YACS@CIRA, Thu, 09/24 @ 12:00 Noon

Needle exchange pioneer, Daliah Heller, M.P.H., visits CIRA this Thursday, 09/24, to present at our YACS@CIRA series.

From the Outside In: Bringing an HIV/AIDS Community-based Perspective to Government Policy and Practice in Substance Use

Location: CIRA, Suite # 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333) by 09/23 @ 12:00 Noon.

For the past thirteen years, Ms. Heller has worked in the area of substance use and community health in New York City. This talk will describe her experiences as a community-based provider and policy advocate, and explore how this perspective has shaped her subsequent work in government.

CIRA Sponsored Seminars and Meetings

1. TODAY! 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.
2. THIS WEEK! 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)
3. 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! Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions for FY2011 Funding (NOT-OD-09-149)
   
   This notice announces that new, restructured versions of the paper PHS 398 and electronic SF 424 (R&R) application packages and instructions will be available by December 2009. Applicants must download and use the new application packages for submissions targeting due dates on or after January 25, 2010 (funding for fiscal year (FY) 2011 and beyond). Changes include significantly shorter page limits and restructured application packages. These changes will affect all competing applications submitted to NIH, as follows:
   • all applications (including individual Career Awards) electronically submitted using application packages that combine the SF 424 (R&R) with PHS 398 components (e.g, PHS 398 Research Plan Component and PHS 398 Career Development Supplement Form);
   • all electronically submitted Individual NRSA Fellowship applications using application packages that combine the SF 424 (R&R) with the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form; and
   • all applications using the paper PHS 398 application package.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Harvard Symposium on HIV Denialism, Mistrust, and Stigma
   
   Date/Time: October 19, 2009, 1:00 PM - 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.