June 23, 2008

• 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. Executive Committee Meeting
   Date/Time: 06/30/08, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. NEW! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 07/09/08, 2:00 PM - 3:30 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 at jon.atherton@yale.edu or (203) 764-4338.
3. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 07/11/08, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Peer Review
   Date/Time: 07/22/08, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
   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 at jon.atherton@yale.edu or (203) 764-4338.

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. CALL FOR PAPERS! Public Health Reports (PHR) is Inviting Papers for a Special Issue on New Strategies in the Delivery of HIV Prevention Services in the US
   
   Deadline: Deadline: 09/21/08
   Summary: The Guest Editor for this Special Issue, Donna L. Richter, Professor in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina, will guide the manuscript selection. The journal is looking for manuscripts that advance the scientific discourse regarding new methods for HIV prevention. Manuscripts addressing the following topics will be sought:
   
   - New strategies in the delivery of HIV prevention services in community-based settings;
   - New strategies in the delivery of HIV prevention services in clinical settings;
   - New strategies in the delivery of HIV prevention services in faith-based settings;
   - Cost analysis of new strategies in the delivery of HIV prevention;
   - Lessons learned in implementing HIV prevention programs in diverse settings; and
   - Prevention programs designed for those newly diagnosed with HIV.
   
   The editor is encouraging a broad range of manuscripts, especially those reporting on HIV prevention strategies among racial/ethnic minority groups and other groups disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic.
   Contact: If you have any questions about this special issue, please contact Donna Richter at (803) 734-4276 or drichter@sc.edu. For more information regarding this issue please go to: http://www.publichealthreports.org/PHRCallforPapers0408.pdf.
2. NEW! NIH/AHRQ Set Transition from PureEdge to Adobe Application Forms for December 2008 and Plan Subsequent Transition of Remaining Mechanisms to Electronic Submission (NOT-OD-08_073)
   
   This Notice announces NIH's and AHRQ's plans to: 1) move from PureEdge to Adobe versions of the SF424 (R&R) grant application forms; and 2) transition Research Career Development (K), Individual National Research Service Awards (F), and Institutional National Research Service Awards and Other Training Grants (T, D) programs from paper to electronic submission through Grants.gov using the SF424 (R&R).
   Issued by: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
   Contact: For more information please go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-073.html.
3. NEW! "Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction - Medications and Behavioral Therapies: Buprenorphine, Subutex, Naloxone, Suboxone, Methadone"
   
   Date: June 27, 2008 from 10:00 AM to Noon
   Speaker: R. Douglas Bruce, MD, MA, Yale AIDS Program, Yale University School of Medicine Medical Director, South Central Rehabilitation Center (An Addiction Medicine Clinic), Attending New Haven Correctional Center
   Sponsors: The Rhode Island and Connecticut AIDS Education and Training Centers
   Location: Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Foxwoods Resort-Casino, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT
   Contact: RSVP caetc@yale.edu, 203-737-2312
   Everyone is invited to the groundbreaking special exhibit after the program: Race: Are We So Different?
4. CDC Web Series: "A Call to Action for Leaders: The Crisis of HIV/AIDS Among African Americans"
   
   CDC and the Public Health Training Network will offer the six-part Web series, A Call to Action for Leaders: The Crisis of HIV/AIDS among African Americans, with parts 1-3 available online beginning July 30, 2008. Please note that this is a change from the original date of June 30. This series is designed to 1) increase awareness of HIV/AIDS in African American communities; 2) highlight innovative, sustainable, and collaborative actions taken by leaders in places where African Americans live, work, play, learn, and worship; and 3) provide links to available resources. David Satcher, former Director of CDC and the 16th Surgeon General of the United States, will serve as senior host of the web series.
   
   Each part of the series is a prerecorded, 30-minute segment, which can be viewed on computers with Internet access and Windows Media Player. The series will be available at http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn. Parts 1-3 can be viewed beginning July 30, and parts 4-6 can be viewed beginning November 30. A free DVD of this series can be ordered by telephone (800-458-5231) after July 30 (parts 1-3) and after November 30 (parts 4-6).
5. 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
6. Working with At-Risk Youth
   This one day training is designed to help health and human service providers work with at-risk youth to learn how societal factors such as racism, sexism, heterosexism, militarism, etc. affect a young person's ability to build self-efficacy and reduce risky behaviors.
   
   Date/Time: 07/29/08
   Sponsors: New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute
   Location: New York, NY
   Contact: For more information or to register, email hivet@health.state.ny.us or access the Web site at: http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/training/addition.htm#atrisk.