December 17, 2007

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

A. CIRA SPONSORED AIDS SEMINARS

1. There are no seminars scheduled until after the holidays!

B. CIRA MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! Community Research (CR) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 01/09/08, 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
2. NEW! Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Meeting
   Date/Time: 01/11/08, 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
   Location: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

C. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NEW! Bioethics Study Group: "End of Life Issues"
   
   Topic: "Ethics in Global Health-the Case of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief"
   Date: 01/09/08 11:30 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
   Speaker: Helen Smits, MD, MACP
   Location: ISPS, Room B-012, 77 Prospect St., New Haven, CT
   Contact: For further information, lunch reservations or reading materials, contact brooke.crockett@yale.edu
   
2. NEW! Yale University's "14th Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference"
   
   Date: February 22 – 24, 2008
   The Rebellious Lawyering Conference is an annual, student-run conference that brings together practitioners, law students, and community activists / advocates from around the country to discuss innovative, progressive approaches to law and social change. For more information and to register, please see: http://islandia.law.yale.edu/reblaw/.
3. 2007 NY HIV Research Centers Consortium Conference
   
   The presentations for the 2007 NY HIV Research Centers Consortium Conference - "Living with HIV: Challenges for Interdisciplinary Research" are now available on the Consortium Web site and will be up for the next three months. Please go to: http://cduhr.ndri.org/nyhiv/pastConference.aspx?confID=1005.
4. NIMH Draft Strategic Plan: Opportunity for Public Review and Comment Strategic Planning Reports
   
   In May 2007, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) launched the process to develop a new Strategic Plan that will serve as a guide to the Institute for advancing mental health science over the next 3-5 years. The Institute has now completed a draft of this Strategic Plan, and seeks public feedback before the main text is finalized. We encourage you to visit the NIMH Draft Strategic Plan Web page to review a copy of the Plan and learn how to submit comments.
5. THIS WEEK! Bioethics Study Group: Exploitation in International Research - Is it Possible to do Research Fairly in an Unjust World? Reading Group
   
   Topic: 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.