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CIRA Director's Message: A Year in Review

I am pleased to bring you the latest edition of CIRA's ebulletin. This last issue in 2022 features individuals and projects affiliated with the Center since December 2021 and the newly launched Yale Global HIV/AIDS Research Network (GARNER). I hope you will find these resources of information useful to facilitate connections between researchers, community partners, training fellows, and the broader HIV/AIDS community.

CIRA welcomes 22 new affiliated individuals this past year who bring their respective expertise and research portfolio to advance CIRA's innovative interdisciplinary research, supportive to the ending the HIV epidemic efforts in the US and globally.

We also provide support to new and innovative HIV/AIDS-related projects led by our investigators and their research partners. These projects represent some examples of CIRA scientists' commitment to reducing persisting inequalities in HIV response and access to prevention, treatment, and care services. They also recognize CIRA affiliates' diverse knowledge, skills, and scopes of research that are necessary to address the intersections of socioecological drivers of the HIV epidemic (e.g., stigma, racism, forced displacement, neighborhood factors), substance use, mental health, and HIV.

In 2023, we look forward to providing resources and space to foster innovation and equitable community partnership in research and services to improve the health and well-being of individuals with and at risk for HIV. From all of us at CIRA, we wish you and yours a healthy and happy holiday season.

Dr. Trace Kershaw
CIRA Director

The Yale Global HIV/AIDS Research Network (GARNER) Launched

CIRA is excited to announce the launch of the Yale Global HIV/AIDS Research Network (GARNER), the newest faculty network within the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH).

Under the inaugural leadership of Drs. Luke Davis, Sheela Shenoi, and Jeffrey Wickersham, Yale GARNER aims to bring together Yale faculty, researchers, and other partners to support global interdisciplinary research on the implementation of HIV prevention and treatment to end the HIV epidemic and eliminate HIV disparities.

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Individuals and Research Projects Affiliated by CIRA in 2022

Since December 2021, CIRA affiliated 22 individuals from 12 institutions and 13 research projects. Click each link below to read more information about the affiliate or the project. If you have interest in affiliating with CIRA, please contact Daniel Davidson (daniel.davidson@yale.edu).

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Announcement Regarding Passing of Robert Sideleau

The New England AIDS Education and Training Center shared that its Connecticut Regional Partner Site Director, Robert (Bob) Sideleau, passed away peacefully at home on November 16, 2022. Bob joined the Yale AIDS Program in 2015 as a consultant for the NEAETC CT RP and became the director in 2018. He contributed immensely to the growth of several medical clinic centers in CT through practice transformation, Project ECHO, quality improvement, coaching, and technical assistance.

CIRA Talk: "Resilience in HIV and Aging Research in Response to Crises: Lessons from Ukraine"
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am
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Role of Public Health in Response to Armed Conflict
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 2:30 pm-3:45 pm
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Implementation Science and Health Equity Panel
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm CT
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Integrating Social and Behavioral Sciences into HIV Cure-Related Clinical Research and Trials
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
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NTTAP Webinar Series: HIV Prevention: Combating PrEP Implementation Challenges
Date: Monday, December 12, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
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Integrating Primary Care with STI Service Provision at a new Community-based LGBTQ+ Health Center
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
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CIRA Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG): "Intersectional influences on strengthening use of CHWs to support people living with HIV in St. Louis"
Date: Friday, December 16, 2022, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Presenter: Debbie Humphries, Yale School of Public Health
Contact: Lauretta Grau (lauretta.grau@yale.edu)
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Community Engagement: An Essential Component of an Effective and Equitable Substance Use Prevention System
Date: Friday, December 16, 2022, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
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What Can Genomic Studies of the CSF Teach Us About the Neurological Complications of HIV and of COVID-19?
Date: Friday, January 6, 2023, 12:30 pm–2:00 pm
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Health Economics at NIMH and NIDA – Domestic and International
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
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Call for Applications: PRIDEnet Researcher Basecamp
Application Due Date: December 11, 2022 at 11:59 pm PST
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Call for Abstracts and Travel Award Request: 2023 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Forum
Submission Due Date: January 8, 2023
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Call for Applications: Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
Application Due Date: Friday, January 13, 2023 at 5:00 pm
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Call for Applications: NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research
High school student application due date: February 1, 2023
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College, graduate school, and professional school student application due date: March 1, 2023
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Call for Applications: Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials
Application Due Date: February 21, 2023
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Call for Papers: COVID-19 and Interpersonal Violence
Submission Due Date: March 23, 2023
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Call for Papers: Violence and Related Health Outcomes in Sexual & Gender Minority Communities
Submission Due Date: March 31, 2023
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Call for Applications: International AIDS Society’s 2023 HIV Vaccine Science Academy
Application Due Date: January 15, 2023, 23:59 CET
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Call for Participation: 2022 CT Department of Public Health HIV Prevention Needs Assessment Survey
The CT Department of Public Health is conducting a 2022 HIV Prevention Needs Assessment survey about the health and experiences of HIV-negative people in Connecticut.
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Download an Excel spreadsheet compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below.

NOSI: Chemsex and HIV: prevalence, medical/psychosocial consequences, and treatment
First Available Due Date: January 5, 2023
Expiration Date: January 8, 2026
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NOSI: Promoting Research Opportunities on HIV/AIDS in NIAMS
First Available Due Date: February 5, 2023
Expiration Date: January 8, 2028
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Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Due Dates: Standard AIDS dates apply
Expiration Date: January 8, 2026
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NIAID Resource-Related Research Projects (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Due Dates: Standard AIDS dates apply
Expiration Date: January 8, 2026
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Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
AIDS Application Due Date: February 3, 2023
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Programs, Policies, or Practices that Affect Social Determinants of Health to Promote Health Equity and Reduce Health Disparities in Chronic Diseases
Application Due Date: February 9, 2023
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NOSI: Administrative Supplement for Research and Capacity Building Efforts Related to Bioethical Issues (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
First Available Due Date: December 16, 2022
Expiration Date: February 17, 2023
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Self-Reported Combination HIV Prevention Strategies Enacted by a Prospective Cohort of Midlife and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis
Steven Meanley, James E Egan, Deanna Ware, Mark Brennan-Ing, Sabina A Haberlen, Roger Detels, Frank Palella, Mackey R Friedman, Michael W Plankey
AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2022. Nov 17. doi: 10.1089/apc.2022.0167. Online ahead of print.

"Everything…Fell Apart Once COVID-19 Hit"-Leveraging the COVID-19 Response to Strengthen Public Health Activities toward Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Qualitative Study
Samantha A Devlin, Moctezuma Garcia, Kayo Fujimoto, Camden Hallmark, Marlene McNeese, John Schneider, Moira C McNulty
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022. Nov 18;19(22):15247. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192215247.

The development and initial validation of the Russian version of the BASIS-24
Lynn M Madden, Scott O Farnum, Daniel J Bromberg, Declan T Barry, Alyona Mazhnaya, Tetiana Fomenko, Anna Meteliuk, Ruthanne Marcus, Julia Rozanova, Iurii Poklad, Sergii Dvoriak, Frederick L Altice
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 2022. Nov 26;17(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s13722-022-00343-0.

Dissemination and Implementation Science Faculty Person
Organization: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center (The Hillman)
This position requires expertise in dissemination and implementation science (D&I) research with a behavioral perspective.
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Senior Policy Analyst
Organization: Partnership for Strong Communities
The Senior Policy Analyst is responsible for researching, analyzing, and offering housing policy recommendations that will guide the Partnership in its convening, education, and advocacy efforts on the local, state, and national levels.
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UNAIDS World AIDS Day 2022 Report: Dangerous Inequalities
View the press release, watch the report launch, and read the report.

RECORDING: HIV, COVID-19, and Gender Inequality - A Call to Action: Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director
On November 17, 2022, the Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) welcomed Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director to discuss the underlying social factors like gender inequality that exacerbate the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics.
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NOTE: All times are expressed in Eastern Time unless otherwise noted. All dates refer to 2022 unless otherwise noted.

Spotlight on CIRA

CIRA Talk: "Resilience in HIV and Aging Research in Response to Crises: Lessons from Ukraine"

Tue, December 6, 10:00 am-11:00 am

CIRA's Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG)

Fri, December 16, Noon-1:30 pm

Fact Sheets and Resources on Mpox

The global tally of Mpox cases has risen swiftly since May 2022, when the first case was reported, to more than 1,450. At least 1,500 cases are still under investigation. The following list includes select fact sheets and resources literature on monkeypox collated by CIRA.

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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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Did you know our eBulletin is Archived?

For your convenience, we have archived all issues of CIRA's eBulletin. No need to dig through your emails to find an old issue.
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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).

COVID-19 and HIV Resources

CIRA has launched a webpage that provides a wide range of resources surrounding COVID-19 and HIV. The webpage will be updated regularly as new information and materials become available. The resources include COVID-19-related funding opportunities, call for papers, research tools and guidance, and many more. Contact Dini Harsono (dini.harsono@yale.edu) for questions or comments about the web page.

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.