April 23, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. THIS WEEK! 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. For more information or directions, please call 764-4333, or visit the YACS @ CIRA Web site: http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/yacs.html.
2. NEW! YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   05/10/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M., (Lunch included)
   Title: "The Added Value of Family and Community Support for ART Program in Southern Africa"
   Speaker(s): Walter Obungu Obiero, Ph.D., Technical Adviser, Strategic Information Division, Family Health International
   Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by CIRA and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to elizabeth.eocaci@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. NEW! Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   05/02/07, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. NEW! Peer Review
   05/07/07, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.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 Sandra Brown (sandra.l.brown@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. NEW! Executive Committee Meeting
   05/10/07, 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   05/11/07, 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. THIS WEEK! 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
2. THIS WEEK! "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.
   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
3. THIS WEEK! 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.
4. NEW! Changing HIV Risk Behavior: Fifteen Years of Theory-Based Research and Interventions
   04/30/07, 12 Noon
   Speaker(s): Jeffery Fisher, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology; Director, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP), University of Connecticut
   Title: Changing HIV Risk Behavior: Fifteen Years of Theory-Based Research and Interventions
   Sponsor(s): Yale School of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
   Location: CIRA, Suite 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Hosted by Robert Heimer, Ph.D., CIRA Scientist and Professor, EPH, 203-785-6732
   
5. NEW! The Northeast Community HIV Forum - "Understanding Resistance: Are My HIV Medications Working?"
   04/30/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Kimberly Harrison, Virologic
   Sponsor(s): The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and the Northeast Community HIV Forum
   Location: WRCC, 872 Main St., Willimantic CT
   Contact: RSVP to Debra Diaz, debra.diaz@wrccinc.org or 860-423-4534, x325
   
6. NEW! Central CT Community HIV Forum: "HIV Testing in the Primary Care Setting: New CDC Guidelines"
   05/03/07, Noon – 1:30 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Steve Aronin, M.D., Medical Director, Waterbury Hospital Infectious Diseases Clinic; Assistant Hospital Epidemiologist, Waterbury Hospital Health Center
   Sponsor(s): The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC)
   Location: 2nd floor Conference Room, 180 Clinton St., New Britain CT
   Contact: Registration required, mkearney@hranbct.org or call 860-826-4482, ext 353
   
7. NEW! The Hartford HIV Forum - "Heterosexual Women At Risk For HIV"
   05/08/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Yvonne Patterson, HIV Prevention Specialist, Community Renewal Team, Inc.
   Sponsor(s): The Institute for Community Research (ICR) and The CT 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: www.incommunityresearch.org
   
8. NEW! New Haven HIV/AIDS Clinical Series: "HIV and Smoking"
   05/10/07, Noon. – 1:00 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Marjorie Golden, M.D., Infectious Diseases, Hospital of San Rafael
   Sponsor(s): The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and The Yale AIDS Program
   Location: The Greek Olive, 402 Sargent Dr., New Haven, CT, Free Parking
   Contact: Please RSVP to be assured lunch: CAETC@yale.edu or (203) 737-2312
   
9. NEW! Waterbury HIV Educational Series: "Initial and Salvage HIV Therapy: What are the Best ART Strategies in 2007?"
   05/10/07, 3:00 P.M. (Refreshments will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Mike Kozal, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale University, Director of the VA HIV Clinic & HIV Virology Research Laboratory
   Sponsor(s): The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and the Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic
   Location: Waterbury Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic, L-06 Conference Room at 140 Grandview Avenue, Waterbury, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP: CAETC@yale.edu or (203) 737-2312
   
10. 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.
11. 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/
12. "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.