ACASI Training Workshop

On Friday, 10/16, CIRA is sponsoring a free training workshop in Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview (ACASI). Lunch will be provided but you must RSVP.

Date: Friday, 10/16, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Facilitators: Anna Arnold and Katina Gionteris

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

RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333).

This hands-on workshop will provide participants with an overview of ACASI in terms of its uses and software options, as well as the opportunity to learn how to build a complex ACASI interview, store resulting data and export data into statistical software packages.

We strongly encourage you to bring your own Windows-based laptop computer. We will provide you with the necessary ACASI software for the training.

CIRA Sponsored Seminars and Meetings

1. THIS WEEK! 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.
2. THIS WEEK! YACS@CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 10/01/09, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (Lunch Included)
   Title: How Care Provided to Intervention and Control Groups Impacts Adherence Behavior and Clinical Outcomes in HIV: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
   Speaker: Marijn de Bruin, Wageningen University, Netherlands
   Location: CHIP 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT ,
   Video conference: CIRA, Suite 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333)
3. NEW! YACS@CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 10/08/09, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (Lunch Included)
   Title: Tailored Population-based Interventions to Improve Sexual Health
   Speaker: Colleen Redding, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
   Location: CHIP 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT ,
   Video conference: CIRA, Suite 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333)

General Announcements

1. NEW! CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 14th International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases, March 25-27, in Sitges Spain
   
   Abstract submission deadline: Close of UK business (18:00 GMT) on Wed., Dec. 9, 2009
   Details: For more information on the workshop and the call for abstracts, please click here.
2. NEW! Leadership in Global Health: The Past, Present and Future of PEPFAR
   
   Ambassador Mark Dybul will be providing a frank assessment of PEPFAR performance to date as well as his vision for the future of U.S. development assistance for HIV/AIDS and insight on the importance of leadership in global health.
   Date/Time: Wednesday, October 7, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
   Location: LEPH Winslow Auditorium, 60 College St. New Haven, CT
   Contact: Brian Seavey at brian.seavey@yale.edu
3. NEW! Clarification of All Personnel Report in the Revised PHS 2590 (DHHS Public Health Service Noncompeting Continuation Progress Report)
   
   http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-150.html
   The instructions for the All Personnel Report, and the All Personnel Report form, have been modified to clarify that:
   • the PD/PI(s) should always be listed on the form;
   • Regardless of the source of compensation, all personnel who participated in the project for at least one person month should be listed on the form; and
   • One person month equals approximately 160 hours or 8.3% of annualized effort.
   The All Personnel Report was previously a Senior/Key Personnel Report. However, Senior/key personnel should only be reported on the new All Personnel Report if they participated in the project for at least one person month. All senior/key personnel will continue to be listed on competing grant applications. The instructions for the All Personnel Report are also clarified to indicate that grantees should not report personnel if they have submitted a 2271 Appointment form for those individuals (e.g., participants on R25 or R90 awards).
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.