January 22, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. THIS WEEK! YACS @ CIRA Seminar: "Communicative Inaction: Policymakers, Media, and the Construction of AIDS."
   01/25/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Lunch included)
   Speaker: Philip Alcabes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Urban Public Health, Hunter College School of Health Sciences of the City University of NY, School of Health Sciences
   Sponsor: CIRA and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 1B, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to elizabeth.eocaci@yale.edu. For more information or directions, please call 764-4333, email leif.mitchell@yale.edu or visit the YACS@CIRA Web site: http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/yacs.html
2. NEW! YACS @ CIRA Seminar: "Improving the Quality of HIV Care."
   02/08/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Lunch included)
   Speaker: Paul D. Cleary, Ph.D., Dean of Yale School of Public Health, Acting Director, CIRA
   Sponsor: CIRA and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 1B, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to elizabeth.eocaci@yale.edu. For more information or directions, please call 764-4333, email leif.mitchell@yale.edu or visit the YACS@CIRA Web site: http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/yacs.html

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. THIS WEEK! Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   01/24/07, 9:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 1B, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
   
2. THIS WEEK! Peer Review
   01/24/07, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
   Location: OIT Conf. Rm., Ste # 3D, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
   NOTE: Materials for peer review must be submitted one week in advance of the peer review meeting. If you would like to have a manuscript reviewed, please contact Debra Tompkins (debra.tompkins@yale.edu). If you would like to have a proposal reviewed as part of the process of affiliating your research project with CIRA, please contact Kim Blankenship (kim.blankenship@yale.edu). We encourage you to have your proposal reviewed early in its development. The purpose of peer review is to enhance the quality of proposals and publications from CIRA scientists by allowing them to benefit from the Center’s expertise. The spirit of CIRA's peer review program is one of collegiality and respect; it is meant to be constructive rather than evaluative. Investigators use the feedback they receive as they see fit.
3. Law, Policy and Ethics (LPE) Core Meeting
   02/02/07, 11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 1B, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Peer Review
   02/08/07, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
   Location: OIT Conf. Rm., Ste # 3D, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
   
5. NEW! Executive Committee Meeting
   02/08/07, 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 1B, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
6. NEW! Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   02/09/07, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 1B, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! Working Research Group: Addiction, Mental Health, and HIV/AIDS. Topic: "Project Prevention"
   01/23/07, 11:30 A.M.
   Speaker: Kevin Irwin, M.A., Research Associate, Yale School of Public Health, CIRA
   Sponsor: Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
   Location: Conference Room, 87 Trumbull St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: For more information or to RSVP for luncheon reservations, please contact jonathan.moser@yale.edu.
2. NEW! THIS WEEK! In the Continuum
   01/23/07, 7:00 P.M.
   Reception and Performance. A Talk Back with actors immediately follows the performance.
   Sponsor: Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
   Location: Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: For more information: http://www.yale.edu/yalerep/continuum.html.
3. NEW! THIS WEEK! "The Rise of the Abstinence Movement and What That Means for Reproductive Rights"
   01/26/07, 2:00 P.M.
   Speaker: Susan Yolen, Planned Parenthood, Connecticut
   Sponsor: Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
   Location: St. Anthony Hall lecture room, 483 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: carol.pollard@yale.edu
4. THIS WEEK! A Silent Epidemic: Black Women Across the Globe and HIV/1AIDS
   A Community Roundtable and Luncheon
   01/27/07, 11:00 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.
   Join New Haven and Yale community leaders and service providers for a discussion about the state of black women living with HIV and AIDS. With a generous grant from the Community Foundation, participants will also receive a free ticket to the Yale Repertory Theatre production of "IN THE CONTINUUM", a play that puts a human face on the devastating impact of AIDS in Africa and America through the lives of two unforgettably courageous women. A Talk Back with actors immediately follows the performance.
   
   Location: Dixwell/Yale Community Learning Center, 101 Ashmun Street New Haven, CT
   
   Sponsors: The Yale Afro-American Cultural Center, Yale School of Drama, Connecticut Women's Consortium, Dixwell/Yale Community Learning Center, AIDS Interfaith, Yale Divinity School, Student National Medical Association – Yale School of Medicine, Yale African Student Association and the Black Women's Coalition at Yale.
   
   Contact: Dean Pamela Y. George at pamela.george@yale.edu or 203-432-4132.
5. CALL FOR PAPERS! Developing World Bioethics Special Issue: "HIV/AIDS, Pregnancy and Reproductive Autonomy: Rights and Duties"
   Submission Deadline: 07/01/07
   The Journal invites submissions on all aspects of this special topic from a bioethical and/or legal/human rights perspective. Submissions should ultimately seek to illuminate the parameters of reproductive autonomy at the intersection between HIV/AIDS and pregnancy.
   Contact: For more information go to: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1471-8731
6. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Fifth National HIV Prevention Conference: Promoting Synergy Between Science and Program
   The CDC joins other governmental and non-governmental partners in announcing a call for abstracts highlighting HIV prevention in the United States. Online submission is available through the conference Web site. Abstracts may also be submit¬ted via mail, but must be postmarked by April 9, 2007. Abstracts submitted electronically must be received by April 16, 2007. Please note that abstracts are to be submitted in English only.
   
   For more information about abstract submission or other questions regarding the conference please visit the conference Web site: www.2007NHPC.org or call the conference hotline at: 800.772.8232. You may also contact them via email at: info@2007NHPC.org.