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CIRA Seeks Letters of Intent for Pilot Projects in HIV Research: Deadline March 20, 2020  CIRA seeks letters of intent for Pilot Projects in HIV/AIDS Prevention Research. Implementation Science (IS) is a central focus at CIRA and we are particularly interested in innovative IS research. Further, priority will be given to proposals that focus on reducing HIV inequities and/or incorporate key health justice constructs (e.g., social determinants of health, stigma and discrimination).
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Save the Date: New England HIV Implementation Science Network - Thursday, May 28  The New England HIV Implementation Science Network will hold its annual symposium on Thursday, May 28th, in New Haven, CT. The event, which welcomes HIV researchers, practitioners, and advocates from across the region, is intended to foster research collaborations with a focus on implementation science in small urban areas. More information and free registration will follow shortly. Please Save the Date!
CIRA Offers Career Development Consultations to Affiliated Junior Faculty and Postdocs  To further strengthen mentoring activities, CIRA's Development Core offers Career Development Consultations to affiliated junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows and associates. The consults provide an invaluable opportunity to receive tailored career advice from senior faculty at Yale, focusing on everything from the development of K awards to the right approach to getting published, and all set in an informal and confidential setting.
The next Career Development Consultations will be in Spring 2020. There will be two slots for this session, assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Please contact Katie Doucet for more information at katie.doucet@yale.edu.
UNAIDS and China working together during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure that people living with HIV continue to get treatment  A survey of people living with HIV has found that the current coronavirus disease outbreak, known as COVID-19, is having a major impact on the lives of people living with HIV in the country. In the survey, nearly a third (32.6%) of people living with HIV reported that, because of the lockdowns and restrictions on movement in some places in China, they were at risk of running out of their HIV treatment in the coming days - of these, almost half (48.6%) said they didn’t know where to collect their next antiretroviral therapy refill from. However, a close partnership between the government and community partners is determined to ensure that access to life-saving HIV treatment is not interrupted as the country fights to get COVID-19 under control.
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Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for FYs 2021-2025  NIH recently issued a Request for Information seeking public input on a framework for the 2021-2025 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan. The new plan will build on the previous NIH-wide Strategic Plan to guide NIH's research efforts over the next five years. The framework articulates NIH’s priorities in the following key areas (objectives): Biomedical and Behavioral Science Research, Scientific Research Capacity, and Scientific Integrity, Public Accountability, and Social Responsibility in the Conduct of Science.
All comments must be submitted electronically by 11:59:59 pm (ET) on March 25, 2020 on the submission website.
- Yale Clinical & Community Research (YCCR) Research-in-Progress Seminar
Date: Tuesday February 25, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenters: Lynn Madden, Ph.D. and Anthony Eller, MPH, Yale School of Medicine
Topic: "Strengthening Systems of Care for People Living with HIV and Opioid Use Disorder - A Preliminary Analysis of West Virginia"
NOTE: You can attend in person or remotely via Zoom.
Contact: Lunch will be provided. RSVP with your attendance to Paula Dellamura (paula.dellamura@yale.edu)
- Implementation Science Group at Yale
Date: Tuesday February 25, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Location: Yale School of Public Health, LEPH 115, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Ashley Hagaman, PhD, MPH, Yale School of Public Health
Topic: "Rapid Analysis and Implementation Science"
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- CIRA Interdisciplinary HIV Research Seminar: "Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation vs. National Standard of Care in Eswatini: Results from the MaxART Cluster Randomized Stepped Wedge Trial"
Date: Thursday, February 27, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Ariel Chao, MPH Candidate, Yale School of Public Health
Topic: "Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation vs. National Standard of Care in Eswatini: Results from the MaxART Cluster Randomized Stepped Wedge Trial"
Contact: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@yale.edu)
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- CIRA Special Presentation: "Implementation Science in Small-Scale Projects"
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenters: Sarah Calabrese, George Washington University & Donna Spiegelman, Yale School of Public Health
Topic: "Implementation Science in Small-Scale Projects"
Contact: Katie Doucet (katie.doucet@yale.edu)
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- CIRA Interdisciplinary HIV Research Seminar: "Crowdsourcing PrEP: Integrating Participatory Action Research and Technology to Engage Young People in HIV Prevention"
Date: Thursday, March 5, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Tamara Taggart, MPH, PhD, George Washington University
Topic: "Crowdsourcing PrEP: Integrating Participatory Action Research and Technology to Engage Young People in HIV Prevention"
Contact: Katie Doucet (katie.doucet@yale.edu)
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- CIRA International HIV Research Seminar Series: Timothy Mah
Date: Friday, March 6, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Timothy Mah, DSc, Deputy Division Chief, Priority Populations, Integration, and Rights, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID
Topic: "Developing and Implementing Data-Informed HIV Programming at Scale"
Contact: Dini Harsono (dini.harsono@yale.edu)
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- Yale 10th Annual Global Health Day: "Protecting the Global Community: The Practice and Politics of Vaccination"
Date: Thursday, March 26, All Day
Location: Multiple locations
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- CIRA Interdisciplinary HIV Research Seminar: "When Things Go Wrong: Statistical Approaches to Problem Data in Randomized Clinical Trials"
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Russell "Skip" Barbour, PhD, CIRA
Topic: "When Things Go Wrong: Statistical Approaches to Problem Data in Randomized Clinical Trials"
Contact: Liz Cappello (elizabeth.cappello@yale.edu)
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- CIRA International HIV Research Seminar Series: Robert Hecht, PhD
Date: Friday, April 24, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Robert Hecht, PhD, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health
Topic: "TBA"
Contact: Dini Harsono (dini.harsono@yale.edu)
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- CIRA Interdisciplinary HIV Research Seminar: "Overall, direct, disseminated, and composite effects of HIV testing and counseling on HIV risk behaviors and HIV incidence in the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention trial in rural South Africa"
Date: Thursday, May 21, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Raul Hernandez Ramirez, PhD, Yale School of Public Health
Topic: "Overall, direct, disseminated, and composite effects of HIV testing and counseling on HIV risk behaviors and HIV incidence in the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention trial in rural South Africa"
Contact: Liz Cappello (elizabeth.cappello@yale.edu)
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Download a PDF compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below. HIV-Related Opportunities:
- Implementing the HIV Service Cascade for Justice-Involved Populations (U01 Clinical Trial Required)
AIDS Application Due Date(s): April 30, 2020
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Other Opportunities:
- Early Career Funding Opportunities Compiled by Johns Hopkins University
This is a continuously updated repository of federal and private funding opportunities that are intended for late postdoctoral investigators and early-career faculty of various disciplines.
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- Request for Information (RFI): Stakeholder Input on Opportunities for Increased Collaboration to Advance Prevention Research
Response date: March 29, 2020
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- Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)'s Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Refresher Training Sessions
- Friday, March 27, 9:00 am-12:00 pm: Social, Behavioral, and Education Research
- Friday, March 27, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm: Biomedical Research
Audience: Yale investigators and clinical trial site staff
- McGill Summer Institute in Infectious Disease and Global Health
Application deadline for applicants who require a visa to travel to Canada: February 28
Application deadline for other applications: May 10
Program dates: June 1-12, 2020 in Montreal, Canada
Further Details
- Flores, D.D., Rosario, A.A., Bond, K.T., Villarruel, A.M., Bauermeister, J.A. (2020) 'Parents ASSIST (Advancing Supportive and Sexuality-Inclusive Sex Talks): Iterative Development of a Sex Communication Video Series for Parents of Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Male Adolescents.', Journal of Family Nursing, Jan 31:1074840719897905. doi: 10.1177/1074840719897905. [Epub ahead of print]
- Flores, D.D., Meanley, S.P., Bond, K.T., Agenor, M., Relf, M.V., Barroso, J.V., (2020) 'Topics for Inclusive Parent-Child Sex Communication by Gay, Bisexual, Queer Youth.', Behavioral Medicine, Feb 6:1-10. doi: 10.1080/08964289.2019.1700481. [Epub ahead of print]
- Shrestha, R., Altice, F.L., DiDomizio, E., Sibilio, B., Ranjit, Y.S., Copenhaver M.M. (2020) 'Feasibility and Acceptability of an mHealth-Based Approach as an HIV Prevention Strategy Among People Who Use Drugs on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.', Patient Preference and Adherence, Jan 16;14:107-118. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S236794. eCollection 2020.
- Schnall, R., Porras, T., Musanti, R., Adams Tufts, K., Sefcik, E., Hamilton, M.J., Dawson-Rose, C., Portillo, C., Philips, J.C., Chaiphibalsarisdi, P., Orton, P., Perazzo, J., Webel, A.R. (2020) 'Social media use as a predictor of higher body mass index in persons living with HIV.', AIDS Care, Jan 31:1-7. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1719279. [Epub ahead of print]
- Sen, S., Aguilar, J.P., Petty, M. (2020) 'An ecological framework for understanding HIV- and AIDS-related stigma among Asian American and Pacific Islander men who have sex with men living in the USA.', Culture, Health & Sexuality, Feb 7:1-13. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2019.1690164. [Epub ahead of print]
NOTE: All times expressed in Eastern Time unless otherwise noted. All dates refer to 2020 unless otherwise noted. |
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CIRA Interdisciplinary HIV Research Seminars All meetings will be held at 135 College Street New Haven, CT (Suite 200, Room 202).
- Thu, February 27, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Ariel Chao, MPH Candidate, Yale School of Public Health - "Early Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation vs. National Standard of Care in Eswatini: Results from the MaxART Cluster Randomized Stepped Wedge Trial"
- Thu, March 5, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm: Tamara Taggart, MPH, PhD, George Washington University - "Crowdsourcing PrEP: Integrating Participatory Action Research and Technology to Engage Young People in HIV Prevention"
- Wed, April 22, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Russell "Skip" Barbour, PhD, CIRA - "When Things Go Wrong: Statistical Approaches to Problem Data in Randomized Clinical Trials"
- Thu, May 21, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Raul Hernandez Ramirez, PhD, Yale School of Public Health - "Overall, direct, disseminated, and composite effects of HIV testing and counseling on HIV risk behaviors and HIV incidence in the ANRS 12249 Treatment as Prevention trial in rural South Africa"
Special Presentation
- Tue, March 3, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm: Sarah Calabrese, George Washington University & Donna Spiegelman, Yale School of Public Health - "Implementation Science in Small-Scale Projects"
CIRA International HIV Research Seminar Series All meetings will be held at 135 College Street New Haven, CT (Suite 200, Room 202).
- Fri, March 6, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm: Timothy Mah, DSc, Deputy Division Chief, Priority Populations, Integration, and Rights, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID - "Developing and Implementing Data-Informed HIV Programming at Scale"
- Fri, April 24, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Robert Hecht, PhD, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health - "Using Epidemiology, Economics, and Consensus-Building to Make the Case for HIV Investment -- Examples from Tanzania and Namibia"
IRM Core Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG) All meetings will be held from Noon to 1:30 pm at 135 College Street New Haven, CT (Suite 200, Room 202).
- Friday, March 20: DeAnne Turner, Postdoctoral Fellow, CIRA - "Title TBA"
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Recruitment for CIRA's highly successful fellowship programs is underway  The Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program and the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) are now accepting applications. Through these CIRA-supported fellowship programs, new scientists are equipped with the skills to advance prevention research and to address future challenges of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Fellows will benefit from mentorship from top HIV researchers conducting innovative and cutting-edge research to eliminate HIV disparities, integration with the CIRA community, and a network of over 100 past HIV Fellows from around the world, who have gone on to top-tier universities and have received numerous federally funded research grants. Our two training programs have generated over 1200 peer-reviewed publications and over 200 funded grants since 2008.
For more information and application, visit CIRA Training.
CIRA Peer Review Program  Are you planning to submit a grant application? Do you have a manuscript in progress? Are you working on a presentation for a conference? Increase your chances for success by having your work peer-reviewed!
Why CIRA peer review? What are the benefits?
- The spirit of our program is one of collegiality and respect; it is constructive rather than evaluative in nature
- The investigator or author receives constructive feedback from a multidisciplinary group of colleagues with relevant expertise
- It facilitates a discussion on how to communicate the content more clearly and effectively
- The process allows the investigator or author to practice how to respond to reviewer feedback
- The review sessions connect the investigator or author to a useful network for expanding knowledge and exploring potential collaborations across disciplines
- It provides input on the relevancy of the proposal/manuscript/presentation to the funding agencies/mechanisms, journals, and audience
Email Katie Doucet (katie.doucet@yale.edu) for questions or to schedule a Peer Review session. Requests for peer review must be submitted 4 weeks prior to the requested review date.
Research Snapshot Series  CIRA's Research Snapshot series features one page summaries of completed, peer reviewed and published studies conducted by our affiliated scientists. The summaries describe the reason for the study, the key findings, and implications for practice and policy, presented in plain language. Each of the briefs also include a link to a published article in a peer reviewed journal that derives from the featured study.
If you are a CIRA Affiliate and interested in submitting a brief for publication or just want to discuss the process, contact Pete Donohue, pete.donohue@yale.edu.
Did you know our eBulletin is Archived?  For your convenience, we have archived all 2019 issues of CIRA's eBulletin. No need to dig through your emails to find an old issue.
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