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Innovation Award Showcases Strength of YSPH Modeling Unit  A third member of the Yale School of Public Health’s Modeling Unit has received a prestigious federal innovation award, bolstering the unit’s position as an international leader in modeling science in the field of public health.
The latest recipient is Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) Gregg Gonsalves who received a $1.5 million Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The award, named after the French word for "future", recognizes researchers in the early stages of their careers who are conducting highly innovative studies that represent the future of addiction science. More from Yale School of Public Health Related: Grant Targets "Perfect Storm" Threatening Lives, Yale School of Public Health
REIDS Application Review Begins Monday, February 3, 2020  The Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) is accepting applications. Through this CIRA-supported fellowship program, new scientists who are underrepresented in the field of HIV research, 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.
For more information on REIDS, please contact Katie Doucet (katie.doucet@yale.edu) or visit the REIDS website.
NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research FY 2021-2025  The NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) presents the NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research (the Plan) for fiscal years (FY) 2021–2025. The Plan serves as the guiding framework for OAR to allocate funds that advance the NIH-wide HIV research agenda and ensure investment of resources in the highest priority areas of scientific opportunity.
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- Reddit "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) with Dr. Margaret Grabb - NIMH's Small Business Research Programs
Date: Wednesday, January 29, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Description: The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) aim to support small businesses in developing technologies that can advance the mission of the Institute, including basic neuroscience research, translational and clinical research, clinical diagnosis and treatment, and in the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based research on mental disorders. The program coordinator, Dr. Margaret Grabb, will participate in a Reddit AMA event to answer questions about these funding programs, as well as how and when to apply.
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- Webinar: Ready, Set, PrEP
Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Description: The Ready, Set, PrEP program is a component of Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE).
Further Details and Registration
- Yale School of Public Health Modeling Unit Seminar Series: "Smoke Clouds on the Horizon: the Colliding Epidemics of HIV and Tobacco"
Date: Monday, February 3, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Location: YSPH, Room 106B, 47 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Krishna Reddy, MD, MS, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Topic: "Smoke Clouds on the Horizon: the Colliding Epidemics of HIV and Tobacco"
Contact: Lourdes Haynes (lourdes.haynes@yale.edu)
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- CIRA International HIV Research Seminar Series: "Malaysia's Evolving Strategies to Address Interrelated Substance Use Problems and HIV/AIDS"
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 10:00 am-11:30 am
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Marek Chawarski, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine, Yale University
Topic: "Malaysia's Evolving Strategies to Address Interrelated Substance Use Problems and HIV/AIDS"
Contact: Dini Harsono (dini.harsono@yale.edu)
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- Data and Privacy: Day of Data Series Panel Discussion
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Location: Sterling Hall of Medicine 115 (inside Cushing/Whitney Medical Library), 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT
Description: Speakers include Jennifer Miller, Theodore Holford, Gregg Gonsalves, Joshua Wallach, and Donna Spiegelman.
Further Details and Registration
- CIRA's Qualitative Research Discussion Group: Marie Brault
Date: Friday, February 21, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Marie Brault, Yale School of Public Health
Topic: "TBA"
Contact: Lauretta Grau, (lauretta.grau@yale.edu)
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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 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-1:00 pm
Location: CIRA, Suite 200, Room 202, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Timothy Mah, DSc, Acting Deputy Division Chief, Priority Populations, Integration, and Rights, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID
Topic: "TBA"
Contact: Dini Harsono (dini.harsono@yale.edu)
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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: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@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: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@yale.edu)
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Download a PDF compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below. Yale Opportunities:
- Yale Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism (CTNA) 2020 Pilot Project Program
Letters of Intent Due: January 31, 2020
Eligibility: Yale CTNA investigators and Yale Postdoctoral associates/fellows, junior investigators, and established investigators interested in pursuing research on the neuroscience of alcoholism.
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- Yale Global Health Education Innovation Award
Proposal due date: April 17, 2020 by email to Anne.Kellett@yale.edu
Applicants will be notified of their award status by June 1, 2020.
Eligibility: full-time Yale School of Medicine faculty members
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HIV-Related Opportunities:
- Technical Assistance to Government of Tanzania (GOT) and Public Health Institutions (PHIs) toward Sustained Health Systems Strengthening in Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Application Due Date: March 21, 2020
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- HIV/AIDS and the Tumor Niche (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
AIDS Application Due Date: April 15, 2020
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- Health Information System Development, Project Management and Coordinated Deployment for National HIV and Health Sector Systems in the Republic of Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Application Due Date: March 15, 2020
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- Enhancing Implementation of Programs for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Application Due Date: March 16, 2020
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Other Opportunities:
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Programs
- Culture of Health Leaders is looking for people from all sectors-including business and tech-who are committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion. Deadline: February 19, 2020.
- Clinical Scholars is seeking teams of health care professionals from all isciplines, including dentists and pharmacists. Deadline: March 11, 2020.
- Health Policy Research Scholars is looking for second- and third-year doctoral students from all fields that have a direct impact on health policy. Deadline: March 11, 2020.
- Interdisciplinary Research Leaders is looking for teams of researchers and community partners focused on community environment and health or families and child health. Deadline: March 11, 2020.
- NIMH Short Courses for Mental Health Related Research (R25 -Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Due Date(s): May 26, 2020; May 25, 2021; May 25, 2022
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- HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network: Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
AIDS and non-AIDS Application Due Date: March 24, 2020
Further Details
- HEAL Initiative: Pragmatic and Implementation Studies for the Management of Pain to Reduce Opioid Prescribing (PRISM) (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trials Optional)
Application Due Date: March 30, 2020
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Notice of Special Interest:
- Use of Biological "High" or "Medium" Priority AIDS Research on Non-AIDS-defining or AIDS-defining Cancers
Key dates: May 7, 2020 – January 8, 2023
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- Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards
Key dates: March 5, 2020 – March 6, 2023
Further Details
- Preclinical and Clinical Studies of the Interactions of Opioids and Stimulants
Key dates: June 5, 2020 – June 5, 2023
Further Details
- Qin, Y., Price, C., Rutledge, R., Puglisi, L., Madden, L.M., Meyer, J.P.. (2020) 'Women's Decision-Making about PrEP for HIV Prevention in Drug Treatment Contexts.', Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, Jan-Dec;19:2325958219900091. doi: 10.1177/2325958219900091.
- Bravo, M., Peratikos, M.B., Muicha, A.S., Mahagaja, E., Alvim, M.F.S., Green, A.F., Wester, C.W., Vermund, S.H., (2020) 'Monitoring pharmacy and test kit stocks in rural Mozambique: U.S. PEPFAR Surveillance to help prevent Ministry of Health shortages.', AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, Jan 9. doi: 10.1089/AID.2019.0057. [Epub ahead of print]
- Sun, X., Wang, C., Zhao, K., Zhang, L., Li, M., Sun, D., Shu, W., Ruan, Y., Zhang, J., Vermund, S.H., Li, D., Hu, Y. (2020) 'HIV seroconversion and types of relationships among men who have sex with men: A cohort study in China.', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Jan 6. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002264. [Epub ahead of print]
- HIV in the United States and Dependent Areas (December 2019)
In 2018, 37,832 people received an HIV diagnosis in the United States (US) and dependent areas. From 2010 to 2017, HIV diagnoses decreased 11% among adults and adolescents in the 50 states and District of Columbia. However, annual diagnoses have increased among some groups.
Further Information
- HIV Partner Service Delivery Among Transgender Women - United States, 2013–2017
According to a new CDC study, transgender women with HIV-positive diagnosis (index persons) and their sex or needle-sharing partners (partners) were significantly less likely to receive HIV partner services than other groups of persons living with HIV and their partners.
Further Information
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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"
Contact: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@yale.edu)
- 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"
Contact: Katie Doucet (katie.doucet@yale.edu)
- 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"
Contact: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@yale.edu)
- 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"
Contact: Russell Barbour (russell.barbour@yale.edu)
CIRA International HIV Research Seminar Series All meetings will be held at 135 College Street New Haven, CT (Suite 200, Room 202).
- Wed, February 12, 10:00 am-11:30 am: Marek Chawarski, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine, Yale University - "Malaysia's Evolving Strategies to Address Interrelated Substance Use Problems and HIV/AIDS"
- Fri, March 6, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Timothy Mah, DSc, Acting Deputy Division Chief, Priority Populations, Integration, and Rights, Office of HIV/AIDS, USAID - "Topic TBA"
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).
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.
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