January 28, 2008

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. THIS WEEK! 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.
2. NEW! THIS WEEK! Research in Progress Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 02/01/08, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
   Title: "TBA"
   Speaker(s): Lin Han, M.S.N., International Trainee
   Sponsor(s): Office of International Training (OIT), CIRA
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
3. NEW! YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 02/14/08, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
   Title: "Confronting XDR TB in rural South Africa"
   Speaker(s): Gerald H. Friedland, M.D., Director, AIDS Program-Yale New-Haven Hospital and Yale University
   Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by CIRA and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 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.
4. NEW! Research in Progress Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 02/15/08, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
   Title: "TBA"
   Speaker(s): Guodong Mi, M.D.,M.P.H, International Trainee
   Sponsor(s): Office of International Training (OIT), CIRA
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 02/07/08, 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   NOTE: CIRA peer review provides an opportunity to enhance the quality of grant proposals and manuscripts written by CIRA scientists by sharing them with a multidisciplinary group of colleagues. The spirit of CIRA peer review is one of collegiality and respect; peer review is constructive rather than evaluative. Investigators use the feedback they receive as they see fit. We encourage you to have your proposal reviewed early in its development. If you would like to submit a grant proposal or manuscript for peer review, please contact Jon Atherton (jon.atherton@yale.edu; 764-4351).
2. Executive Committee Meeting
   Date/Time: 02/07/08, 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 02/08/08, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 02/13/08, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. 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
2. 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/.