President Obama Signs Ryan White HIV/AIDS Act

President Barack Obama talks about the legacy of Ryan White as he reauthorizes the landmark bill named in his honor that helps provide medical treatment to more than half a million Americans living with HIV/AIDS. October 30, 2009.

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CIRA Sponsored Seminars and Meetings

1. NEW! Dissemination of Research Findings Workshops
   CIRA, CARE, and the HIC are pleased to present a series of small workshops on the practical aspects of disseminating research findings. All sessions run from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
   
   Tuesday, 11/03: Writing Guidelines for Dissemination
   Tuesday, 11/10: Tools and Strategies for Dissemination: Participants and Collaborators
   Tuesday, 11/17: Tools and Strategies for Dissemination: Community Members, Agencies and Policy Stakeholders
   
   Location: Room 205, 47 College Street, New Haven, CT
   RSVP: Participants must pre-register for each session by emailing Ysmhic@yale.edu.
2. NEW! YACS@CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: 11/12, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (Lunch Included)
   Title: Social Network Approaches to HIV Prevention
   Speaker: Carl Latkin, Ph.D., Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
   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) by 11/11 @ 12:00 Noon.

General Announcements

1. Immunomodulating Therapies and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML): Symposium at the NY Academy of Sciences
   
   Date/Time: November 10, 2009, 8:00 AM-5:30 PM
   Topic: This symposium aims to provide a forum to discuss whether Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) that has been seen in multiple drug trials is a direct consequence of the mechanism of therapeutic action or whether it's an off-target adverse effect of the therapeutic agent. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is caused by the JC Virus, a polyomavirus generally widespread but latent in human populations. While rare in the general population, the prevalence of PML is increased in HIV patients.
   Contact: For more information on this event including location, agenda and speakers, please visit http://www.nyas.org/Events/Detail.aspx?cid=af7728e4-d864-4432-87b9-f83b1303698d.
2. NEW! Institute for Community Research Open House: Traditional Artists Marketplace
   Artists from countries such as Somalia, Bosnia, Burma, Liberia, Iran, and Lithuania will demonstrate their crafts and sell their work. In addition to the marketplace, ICR will host a reception to celebrate our key supporters. A special tribute will also be made to Dr. Jean J. Schensul, ICR's Founding Director and Senior Scientist, who is the recipient of the prestigious 2010 Bronislaw Malinowski Award from the Society for Applied Anthropology. The marketplace and reception are free.
   
   Date/Time: November 14, 2009; Marketplace: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM; Reception: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, special remarks at 3:30 PM
   Location: The Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100, 146 Wyllys Street, Hartford, CT
   Contact: Call Lynne Williamson at 860-278-2044 ext. 251, email lynne.williamson@icrweb.org or go to http://www.incommunityresearch.org/news/news.htm.
3. NEW! Community Forum on Health Policy
   Featuring the world premiere of "3,000 Miles", a short documentary by Magalis Martinez and youth at The Color of Words about creating a healthy New Haven through the eyes of our youth. A facilitated discussion on community health and health equity will follow the film premiere.
   
   Date/Time: November 30, 2009, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
   Speaker: Dr. Eric Whitaker, University of Chicago
   Sponsors: Yale School of Public Health and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
   Location: Cooperative Arts High School, 177 College Street, New Haven, CT
4. NEW! Dean's Lecture and Panel Discussion
   
   Date/Time: November 30, 2009, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
   Title: Community-University Partnerships to Improve Health: The Urban Health Initiative
   Speaker: Dr. Eric Whitaker, University of Chicago
   Sponsors: Yale School of Public Health and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
   Location: Yale School of Public Health, Winslow Auditorium, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
5. Global Health Initiative: Faculty Travel Awards
   Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): December 4, 2009
   
   The Global Health Initiative (GHI) is seeking applications for Faculty Travel Awards to facilitate the development of new Global Health research collaborations. GHI goals include stimulating and supporting faculty research to enhance health around the world. The awards will provide seed funds for faculty to travel to low- and middle-income countries to establish new research collaborations and to plan new research projects. These awards will not fund research itself, but will fund the planning of new research.
   
   Contact: To view the RFA, please click here.
6. 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.
7. NEW! Health Education Research: Call for Papers
   
   Submission Deadline: March 15, 2010
   Health Education Research has issued a call for papers on HIV/AIDS education. Manuscript themes should focus on:
   • Advances in the psychology of health
   • Advances in health communication
   • Advances in pedagogy and curriculum
   Manuscript should follow HER's formatting guidelines: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/healed/for_authors/index.html. Applications must be submitted electronically through the following online submission and review site: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/her.
   Contact: The papers for this special issue will undergo the standard peer review process, and all inquiries can be emailed to Peter Aggleton at P.Aggleton@ioe.ac.uk or Tina Hoang at her@gsu.edu.