August 4, 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. Peer Review
   Date/Time: 08/05/08, 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.
2. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 08/08/08, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 08/13/08, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. Peer Review
   Date/Time: 08/20/08, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
5. Peer Review
   Date/Time: 08/28/08, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
6. NEW! Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 09/12/08, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

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. Special Online Collection: HIV/AIDS - Follow the Money
   
   In the 25 July 2008 issue, Science follows the HIV/AIDS money trail, with News correspondent Jon Cohen reporting on how billions of HIV/AIDS research dollars have been divvied up over the past decade and what they have accomplished. Two case studies with accompanying videos (filmed and edited by Malcolm Linton with commentary by Jon Cohen) highlight efforts to combat corruption in Uganda and aggressive treatment and prevention programs in Botswana; a pair of Perspectives looks at progress and challenges of microbicide and HIV vaccine research; and related podcast interviews discuss trends in research funding and the future of vaccine research. Rounding out the special issue is a collection of Web resources for additional information on HIV/AIDS research and funding.
   
   See http://www.sciencemag.org/aids2008/
3. GlobalHealthFacts.org: Compare Countries on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and Other Information with Custom Data Sheets
   
   A new, free tool was recently added to the Kaiser Family Foundation's GlobalHealthFacts.org Web site. Using all of the data available on the Web site, users can now create customized data sheets to get a closer look at the global health, demographic and economic indicators of most interest to them. http://www.globalhealthfacts.org/factsheets_custom.jsp The data sheets can then be converted to PDFs and easily printed, emailed or saved.
   
   GlobalHealthFacts.org, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, provides free, up-to-date and easy-to-access data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps. Additionally, the custom data sheet application allows users to compare up to five countries against any or all of the site’s indicators, which can then be converted into a PDF file, printed, emailed or saved. Data can also be downloaded for custom analyses.
4. 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.