April 9, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. LAST DAY TO REGISTER! - DO IT 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! TOMORROW! Director's International Seminar
   04/10/07, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
   Title: "HIV Risk in Three Russian Cities"
   The presenters will discuss the findings from a behavioral survey of 6111 individuals in the cities of St. Petersburg, Orenburg, and Irkutsk. Surveyed populations include transitory based youth groups, institution based youth groups, street sex workers, intravenous drug users, and men who have sex with men.
   Speaker(s): Maia Rusakova, Ph.D., St. Petersburg State University, Russia and Veronika Odinokova, M.S., St. Petersburg State University, Russia
   Sponsor(s): CIRA
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to Debra Tompkins at: debra.tompkins@yale.edu or (203) 764-4337
3. THIS WEEK! YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   04/12/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M., (Brown bag lunch. Cookies and beverages provided.)
   Title: "Mathematical Modeling of the Role Out of Antiretrovirals in Sub-Saharan Africa"
   Speaker(s): 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
4. THIS WEEK! 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
   
5. NEW! YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   04/26/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M., (Brown bag lunch. Cookies and beverages provided.)
   Title: "Interpreting HIV Seroprevalence in Hidden Populations: Lessons Learned From Drug Users and MSM"
   Speaker(s): Martin Iguchi, Ph.D., Senior Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corporation; Professor of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
   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 Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to elizabeth.eocaci@yale.edu.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. THIS WEEK! Peer Review
   04/11/07, 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.
2. THIS WEEK! Executive Committee Meeting
   04/12/07, 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. THIS WEEK! Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   04/13/07, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. 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. THIS WEEK! 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(s): 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
2. THIS WEEK! 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(s): Steve Aronin, ME, Medical Director, Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic; Assistant Hospital Epidemiologist, Waterbury Hospital Health Center
   Sponsor(s): 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
3. THIS WEEK! Waterbury HIV Educational Series - "Resistance"
   04/13/07, 12:00 Noon (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Kimberlee Harrison, Consumer Liaison, Virologic
   Sponsor(s): 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
4. NEW! National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
   04/21/07, 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
   Sponsor(s): Hispanos Unidos, Inc.
   Location: Hispanos Unidos, Inc., 116 Sherman Ave., New Haven, CT 06511
   Contact: Ramon Rodriguez-Santana, RRodriguez@hispanos-unidos.org
5. NEW! 3rd Annual AIDS WALK NEW HAVEN 2007
   04/22/07, 1:00 P.M.–Registration 2:00 P.M.–Walk begins
   AIDS Walk New Haven is a campaign led by Yale AIDS Watch in collaboration with other local colleges, universities and the New Haven Mayor's Task Force on AIDS. AID Walk New Haven commits the maximum possible amount of funds raised b the Walk to the fight against HIV/AIDS in New Haven.
   Location: The route begins and ends on the New Haven Green
   Contact: Register at the Web site: www.aidswalknewhaven.org or register the day of the Walk. For more information: AIDSWALKNewHaven@yahoo.com
6. NEW! The Bridgeport Community HIV Forum - "Nutrition, Your Heart & HIV"
   04/25/07, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Karina Danvers, M.A., Director of CAETC
   Sponsor(s): The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and the Evergreen Network
   Location: First Baptist Church, Brown Room, 126 Washington Ave., Bridgeport, CT
   Contact: You must RSVP to be assured lunch: CAETC@yale.edu or (203) 737-2312 or to the Evergreen Network at 203-576-0677
7. NEW! "The Well-being of a Floating Population: A Symposium on Migrants and Health in China"
   04/26/07, 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
   China has 147 million internal migrants, mostly rural residents who have left home to seek employment in cities. With more than 10 percent of its population on the move, China is facing enormous challenges as it tries to address the many social consequences brought about by this phenomenon. With rapid changes occurring in China and an intense debate about China health system underway, knowledge regarding the current health status of this population remains limited and scattered. This symposium will focus on important health issues faced by this marginalized population and contribute to the development of the knowledge base in this area. The symposium is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required. To register for this event, please contact Kari Heward, Yale-China staff assistant, at kari.heward@yale.edu by 12:00 PM on Friday, April 20, 2007.
   Sponsor(s): The Council on East Asian Studies and the Yale China Association
   Location: Room 203, Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT
   Contact: For more information and a full list of presentations, please visit www.yalechina.org or http://research.yale.edu/eastasianstudies/index.php
8. NEW! HIV Educational Forum 2007
   04/26/07, 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
   Sponsor(s): Bristol Mayor's Task Force on HIV/AIDS
   Location: Sessions Woods Nature Preserve, Education Center, Burlington, CT
   Contact: Aisha Hamid, aishahamid@ci.bristol.ct.us, 860-584-7682
   Pre-Registration Required. Registration at the door is not guaranteed.
9. 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.
10. 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/
11. NEW! "Drug Abuse and Risky Behaviors: The Evolving Dynamics of HIV/AIDS"
    5/8/07 8:15 A.M.-4:30 P.M.,   5/9/07 8:30 A.M.-12:15 P.M.
    The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is holding a two day meeting to explore wide-ranging issues related to drug abuse, impaired decision making, and HIV/AIDS. The meeting will provide a broad understanding of the multiple ways that drug abuse and addiction affect the spread of HIV/AIDS and how research can inform public health policy. Presentations will focus on the successes, research challenges, and opportunities for addressing the evolving HIV/AIDS pandemic. Attendees will be drawn from the research community, public health organizations, Federal agencies, and drug abuse and HIV/AIDS organizations.
    Speaker(s): Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director, NIDA and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, NIAID Sponsor(s): National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
    Location: Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892
    Contact: A full agenda and speaker list is available at: http://conferences.masimax.com/riskybehaviors/agenda.cfm.