April 2, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. REGISTER ONLINE NOW!
   AIDS Science Day 2007
   04/16/07, 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.
   Keynote Panel -- Making HIV Testing Routine: Opportunities and Challenges
   The Panel is a response to revised recommendations on HIV testing recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which call for making HIV tests a routine part of medical care for patients ages 13 to 64. Experts will discuss the implications of these recommendations from legal, policy, clinical, and community perspectives.
   Panelists include:
   • Terje Anderson, M.S.W. - Founder of Vermont Cares, former Executive Director of the Ntl Assoc of People with AIDS (NAPWA)
   • Scott Burris, J.D. - Professor, Beasley School of Law, Temple University
   • Marsha A. Martin, D.S.W. - Former Senior Deputy Director, Washington, DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration
   • Krystn Wagner, M.D., Ph.D. - Medical Director, Nathan Smith Clinic; Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
   More details are available at http://cira.med.yale.edu/asd/index.html
   Location: Omni New Haven Hotel, New Haven, CT
   Contact: For more information visit the AIDS Science Day 2007 home page or contact Gai Pollard at: (203)764-4342 or gai.pollard@yale.edu
2. NEW! YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   04/12/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M., (Brown bag lunch. Cookies and beverages provided.)
   Title: "Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Risk for HIV: Findings from Studies with Heterosexual Women, Men and Youth"
   Speaker: Geoffrey Garnett, Professor of Microparasite Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College, London
   Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by 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 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
3. NEW! Research in Progress Seminar Series
   04/13/07, 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
   Title: "Statistical Considerations and Analysis of HIV data from St.-Petersburg, Russia"
   Speaker(s): Sergey Malov, Ph.D., International Trainee
   Sponsor(s): Office of International Training (OIT)
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! "How Do I Know What’s In The Model?" – Incorporating Quality Of Evidence Into Decision Analytic Modeling
   04/04/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. (Lunch Provided)
   While there is a special emphasis on modeling, this seminar includes any use of decision analytic methods to inform any topic that impacts public health, in particular resource utilization, clinical care guidelines, and health policy.
   Speaker: R. Scott Braithwaite, M.D., MSc
   Sponsor: UMPH! – Using Modeling to Inform Public Health
   Location: This month only: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
2. THIS WEEK! Peer Review
   04/05/07, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College 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. Peer Review
   04/11/07, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
4. Executive Committee Meeting
   04/12/07, 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
5. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   04/13/07, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
6. Peer Review
   04/19/07, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
   Location: LEPH 424, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
   

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! Biostatistics Seminar: "Sensitivity Analysis of Longitudinal Data with Non-Random Dropouts Using Semi-Parametric Models"
   04/03/07, 4:15 P.M., (Refreshments preceding)
   Speaker(s): David Todem, Ph.D, Division of Biostatistics, Michigan State University
   Sponsor: Yale School of Public Health
   Location: LEPH 115, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Laurie Mourao Laurie.Mourao@yale.edu
2. NEW! THIS WEEK! Dissertation Presentation - "Implementing Partially Effective HIV Prevention Programs: Changes In Sexual Risk Behavior and Epidemic Impact in sub-Saharan Africa"
   04/05/07, 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M.
   Speaker(s): Kyeen Mesesan
   Sponsor: Yale School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
   Location: LEPH 103, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
3. NEW! THIS WEEK! Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases Seminar
   04/05/07, 12 Noon
   Speaker 1: Kee Chan
   Topic: "Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency"
   Speaker 2: Kyeen Mesesan
   Topic: "The Potential Benefits of Expanded Male Circumcision Programs in Africa: Predicting the Population-level Impact on Heterosexual HIV Transmission in Soweto"
   Sponsor: Yale School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
   Location: LEPH 608, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
4. NEW! THIS WEEK! "HIV and Relationships"
   04/05/07, 12 Noon-1:30 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Jose Latorre, Southwest Community Center and Karina Danvers, Director, Connecticut AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC)
   Sponsor: Connecticut AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC)
   Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room 180 Clinton Street, New Britain, CT 06053
   Contact: Registration required, mkearney@hranbct.org or call (860) 826-4482, x353
5. The Hartford HIV Forum - "Resistance"
   04/10/07, 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M., (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Lisa Cruz, MPA, Community Liaison, Tibotec Therapeutics
   Sponsor: The Institute for Community Research (ICR) and Connecticut 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: http://www.incommunityresearch.org
6. NEW! Waterbury HIV Educational Series - "Revise Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings"
   04/12/07, 3:00 P.M.
   Speaker: Steve Aronin, ME, Medical Director, Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic; Assistant Hospital Epidemiologist, Waterbury Hospital Health Center
   Sponsors: Connecticut AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC), Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic
   Location: Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic, L-06 Conference Room, 140 Grandview Avenue, Waterbury CT
   Contact: To RSVP or for more information: CAETC@yale.edu, (203) 737-2312
7. NEW! Waterbury HIV Educational Series - "Resistance"
   04/13/07, 12:00 Noon (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker: Kimberlee Harrison, Consumer Liaison, Virologic
   Sponsors: Connecticut AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC), Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic
   Location: Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic, L-06 Conference Room, 140 Grandview Avenue, Waterbury CT
   Contact: To RSVP by April 10 or for more information: CAETC@yale.edu, (203) 737-2312
8. NEW! RFP Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE): Research Partnership Program
   Request for Proposals: Deadline- MONDAY, 30 APRIL 2007, 5:00PM The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) seeks proposals for the first annual CARE Research Partnership Program grant competition in community based research. This program aims to support the conduct of research by Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in collaboration with Yale researchers, and thereby to build the research capacity of CBOs while addressing a community research need. At the same time, the program will expand the pool of Yale clinicians and researchers collaborating with community colleagues in community-based research. Proposed pilot research projects should be consistent with CARE’s mission to improve the health of New Haven residents through engagement, collaborative transdisciplinary community based research, and dissemination of findings. Other topics of interest include, but are not limited to, translation of disease related discoveries from lab to clinic to community, health disparities, and research projects that examine methodological, legal, policy or ethical issues. Any area of health will be considered. YCCI will fund up to two research projects this year, with a maximum award for individual projects of up to $25,000. All applicants must have a community partner and a Yale researcher (faculty member) on the project.
   For Additional Information: Please contact Lynn Mazzannote (Lynn.Mazzannote@yale.edu 785-3477) at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation for all administrative/logistics issues, or Jeannette Ickovics (Jeannette.Ickovics@yale.edu) 785-6213) the Director of CARE for all scientific issues.
9. IEDEA (International Epidemiological Database to Evaluate AIDS)
   This initiative will establish international regional centers for the collection and harmonization of data and the establishment of an international research consortium to address unique and evolving research questions in HIV/AIDS currently unanswerable by single cohorts. High quality data is being collected by researchers throughout the world. This initiative provides a means to establish and implement methodology to effectively pool the collected data­thus providing a cost effective means of generating large data sets to address the high priority research questions.
   For more information http://www.iedea-hiv.org/
10. A 24-hour, non-credit on-line course in HARM REDUCTION
    April 23 to June 15, 2007 (8 weeks) Deadline for early bird registration: 4/4/07
    The course designed to introduce service providers, administrators and policy makers to the basic principles, philosophy and application of Harm Reduction. This on-line course will be of value to a broad range of practitioners / service providers, administrators and policy advisors / analysts interested in gaining a better understanding of Harm Reduction and of how to implement Harm Reduction policy and practice within their organizations and communities.
    Sponsor(s): Professional Enrichment Program, The Division of Continuing Education, York University and the Faculty of Education, York University
    Contact: For more information: Marina DeBona-Ross, mdebona@yorku.ca, (416) 650-8049, Web site: http://www.canadianharmreduction.com.
    To register, visit: http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/harmreduction