MB Newsletter - Apr2022

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April 2022

In an effort to make MB leadership more representative of our community, we are increasing the size of the Governing Board (GB) from seven to nine members and creating the new role of Student Advisor (SA). We welcome GB nominees of any career level and GB/SA nominees from any region, but we especially encourage nominees from groups currently under- or not represented in MB general leadership (e.g., located outside of US/Canada, non-white, non-tenured; please see link below for more information).

Please submit nominations (of yourself or others) to join MB’s general leadership as a member of the Governing Board (2 seats) or in the newly created role of Student Advisor (SA).

Click here for descriptions of the roles, nomination process, selection criteria, and election

job opportunity!

MB2 is looking for a 5-year Post Doc to be part of the project dedicated to systematically investigating the replicability and validity of infant Theory of Mind measures. The position is based at the University of Göttingen and funded by the German Science Foundation. Find out all the details here.

upcoming events

Panel: Authorship Challenges in Big Team Science; April 29 10-11:30PT on zoom; panelists: Flávio Azevedo, Nicholas Coles, Lisa DeBruine, Simon Kerridge, Robert Thibault; moderated by Heidi Baumgartner; bigteamsciencelab.github.io/events

See more info and register for event

Have you been wanting to get involved in a MB project but you don’t know where to start? Do you have questions about how to get more involved or ways you can use your specialized skills to contribute? Do you want to meet the people who send you this newsletter every month? Stop by ManyBabies Office Hours! You can find the Zoom links via the ManyBabies calendar (view, subscribe). No need to RSVP, just drop in!

May 4 @ 8:00 San Francisco / 17:00 Amsterdam / 20:30pm New Delhi

May 4 @ 16:00 San Francisco / 19:00 Montréal / 8:00 (May 5) Sydney

conferences and funding opportunities

open science @concordia conference; May 27 8:30am-5:15pm #osconcordia

The Open Science @Concordia conference will bring together advocates, enthusiasts, and other stakeholders in open science from across Concordia’s faculties and other regional institutions. Events include keynote talks featuring international speakers, interdisciplinary lightning-talk sessions, and lunch time roundtables. Attendees are welcome from any institution. Join either virtually or in person at the Loyola Jesuit Hall and Conference Centre (Montréal, Canada). The conference schedule and (free) registration form are available at https://crblm.ca/openscienceatconcordia/.

International Congress of Infant Studies: ICIS is scheduled to take place July 7-10 in Ottawa, Canada. Early bird registration deadline is May 2!

Lancaster Conference on Infant and Early Child Development: The deadline to submit abstracts has been extended to May 1.

SRCD SECC Dissertation Award: Apply by May 1.

SRCD Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant: Apply by June 30.

project updates

ATTENTION ALL MB CONTRIBUTORS!

If you are contributing to an active MB project, we ask that you fill out your project’s CRediT Form to report your contributions as soon as possible. You will be able to update your contribution report throughout the course of the project, and so responses should reflect actual contributions so far and/or plans to collect data (but not other planned contributions). Your responses will help Project Leads manage project authorship as well as make you eligible to vote in our upcoming Governing Board election. Links to CRediT Forms can be found in the project updates below.

MB1L CRediT Form

MB1L (longitudinal CDI follow-up) is hard at work on final data analyses and manuscript preparation. Fill out the CRediT Form ASAP to ensure you get credit for your contributions.

MB1N CRediT Form

MB1N is continuing to collect data in many countries. Congrats to the team in Prague, Czech Republic for recently completing their data collection!

MB2 CRediT Form

MB2 leaders are looking for a 5-year Post Doc to be part of the project dedicated to systematically investigating the replicability and validity of infant Theory of Mind measures. For details see here.

MB3 CRediT Form

Labs interested in collecting data: please fill out this brief (2-min) survey (Note: If your lab has previously completed this form, you do not need to fill it out again). Contact Ingmar Visser with any questions.

MB3N CRediT Form (coming soon!)

The team is making progress on study design and localization efforts. Contact Judit Gervain with any questions or to get involved.

MB4 CRediT Form (coming soon!)

MB4 is on track to kick off data collection in Summer 2022! You can learn more about the MB4 project on the website, and sign up for data collection updates here. Contact Kelsey Lucca with any questions. Look out for updates in the coming weeks on the MB4 listserv.

MB5 CRediT Form (coming soon!)

The group is making final design decisions and working on the Stage 1 manuscript. The CrediT Form will be shared soon via the project's listserv. Please contact Jessica Kosie with any questions or to get involved.

MB-Demographics CRediT Form

The MB-Demographics group is working to finalize questionnaire items and prepare a manuscript for publication. Stay tuned for news via the project's listserv.

MB-AH Global CRediT Form

Fill out this form for contributions to the global MBAH project

Study 1: VisPref CRediT Form

Fill out this form for contributions specific to Study 1 (visual preference)

Study 2: LWL CRediT Form

Fill out this form for contributions specific to Study 2 (looking-while-listening)

Please contact Lorijn Zaadnoordijk with any questions.

MB-ManyWebcams CRediT Form

The MB-ManyWebcams group is collecting pilot data to compare automated gaze detection via home webcams to in-lab eye tracking. Preliminary results were presented at CDS by Francis Yuen (congrats and thank you, Francis!).

committees

We are planning to gradually form committees to help handle specific needs. If you are interested in learning more about committee opportunities for one of the following MB committees (or have an idea for additional committees), please contact manybabiesconsortium@gmail.com.

Diversity and Outreach: coordinate MB’s efforts to increase diversity of membership and testing populations

Communications: assist with the creation of the MB newsletter, manage MB social media accounts, coordinate press releases

Statistics and Analysis: consult with project analysis teams on analysis methodology (e.g., model specification, power analyses)

Software and Tech Implementation: coordinate and manage centralized MB resources (e.g., data validator, OSF) and consult with project leads and contributors regarding tech issues and implementation

Ethics: help coordinate project ethics considerations and submissions, consult with MB contributors about specific issues with obtaining ethics approval, manage data sharing policies and efforts

reminders

ORCiD

As part of our mission to promote open science practices, we strongly recommend that all MB contributors obtain an ORCiD. The sign-up process is fast and easy! If you have any questions/concerns, please email us and we'll be happy to help.

Update your MB profile

As always, check to make sure you’re on the MB contributor dashboard. Fill out the form on this page to be added to the dashboard or to update your information.

MB activity tracking

Don’t forget to keep an updated record of your ManyBabies-related activities and initiatives (e.g., workshops, talks, etc.), which are tracked in this spreadsheet. To add an entry, please complete this form.

MB sign-up form

You can find our sign-up form on our website. Pass this link along to anyone who might be interested in getting involved with MB for the first time (or fill it out yourself if you're interested in contributing in a new way!).

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