September 4, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. NEW! YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 09/27/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M., (Brown bag lunch. Cookies and beverages included.)
   Title: "AIDS-Orphanhood: Psychological Effects and Intervention Strategies"
   Speaker(s): Lucie Cluver, Dept. of Social Policy & Social Work, University of Oxford
   Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by CIRA, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and Yale School of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
   Location: LEPH room 608, 60 College St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP to Elizabeth Eocaci-Tucker. For more information or directions, please call 764-4333, or visit the YACS @ CIRA Web site: http://cira.med.yale.edu/events/yacs.html.

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. THIS WEEK! Clinical & Health Services Research (CHSR) Core Meeting
   09/06/07, 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. THIS WEEK! Executive Committee Meeting
   09/06/07, 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   09/14/07, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   09/14/07, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
5. Clinical & Health Services Research (CHSR) Core Meeting
   09/20/07, 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! Greater New Haven HIV/AIDS Clinical Series: "4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention Clinical Update"
   
   Date/Time: 9/11/07 8:00 AM. – 9:00 A.M. (Breakfast will be provided)
   Speakers: Gerald Friedland M.D., Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, Director, Yale AIDS Program Yale University; Ann Williams, EdD, RNC, FAAN, Helen Porter Jayne and Martha Prosser Jayne Professor of Nursing, Director - Center for International Nursing Scholarship and Education, Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine YSM; Rick Altice, M.D., Associate Professor, Director HIV in Prisons Program, Director Community Health Care Van
   Sponsors: The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and The Yale AIDS Program
   Location: 3rd Floor Conf. Room, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Contact: Please RSVP: CAETC@yale.edu or (203) 737-2312
2. NEW! "NIH Requiring Mandatory Use of the Electronic Financial Status Report System in the eRA Commons Beginning October 1, 2007" (NOT-OD-07-078)
   
   NIH requires all Financial Status Reports (FSRs) (domestic and foreign) due on or after 10/01/2007 to be submitted using the electronic FSR system located in the eRA Commons. This includes all initial FSRs being prepared for submission and any revisions being submitted or re-submitted to NIH..This requirement does not affect other Federal agencies and how they may handle FSR’s. The eRA Commons web-based FSR system allows participants to view information on currently due and late FSRs and to submit FSRs electronically to the NIH. For more information go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-078.html
3. NEW! "Full Implementation to Shorten the Review Cycle for New Investigator R01 Applications Reviewed in Center for Scientific Review (CSR) Recurring Study Sections" (NOT-OD-07-083)
   
   As part of the National Institutes of Health continuing commitment to new investigators, a pilot effort (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-013.html) was begun in 2006 to allow new investigators to have the option of submitting a resubmission/amended R01 application for consecutive review cycles, saving four months. This pilot was extended to twenty two additional study sections in January of 2007 (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-034.html) and forty-six more study sections in April 2007 (http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-058.html). The three cycles of the pilot have involved nearly 2000 new investigator R01 applications reviewed in the original 40 study sections in the Center for Scientific Review. Approximately 13% of the eligible new investigators have used the option of next cycle submission. Beginning with the September/October 2007 Study Section meetings the Center for Scientific Review is extending this to all new investigator R01 applications submitted for standard receipt dates (this does not include submissions for RFAs and PARs with special dates). For more information go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-083.html.
4. Addiction, Mental Health, and HIV/AIDS
   
   Chairperson: Kaveh Khoshnood, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
   Advisory Group: Carol Pollard, Associate Director, Bioethics Center, Ashley Simmons, Program Coordinator, Bioethics Center. This study group consists of interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners who are interested in ethical issues in the nexus of drug addiction, mental health and HIV/AIDS practice, research, and policy. Group members specialize in diverse disciplines including public health, sociology, philosophy, psychiatry, and substance abuse.
   Time and Location: This group meets from 12-1:30 in the Conference Room on 87 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT. Lunch is provided.
   Dates: Please note the meeting dates for the academic year '07-'08 (Speakers TBA) -- 9/27, 10/25, 01/24/08, 02/28/08, 03/27/08, 04/24/08, 05/22/08