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A Note from Project Manager Alana Rosenberg
In one of her many roles, this month’s featured scientist Nalini Tarakeshwar provides monitoring and evaluation support to a pilot ARV project in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Alana Rosenberg,
Secure the Future
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An increasing number of scientists at CIRA are applying their expertise to evaluating the impact of HIV/AIDS programs. Recognizing this trend, members of the International Research Core at CIRA initiated the Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group to help CIRA and Yale scientists effectively plan and implement evaluation designs. It serves as a medium for strengthening ongoing monitoring and evaluation activities and creating partnerships for future collaborations.
Three upcoming talks in March, April and May will provide insight into monitoring and evaluation as an effective entry point for research. On March 4th, Beth Daponte from the School of Management will discuss methodological and ethical issues of evaluation research design, particularly the absence of baseline data and control groups. In April, the topic will be the methodology for a current evaluation of ARV treatment sites in Southern Africa. In May, Nalini Tarakeshwar will discuss her work in Tamil Nadu.
I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter.
Sincerely,
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This Month's Feature:
A Conversation with Nalini Tarakeshwar, Ph.D.
"I wanted to build stronger ties with the children and families in my home country," says CIRA-affiliated scientist Nalini Tarakeshwar, Ph.D., who has just begun groundbreaking research with families in her native India.
She is principal investigator of an intervention program for HIV-positive men and their wives who are HIV-negative. In a four year project funded by the Fogarty International Center (FIC), Tarakeshwar hopes to highlight the effects of religion and culture in how men and women understand and cope with the disease, in addition to heightening awareness surrounding mental health issues of HIV-infected individuals. She is also director of a project examining comprehensive care and an ARV treatment program for families affected by HIV/AIDS in three districts in Tamil Nadu. FULL STORY
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Sixth Annual Community Tour Day A Success
Twelve international trainees from five different nations and a crew of pre- and post-doctoral fellows attended the tour, organized for the fourth year in a row by Leif Mitchell, Assistant Director of the Community Research Core.
The group visited two AIDS service organizations, AIDS Project New Haven and AIDS Interfaith Network. There, visitors saw first-hand the services available to those living with HIV/AIDS in our community. They then attended a meeting of the Ryan White Planning Council, of which Mitchell is the Co-Chair of the Assessment & Evaluation Committee. The day ended with a visit to the Fair Haven Community Health Center, a center serving underserved local residents, some of whom have HIV/AIDS.
"The Community Tour provides a venue to take our international trainees, pre- and post-doctoral fellows out of the world of academia and into the local community," said Mitchell. "It’s an opportunity to see first hand the work of front line providers in the HIV prevention and care movement."
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Recent Publications
A. David Paltiel, Ph.D. (2005).
"Expanded Screening for HIV in the United States — An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness"
The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 352:586-595, 02/10/05, Number 6.
Niccolai, L.M. , & Winston, Diana M. (2005).
"Physicians’ Opinions on Partner Management for Nonviral Sexually Transmitted Infections"
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2005;28(2). |
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Seminar Series
Friday, March 4
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Topic: Conducting Sound Evaluation Research: Methodological and Ethical Issues
Speaker: Beth Daponte, Ph.D.
Location: CIRA Confrerence Room 40 Temple St., Ste. 1-B New Haven, CT 06510
Thursday, March 24,
4:15 pm
Topic: A Separate Crime of Reckless Sex
Speaker: Ian Ayres, Ph.D., J.D.
Location: Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS)
Lower Level Conference Room,
77 Prospect Street,
New Haven, CT 06510 |
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AIDS Science Day 2005
Date: Friday, April 22
Keynote Topic: "Holding Open Space: Re-tooling and Re-imagining HIV Prevention Research for Gay and Bisexual Men"
Keynote Speaker: Dr. George Ayala, Director of the Institute for Gay Men's Health
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Job Opportunities
Research Associate II – HSS
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