April 28, 2008

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

There are no seminars at this time.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 05/02/08, 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon
   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. Executive Committee Meeting
   Date/Time: 05/09/08, 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Room 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 05/09/08, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Room 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 05/14/08, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
5. NEW! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 05/14/08, 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 PM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! The Bridgeport Community HIV Forum - "HIV and Your Heart Plus Everything Else" (It is important to know what blood work you need and what the results mean.)
   
   Date/Time: 04/30/08, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker: Karina Danvers, CT AIDS Education & Training Center
   Sponsors: The CT AIDS Education & Training Center, Evergreen Network and BMS
   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. NEW! "Cost-Effectiveness of Guidelines for HPV Vaccination in the U.S."
   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.
   
   Date/Time: 05/07/08, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM (Lunch provided)
   Speaker: Jane J. Kim, Ph.D., from the Harvard School of Public Health
   Location: Weinerman Room, LEPH, 60 College St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: Cynthia Omokaro, 203-932-5711 x7450, cynthia.omokaro@yale.edu
3. NEW! NEHEC Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) Multicultural Provider Summit
   A call to action for clinical providers of color and providers serving HIV and people of color across New England.
   
   Date/Time: 05/19/08, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
   Sponsors: New England HIV Education Consortium and the New England AIDS Education & Training Center
   Location: Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center at Foxwoods, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT 06338-3180
   Contact: For more information contact Durrell Fox, NEHEC Project Director, at 617-262-5657 or dfox@neaetc.org.