March 31, 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: 04/04/08, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
   Title: "Risk Behavior Among Students of St. Petersburg State University"
   Speaker(s): Natalia Antonova, Psy.S., International Trainee
   Sponsor(s): Office of International Training (OIT), CIRA
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
2. Research in Progress Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 04/11/08, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
   Title: "Whole Genome Association Study to Search for HIV-Cancer Related Genes"
   Speaker(s): Dmitry Polev, M.S., 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: 04/24/08, 12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M.
   Title: "TBA"
   Speaker(s): Luc de Montigny, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington
   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 St, 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.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. THIS WEEK! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 04/01/08, 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 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. CANCELED! Executive Committee Meeting
   Date/Time: 04/03/08, 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. NEW! Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 04/09/08, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. Peer Review
   Date/Time: 04/09/08, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
5. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 04/11/08, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
6. NEW! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 04/14/08, 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! TODAY! Global Health and Foreign Policy Lecture Series: "The Business of Public Health: How U.S. Health Policy Abroad Can Help Promote Economic Development & Save More Lives in the Process"
   
   Date/Time: 03/31/08 4:30 PM (Reception to follow)
   Speaker: Dr. John Tedstrom is executive director of the GBC, a rapidly expanding alliance of more than 220 international companies dedicated to combating the AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria epidemics by accessing the business sector's unique skills and expertise. He is the founder of Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS and has also served as Vice President for Policy Studies and Vice President for Global Security at the EastWest Institute, and as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council.
   Sponsors: Co-sponsored by The MacMillan Center and the Yale Law and Health Initiative
   Location: Yale Law School, Room 127, 127 Wall St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to marie.battista@yale.edu if you plan to attend (Megan A. Barnett, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 203-432-4614).
2. NEW! Request for Information: NIH Public Access Policy
   
   Date/Time: March 28, 2008 to May 31, 2008
   NIH implemented the Public Access Policy on January 11, 2008. As of April 7, 2008, all final peer-reviewed manuscripts arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. As of May 25, 2008, NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator’s NIH award.
   
   NIH is seeking information from the public, including all stakeholders, about the NIH Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-05-022), as revised by the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (NOT-OD-08-033) to incorporate requirements in PL 110-161 and the responses to frequently asked questions available at: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#content. NIH will consider all comments and suggestions regarding the Public Access Policy.
3. NEW! THIS WEEK! The HIV/AIDS in Africa Reading Group: "The Women's Face of AIDS"
   
   Date/Time: 04/04/08 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
   
   Primary Readings:
   • VSO Policy Brief - Reducing the Burden of Care on Women VSO, 2006
   • Human Rights Watch - "Hidden in the Mealie Meal: Gender Based Abuses and Women's HIV Treatment in Zambia" www.hrw.org
   Optional Readings:
   • Herbert - "Why Aren't We Shocked?" New York Times, October 16th, 2006
   • Gender Equality Now or Never: A New UN Agency for Women, UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa, July 2006
   Speaker: Schell Fellow Noah Novogrodsky
   Location: Yale Law School, 127 Wall St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: carol.pollard@yale.edu
4. NEW! The Southwestern Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Conference 2008: "The Cultural Journey in Healthcare Delivery: Awareness into Action"
   
   Date/Time: 04/11/08 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
   The goal of this conference is to provide participants with awareness, knowledge and tools for taking action in the delivery of quality healthcare in a racially, ethnically and linguistically diverse environment. Application submitted for: Category 1 CME Credit, UCONN School of Medicine and CHES Credits via SCSU Dept.of Public Health.
   Keynote Speaker: This conference is featuring Sheila Thorne, President of the Multicultural Health Marketing Group who is nationally renowned in educating the medical business community about cultural issues in the delivery of healthcare.
   Sponsor: Southwestern AHEC, Inc.
   Location: Holiday Inn, 1071 Main St., Bridgeport, CT 06604
   Contact: Registration deadline is 4/4/08. Register Online at http://swctahec.eventbrite.com/. Cost is $35 per person and includes full breakfast and light break refreshments. If you have questions contact Bobbi Kulas at Southwestern AHEC, 203-372-5503, or go to their Web site http://www.swctahec.org/.
5. NEW! 4th Annual AIDS WALK NEW HAVEN 2008 - Rain or Shine!
   
   Date/Time: 04/20/08 1:00 PM - Registration; 1:00 PM - Key Speakers; 2:00 PM - Walk begins
   The funds raised from AIDS Walk New Haven are donated to ten member agencies of The New Haven Mayor's Task Force on AIDS. These organizations are: AIDS Interfaith Network, AIDS Project New Haven, Leeway INC, Hill Health Center, Hispanos Unidos, Liberty Community Services, New Haven Home Recovery, Fair Haven Community Health Center, Planned Parenthood, and Visiting Nurse Association..
   Location: The route begins and ends on the New Haven Green
   Contact: Register at the Web site: http://www.aidswalknewhaven.org/ or register the day of the Walk. For more information: http://www.aidswalknewhaven.org/. Email: aidswalknewhaven@gmail.com or Phone: (609) 937-1004
6. "Modeling Dyadic Data with Hierarchical Linear Modeling"
   
   Date/Time: 04/13/08 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
   Speaker: Aline Sayer, EdD, Associate Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Methodology Program at the Center for Research on Families at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Sayer's research interests and expertise are in the areas of growth curve modeling, dyadic modeling, and the longitudinal development of children at risk.
   Sponsor: The Ethel Donaghue Center for Translating Research into Practice and Policy, Seminar Series in Translational Research 2007-2008
   Location: Dental Dean's Conference Room (AG 012), University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-6229
   Contact: RSVP to Kathy Donnald, (860) 679-3076, donnald@uchc.edu
   
   The hierarchical linear model (HLM) provides a conceptual framework and a flexible set of analytic tools to study a variety of social, political, and developmental processes. One major application concerns the analysis of dyads, where individual responses are clustered within couples, sibships, caregiving dyads or other matched pairs. This workshop will consider the formulation of statistical models for this application using the HLM6 software package. In the 4-hour session we will cover the HLM modeling approach for analyzing dyadic data. These include cross-sectional models for dyadic consensus and discrepancy and the actor-partner interdependence model. Participants will be introduced to the HLM computer program and encouraged to analyze exemplar datasets, with a focus on interpretation of output.
7. What's New, What's Coming: Clinical Trials and Antiretrovirals
   
   Date/Time: 04/10/08 New Haven at Noon, Waterbury at 3:00 PM and Hartford at 6:00 PM
   Speaker: Ricky K. Hsu, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Department of HIV and Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital -- New York
   Sponsor: CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and Pfizer
   Locations: New Haven – Greek Olive, 402 Sargent Drive New Haven, CT; Waterbury – Waterbury ID Clinic, L-06 Conference Room, 140 Grandview Ave Waterbury, CT; Hartford – J's Restaurant, 297 Washington Street Hartford, CT
   Contact: RSVP to caetc@yale.edu or 203-737-2312
8. Bioethics Study Group: "Addiction, Mental Health and HIV/AIDS"
   
   Date/Time: 04/16/08 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
   Topic: Ethical and Human Rights Imperative to Ensure Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence in Prisons and Pre-Trial Detention
   Speakers: R. Douglas Bruce, M.D., Yale AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, and Kaveh Khoshnood, Ph.D., Yale School of Public Health
   Locations: 87 Trumbull Street Conf. Room, 87 Trumbull St New Haven, CT
   Contact: For further information, reservations or reading materials, contact ashley.simmons@yale.edu