DUPRI and DNAC's 5th Social Networks and Health Workshop is scheduled May 11-15, 2020

Call for Fellowships: The Duke Network Analysis Center (DNAC) and the Duke Population Research Institute (DUPRI), with support from the  NICHD, will be hosting the fifth, week-long Social Networks and Health Workshop from May 11–15, 2020. 

The Social Networks and Health Workshop covers topics in social network analysis related to studying health behaviors, including:

  • Data collection
  • Ego network analysis
  • Diffusion and peer influence
  • Communities in networks
  • Respondent-driven sampling
  • Network visualizations
  • Statistical Models for networks (ERGM, AMEN, SOAM)
  • Agent-based modeling

The workshop contains a substantial lab component to provide attendees an opportunity to learn how to use the R statistical computing language to analyze networks. 

Fellowship Registration

DUPRI covers the registration fee (which covers all the costs associated with workshop attendance by local participants)  of "interested Duke students affiliated with DUPRI"  who have not attended the workshop in earlier years.

James Moody, Professor of Sociology, is the founding Director for the Duke Network Analysis Center.  Please feel free to contact Dr. Moody with questions.

Please contact Dr. Moody or Laura Satterfield by February 28, 2020 to attend the workshop.   General Registration goes live in March. 

2019 Program, Presentations and Labs available online:

 2019 Presentations and Labs 

 2019 Program