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Coming Home, a play by South African playwright, Athol Fugard, recently opened its world premier at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre. The story centers on a young single mother dying from AIDS-related causes in South Africa. It runs through February 8. Tickets

Special Documentary Screening

In 2004, New York based filmmaker, Sarah Friedland, saw firsthand the impact of AIDS on a small community in South Africa after traveling there with her father, Gerald H. Friedland, M.D., director of the Yale AIDS Program and CIRA affiliated scientist. The result is Thing With No Name, a documentary she will be screening this week at Yale School of Medicine. The film is set in the mountains of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and follows two women with full-blown AIDS as they attempt to access recently introduced antiretroviral (ARV) treatment through the public sector.

Date: Thursday, February 5
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Beaumont Room, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT

Ms. Friedland will be on hand to discuss the film and answer audience questions after the screening.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has emerged as a major global clinical and public health challenge, particularly in high HIV prevalence settings of Sub-Saharan Africa. Continued epidemic growth of MDR and XDR TB threatens both existing TB and newly developed HIV antiretroviral roll out programs. Gerald H. Friedland, M.D. presented on this topic at a YACS@CIRA event on 02/14/08.

Title: Confronting the Catastrophe of M/XDR TB

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Andrew J, Gandhi N., Moodley P., Shah S., Bohlken L., Moll Pillay M., Friedland G., Sturm W. (2008) Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 198, 1582-9.

Gandhi N., Moll A., Lalloo U., Pawinski R., Zeller K., Moodley P., Meyer E., Friedland G. (2009). Successful Integration of Tuberculosis and HIV Treatment in Rural South Africa: the Sizonq'oba Study. Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, 50:37–43.

CIRA Sponsored Seminars and Meetings

Peer Review
Date/Time: 02/10/09 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, Rm. 228, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
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 or 203-764-4338).
YACS@CIRA Seminar Series

Date/Time: 02/12/09, 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM (Lunch included)
Title: "Thou shall not catch HIV: Sex acts, sexualities, and African Americans' religious meaning-making"
Speaker: Averil Clarke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Yale University Department of Sociology
Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin or 203-764-4347.
Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
Date/Time: 02/13/09 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
From CIRA's Law, Policy and Ethics Core: CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS for edited book, Ethics in the Shadows: Moral Challenges in the Study of Illicit and Stigmatized Behaviors.
Deadline: Chapter proposals are due February 13, 2009.
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.
AIDS Science Day 2009
Date/Time: Wednesday, 04/01/09 All day
Registration for AIDS Science Day 2009 is open. Although it is free, registration is required. Deadlines are as follows:

Abstract Submission Date: Wednesday, January 14, 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.)
General Conference Registration: Friday, March 13, 2009

Please address any questions to Sandrine Bertrand-Cadi via email, sandrine.bertrand-cadi@yale.edu, or phone, 203-785-3104.

General Announcements

NEW! Announcement from the Yale University School of Medicine Human Investigation Committee

Beginning February 1, the HIC will no longer require investigators to work with a primary reviewer before submitting a protocol for HIC review. Protocols should be submitted directly to the HIC. This change also eliminates the Tuesday submission deadline, as the protocol review process will change. Please view the announcement for more information.

This takes effect February 1, 2009.
AIDS WALK NEW HAVEN - APRIL 26, 2009

http://www.aidswalknewhaven.org (New Web site!)

You can now Register Online for the Walk!
All registration and donations can now be done via the internet as well: just click Register Now on the AIDS Walk home page or go to www.firstgiving.com/aidswalknewhaven. This year we will also feature our first 5K Run event. We will provide awards and prizes for the fastest times and Runners will be able to also participate in the traditional AIDS Walk. Check the Web site for more details to follow. In order for AIDS Walk New Haven to continue its success, we need your help!

How You and Your Organization Can Help with AIDS Walk New Haven Publicity (Spread the word!) - In order to get a large showing, we need to get the word out! Please tell your friends, family, co-workers, employees, spouse's co-workers, all about our new Web site and the date of the Walk - April 26, 2009. AIDS Walk New Haven, Inc. minimizes its expenses to ensure every dollar goes to our cause in supporting the HIV / AIDS patient community, but this means our advertising budget is low so your word-of-mouth promotions are a valuable asset! To get off to a good start, feel free to forward this email around.

Register as an Individual or Team - Our registration is now fully online where you can sign up for the Walk and create your own personalized fundraising page. All organizations and businesses are further encouraged to create a Team, where each member can see how their teammates are fundraising and compete with other teams to see who can raise the most. The online set up is simple, easy, and a great way to get others to donate to the cause.

Donate by Shopping Online - That's right, you can donate to AIDS Walk New Haven simply by shopping online. Check out our GoodShop Web site at http://www.goodshop.com/?charityid=889135 where you can buy from over 700 stores (including Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, Apple, 1-800-Contacts) and a small portion of your purchase will go to our cause. It's free, quick and easy.
Webcast: The Macmillan Report (http://www.yale.edu/macmillanreport/)

Episode: January 28, 2009 "The Institute of Medicine's Report on Global Public Health"

Speaker: Jennifer Ruger, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health; Co-Director of the Yale/World Health Organization Center for Health Promotion, Policy, and Research.
Professor Ruger is working to promote the creation of public health programs that make more efficient use of scarce resources while improving current healthcare practices. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently invited her to testify about how the management of global health institutions and governance might be improved. Professor Ruger talks about the IOM report on Global Health.

More About Professor Ruger:
http://publichealth.yale.edu/faculty/labs/ruger/
View Institute of Medicine's Report:
"The U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Recommendations for the New Administration"
http://www.yale.edu/macmillanreport/resources/USCommitmentGlobalHealth.pdf