March 3, 2008

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. THIS WEEK! Research in Progress Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 03/07/08, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
   Title: "Risk behavior and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among employees in industrial organizations in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk"
   Speaker(s): Zinaida Bodanovskaya, Psy. S., 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. THIS WEEK! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 03/04/08, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 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; 764-4351).
2. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 03/14/08, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. NEW! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 03/19/08, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. AVAC report on the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) - 3-7 February 2008
   
   This is an AVAC report on and discussion of select data from the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held February 3-7 in Boston. CROI is one of the major US-based AIDS science conferences and is held annually. This year’s gathering included results from several HIV prevention trials, and saw intense discussion and critical analysis of the AIDS vaccine field.
   
   Click here to download a PDF of the report
   For more information go to: http://avac.org/CROI08_report.htm.