• Employment Ops.
• People at CIRA
• Affiliated Projects
• Funding Ops (Excel)
• Recorded Talks

REGISTER: 2022 HIV Implementation Science to Optimize Research Impact (HISTORI) Scientific Congress

When:
- Thursday, June 16 - Friday, June 17 (Juneteenth Unity Weekend)

Where:
- Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown Hotel, Dallas, TX

The HIV Implementation Science to Optimize Research Impact (HISTORI) Scientific Congress is a multi-culturally affirming, self-determined forum for Black investigators involved in research that contributes to ending the HIV epidemic in Black communities in the United States. The purpose of the HISTORI Congress is for Black investigators to collectively engage in priority setting, knowledge exchange, research methods capacity building, and science generation.

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Raul Hernandez-Ramirez Wins Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) Spark Award

Dr. Raul Hernandez-Ramirez, Associate Research Scientist at YSPH and Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core at CIRA, was recently awarded a Yale Institute for Global Health (YIGH) Spark Award. Each recipient of the award will receive up to $10,000 and were selected based on five criteria, including innovation, feasibility, sustainability, a connection between the "spark" and the anticipated outcomes, and consistency with the mission of YIGH.

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Yale Cancer Answers: "Caring for People with HIV and Cancer"
Date: Sunday, May 29, 7:30 pm-8:00 pm
Speaker: Brinda Emu, MD, Yale School of Medicine
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Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
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CIRA Talk: "Developing a Chatbot to Promote HIV Testing and Prevention"
Date: Thursday, June 2, 9:00 am-10:00 am
Speakers: Zhao Ni, PhD, Yale School of Nursing and Jeffrey Wickersham, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
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Demonstration project of administering long-acting ART to an adherence-challenged population
Date: Thursday, June 2, 1:30 pm-2:30 am
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R3EDI: Rigorous, Rapid and Relevant Evidence aDaptation and Implementation to Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Seminar Series: Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Date: Friday, June 3, 1:30 pm-2:00 pm
Speakers: Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, Yale Schools of Public Health and Medicine
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Building a Community of Practice around Virtual Qualitative Methods
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
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National Academies Report on Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
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CIRA Talk: "Reducing HIV Transmission Among People who Use Drugs: Bridge Clinic Implementation of Low-Barrier PrEP and MOUD"
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Speaker: Jessica Taylor, MD, Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center
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CIRA Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG): "Best practices for teaching qualitative methods to (mostly quantitatively-trained) doctoral level public health practitioners"
Date: Friday, June 17, 2022, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Presenter: Yuka Asada, University of Illinois Chicago
Contact: Lauretta Grau (lauretta.grau@yale.edu)
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Ending the HIV Epidemic: Through a Syndemic Lens
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
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Call for Letters of Interest: Pilot Projects in Research on Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder or Misuse
Application Due Date: July 5,2022
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Call for Papers: 15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
Application Due Date: July 19, 2022 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time
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Download an Excel spreadsheet compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below.

Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program
AIDS Application Due Dates: August 10, 2022; March 21, 2023; August 10, 2023; March 21, 2024; August 09, 2024; March 21, 2025
- R01 Clinical Trial Optional
- R34 Clinical Trial Optional

Planning Grant for Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions (D71 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Due Date: August 22, 2022
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NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Due Date: September 1, 2022
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Stimulants and HIV: Addressing Contemporary and Recurring Epidemics (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Required)
AIDS Application Due Date(s): November 10, 2022, November 9, 2023, November 12, 2024
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Workshops on Computational and Analytical Research Methods (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Due Date: November 10, 2022
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Transgender People: Immunity, Prevention, and Treatment of HIV and STIs (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
AIDS Application Due Date(s): December 7, 2022, December 7, 2023, December 7, 2024
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Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
AIDS Application Due Dates: Standard Dates Apply (Expiration Date: May 08, 2025)
- R01 Clinical Trial Optional
- R03 Clinical Trial Optional
- R21 Clinical Trial Optional

Advancing data to care strategies for persons with HIV using an innovative reconciliation process
Merceditas Villanueva, Janet Miceli, Suzanne Speers, Lisa Nichols, Constance Carroll, Heidi Jenkins, Frederick Altice
PLoS One. 2022. May 5;17(5):e0267903. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267903. eCollection 2022.

Adaptive Challenges, Adaptive Work, and Adaptive Leadership Among Women Living With HIV in the Southern United States: Findings From a Qualitative Study
Donald E Bailey Jr, Courtney Caiola, Adaora A Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Lauren Holt, Ragan Johnson, Amie Koch, Kara McGee, Jacquelyn M McMillian-Bohler, Schenita D Randolph, Tiarney D Ritchwood, Michael V Relf
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 2022. May-Jun 01;33(3):259-269. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000288. Epub 2021 Aug 4.

Community perspectives on addressing and responding to HIV-testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) among African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) people in Ontario, Canada
Josephine Etowa, Wangari Tharao, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Shamara Baidoobonso, Ilene Hyman, Suzanne Obiorah, Muna Aden, Egbe B Etowa, Akalewold Gebremeskel, Medys Kihembo, LaRon Nelson, Winston Husbands
BMC Public Health. 2022. May 7;22(1):913. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13093-0.

NOTE: All times are expressed in Eastern Time unless otherwise noted. All dates refer to 2022 unless otherwise noted.

Spotlight on CIRA

CIRA Talk: "Developing a Chatbot to Promote HIV Testing and Prevention"

Thu, June 2, 9:00 am-10:00 am

CIRA Talk: "Reducing HIV Transmission Among People who Use Drugs: Bridge Clinic Implementation of Low-Barrier PrEP and MOUD"

Wed, June 15, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

CIRA's Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG)

Fri, June 17, Noon-1:30 pm
Yuka Asada, University of Illinois Chicago - "Best practices for teaching qualitative methods to (mostly quantitatively-trained) doctoral level public health practitioners"

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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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 Katie Doucet (katie.doucet@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.

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