May 21, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. There are no seminars scheduled at this time.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Peer Review
   05/22/07, 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 Andria Giovanelli (andria.giovanelli@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. NEW! Peer Review
   06/06/07, 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
   Location: LEPH 424, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. NEW! Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   06/06/07, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   06/08/07, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! "HIV/STD Behavioral Interventions for Adolescents: From Efficacy to Effectiveness"
   05/24/07, 2:00 P.M.
   Speaker(s): John B. Jemmott, Ph.D., Professor of Communication in Psychiatry, Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication Director, Center for Health Behavior and Communication Research, University of Pennsylvania
   Sponsor(s): Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases Special Seminar
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Hosted by Robert Heimer, Ph.D., 203.785.6732.
   
2. NEW! The ACES Project: AIDS Consumer Empowerment Series
   Thanks to a grant from the CT office of Policy and Management, CARC is proud to offer a series of leadership development trainings coming soon to Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. This series is aimed at helping consumers to learn public speaking skills, effective networking and how to tell their story. Applications are available June 4, 2007.
   
   For more information please contact: Cecilia Baldwin at (860) 761-6699 ext. 107, cecilia@ctaidscoalition.org or Cece Jones at (860) 761-6699 ext. 104, cece@ctaidscoalition.org.
3. The Bridgeport Community HIV Forum - "Revised Recommendations for Testing of Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings"
   05/30/07, 12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Steve Aronin, MD, Medical Director, Waterbury Hospital Infectius Disease Clinic; Assistant Hospital Epidemiologist, Waterbury Hospital Health Center
   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
   
4. "The Evolution of a Global Pandemic: The Story of HIV/AIDS and Health Policy Responses from Around the World"
   06/01/07 8:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
   The devastating impact of HIV/AIDS continues to be a clarion call to action for leaders in public health, as well as human development, economics, government, international security, and human rights. For the first time since the disease was identified, Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century will focus on bringing together public health and health policy professionals who are addressing the epidemic in all corners of the world and who will show how these sobering statistics have been the impetus for creative approaches in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The speakers will discuss what nations can do as members of the interconnected global village to address HIV/AIDS and the role of donor agencies and countries in establishing programmatic action at the scale necessary to achieve commitments to the cause.
   Sponsor(s): Yale University School of Public Health
   Location: New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT
   Contact: To request a brochure or for more information: Dawn Carroll (dawn.carroll@yale.edu), 203-785-6245
5. Smoking Cessation: Offering the Appropriate Program
   06/06/07 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
   This session will provide participants with current information about Connecticut’s legislative efforts to control tobacco and the broad range of targeted marketing that the tobacco industry is using in retail locations in this state. This presentation will discuss issues involving tobacco use in alcohol-dependent individuals including smoking prevalence, health impact, and alcohol-tobacco interactions. Common barriers to tobacco treatment for alcohol-dependent smokers will be reviewed, and related data will be presented. Recent research on smoking cessation interventions for alcoholic smokers will be presented. They are working with the VA to include a speaker on HIV and smoking cessation.
   Sponsor(s): Connecticut Department of Public Health and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System
   Location: VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 555 Willard Ave, Newington CT
   Contact: Laura Minor, Wheeler Clinic, 860-793-2164 (p) 860-793-9813 (fax). www.wheelerclinic.org
6. "Contemporary and Controversial Issues in Human Subjects' Protection"
   06/07/07 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
   The protection of human subjects of research is a shared responsibility of investigators, academic institutions, and federal regulatory agencies. This program will discuss several contemporary issues in human subjects’ protection, and provide recommendations for best practices in these areas. Researchers, institutional officials responsible for human research protection programs, institutional review board members, ethicists, and the lay public are invited to attend and participate in this program. Speakers will share their views followed by a commentator and general discussion.
   Sponsor(s): The Metropolitan New York Ethics Network and The New York Academy of Medicine
   Location: The New York Academy of Medicine Conference Center located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street
   Contact: For more information on this program please contact Ed North, by e-mail at enorth@nyam.org or by telephone at 212-822-7204. To register go to: http://www.nyam.org/events/?id=273&click=
7. NEW! The Hartford HIV Forum - "HIV, Substance Abuse and Pain Management"
   06/12/07, 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker(s): Doug Bruce, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine AIDS Program; Medical Director, South Central Rehabilitation Center
   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.