September 2, 2008

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

Sponsored by CIRA and Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies, YACS is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy. Please RSVP to Leif Mitchell (203-764-4347) for each event.

Note: All talks located in Storrs, CT at the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) will be available live via video conference at CIRA.


1. NEW! Seminar at UCONN, Video Conference at CIRA
   
   Date/Time: 09/11/08, 12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.
   Title: "The Female Condom Revisited"
   Speaker: Theresa Exner, Columbia University
   Co-Sponsor: Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP), University of Connecticut
   Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT
   Video Conference: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. NEW! YACS@CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 09/25/08, 12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M.
   Title: "Estimating HIV Incidence in the United States"
   Speaker: Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University
   Sponsor: Co-sponsored by CIRA, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Yale School of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases.
   Location: TBD
   Contact: Please RSVP to Leif Mitchell (203-764-4347) for this event. For more information or directions, please call 764-4333, or visit the YACS@CIRA Web site: http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/yacs.html.
3. Please Note: Our Research In Progress seminars begin on 09/26/08 at 135 College St., Room 202, from 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. Details to follow in the next weekly bulletin.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. 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
2. Executive Committee Meeting
   Date/Time: 09/25/08, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. REQUEST FOR ABSTRACTS! "Mobilizing Social Capital in a World with AIDS"
   
   The Social Drivers Group of the aids2031 will host a workshop in early February, 2009 for invited scholars and practitioners to examine how factors like social capital, culture and religion are shaping and are shaped by the nature, locale, and momentum of the HIV and AIDS pandemic. This workshop will seek to identify a conceptual approach to social capital, culture and religion relevant to policies and programs addressing AIDS in the context of the turbulence, instabilities, and environments of risk shaping the lives of individuals and groups in marginalized communities. The goal of the workshop is to elicit innovative thinking and break new ground for ways to address the complex social and political obstacles to the successful prevention of HIV and AIDS. The workshop will examine existing data and analyses to develop recommendations for a long-term sustainable response to AIDS, which address the social, political, and economic factors shaping risk and vulnerability. Participants in this workshop will have opportunity to contribute to cutting edge analyses of the ways in which cultural attitudes and practices, religious beliefs and institutions, and diverse forms of social capital have affected and will affect the pathways taken by AIDS in various parts of the world.
   
   Abstracts of approximately 300 words should be sent in PDF format to Octavia Taylor, email address: Otaylor@clarku.edu, by September 30, 2008. Submissions will be reviewed and applicants notified regarding acceptance for the workshop by October 31, 2008. Completed papers are due to the conveners by January 10, 2009
   
   Contact: Should you have any questions please feel free to write to Sheela Pradhan at spradhan@clarku.edu or call at 508-421-3717.
2. CODE New England: "Community Organizations in Diverse Environments Working to Improve HIV Prevention
   
   Date: 09/30/08 – 10/02/08
   Manos Unidas of The Latino Commission on AIDS, in cooperation with local agencies will be holding an HIV/AIDS Training Institute for the states in New England. For three days, service providers in the area of HIV prevention and education in the States of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire will have the opportunity to learn and discuss about useful topics that can help improve the quality of services. The design of the institute will be tailored to address the needs identified during focus groups conducted in Rhode Island on March 26, 2008.
   Location: Providence, RI
   Sponsors: Manos Unidas, Latino Commission on AIDS
   Contact: For more information call 212-675-3288 ext.337 or 212-584-9313 and ask for Manos Unidas. You can also email Natasha Quirch, nquirch@latinoaids.org. The Web site is at: www.latinoaids.org/manosunidas.
3. 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: 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.