January 29, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. 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
2. NEW! Director’s International Seminar
   "Towards Principles of Multidisciplinary Descriptions: Do We Need to Look for Generalizations in the Science of Public Health and Other Multidisciplinary Sciences?"
   02/09/07, 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. (Refreshments will be served)
   Speaker: Andrei P. Kozlov, Ph.D., Director of the St. Petersburg Biomedical Center and Professor of Biology at St. Petersburg State University
   Sponsor: CIRA
   Location: OIT Conference Room, Ste # 3D, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to debra.tompkins@yale.edu. For further information email at the above address or call 764-4337.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. THIS WEEK! 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
2. 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
   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. Executive Committee Meeting
   02/08/07, 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 1B, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT
4. 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! The Hartford HIV Forum - "Advocacy and You: Be Part of Social Change"
   02/13/07, 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker: Shawn M. Lang, Director of Public Policy, Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition
   Sponsors: The Institute for Community Research (ICR) and The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC)
   Location: Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100, 146 Wyllys St., Hartford, CT 06106. Free parking on Wyllys St.
   Contact: Please RSVP to (860) 278-2044. For additional information, visit their Web site at: www.incommunityresearch.org.
2. 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
3. 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.