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Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) - Academic Year 2008-2009

Sponsored by CIRA and Yale's Institution for Social and Policy Studies, YACS is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Note: PowerPoint slides for any talks located at the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) might be available on the CHIP Web site.
September 2008

11

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Theresa Exner, Columbia University

Title: The Female Condom Revisited

Co-sponsor: Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) University of Connecticut

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

CHIP

25

Thursday

12:00 Noon -
1:00 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University

Title: Estimating HIV Incidence in the United States

Co-sponsor: Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD), Yale University

Location: Winslow Auditorium, LEPH 109, 60 College Street,
New Haven, CT

Video Conference: CHIP, Ryan Refectory, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video:

Video (192 MB)

Slides:

Acrobat icon (2 MB)

October 2008

2

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Colin Poitras & David Bauman, UConn

Title: Working with the Media: Publicizing Your Research Results and Expertise

Co-sponsor: CHIP

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

CHIP

16

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Susan M. Kegeles, Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)

Title: How Can our Research Make a Difference? Issues in Translating an Evidence-based HIV Prevention into Practice

Co-sponsor: CHIP

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

CHIP

23

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Ann O'Leary, Div. of HIV/AIDS Prevention, CDC

Title: What Made the Intervention Work? Mediation Analyses of Three Intervention Studies

Co-sponsor: CHIP

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 228,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

CHIP

30

Thursday

12:00 Noon -
1:00 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Robert Heimer, Ph.D., CIRA Scientist, Professor, Yale School Public Health

Title: The HIV Epidemic in Russia: History, Trends and Future Prospects

Co-sponsor: EMD

Location: YSPH, Room 608, 60 College St, New Haven, CT

Video:

Video (134 MB)

Slides:

Acrobat icon

November 2008

20

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D., The Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)

Title: What Is Next In HIV Prevention?

Co-sponsor: CHIP & EMD

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

Acrobat icon

December 2008

11

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Trace Kershaw, Ph.D., CIRA Scientist, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Public Health

Title: What's Love (and Men) Got to Do with It: Pregnancy and HIV Prevention

Co-sponsor: CHIP

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

CHIP

February 2009

12

Thursday

12:00 Noon -
1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Averil Clarke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Yale University Department of Sociology

Title: Thou Shall Not Catch HIV: Sex Acts, Sexualities, and African Americans' Religious Meaning-Making

Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

Video (134 MB)

Slides:

Acrobat icon (90 KB)

26

Thursday

4:00 -
5:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Gregg Gonsalves, Yale University and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition

Title: Science, Social Movements, and Epidemics: AIDS and TB Activism in the USA and Around the World

Co-sponsor: Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS)

Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

Video (85 MB)

Slides:

Acrobat icon (4 MB)

March 2009

19

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Peter Vanable, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, Syracuse University

Title: Promoting Sexual Health and Stress Management Among HIV+ Men Who Have Sex with Men

Co-sponsor: CHIP

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

CHIP

April 2009

9

Thursday

12:00 Noon -
1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Atheendar S. Venkataramani, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale School of Public Health Division of Health Policy and Administration

Title: Social Grants & the Incentive to Trade-Off Health for Income among Individuals on HAART in South Africa

 

Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

Video (108 MB)

Slides:

Acrobat icon (426 KB)

23

Thursday

12:00 Noon -
1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Video:

Video (205 MB)

Slides:

Acrobat icon (2 MB)

May 2009

7

Thursday

12:00 Noon -
1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Ron Stall, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor & Chair, Dept. of Behavioral & Community Health Services, University of Pittsburgh

Title: Implications of Syndemics & Strengths on Increasing the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention among Gay Men

Co-Sponsor: Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) University of Connecticut

 

Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video Conference: CHIP, Ryan Refectory, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video:

Video (126 MB)

Slides:

Acrobat icon (1.8 MB)

21

Thursday

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Included

Speaker: Jeffrey Parsons, Ph.D., Director of the Hunter College Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST)

Title: Motivational Interviewing Interventions for HIV and Drug/Alcohol Use: 10 Years of Lessons Learned

Co-sponsor: Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) University of Connecticut

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Suite 200, Rm. 202,
135 College Street, New Haven, CT

Video:

N/A

Slides:

CHIP


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Speaker: Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University

Title: HIV Among Drug Users in Kazakhstan: Driving Forces and Implications for HIV Prevention & Treatment

Location: CHIP, 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248, Storrs, CT

Video Conference: CIRA, Ste. 200, Rm. 202, 135 College St, New Haven, CT
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