May 5, 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. THIS WEEK! 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
2. THIS WEEK! 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
3. 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
4. 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
   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).

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. THIS WEEK! "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
2. NEW! THIS WEEK! "HIV/AIDS and Latinos: The Evolving Issues"
   
   Date/Time: 05/09/08, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM (Lunch provided)
   Speaker: Dr. Richard Torres, M.D., Medical Director, Bridgeport Community Health Center
   Sponsors: CAETC and Abbott Laboratories Location: Greek Olive, 402 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to caetc@yale.edu or 203-737-2312.
3. NEW! New APA Mentorship Program For Researchers Interested in HIV/AIDS and Communities of Color
   The American Psychological Association (APA) Office on AIDS seeks qualified mentors and mentees to participate in a two-year, distance-learning, mentorship program designed to prepare doctoral-level behavioral and social scientists for careers as independent researchers in the area of HIV/AIDS and communities of color. This new program funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) utilizes state-of-the-art, distance-learning technologies (e.g., webcasts, online classrooms, etc.) to assist mentees achieve three major goals:1) develop and implement a career development plan focused on building the capacity to conduct independent research in the area of HIV/AIDS and communities of color; 2) conceptualize, draft, and submit a high-quality research application to an appropriate NIH funding mechanism; and, 3) establish a mutually supportive network of professional colleagues with common research interests.
   
   Contact:
   Information for Mentors: http://www.apa.org/pi/aids/mentor.html
   Information for Mentees: http://www.apa.org/pi/aids/mentee.html
   Carrie E. Foote Ph.D, Indiana University Purdue University, Department of Sociology, CA 306b, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, Indiana 46228 Phone: 317.278.8454 Fax: 317.278.3654
4. 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.