January 12, 2009

• A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS
• B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
• C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. AIDS Science Day 2009
   Date: Wednesday, 04/01/09
   THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS!
   
   Registration for AIDS Science Day 2009, set for Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at the Omni New Haven Hotel, is open. Although it is free, registration is required. Deadlines are as follows:
   
   New Abstract Submission Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
   General Conference Registration: Friday, March 13, 2009
   Community Booth Registration: Monday, February 2, 2009 (Booth registrants must submit this completed form as an email attachment to Michelle Gardin, or by fax to 203-764-4353.)
   
   Please address any questions to Sandrine Bertrand-Cadi via email, sandrine.bertrand-cadi@yale.edu, or phone, 203-785-3104.
   
   There is no charge for attending AIDS Science Day 2009, but you must register.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! Law, Policy and Ethics Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 01/27/09, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. NEW! Community Research Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 01/28/09, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. NEW! From CIRA's LPE Core: CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS for edited book, Ethics in the Shadows: Moral Challenges in the Study of Illicit and Stigmatized Behaviors.
   Details: http://cira.med.yale.edu/opportunities/callforpapers_ethicsinshadows.pdf
   
   CIRA Researchers Kaveh Khoshnood, Merrill Singer and Kevin Irwin, along with Craig Fry (University of Melbourne) are editing a book provisionally entitled Ethics in the Shadows: Moral Challenges in the Study of Illicit and Stigmatized Behaviors. The edited volume, which is being supported by CIRA's Law, Policy and Ethics Core, will examine the ethical issues that arise in the study of highly stigmatized and/or illicit behaviors and the populations that engage in such behaviors. These populations and behaviors may include: illicit drug use, sex work, homosexuality, gambling, domestic violence victims and perpetrators, prisoners, drug dealers, undocumented persons, pedophiles, child abuse victims and perpetrators, homeless persons, oppressed ethnic minorities, gang members, or people who attempt suicide or engage in self-mutilation (e.g., "cutters"). Other relevant behaviors and populations can be proposed. This book is intended to address ethical research challenges that have not been adequately addressed by existing guidelines or literature. Uniquely international issues are also highly encouraged. Please see the full Call for Papers on the CIRA Web site at: http://cira.med.yale.edu/opportunities/callforpapers_ethicsinshadows.pdf.
   
   Chapter proposals are due February 13, 2009.

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! SPECIAL WORKS-IN-PROGRESS: HIV and Cardiovascular Disease
   
   Date/Time: January 14, 2009, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM (Lunch provided from 11:45 AM)
   Speaker: Matthew Freiberg, M.D., Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
   Location: VACHS, 2nd Fl. Conf. Rm., Bldg. 35A, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516
   Contact: For questions or to RSVP, e-mail faith.whitsett@va.gov.
2. Rethinking HIV Prevention Strategy: Debating What Works
   
   A video of the presentation that took place on October 24, 2008 at NYU featuring Dr. Daniel Halperin is now available at: http://netvideo.nyu.edu:8080/ramgen/nyutv/20081024_GPH_RethinkingHIVPrevention.rm If you have any problems with access contact: Zach Maggio, zm10@nyu.edu.
   Since the eruption of the HIV pandemic over two decades ago, global public health experts have long advocated for a few major approaches in preventing the spread of the deadly disease. Billions of dollars have been poured into these efforts, led by multilateral organizations like the United Nations and financially backed by governments worldwide. Now, a group of researchers and scientists are saying that recent evidence shows that some of these long held prevention strategies just don't work very well. What doesn't work and what would work better when it comes to preventing the spread of HIV, especially in Africa?
   Speakers: Dr. Daniel Halperin, Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer on International Health in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University. Joining Dr. Halperin is Dr. Bill Easterly, Professor of Economics at New York University, co-Director of NYU's Development Research Institute, and Dr. Helen Epstein, noted public health specialist and author of The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS.
3. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! THIS WEEK! North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit - Mobilizing Knowledge: Housing is HIV Prevention and Care, June 3 - 5, 2009
   Abstract Deadline: Abstracts are due January 15, 2009, and notification of acceptance will be emailed no later than March 6, 2009.
   
   The US National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC), working in collaboration with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) and the Department of Health, Behavior and Society of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, announce the fourth Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit, a meeting of leading health, housing and social service researchers and policy makers, to be held at the Double Tree Hotel Crystal City, Washington, DC. The Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit series is an interdisciplinary, interactive forum for the presentation of research findings on the relationship of housing status and HIV prevention and care, coupled with dialogue on public policy implications and strategies among researchers, policy makers, and providers and consumers of HIV housing and services. The theme of Summit IV is Examining the Evidence: The Impact of Housing on HIV Prevention and Care, and the conveners invite abstracts presenting the results of scientific research, program evaluation, community-based interventions, and public policy strategies that reflect this theme. Both research and policy abstracts are encouraged, and abstracts may be submitted for oral or poster presentations. Conference fees will be waived for presenting authors.
   The North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit IV Call for Abstracts is available at: http://www.nationalaidshousing.org/PDF/CFA.pdf. Questions can be directed to nahc@nationalaidshousing.org.