Simona Bignami - Département de démographie

Simona Bignami
Université de Montréal, Département de démographie
3150 rue Jean Brillant
Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
[email protected]
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. Demography
December 2004
London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom
M.Sc. Demography
December 2000
Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Bachelor Degree in Economic and Social Disciplines
May 1999
RELEVANT POSITIONS HELD
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
June 2011 – present
Aug 2005 – May 2011
Macro International
Consultant
2005 – 2011
Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Cambridge, MA
Research Associate
Aug. 2004 – July 2005
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Research Assistant
2002 – 2004
World Bank, Washington DC
Consultant
2001 – 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming
BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Simona. “Diasporas et rayonnement du Québec,” in: Sinclair-Desgnagné, Beranrd, Ari
Van Assche et Thierry Warin, 2015, Le Quebec International, Montreal: CIRANO.
Under review
ONADJA, Yentema, Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Clementine ROSSIER et Maria-Victoria ZUNZUNEGUI. «
Socioeconomic differences in disability by age in sub- Saharan Africa: A cross-national study using the
World Health Survey, » Sociology of Health and Illness, under review.
BOCO, Germain Adebiyi and Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE. “ Individual and community level effects on child
mortality: An analysis of 28 Demographic and Health Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Demography, revise
and resubmit.
BOCO Adebiyi and Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE. “Is birth weight a good predictor of child mortality in less
developed countries? Results from recent national surveys in sub-Saharan Africa,” Demography, revise and
resubmit.
Peer-reviewed publications
ONADJA, Yentema, Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Clementine ROSSIER and Maria-Victoria ZUNZUNEGUI. 2013.
“ The components of self-rated health among adults in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,” Population Health
Metrics 11:15.
GUIELLA, Georges, Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE et Thomas K. LEGRAND. 2013. African Journal of
Reproductive Health (Special Edition on HIV/AIDS), vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 32-50.
BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Simona, Ari VAN ASSCHE, Philip ANGLEWICZ, Peter FLEMING and Catherine VAN DE
RUIT. 2011. “HIV/AIDS and time allocation in rural Malawi”, Demographic Research 24: 671-708.
ANGLEWICZ, Philip, Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Shelley CLARK and James MAKANDAWIRE. 2010. “HIV Risks
Among Currently Married Men and Women in Rural Malawi: What do Spouses Know About Each Other?,”
AIDS and Behaviour 14(1): 103-12.
BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Simona. 2009. “Introduction au numéro thématique sur les enjeux de l’analyse
démographique et nouvelles pistes méthodologiques (éditrice invitée de l’édition), ” Cahiers québécois de
démographie 38(1): 1-4.
BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Simona and Visseho ADJWANOU. 2009. “ Dynamiques familiales et entrée précoce en
sexualité au Canada, ” Cahiers québécois de démographie 38(1): 41-69.
BOILEAU, Catherine, Shelley CLARK, Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Michelle POULIN, Georges RENIERS, Susan
WATKINS et Jody HEYMANN. 2009. “ Sexual and marital trajectories and HIV infection among ever-married
women in rural Malawi, 2001-2004, ” Sexually Transmitted Infections 85 (suppl. I): i27-i33.
Books and book chapters
BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, Simona and Vinod MISHRA. “Youth,” in: Heymann, Jody, 2012, Children Affected by
AIDS: Moving from Research to Action, London : Oxford University Press.
Selected other publications / working papers
MISHRA, Vinod, and Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE. 2009. “Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and HIV infection:
Evidence from National Population-Based Surveys,” DHS Working Papers, No. 62, Macro International,
Calverton MD.
MISHRA, Vinod, Rathavuth HONG, Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE, and Bernard BARRERE. 2009. “The Role of
Partner Reduction and Faithfulness in HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Cameroon,
Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe,” DHS Working Papers, No. 61, Macro International, Calverton MD.
MISHRA, Vinod, and Simona BIGNAMI-VAN ASSCHE. 2010. “The Situation of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in
Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys,” DHS Analytical Reports, No. 15,
Macro International, Calverton MD.
GRANTS
NIH, 2011-2016: 231,629 USD
Project title: “The Niakhar Social Networks and Health Project”
Principal Investigator: John Sandberg, George Washington University.
AFD-AIRD-Hewlett Foundation, 2010-2012: 22,800 EUR
Project title: “Tendances démographiques en Afrique sub-Saharienne:
conséquences?”
Principal Investigator: Jean-François Kobiané, University of Ouagadougou
quels
ressorts,
quelles
CRSH, Petites subventions de recherche , 2010-2012: 5000 CAD
Project title: “HIV serodiscordance among cohabiting married couples in rural Malawi”
Principal Investigator: Simona Bignami
CRSH, Subventions ordinaires de recherche , 2006-2011: 95,399 CAD
Project title: “The relevance of survey attrition for comparative panel research on child health and
development”
Principal Investigator: Simona Bignami
FQRSC, Subventions pour nouveaux professeurs-chercheurs , 2006-2011: 39,600 CAD
Project title: “Perdus, mais pas oubliés: attrition dans l’Étude longitudinale des enfants du Québec (ÉLDEQ),
1998-2004”
Principal Investigator: Simona Bignami
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SSHRC, Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada, 2006: 25,000 CAD
Workshop title: “Workshop of the IUSSP Network on the Transition to Adulthood, 15-17 June 2006,
Montréal”
Principal Investigator: Anne Gauthier, University of Calgary
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2014 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (New Orleans, United States),
“Sexual Risk Behaviour: Factors Associated with the Number of Sexual Partners and Consistent Condom Use
among Adolescents in Four sub-Saharan African Countries” (with Georges Guiella and Thomas LeGrand).
2013 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (New Orleans, United States),
organizer and discussant of session # 125, “HIV/AIDS, Children, Youth, and Families.”
2012 Conference of McGill University Centre on Population Dynamics, “Overview of Data Sources
on Families and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and Limitations.”
2012 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (San Francisco, United States),
“Through which pathways do cohabiting couples become serodiscordant? Evidence from a longitudinal study in
rural Malawi” (with Kim Deslandes)
2011 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (Washington DC, United States)
• “Women’s marital trajectories and HIV risk in Kenya, Malawi, and Zimbabwe” (with Shelley Clark).
• “Perceived HIV risk and fertility intentions: Evidence from 11 Demographic and Health Surveys” (with
Sarah Hayford).
2010 Annual Meeting of the Association Internationale de Démographes de Langue Française
(Geneva, Switzerland), “Relations intergénérationnelles sur la taille idéale de la famille en Afrique subsaharienne. Analyse à partir de 25 enquêtes démographiques et de santé ” (with Germain Boco).
2010 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (Dallas, United States)
§ “Determinants of HIV Risk Perception among Adolescents in Four sub-Saharan African Countries” (with
Georges Guiella).
§ “Individual and Community-Level effects on Child Mortality: An Analysis of 27 Demographic and Health
Surveys in sub-Saharan Africa” (with Germain Boco).
§ “Is Birth Weight a Good Predictor of Child Mortality in Developing Countries? Results from Recent National
Surveys in sub-Saharan Africa” (with Germain Boco).
§ Discussant, “ Family Structure and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa”.
2009 Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Population (Marrakesh, Maroc)
§ “Do Places Matter? A Comparative Multilevel Analysis of Community Effects on Child Immunization in subSaharan Africa” (with Germain Boco)
§ Discussant, « Sexual Behaviour»
2009 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (Detroit, United States), “Do Places
Matter? A Comparative Multilevel Analysis of Community Effects on Child Immunization in sub-Saharan Africa”
(with Germain Boco).
2008 Symposium ÉLDEQ (Montréal, Canada), “Lost but not forgotten: Attrition in the Étude Longitudinale
du développement des enfants du Québec, 1998-2004 ” (with Julien Berard-Chagnon).
2008 Annual Meeting of the Association Internationale de Démographes de Langue Française
(Québec, Canada), “ Religions et survie des enfants de 0-5 ans en Afrique au sud du Sahara: l’exemple du
Bénin” (with Germain Boco).
2008 Conference of the European Population Association (Barcelona, Spain), “Transition to
adulthood among african immigrant adolescents in Western countries: evidence from a qualitative study in
Montreal, Canada” (with Solene Lardoux and Natalie Mondain).
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2008 Conference of the Association francophone pour le savoir (Québec, Canada), “L’attrition dans
les enquêtes longitudinales : problèmes et solutions” (with Julien Berard-Chagnon).
2008 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (New Orleans, United States) “A
Comparative Multilevel Analysis of Community Effects on Child Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa” (with Germain
Boco).
2008 Meeting of the Atlantic Research Data Center on Life Course Transitions of Children and
Youth (Halifax, Canada) “Lost but not forgotten: Attrition in the Étude Longitudinale du développement des
enfants du Québec, 1998-2004” (with Julien Berard-Chagnon).
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Participation to research groups and consulting committees
Center on Population Dynamics, McGill University, Regular Member, 2011-present.
Groupe d’étude sur les dynamiques démographiques des indiens inscrits (GEDDII) du Département de
Démographie de l’Université de Montréal, Associate Researcher, January 2010 – present.
Institut de recherche en santé publique de l’Université de Montréal (IRSPUM), Associate Researcher, September
2009 – present.
Comité consultatif sur les statistiques démographiques et sociales de l’Institut de la Statistique du Québec
(ISQ), Invited Regular Member, March 2008 – present.
“Carlo F. Dondena” Centre for Research on Social Dynamics of Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, Invited
Member.
Referee for studies submitted to:
AIDS and Behaviour, American Sociological Review, Cahiers québécois de démographie, Demographic Research,
Population Health Metrics, Population Studies, Social Science Research, Vienna Yearbook of Population
Member:
American Sociological Association (ASA), Association des démographes du Québec (ADQ), British Society for
Population Studies (BSPS), European Population Association (EPA), Federation of Canadian Demographers
(FCD), International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Population Association of America
(PAA).
COURSES TAUGHT
Université de Montréal
Event history analysis (graduate level): Winter 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015.
Advanced methods of demographic analysis (graduate level): Fall 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014.
Laboratory of Statistical Demography (undergraduate level): Fall 2008, Winter 2010, and Winter 2012.
Atelier of anthropological demography (undergraduate level): Winter 2010, 2011 and 2012; Fall 2014.
Introduction to demography (undergraduate level): Fall 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Summer 2009; Fall
2011; Winter 2014 and 2015.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Global Health Challenges (undergraduate level): Fall 2004
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