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CIRA's Pilot Project Program offers scientists the chance to earn grants to further their HIV/AIDS prevention research.

Learn more and apply to jon.atherton@yale.edu by Thursday, November 12, 2009.

CIRA Sponsored Seminars and Meetings

1. THIS WEEK! ACASI Training Workshop
   
   Date/Time: 10/16/09, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
   Facilitators: Anna Arnold and Katina Gionteris
   Location: CIRA, Suite 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333)
2. NEW! YACS@CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 10/29/09, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Lunch Included)
   Title: Socio-economic Determinants of Antiretroviral Treatment Coverage and the Backlash Against AIDS Funding
   Speaker: Nicoli Nattrass, University of Cape Town
   Location: CIRA, Suite 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   RSVP: Please RSVP to Michelle Gardin (203-764-4333) by 10/27 @ 12:00 Noon.

General Announcements

1. NEW! From Global Health to "Resistance Sakti": Women's responses to the shifting terrain of policy for HIV and infant feeding in India
   
   Date/Time: October 14, 2009, 4:30 PM
   Speaker: Cecilia Van Hollen, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
   Sponsor: South Asian Studies Council
   Location: The MacMillan Center, Luce Hall, Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT
   
2. 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.
3. NEW! Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Conference
   The purpose of this conference is to:
   • To provide attendees with insight and information on current and emerging health policy, science and practice issues.
   • To showcase community –based best practices and promote sharing of new ideas, products and services among Connecticut public health practitioners.
   Date/Time: October 23, 2009, 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
   Location: The Aqua Turf Club, 566 Mulberry Street, Plantsville, CT 06479
   Contact: For more information, click here.
   
4. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 14th International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases, March 25-27, in Sitges Spain
   
   Abstract submission deadline: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 (Close of UK business (18:00 GMT))
   Details: For more information on the workshop and the call for abstracts, please click here.