline Adee

Health Policy, Public Health, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Elizabeth Breen

Sociology, Demography, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Caitlin Chan

Epidemiology, Public Health, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Alagia Cirolia

Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow

Christina Misunas

Demography, UC Berkeley
Computational Social Science Fellow