January 14, 2008

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 01/31/08, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Brown bag lunch. Cookies and beverages provided.)
   Title: "The Policy of Universal Opt-Out HIV Testing: Who Will Take Care of Newly Diagnosed Patients?"
   Speaker(s): Michael Saag, Director of the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
   Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by CIRA, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Yale School of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
   Location: LEPH Room 608, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to Betsy Williams (betsy.williams@yale.edu). For more information or directions, please call 764-4333, or visit the YACS @ CIRA Web site: http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/yacs.html.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! Law, Policy & Ethics (LPE) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 01/28/08, 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Revised PHS 398 (DHHS Public Health Service Grant Application) Now Available (NOT-OD-08-028)
   
   EFFECTIVE DATE: The newly revised “Application for a DHHS Public Health Service Grant” (PHS 398, rev. 11/07) instructions and forms are now available and will be accepted for due dates on or after January 25, 2008. All applications received for May 25, 2008 and subsequent due dates must use the new instructions and forms. During the transition period the previous version (interim revision 04/2006) will continue to be available, and applications using the previous version will be accepted. However, applications submitted using instructions and forms other than the PHS 398 (rev 11/07) for May 25, 2008 and subsequent due dates will be returned to the applicant.
   Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   Contact: For more information please go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-028.html
2. Revised PHS 2590 (DHHS Public Health Service Noncompeting Continuation Progress Report) Now Available (NOT-OD-08-030)
   
   EFFECTIVE DATE: The newly revised “Continuation Progress Report for a DHHS Public Health Service Grant” (PHS 2590, rev. 11/07) instructions and forms are now available and will be accepted immediately. All progress reports received on or after March 1, 2008 must use the new instructions and forms. During the transition period the previous version (interim revision 04/2006) will continue to be available, and progress reports using the previous version will be accepted through February 29, 2008. One significant change to the PHS 2590 is the business process for submission of the continuation progress report. As of March 1, 2008, only the signed original continuation progress report is required to be submitted to the centralized mailing address (No additional copies required).
   Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   Contact: For more information please go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-030.html
3. Appendices to Paper PHS 398 (DHHS Public Health Service Grant Application) to be Submitted on CD (NOT-OD-08-031)
   
   EFFECTIVE DATE: All paper PHS 398 applications submitted for May 25, 2008 and subsequent due dates must provide appendix material on CD only, and include five identical CDs in the same package with the application. Paper applications submitted for due dates prior to May 25, 2008 may voluntarily provide the appendix on five identical CDs; if submitting CDs it is not necessary to include a paper appendix. For materials that cannot be submitted on CD (e.g., medical devices, prototypes), applicants should contact the Scientific Review Officer for instructions following notification of assignment of the application to a study section.
   Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   Contact: For more information please go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-031.html
4. Yale University's "14th Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference"
   
   Date: February 22 – 24, 2008
   The Rebellious Lawyering Conference is an annual, student-run conference that brings together practitioners, law students, and community activists / advocates from around the country to discuss innovative, progressive approaches to law and social change. For more information and to register, please see: http://islandia.law.yale.edu/reblaw/.
5. 2007 NY HIV Research Centers Consortium Conference
   
   The presentations for the 2007 NY HIV Research Centers Consortium Conference - "Living with HIV: Challenges for Interdisciplinary Research" are now available on the Consortium Web site and will be up for the next three months. Please go to: http://cduhr.ndri.org/nyhiv/pastConference.aspx?confID=1005.