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John Pachankis appointed the Bliss Associate Professor of Public Health

John Pachankis, recently named as the Susan Dwight Bliss Associate Professor of Public Health, studies the mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Pachankis' research specifically seeks to bring effective mental health treatments to LGBTQ people around the world and to identify strategies for overcoming the significant barriers to getting such treatment to LGBTQ people in greatest need. He also seeks identify the reasons that LGBT individuals experience disproportionately poor mental health outcomes. He uses epidemiological, experimental, and clinical trials methods to conduct this research.

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HRC and UConn Launch Survey to Examine Health Care Experiences of Black and Latinx Young Adults

New CIRA affiliate Dr. Ryan Watson this week launched a national NIDA-funded study to investigate PrEP experiences, substance use, and health care access among Black/Latinx MSM. The national survey is in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign and aims to establish which inter/intrapersonal factors explain better linkage to care and PrEP uptake among ethnoracially diverse populations. This phase of Dr. Watson's K01 project is to sample 3,000 MSM; he will then follow a subset of these men over two years. Dr. Watson and his team are currently collecting the data for the national survey. Please contact Ryan Watson (ryanwatson@uconn.edu) if you have collaboration interest.

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2019 CT HIV Prevention and Care Workforce Survey

The CT Department of Health needs your help to complete the 2019 Connecticut HIV Prevention and Care Workforce Survey. Taking it will provide vital information on HIV Prevention and Care workforce so they can improve training, increase collaboration, and ultimately provide the best quality HIV services to their patients and clients. The survey will only take about 10 minutes to complete. The data collection period will close on or about December 15, 2019.

Take the Survey

• Webinar: 2019 NIH Biomedicine Lecture Series - "Using Implementation Science to increase the impact of your research"
  Date: Tuesday, November 19, 11:00 am-Noon
  Presenter: Ross Brownson, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
  Topic: "Using Implementation Science to increase the impact of your research"
  Registration is required
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• YSPH Global Health Seminar: "Implementation and Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV/AIDS"
  Date: Tuesday, November 19, 4:30 pm-5:45 pm
  Location: Yale School of Public Health, Rm 106B, 47 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: LaRon E. Nelson, Yale School of Nursing
  Topic: "Implementation and Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV/AIDS"
  Contact: Anjuli Bodyk (anjuli.bodyk@yale.edu)
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• Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS) and Yale Center for Implementation Science (YCIS) Seminar: "Implementation Research a Catalyst for Bridging the Knowledge Gap between Discovery to Deliver"
  Date: Wednesday, November 20, Noon-1:00 pm
  Location: Yale School of Public Health, LEPH 105, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Malabika Sarker, MBBS, MPH, PhD, James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
  Topic: "Implementation Research a Catalyst for Bridging the Knowledge Gap between Discovery to Deliver"
  Contact: Turkoise Cox (turkoise.cox@yale.edu)
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• Webinar: Building Trauma-Informed Medication Supported Recovery Services
  Date: Wednesday, November 20, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
  Presenter: Lydia Bartholow, DNP, PMHNP, CARN-AP, Blackburn Center, Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon
  Further Details and Registration
• SHERO Talks: Virtual Journal Club
  Date: Wednesday, November 20, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
  Location: Multicultural AIDS Coalition, 566 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA
  Description: The Multicultural AIDS Coalition & Harvard University Center for AIDS Research present SHERO Talks: Virtual Journal Series, a podcast series where trans women of color speak on their health, relationships and community. This event will feature the SHERO Talks premiere and a live after-show and food
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• Webinar: Syringe Service Programs: The Essential Roles of Non-Governmental and Community-Based Organizations
  Date: Thursday, November 21, 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
  Further Details and Registration
• Yale HIV Club
  Date: Tuesday, November 26, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
  Location: Yale School of Medicine, The Anlyan Center, N203, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenters: Heidi J Zapata, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine and LaRon Nelson, Yale School of Nursing
  Contact: Richard Sutton, MD/PhD (richard.sutton@yale.edu)
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• YSPH Public Health Modeling Unit Seminar Series "Forecasting Epidemics"
  Date: Monday, December 2, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
  Location: Yale School of Public Health, LEPH 115, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Roni Rosenfeld, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  Topic: "Forecasting Epidemics"
  Contact: Lourdes Haynes (lourdes.haynes@yale.edu)
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• YSPH Global Health Seminar: "Challenges to Implementation of UN 90-90-90 Goals"
  Date: Tuesday, December 3, 4:30 pm-5:45 pm
  Location: Yale School of Public Health, Rm 106B, 47 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
  Topic: "Challenges to Implementation of UN 90-90-90 Goals"
  Contact: Anjuli Bodyk (anjuli.bodyk@yale.edu)
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• YSPH Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases Seminar Series - World AIDS Day
  Date: Thursday, December 5, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
  Location: Yale School of Public Health, Rm 106B, 47 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Jacob Bor, SD, Assistant Professor, Global Health, Boston University
  Contact: Kimberly Rogers (kimberly.rogers@yale.edu)
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• Yale School of Medicine Medical Grand Rounds: "What Can Aging with HIV Teach Us About Aging?"
  Date: Thursday, December 12, 8:30 am-9:30 am
  Location: Yale School of Medicine, Fitkin Memorial Pavilion Auditorium, LMP1094, 789 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Amy Justice, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
  Topic: "What Can Aging with HIV Teach Us About Aging?"
  Contact: Roberta Biceglia (roberta.biceglia@yale.edu)
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• CIRA Cross-Core Meeting: "When Things Go Wrong: Statistical Approaches to Problem Data in Randomized Clinical Trials"
  Date: Thursday, December 12, 10:00 am-11:00 am
  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: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@yale.edu)
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• CIRA's Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Qualitative Research Discussion Group
  Date: Friday, December 20, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
  Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Adam Viera, PhD Candidate, Yale School of Public Health
  Topic: "PrEP"
  Contact: Lauretta Grau, (lauretta.grau@yale.edu)
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• CIRA Cross-Core Meeting: "Online and Social Media Study Recruitment Methods"
  Date: Monday, January 13, 10:00 am-11:30 am
  Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Jeremy J. Gibbs, PhD, MSW, LCSW, University of Georgia
  Topic: "Online and Social Media Study Recruitment Methods"
  Contact: Russell Barbour (katie.doucet@yale.edu)
  Further Details
• CIRA's Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Qualitative Research Discussion Group
  Date: Friday, January 17, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
  Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
  Presenter: Dalmacio Dennis Flores, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
  Topic: "Parents' Perspective on Sexuality-Focused Sex Communication with Gay, Bisexual and Queer Adolescent Sons: Implications for HIV/STI Prevention"
  Contact: Lauretta Grau, (lauretta.grau@yale.edu)
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• Yale School of Medicine's Program for Humanities in Medicine presents: "Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality"
  Date: Thursday, January 30, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
  Location: Yale School of Medicine, Nieson Irving Harris Building, Cohen Auditorium, E, 230 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT
  Topic: "Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality"
  Contact: Karen P Kolb, (karen.kolb@yale.edu)
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• Call for Abstracts: Adherence 2020
  Submission Deadline: January 20, 2020
  Conference Dates: June 7-10, 2020
  Location: Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, Orlando, FL
  Sponsored by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), Adherence 2020 will feature the presentation and discussion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and biomedical prevention adherence within the context of optimizing care and prevention continua to achieve HIV epidemic control.
  Further Details
• Call for Abstracts: College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting
  Submission Deadline: December 2, 2019
  Conference Dates: June 20-24, 2020
  Location: Hollywood, FLFurther Details
• Call for Abstracts: 2020 NIDA International Forum
  Submission Deadline: January 6, 2020
  Conference Dates: June 19-22, 2020
  Location: Hollywood, FLFurther Details
• Call for Abstracts: RebPsych 2020: Decolonizing Mental Health
  Submission Deadline: January 20, 2020
  Conference Date: April 3, 2020
  Location: Yale UniversityFurther Details
• Call for Abstracts: Q-Forward: Building LGBTQI+ Leaders in Health Care
  Abstract Submission Deadline: February 1, 2020 at Midnight EST
  Conference Dates: March 28-29, 2020
  Location: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  This conference aims to engage and inspire future LGBTQI+ leaders in health care in the areas of research, clinical care, education, and policy/advocacy. It will feature keynote speakers, posters, and interactive workshops with practical tools and strategies designed to address the unique challenges facing LGBTQI+ leaders.
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Download a PDF compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below.

• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program - Data Integration, Systems, and Quality Technical Assistance
  Application Due Date: January 22, 2020
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• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program – TargetHIV
  Application Due Date: January 22, 2020
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• Sustainable Health Initiative
  Application due date: January 28, 2020 at 5:00 pm
  Eligibility: current Yale students, alumni, fellows, trainees, and faculty members
  Further Details
• Step Up for Substance Use Disorders (SUD): A Drug Target Initiative for Scientists Engaged in Fundamental Research (U18 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  Application Due Date(s): February 13, 2020
  Further Details
• Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Award
  Application due date: February 28, 2020
  Applicants will be notified of their award status by April 17, 2020
  Eligibility: current Yale faculty members
  Further Details
• Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Start in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program - Dissemination Assistance Provider
  Application Due Date: March 3, 2020
  Further Details
• Assessing the Effects of Cannabinoids on HIV-Induced Inflammation (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
  AIDS Application Due Date(s): March 11, 2020
  Further Details
• Transgender People: Immunity, Prevention, and Treatment (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  AIDS Application Due Date(s): May 11, 2020; May 11, 2021
  Further Details

• Sileo, K.M., Kershaw, T.S., Gilliam, S., Taylor, E., Kommajosula, A., Callands, T.A., (2019) 'Trauma Exposure and Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Pregnant Women in Liberia., Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Oct 18:886260519881533. doi: 10.1177/0886260519881533. [Epub ahead of print]
• Meanley, S., Connochie, D., Bonett, S., Flores, D.D., Bauermeister, J.A., (2019) 'Awareness and Perceived Accuracy of Undetectable = Untransmittable: A Cross-Sectional Analysis With Implications for Treatment as Prevention Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men.', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Nov;46(11):733-736. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001048.
• Zhang, C., Webb, G.F., Lou, J., Shepherd, B.E., Qian, H.Z., Liu, Y., Vermund, S.H., (2019) 'Predicting the long-term impact of voluntary medical male circumcision on HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in Beijing, China.', AIDS Care, Oct 16:1-11. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1679704. [Epub ahead of print]
• Scheer, J.R., Mereish, E.H., (2019) 'Intimate Partner Violence and Illicit Substance Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: The Protective Role of Cognitive Reappraisal.', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Oct 14:886260519881001. doi: 10.1177/0886260519881001. [Epub ahead of print]

• RECORDED WEBINARS: AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention Webinar & Meeting Reports
  • 11/13/2019: "Trial Design Takes a Step in the Post PrEP Era"
  • 11/11/2019: "It's Complicated: Implementation questions regarding price, programming and policies for Descovy as PrEP"
  • 10/22/2019: "Improving Access to Innovative HIV Technology"
  • 10/07/2019: "Advocates' Debrief on the Science of Daily F/TAF vs. TDF/FTC as PrEP"
• Yale Public Health Fall 2019 Magazine - Pioneers: Women in Public Health
  The Fall 2019 issue of Yale Public Health magazine explores the rich history of women at the Yale School of Public Health. Today women faculty, alumnae and students are making vital contributions to all facets of the field and promoting better health outcomes for all. This issue is tied to the joint 50- and 150-year celebrations underway this year at Yale University to recognize two milestones—and many accomplishments—of women at the university.
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• New CDC Resources
  • Fact Sheet: HIV and Hispanics/Latinos
  • Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Hispanic/Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men - 19 Urban Areas, 2011–2017
  • Diagnoses of HIV infection among adolescents and young adults in the United States and 6 dependent areas, 2012-2017
  • Social Determinants of Health among Adults with Diagnosed HIV Infection, 2017
  • Fact Sheet: HIV and African American Gay and Bisexual Men
  • Fact Sheet: HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men
  • Racial/Ethnic and Age Group Differences in Opioid and Synthetic Opioid–Involved Overdose Deaths Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years in Metropolitan Areas - United States, 2015–2017
• New CDC Resources
  • 19.6 million girls and women living with HIV
  • What women want - Issues and opportunities through the life cycle
• Substance Misuse, Infectious Disease, and the Powerful Potential of Syringe Service Programs
  Opioid and drug misuse has profound economic and health consequences on Americans, including a rise in certain infectious diseases throughout our nation.
  Further Details
• Youth and Young Adult (YYA) Mental Health Resources 2019
  The resources provided in this document are intended to assist a wide array of stakeholders involved in creating better outcomes for YYA with mental health challenges and serious mental illness.
  Further Details

NOTE: All times expressed in Eastern Time unless otherwise noted. All dates refer to 2019 unless otherwise noted.

Spotlight on CIRA

CIRA Cross-Core Meetings

All meetings will be held at 135 College Street New Haven, CT (Suite 200, Room 202).

• Thu, December 12, 10:00 am-11:00 am: Russell "Skip" Barbour, PhD, CIRA - When Things Go Wrong: Statistical Approaches to Problem Data in Randomized Clinical Trials
  Contact: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@yale.edu)
• Mon, January 13, 10:00 am-11:30 am: Jeremy J. Gibbs, PhD, MSW, LCSW, University of Georgia - Online and Social Media Study Recruitment Methods
  Contact: Katie Doucet (katie.doucet@yale.edu)

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).

• Fri, December 20: Adam Viera, PhD Candidate, Yale School of Public Health - PrEP
• Fri, January 17: Dalmacio Dennis Flores, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing - Parents' Perspective on Sexuality-Focused Sex Communication with Gay, Bisexual and Queer Adolescent Sons: Implications for HIV/STI Prevention
• Fri, February 21: Marie Brault, Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Public Health - Topic 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 Archvied?

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.
View the Archive