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

CIRA Announces Successful Renewal of P30 Center Grant

The National Institute of Mental Health has renewed the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) P30 Center Grant through 2028. Since 1997, CIRA at Yale University has supported a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary domestic and international research and contributed to generation of scientific knowledge addressing HIV vulnerability, transmission, and interventions in highly impacted groups and settings. In the next 5 years, under the leadership of Trace Kershaw, PhD, CIRA will focus on stimulating and supporting innovative interdisciplinary research that combines behavioral, social, structural, and biomedical approaches to improve HIV equity of status neutral HIV care (i.e., HIV prevention and treatment services across the care continuum, regardless of one's HIV status) through the support of key research skills shown to improve equity: implementation science, community-engaged research, HIV service integration, and digital health.

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CIRA Mourns the Passing of Legendary Harm Reductionist

The world lost one of the most passionate harm reduction warriors. Domingo Alberto Maldonado (pictured, center), age 75, of Tampa, Florida passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The impact he had at the New Haven Health Department's Syringe Exchange Program, the New Haven Mayor's Task Force on AIDS, the Ryan White Planning Council, and as Chair of CIRA's Community Advisory Board, for people living with and at risk of HIV will live on forever.

Rest In Peace.

Pride Month Public Health Reading List

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month. This month-long celebration demonstrates how LGBTQ Americans have strengthened our country, by using their talent and creativity to help create awareness and goodwill. Explore books and articles recommended by Yale School of Public Health faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

More from Yale School of Public Health

Information Retrieval for Evidence Synthesis: How Researchers in Limited-resource Environments Can Do Comprehensive Searches
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 8:00 am-9:00 am
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Human Behaviour-Change Project Knowledge System Launch
Date: Tuesday, 6 June, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
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CIRA Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG): "Research with Results, or Alphabet Soup? Promises and pitfalls of a Community Based Participatory Action Transformative mixed methods...approach"
Date: Friday, June 16, 2023, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Speaker: Annie Harper, Yale School of Medicine
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Qualitative Methods in Implementation Research, Part 2
Date: Friday, June 16, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
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Addiction Medicine Rounds: Current Trends in Fatal and Non-Fatal Overdose in Connecticut
Date: tuesday, June 27, 2023, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Speaker: Lauretta Grau, PhD, Yale School of Public Health
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Pharmacy-Centered HIV Research: Current Landscape and Future Frontiers
Date: June 28-29, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Implementation Science Bootcamp 2023
Date: July 12-14, 2023
Location: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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Malaysian Implementation Science Bootcamp 2023
Date: July 17-19, 2023
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Call for Abstracts - 16th Annual D&I Conference
Abstract Deadline: Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. ET
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Request for Information: NIH Common Fund is Soliciting Ideas for NIH-wide Challenges and Opportunities
Submission Due Date: August 11, 2023
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Download an Excel spreadsheet compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below.

Behavioral Health Equity Challenge: Outreach and Engagement Strategies for Underserved Racial and Ethnic Communities
Application Due Date: June 8, 2023
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NOSI: Administrative Supplements to Fogarty International Center's (FIC) Training Grants to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
First Available Due Date: June 23, 2023
Expiration Due Date: June 24, 2023
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Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CARS)
Application Due Date: June 27, 2023
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Gender-based Violence (GBV) Tech Innovation Challenge
Application Due Date: June 27, 2023
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Yale LGBT Studies Research Fellowship Application
Eligibility: Scholars from across the country and around the world are invited to apply. Scholars residing within 100 miles of New Haven are ineligible.
Application Due Date: June 30, 2023
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Family Counseling and Support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex+ Youth and their Families
Application Due Date: Monday, July 3, 2023
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Alcohol Health Services Research
Application Due Date: July 18, 2023
- R01
- R34

Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Research
Application Due Date: July 18, 2023
- R01
- R34

Analyzing Early Events in TB and TB/HIV Infection for Interventional Targets (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
AIDS Application Due Date: October 11, 2023
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Patient Engagement Resource Centers to Inform SUD Treatment Services Research (R24 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application Due Date: November 2, 2023
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Next Generation Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (NGM) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
AIDS Application Due Dates: December 7, 2023; December 7, 2024
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HIV-associated Non-Communicable Diseases Research at Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
AIDS Application Due Dates: December 8, 2023; December 9, 2024; December 7, 2025
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Interventions for Stigma Reduction to Improve HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
AIDS Application Due Dates: December 20, 2023; December 20, 2024; December 22, 2025
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HIV Prevention and Alcohol
AIDS Application Due Dates: Standard AIDS Dates Apply (Expiration Date: May 8, 2026)
- R01
- R34

NOSI: Developmentally Tailored HIV Prevention and Care Research for Adolescents and Young Adults
First Available Due Date: September 7, 2023
Expiration Date: September 8, 2026
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Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use and HIV Risk among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations: a Systematic Review
Carolyn Lauckner, Kimberly Haney, Fidelis Sesen, Trace Kershaw
Current HIV/AIDS Reports. 2023. May 25. doi: 10.1007/s11904-023-00660-2. Online ahead of print.

Contingency management with stepped care for unhealthy alcohol use among individuals with HIV: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
E Jennifer Edelman, James Dziura, Yanhong Deng, Dominick DePhilippis, Lisa M Fucito, Tekeda Ferguson, Roger Bedimo, Sheldon Brown, Vincent C Marconi, Matthew Bidwell Goetz, Maria C Rodriguez-Barradas, Michael S Simberkoff, Patricia E Molina, Amy C Weintrob, Stephen A Maisto, Manuel Paris, Amy C Justice, Kendall J Bryant, David A Fiellin
Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2023. May 23;107242. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107242. Online ahead of print.

Family Support, Open Communication, and Black Gay and Bisexual Young Men's Attitudes and Stigma Around Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Donte Boyd, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba'are, Edem Yaw Zigah, Antonio T Williams, Dalmacio D Flores
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2023. May 12. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001832. Online ahead of print.

National Community Outreach Coordinator
Organization: Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP)
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Recording and Slides – CIRA Talk: "Intervention Approaches to Improve Access to HIV Prevention/Treatment Services for PWID"
Speaker: Angela R. Bazzi, PhD, MPH, University of California, San Diego
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Recording – CIRA's Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG) Series - "It was organized from the bottom': The response from community-based institutions during the 2014 Ebola epidemic"
Speaker: Sabine Franklin, Yale University
Record Date: April 21, 2023
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Infographic: Resources and Programs for NIH Grant Applicants
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CDC HIV Surveillance Reports (Published May 23, 2023)
- Estimated HIV Incidence and Prevalence in the United States, 2017‒2021
- Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2021
- Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives by Using HIV Surveillance Data, United States and 6 Dependent Areas, 2021

Advocacy Brief: Put People First: Enabling Access to Quality Integrated HIV Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
This brief, developed by the International AIDS Society, explores the intersections between HIV and homelessness, social determinants of mental and physical health, and layered identities.
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Website: FindSupport.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched FindSupport.gov, a new user-friendly website, designed for the general public, to help people identify available resources, explore unbiased information about various treatment options, and learn how get the support for issues related to mental health, drugs, or alcohol.
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Recording - "Funding and Sustaining Community Driven Drug Policy Research"
Record Date: May 3, 2023
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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, June 16, Noon-1:00 pm
Annie Harper, Yale School of Medicine: "Research with Results, or Alphabet Soup? Promises and pitfalls of a Community Based Participatory Action Transformative mixed methods...approach"
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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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