October 15, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. THIS WEEK! YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: Thursday, 10/18/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Lunch included)
   Title: "From Ivory Tower to the Communities - My experience working in HIV/AIDS Prevention in rural China"
   Speaker(s): Susu Liao, Ph.D., from China
   Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by CIRA and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, 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.
2. NEW! THIS WEEK! Research In Progress Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: Thursday, 10/18/07, 3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
   Title: "Methadone Maintenance Therapy In China"
   Speaker(s): Guodong Mi, M.D.,M.P.H
   Sponsor(s): Office of International Training (OIT)
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Law, Policy & Ethics (LPE) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: Monday, 10/22/07, 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. Peer Review
   Date/Time: Thursday, 10/25/07, 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   Note: CIRA peer review provides an opportunity to enhance the quality of grant proposals and manuscripts written by CIRA scientists by sharing them with a multidisciplinary group of colleagues. The spirit of CIRA peer review is one of collegiality and respect; peer review is constructive rather than evaluative. Investigators use the feedback they receive as they see fit. We encourage you to have your proposal reviewed early in its development. If you would like to submit a grant proposal or manuscript for peer review, please contact Jon Atherton (jon.atherton@yale.edu; 764-4337)
3. Clinical & Health Services Research (CHSR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: Thursday, 10/25/07, 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Community Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting
   Date/Time: Wednesday, 10/31/07, 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
5. NEW! Executive Committee Meeting
   Date/Time: Thursday, 11/01/07, 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
6. NEW! Clinical & Health Services Research (CHSR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: Thursday, 11/01/07, 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! THIS WEEK! "HIV and Women"
   
   Date/Time: Friday, 10/19/07, 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M.
   For the latest statistics please go to: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/women.htm.
   Speaker: Amy Weinberg, FNP, HIV Nurse Practitioner, Stamford Hospital
   Sponsors: Connecticut AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and Bohringer Ingelheim
   Location: Greek Olive, 402 Sargent Dr., New Haven, CT
   Contact: caetc@yale.edu
2. NEW! The Greenwall Fellowship Program in Bioethics and Health Policy
   
   The deadline for receipt of applications is December 14, 2007.
   This is an interdisciplinary program sponsored jointly by Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities, is offering interdisciplinary, two-year Fellowships for early-career legal scholars with outstanding potential. Appointments will begin in September 2008. The Greenwall Fellowship in Law uniquely combines opportunities for in-depth, mentored research and high-impact public service. Each Fellow will undertake an individualized program of independent research and writing, complemented by a public-service experience in a health policy setting of the Fellow’s choosing. Fellows will also enjoy ample opportunity for scholarly interaction (including participation in faculty research workshops) with a broad range of faculty at Georgetown (in the Law Center, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and the Philosophy Department) and at Johns Hopkins (in the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Philosophy Department, the School of Medicine, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health), as well as with scholars at leading Washington “think tanks.” The stipend will be approximately $57,000 per year. No prior health law or bioethics experience is required. Please send a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, a writing sample, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and a personal statement to: Dr. Ruth Faden, Greenwall Fellowship Program, c/o Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 100 N. Charles St., Suite 740, Baltimore, MD 21201. The personal statement should include a proposed agenda for scholarship or research (this need not be detailed, but you should articulate the core idea you would like to develop or the research question you want to investigate). It should also address: (1) unique dimensions of your background, (2) the evolution of your research and other professional interests, and (3) how the Greenwall Fellowship might contribute to your ability to fulfill your career aspirations.
   Contact: For further information, please visit their Web site at: http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/web/page/408/sectionid/378/pagelevel/2/interior.asp. Questions not answered by the Web site should be addressed to fellows@jhsph.edu.
3. National Cancer Institute Symposium Showcases HIV/AIDS Research and Introduces a New Center of Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Cancer Virology
   
   Date/Time: Thursday, 11/01/07 - Friday, 11/02/07, 8:45 A.M. – 5:20 P.M.
   The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is holding a symposium to celebrate and showcase several important historic achievements in HIV/AIDS research made by former and current NCI scientists, introduce a new Center of Excellence for HIV/AIDS and cancer virology, and discuss new directions in the continuing effort to combat HIV infection, the devastating consequences of AIDS, and AIDS-related cancers. Topics at the symposium will include: AIDS Malignancies, HIV Virology and Molecular Pathogenesis, Immunology/Immunopathology, Vaccines/Immunotherapy, Epidemiology and Drug Development/Resistance.
   Presenters: John Niederhuber, M.D., Director, NCI; Robert Gallo, M.D., Director, Institute Of Human Virology; Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases; Beatrice Hahn, M.D., Professor, University Of Alabama-Birmingham; Stuart Le Grice, Ph.D., Head, Center Of Excellence In Hiv/Aids And Cancer Virology
   Location: Masur Auditorium, Bldg 10, National Institutes Of Health, Bethesda, MD
   Contact: For more information, go to: http://web.ncifcrf.gov/events/hivaidsresearch2007.
4. Non-Competing Grant Awards Under the Current Continuing Resolution (NOT-OD-08-001)
   
   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to operate on a continuing resolution (CR) that currently extends through November 16, 2007. The CR applies the terms of the FY 2007 appropriations for the period covered by the CR. Until the final FY 2008 appropriation is enacted, NIH will issue non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award (generally up to 80% of the previously committed level). This is consistent with the practice during the CRs of FY 2006 & 2007. NIH will consider upward adjustments to these levels after the final appropriation is enacted, but expects institutions to monitor their expenditures carefully during this period.
   Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   Contact: For more complete information please go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-001.html.
5. THIS WEEK! Call for Nominations! The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders program (CHLP)
   
   The deadline for receipt of brief nominations is October 19, 2007 (5 p.m. ET).
   This program is designed to recognize, support and sustain the capacity of individuals who demonstrate creativity, innovation, and commitment to improving health outcomes at the community level. Each year CHLP honors 10 outstanding and otherwise unrecognized individuals who have overcome daunting odds to expand access to health care and social services to underserved populations in communities across the United States. The Community Health Leaders award features: A financial award of $125,000 comprised of $105,000 to enhance the leader's program, and $20,000 as a personal gift to the leader in recognition of his/her contributions; technical assistance through consultation, phone and video-conferencing, and connections to other resources; facilitated communication with other Robert Wood Johnson Foundation programs and staff resources; and participation in an Annual Meeting with other Leaders.
   Contact: The Call for Nominations, eligibility and selection criteria, and other general program information can be found on the CHL Web site at http://www.communityhealthleaders.org/. For more information, contact Helen Dundas, Administrative Coordinator at HDundas@rwjf.org, or (609) 627-5947.
6. CALL FOR PAPERS! Special Issue on New Strategies in the Delivery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Testing Services in the U.S.
   
   Submission Deadline for manuscripts is December 21, 2007.
   Public Health Reports (PHR), the peer-reviewed journal of the US Public Health Service and the Association of Schools of Public Health, has announced a call for papers to be published in a Special Issue on New Strategies in the Delivery of HIV Testing Services in the US. Manuscripts should advance the scientific discourse regarding new methods for delivery of HIV testing services, particularly those reporting on testing strategies among racial/ethnic minority groups and other groups disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic. Guest Editor for this Special Issue is Travis Sanchez of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All manuscripts approved by the Guest Editor and the PHR Editorial Committee will be forwarded for external peer review. Manuscripts should be emailed to the Editor of PHR, Robert Rinsky at the address below or mail to: Public Health Reports, 7774 Heatherglen Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45255.
   Contact: If you have any questions about this special issue, please contact Travis Sanchez (404-639-1742; tsanchez@cdc.org). If you have any questions about Public Health Reports, please contact Editor, Robert Rinsky, at 513-636-0257; robert.rinsky@cchmc.org.