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• People at CIRA
• Affiliated Projects
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• Recorded Talks

REGISTER: CIRA's AIDS Science Day - November 30, 2023

Join us on Thursday, November 30, 2023 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm EST at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale in commemoration of World AIDS Day and CIRA's 25th anniversary as a National Institute of Mental Health-funded AIDS Research Center. Researchers, community and practice partners, training fellows, and members of the HIV community are invited to gather to celebrate the past, present, and future of CIRA research and partnerships.

CIRA also invites Photo Contest and Poster Exhibition entries (extended deadline: Friday, November 17, 2023). Selected photos and posters will be showcased at the event.

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CIRA 2024 Pilot Projects in HIV Research: Letters of Intend Deadline - December 1

CIRA is seeking letters of intent (LOI) for the 2024 Pilot Projects in HIV Research, which offers funding for preliminary and/or feasibility studies in HIV-related research that will ultimately lead to larger studies evaluating novel interventions or implementation strategies.

Applicants must submit a letter of intent by Friday, December 1, 2023 via an online form.

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NIDA Invests Nearly $7M to Address the Opioid Crisis Among Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

The National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded nearly $7 million to MPIs Tami Sullivan, PhD (Psychiatry and Public Health); E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS (Internal Medicine and Public Health); and Dawn Johnson, PhD (University of Akron Department of Psychology) to study medication for opioid use disorder treatment retention among women who experience intimate partner violence.

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Supporting the Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Adolescents and Their Families

Penn Nursing's Dalmacio Dennis Flores, PhD, ACRN, FAAN has been awarded a 2023 grant from the Hillman Innovations in Care (HIC) program. The $600,000 grant will be used to expand a Penn Nursing-led program that supports the well-being of LGBTQ+ adolescents and their families. Dr. Flores is a former Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) Fellow.

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Vermund appointed president of the Global Virus Network

Sten Vermund has been appointed president of the Global Virus Network. The GVN is a coalition comprised of eminent human and animal virologists from 71 centers of excellence and 9 affiliates in 40 countries, working collaboratively to advance knowledge about how to identify and diagnose pandemic viruses, mitigate and control how such viruses spread and make us sick, as well as develop drugs, vaccines, and treatments to combat them.

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Shenoi Is Honored by Infectious Diseases Society of America

Sheela Shenoi, Yale School of Medicine, has been named a Fellow by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Shenoi is a clinician and investigator focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa, Ukraine, Malaysia, and the U.S. She is also asssociate director of the Office of Global Health.

World AIDS Day 2024: Remember and Commit

Every year on December 1st, the world unites to commemorate World AIDS Day. This annual event serves as a reminder of the global struggle to end HIV-related stigma, an opportunity to honor those we have lost, and a rallying cry to continue working toward a day when HIV is no longer a public health threat. In 2023, we mark the 35th commemoration of this important day with the theme "World AIDS Day 35: Remember and Commit".

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Trauma-Informed Research: Research and Community Perspectives
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 3:00-4:00 pm
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CIRA Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG): "Navigating Challenges in Community-based Research Aimed at Ending the HIV Epidemic Among Black Women"
Date: Friday, November 17, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Presenters: J. Richelle Joe, Andrea Dunn, Shan-Estelle Brown
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NIDA Early Career Workshop: Navigating Career Opportunities and Challenges
Date: Monday, November 27, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
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Training: Connecticut AIDS Drug Assistance Program (CADAP)
Date: Monday, November 27, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
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CT Statewide Grand Rounds: Smoking Cessation and HIV
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
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Exploratory and Inferential Spatial Statistical Methods: Tools To Understand the Geography of Health Across the US
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
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Guidelines for Design and Analysis of Stepped-Wedge Trials
Date: Friday, December 1, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
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NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 11:00 am-4:00 pm
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2024 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit
Date: April 19 – 20, 2024
Abstract Deadline: Monday, January 22, 2024 by 5:00 pm PST
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Call for Applications: ORBIT Institute: Developing Behavioral Treatments to Improve Health
Application Due Date: November 30, 2023
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Request for Information: Developing Consent Language for Research Using Digital Health Technologies
Response Date Due: December 12, 2023
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Call for Applications: HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute
Program Dates: July 7-15, 2024
Application Due Date: March 1, 2-24
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Download an Excel spreadsheet compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below.

Career Enhancement Award to Advance the Study of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the Context of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Research (K18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Due Date: December 1, 2023
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R25 for Short Courses on Techniques for Measuring Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Different Populations (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Due Date: December 1, 2023
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Implementation of Community Health Worker-Mediated Services for Re-Engagement to Care and Outreach for Persons with HIV in Rural Communities (REACH: Rural Re-Engagement and Care using CHWs for Persons with HIV)
Application Due Date: January 5, 2024
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Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Inactivity Among Individuals with HIV During the First COVID-19 Wave: A Cross-sectional Survey
Dini Harsono, Yanhong Deng, Sangyun Chung, Lydia A Barakat, Gerald Friedland, Merceditas Villanueva, Jessica E Yager, Marissa Justen, E Jennifer Edelman
AIDS and Behavior. 2023. Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04170-5. Online ahead of print.

Black Adolescent Females' Perceptions of PrEP for HIV Risk Reduction
Mariana Budge, Ijeoma Opara, Veronica U Weser, Brandon E Sands, Kimberly D Hieftje
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. 2023. Jan-Dec:22:23259582231206934. doi: 10.1177/23259582231206934.

Increasing Spiritual Beliefs are Associated With Lower HIV Incidence Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: Results From HPTN 061 Longitudinal Study
Yusuf Ransome, Tamara Taggart, Amber Shu Huang, Sten H Vermund, Kenneth H Mayer, Amy S Nunn
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2023. Nov 1;94(3):196-202. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003278.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Organization: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Center Coordinator
Organization: Center for Methods of Implementation and Prevention Sciences Methods (CMIPS), Yale School of Public Health
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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Organization: College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources (CAHNR) at the University of Connecticut
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Multiple Positions
Organization: APT Foundation, Inc.
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Event Summary and Resources: CIRA Early-Career Scientists Panel "NIH K01 Awards"
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Black HIV Researchers' Directory
The Black HIV Researchers' Directory serves as an avenue for Black researchers to connect with other Black researchers and for Black-led community organizations to find researchers whose expertise align with their needs.
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Event Recordings: Pharmacy-Centered HIV Research: Current Landscape and Future Frontiers
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Recordings, Abstracts, and e-Posters from the 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2023)
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CDC's Preliminary Data on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Coverage through March 2023
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Health Justice & the Drivers of Inequity Framework
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NOTE: All times are expressed in Eastern Time unless otherwise noted. All dates refer to 2023 unless otherwise noted.

Spotlight on CIRA

CIRA's Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG)

Fri, November 17, Noon-1:00 pm
J. Richelle Joe, Andrea Dunn, Shan-Estelle Brown: "Navigating Challenges in Community-based Research Aimed at Ending the HIV Epidemic Among Black Women"
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Fact Sheets and Resources on Mpox

This webpage provides fact sheets, resources, recorded sessions and literature on Mpox collated by CIRA.

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COVID-19 and HIV Resources

This webpage provides a wide range of resources surrounding COVID-19 and HIV collated by CIRA, including funding opportunities, call for papers, and repositories of literature and research tools.

CIRA Peer Review Program

CIRA's Peer Review Program is designed to enhance the quality of grant proposals, manuscripts, and research presentations written by CIRA affiliates by sharing them with a multidisciplinary group of colleagues for their critique and feedback. The spirit of our program is one of collegiality and respect; it is constructive rather than evaluative in nature. We encourage peer review at any stage of development, from a 2-3 page concept sheet to a penultimate draft.

Please submit your request for Peer Review 4 weeks prior to requested review date. Review materials are due:

• Specific Aims: 5 days in advance of the review date
• Grant Sections (i.e. approach, significance etc): 7 days in advance of the review date
• Full Grant proposal: 14 days in advance of the review date
• Sections of a paper (i.e. methods, tables, discussion etc): 7 days in advance of the review date
• Full Manuscript: 10 days in advance of the review date
• Concept paper: 5 days in advance of the review date
• Conference Presentation: nothing due in advance
• Conference Poster: 5 days in advance of the review date

Sessions are held at CIRA's Offices (135 College Street, Suite 200, New Haven CT) on Zoom, or via email and last around one hour. Reviews are typically led by a primary reviewer; whose role is to provide oral and written feedback on each proposal. This is followed by the other reviewers’ feedback and then we hold a group discussion.

The peer review process has multiple benefits: Researchers gain from practical advice on products. Also, they offer a rare opportunity for a cross-section of the entire CIRA community – scientists, staff, community representatives and post-doctoral fellows – to keep abreast of and discuss the very latest research, to forge additional, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and to expand and build on professional networks.

To request a Peer Review, please click here. For further information or questions, please contact Daniel Davidson (daniel.davidson@yale.edu).

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.

Meeting Challenges & Taking Action: Highlights of CIRA Activities and Accomplishments

Collaborators past, present and future, we invite you to peruse this concise summary of "CIRA Highlights" from the past year, and welcome any comments/suggestions you may have for future representation of your engagement with CIRA.

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