November 19, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. YACS @ CIRA Seminar Series
   
   Date/Time: Thursday, 11/29/07, 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. (Brown bag lunch. Cookies and beverages provided.)
   Title: "Amphetamine Use and HIV Risk Behavior Among Syringe Exchange Participants"
   Speaker(s): Naomi Braine, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI)
   Sponsor(s): Co-sponsored by CIRA, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Yale School of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
   Location: LEPH Room 608, 60 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. Research in Progress Seminar Series
   
   Title: "Interrelationship of HIV, HCV and HBV Infections in St. Petersburg"
   Date/Time: 11/30/07, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
   Speaker(s): Maria Meringof - Research In Progress Seminar
   Sponsor(s): Office of International Training (OIT), CIRA
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
3. NEW! Research in Progress Seminar Series
   
   Title: "Bridging of HIV from IDUs to the General Population in Russia"
   Date/Time: 12/07/07, 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
   Speaker(s): Irina Shcherbakova - Research In Progress Seminar
   Sponsor(s): Office of International Training (OIT), CIRA
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Law, Policy & Ethics (LPE) Core Meeting Meeting
   Date/Time: Monday, 11/26/07, 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. Clinical & Health Services Research (CHSR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: Thursday, 11/29/07, 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
3. Peer Review
   Date/Time: Tuesday, 12/04/07, 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; 764-4351)
4. NEW! Executive Committee Meeting
   Date/Time: Tuesday, 12/06/07, 10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 223, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   
5. Peer Review
   Date/Time: Monday, 12/10/07, 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
   

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. The Northeast Community HIV Forum - "It's Not Just About HIV: Managing YOUR Overall Wellness, Special Considerations for Women"
   
   Date/Time: 11/26/07, 12:00 P.M.- 1:30 P.M. (Lunch will be provided)
   Speaker: Arnita R. Christie, RN, BSN, MS
   Sponsor: The CT AIDS Education and Training Center (CAETC) and the Northeast Community HIV Forum
   Location: WRCC, 872 Main St., Willimantic CT
   Contact: RSVP to Debbie Diaz, 860-423-4534, x327
2. NEW! Asia Society's Fifth Annual World AIDS Day Program - "AIDS in Asia: Changing Dynamics in China, India & Iran"
   
   Date/Time: 11/28/07, 5:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
   A panel discussion focused on HIV/AIDS in Asia in cooperation with the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Speakers will speak about the state of the pandemic in their own country, as well as work they are involved in.
   Panelists: Ruby Shang, Regional Director, SE Asia, HIV/AIDS Initiative, Clinton Foundation; Rema Nanda, Director, Public Health-HIV/AIDS Program, American India Foundation; Kaveh Khoshnood, Ph.D., Professor, Yale School of Public Health and Joelle Tanguy, Senior Vice President, Global Programs and Partnerships, Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (moderator)
   Location: Asia Society, 725 Park Ave. (at 70th St.), New York, NY
   Contact: $8 Members; $10 NGOs, Seniors, Students; $12 Nonmembers
   Online: http://tickets.asiasociety.org
   By Phone: (M-F 10am to 5pm) 212-517-ASIA (2742)
3. NEW! "Living with HIV"
   
   Date/Time: 11/28/07, 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Registration begins at 11:00.(Thanksgiving dinner will be served)
   We've made great strides in HIV care. We have families, relationships, and continue to work despite our illness. In short we are living with HIV and AIDS. Living with HIV means knowing all you can about the disease and other issues to help us live well. Michelle Lopez will give an inspirational presentation about living with HIV!
   Speaker: Michelle Lopez
   Sponsors: The CT AIDS Education & Training Center (CAETC) and the Evergreen Network
   Location: First Baptist Church, Brown Room, 126 Washington Ave., Bridgeport, CT
   Contact: You must RSVP to be assured lunch: CAETC@yale.edu or (203) 737-2312 or to the Evergreen Network at 203-576-0677
4. NEW! Bioethics Study Group: Bioethics Workshop
   
   Title: "How the Theater Works to Promote Consideration of Ethical Values in the Community"
   Date/Time: 12/05/07, 11:30 A.M.- 1:00 P.M.
   Speaker: Gordon Edelstein, Artistic Director, Long Wharf Theater
   Location: Room B-012, ISPS, 77 Prospect St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: For further information, lunch reservations or reading materials, contact brooke.crockett@yale.edu.
5. NEW! Bioethics Study Group: Exploitation in International Research - Is it Possible to do Research Fairly in an Unjust World? Reading Group
   
   Title: TBA
   Date/Time: 12/18/07, 5:30 P.M.- 7:00 P.M.
   Speaker: Angela Ballantyne, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Donaghue Initiative
   Location: Room B-012, ISPS, 77 Prospect St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: For further information, lunch reservations or reading materials, contact brooke.crockett@yale.edu.
6. Letter of Intent (LOI) The Ethel F. Donaghue Women's Health Investigator Program at Yale University
   
   Women's Health Research at Yale is offering grant support for research from the Ethel F. Donaghue Women's Health Investigator Program at Yale that will result in direct practical benefit for women. The letter of intent must be received in the Program Office by 12:00 Noon on 12/10/2007. The LOI should include a descriptive title (not to exceed 60 characters) to the proposed project, the name and title of the principal investigator and other key personnel. The letter should include a summary of the project including the project's specific aims (250 words), how the findings of the proposed project would have practical implications for the health of women (100 additional words), and the time frame needed to achieve the stated aims of the project. Awards will be for amounts up to $50,000 (in direct costs only), and for either a one- or two-year grant duration. A full application will be requested from those investigators whose proposed projects are consistent with Women's Health Research at Yale funding interests. Full applications will be due by 2/13/08, and will be peer reviewed.
   Contact: For more information about the application process, contact the Program Office at 764-6600, email whresearch@yale.edu, or visit the Web site: www.yalewhr.org.
7. HEAR ME Project: HIV/AIDS Story-Writing/Video Competition
   
   Deadline: 12/01/07
   The HEAR ME Project is again sponsoring its annual HIV/AIDS story writing competition. Young people ages 14 to 22 are encouraged to submit their original stories, either real or made up, about vulnerability to HIV and AIDS. The HEAR ME Project has also launched a new video contest that is taking place at the same time as the annual story-writing contest.
   Sponsors: The HEAR ME Project
   Contact: For more information please visit: http://www.hearmeproject.org/ Email all questions to: contest@hearmeproject.org
   
8. The New York HIV Research Centers Consortium: "Living with HIV: Challenges for Interdisciplinary Research"
   
   Date/Time: Tuesday, 11/27/07, 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Deadline for registration is 11/15/07
   The advent of life-extending antiretroviral medications more than a decade ago has presented new challenges for HIV-infected people and their health care providers in coping with HIV infection, maximizing quality of life, and minimizing unsafe sexual and drug using risk behaviors. This conference will use the multiple perspectives of behavioral/social, clinical, and basic biomedical sciences as well as community models to identify critical areas for interdisciplinary research that address health, risk, access to care, and quality of life for diverse HIV+ populations in the greater tristate New York metropolitan area.
   Location: New York University's Kimmel Center, KC Eisner & Lubin Auditorium - 4th Floor located at 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY
   Sponsors: The New York HIV Research Centers Consortium, The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) & New York/New Jersey AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC)
   Contact: Melissa White, MSSW, Scientific Coordinator, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies 212-543-5845, whiteme@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu. Participants should register online at the following Web site: http://cduhr.ndri.org/nyhiv/conference.aspx, where the conference agenda is also posted.