NEW EPISODE OF CIRAcast NOW AVAILABLE

Another edition of CIRA's new netcast series, CIRAcast, debuted this week and will soon be available on iTunes U. Leif Mitchell, Assistant Director of CIRA's Community Research Core, talks with Drs. Nathan Smith and Nathan Hansen on what led these two young scientists to HIV research and what keeps them motivated to stay in this field.

CIRAcast: What Motivates Young Investigators in the Field of HIV Research? {14:02}

You can listen to this netcast now by clicking here. It will be available on iTunes U later this week.

CIRA Sponsored Seminars and Meetings

1. THIS WEEK! YACS@CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 09/17/09, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (Lunch Included)
   Title: TBA
   Speaker: Rick Zimmerman, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
   Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT
   Video Conference: CIRA, Ste # 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333)
2. Development Core Career Development Consultations
   Date/Time: 09/21/09 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
   Location: CIRA, Ste # 200, Rm. 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   To further strengthen the Center's mentoring activities, CIRA's Development Core offers quarterly Career Development Consultations to junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows and associates. At these meetings Core members provide advice about research and career directions, with special emphasis on mentoring for development of K awards or other types of career development awards. The sessions are tailored to suit the requirements of individual scientists and offer consultees an opportunity to garner valuable career information in an informal and confidential setting. Please contact Jon Atherton (jon.atherton@yale.edu or 203-764-4338) if you are interested in receiving a consultation.
3. YACS@CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 09/24/09, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Lunch Included)
   Title: From the outside in: Bringing an HIV/AIDS community-based perspective to government policy and practice in substance use
   Speaker: Daliah Heller, M.P.H., NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
   Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333)
4. Panel Discussion on Dissemination
   
   Date/Time: 09/29/09, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
   Title: Beyond Scientific Publication: Extending the Reach of Research Findings
   Location: Harkness Lounge, 367 Cedar St, New Haven, CT
   
   Registration: Yale employees register here: www.yale.edu/training (Click on 'Human Subjects Research', then 'Courses', then 'Beyond Scientific Publication'.) All others contact Dana Greene at dana.greene@yale.edu or 785-2846.

General Announcements

1. NEW! NIH Public Access Update: Clarifying Use of the NIH Manuscript Submission ID (NIHMSID)
   
   The NIHMSID may be used to demonstrate compliance on NIH applications, proposals or reports, for up to three months after a paper is published. Three or more months after publication, a PubMed Central ID (PMCID) must be provided. Only the PMCID signifies that all steps of the NIH Public Access submission process are complete and that the paper is ready for posting at PubMed Central. For complete update at: http://nexus.od.nih.gov/nexus/nexus.aspx?ID=294&Month=09&Year=2009.
2. NEW! Works-in-Progress Series
   
   Title: Using Qualitative Research to Understand Veteran's Beliefs Regarding HIV, Trust, and Endorsement of HIV Conspiracy Theories
   Date/Time: September 15, 2009, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Lunch provided from 11:45 a.m.)
   Speaker: Kristin Mattocks, Ph.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director, Veterans Aging Cohort Study, VA Connecticut Healthcare System
   Location: VACS, 2nd Floor Conf. Room, Bldg 35A, 950 Campbell Ave. West Haven, CT 06516
   Contact: RSVP via e-mail to elizabeth.williams6@va.gov.
3. NEW! Lunch Presentation at the Greek Olive
   
   Title: H1N1 (Swine Flu) and HIV: What You Need to Know
   Date/Time: September 21, 2009, 12:00 Noon-1:00 pm
   Speaker: Richard Martinello, M.D., VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, Inc.Infectious Diseases
   Sponsor: The CT AIDS Education and Training Center
   Location: Greek Olive, 402 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511
   Contact: RSVP via e-mail to elizabeth.williams6@va.gov.
4. CFAR SBSRN 4th National Scientific Meeting
   
   Date/Time: 10/01/09-10/02/09
   The Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network (SBSRN) is intended to link the 20 Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) and fellow behavioral scientists/researchers in the field funded by the NIH in the United States. The SBSRN is intended to 1) initiate mechanisms to encourage sharing resources; 2) to host an annual scientific meeting; 3) to provide a forum for a national mentoring program for junior and translational investigators, and 4) to promote collaborative multi-site research. This meeting is open to CFAR investigators and affiliates as well as all interested academic, public health and community members.
   Sponsors: Harvard University Center for AIDS Research and the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research
   Location: Courtyard Boston Brookline, 40 Webster St, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446
   Contact: For more information on the meeting including registration fees and schedule, please go to https://regstg.com/Registration/Introduction.aspx?rid=2e25e176-5f1c-4ae0-87af-5feaacf70e68.
5. NEW! Symposium on HIV Denialism, Mistrust, and Stigma
   
   Date/Time: October 19, 2009, 1:00 - 7:00 pm
   Sponsors: Harvard University Center for AIDS Research and the Harvard Initiative for Global Health
   Location: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts @ 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
   Contact: For more information on speakers and a detailed agenda, please go to http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/calendar/detail.dot?id=25717.