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Mentored Trainee Research Projects

Mentored Trainee Research Projects (MTRPs) are research projects that eligible trainees develop at CIRA and conduct when they return home under the guidance of a Yale faculty mentor. They are essential in developing the competence needed by trainees to become independent and successful researchers in their home country.

Africa

Faith-Based HIV Prevention Initiatives in Africa
An Assessment of the Potential of National Christian Women's Groups to Implement HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Nigeria Dorcas Akintunde, Ph.D. Completed
Faith and Culture in the Context of HIV/AIDS: A Case Study of the Anglican Church in the Luo Community of Western Kenya Hazel Ayanga, D.Phil. Completed
Gender, Violence, and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Behavior Change Interventions for Church Couples in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Isabel Phiri, Ph.D. Completed
HIV/AIDS Stigma: A Comparative Study of Prevention and Care Responses in the Roman Catholic and Quaker Churches in Nairobi, Kenya Constance Shisanya, Ph.D. Completed
Process Evaluation of the Young Women's Skills Training Project, Kajado, Kenya Sylvia Amisi, M.A., Ph.D. Completed
Religious Responses to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Comparative Case Study of Seven Religious Institutions in Prevention/Care in Cross River State, Nigeria Dorothy Ucheaga, M.A., Ph.D. Completed
The Catholic Church's Responses to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Hoima Diocese, Uganda Therese Tinkasiimire, Ph.D. Completed
The Gospel and Culture: A Critical Gendered Analysis of Traditioanl Marriage Practices in the united Church of Zambia in the Kitwe and Mufulira Consistories in the Era of HIV/AIDS Lilian Siwila, M.Th. Completed
The Influence of Traditional Beliefs About Sexuality on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Case Study Among the Bantu of Western Kenya Anne Nasimiyu, M.A., Ph.D. Completed
Women, Faith, AIDS, and Sexual Education in Southern Malawi Fulata Lusungu Moyo, M.A.R. Completed

Training in HIV Prevention & Care Research in South Africa-ICOHRTA
Examining the Relationship between Government Policy and AIDS-related Stigma in Two South African Township Communities Alain Vandormael, M.A. Completed
Living Openly with HIV: Experiences of Employees in South Africa Michael Abdol, M.A. Completed

China

AIDS International Training and Research Program Supplement to China
A Micro-Ethnographic Study on a Neighborhood Drug User Network in Guangzhou Yu Cheng, Ph.D. Completed

China Multidisciplinary AIDS Prevention Training Program
Are Risk Behaviors, Psychosocial Status, Stigma and Coping Strategies Associated with the Utilization of Health Care among HIV Sero-positive MSM in China Guodong Mi, M.D., M.P.H. Active
Disclosure and Social Support among HIV/AIDS Patients in China Minhong Yu, B.S. Active
Mental Health and Coping Styles among HIV/AIDS Patients in Beijing, China Shuxian Zeng, M.S. Active

Nicaragua

Yale AITRP: Supplement for Nicaragua
Sexuality and Risk Behaviour among MSM in Leon, Nicaragua William Jose Ugarte Guevara, M.D.,M.P.H Active

Russia

Global Health Threat Programs Involving Collaboration with Scientist from Russia
The role of vascular endothelial cells and HIV Nef protein in the HIV-1 replication Sergey Boychuk, M.D., Ph.D. Completed

STD Building Capacity in Russia
Bacterial Vaginosis in Female Drug Users: prevalence, causative and predisposing factors associated sexual behaviors and potential influence on HIV epidemic Tatiana Krasnoselskikh, M.D., Ph.D. Completed

Training and Research in HIV Prevention in Russia
A Study of future time perspective and its relationship to HIV risk behavior in vulnerable young adults in St. Petersburg, Russia Olga Bogoliubova, M.Sc. Completed
Clinical Evaluation of HIV-infected injection drug users in St. Petersburg Natalia Khaldeeva, Ph.D. Completed
Dilution assay statistical design in study of HIV-contaminated syringes Alexander Tulupyev, Ph.D. Completed
Fundamentals of HIV/AIDS for Public Health Professionals Svetlana Palamodova, M.P.H. Completed
Hepatitis C and B prevalence among injection drug users in St. Petersburg Yanis Tolstov, M.S. Completed

Training and Research in HIV Prevention in Russia (Competitive Renewal)
Cumulative odds based longitudinal study with applications to AIDS research Sergey Malov, Ph.D. Active
Influence of drug use on risky sexual behavior in St. Petersburg, Russia Irina Shcherbakova, M.P.H. Active
Risk factors for HIV sexual transmission: meta-analysis Alexey Maximovich, M.P.H. Active
Seroprevalence and genotyping of viral hepatitis C infection among patients of the STI Clinic #9 in St. Petersburg, Russia Maria Meringof, M.P.H. Active
The Role of Families in Predicting HIV-Related Risk Behaviors among St. Petersburg State University Students Roman Skochilov, Ph.D. Active
Molecular Epidemiological Study of HIV Strains in St. Petersburg: Surveillance of Genetic Diversity and Tracking of Transmission Chains Elena Dukhovlinova, M.S. Completed
Perspectives on HIV Partner Notification in Russia: Taking a New Look at Law and Policy Maxim Ostapenko, LL.B. Completed
Prevalence of, Severity of and Risk Factors for Hepatitis B and C in Factory Workers and Managers in St. Petersburg Svetlana Smirnova, M.D. Completed
The feasibility of organizing a community of injection drug users for HIV/AIDS prevention in St. Petersburg, Russia Liubov Kulikovich, M.S. Completed


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Thursday, 12/03
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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

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