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

Professor John Pachankis Named Fulbright Scholar for 2022-23

John Pachankis, the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health and CIRA Community Research and Implementation Core Director, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2022-23 school year. His focus will be on why the LGBTQ population in Sweden - one of the world's most tolerant countries - faces similar disparities in mental health troubles as people in less tolerant nations. He will be a visiting scholar at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

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REGISTER: 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

This talk will describe experiences with the implementation and delivery of HIV PEP/PrEP and MOUD in Faster Paths, the low-barrier substance use disorder bridge clinic at Boston Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Jessica Taylor will present and Dr. Jennifer Edelman will moderate a discussion and Q&A.

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REGISTER: The New England HIV Implementation Science Network presents a Community Organization Open House

Wed, June 29, 2022
10:00 am-11:00 am

Hear from community organizations in New England doing some of the most cutting edge work in the region. The small group format will allow attendees to get to know presenters and look for overlapping areas of interest. HIV and harm reduction researchers, community organization staff, interested community members and others are all welcome to attend.

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Fact Sheets and Resources on Monkeypox

The global tally of monkeypox cases has risen swiftly since May 13, 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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CIRA Affiliates Honored by Yale School of Public Heatlh

Yale School of Public Health Dean Sten Vermund, M.D. Ph.D. recently announced the school's annual list of faculty and teaching awards. Among the awardees were several CIRA affiliates. Congratulations to all for their efforts and contributions to the school, teaching, research, and collaboration.

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Advancing CT Together (ACT) Welcomes New Director

Advancing CT Together (ACT) welcomed Krystal Medley as their new Director of the CT Center for Harm Reduction. She will oversee all harm reduction and prevention activities for ACT.

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National HIV Testing Day - June 27

Testing, including self-testing, is the first step to engaging in HIV prevention or treatment services. HIV testing is a critical tool to helping us end the HIV epidemic in the United States.

Learn more from CDC

AccessHealth MA announcement
Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 6:00 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
Further Details

Connecticut LGBTQ+ Health Equity Summit
Date: June 16-17, 2022
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Optimizing Tobacco Cessation Interventions for People with HIV Webinars: Implementation Strategies, Approaches, & Methods
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
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Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and COVID-19 in Vietnam: What Have We Learned?
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
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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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HIV Cluster Detection and Response: Connecting data, partners, and programs to identify and close gaps in HIV prevention
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
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LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Town Hall - Promising Practices from New York, Texas, and California
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
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NIH Grantspersonship Webinar
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS)'s Publish or Perish: How to Write and Publish a Scientific Manuscript
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 6:00 am-7:00 am
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The New England HIV Implementation Science Network presents a Community Organization Open House
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am
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How Tech Can - and Can't - Eliminate Barriers to Good Health Care
Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 1:00 pm
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Call for Abstracts: Person-Centred Approaches to Address the Health Needs of People Living with HIV and Co-infections and Co-morbidities (Journal of the International AIDS Society/JIAS)
Submission Due Date: June 30, 2022
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Call for Abstracts: Advancing Use of Long-Acting and Extended Delivery (LAED) HIV Prevention and Treatment Regimens (Journal of the International AIDS Society/JIAS)
Submission Due Date: June 30, 2022
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Call for Applications: NIDA INVEST Drug Abuse Research Fellowship
This fellowship is open to applications with citizenship or permanent residency in a country other than the United States
Applications Due Date: July 1, 2022
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Call for Applications: Enhancing Diversity in Alcohol Research (EDAR) Training Program
Applications Due Date: July 11, 2022
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Call for Applications: BMJ Global Health Grant
Applications Due Date: July 15, 2022
Eligibility: Early career researchers in low-income and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs)
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Request for Information: Promoting Equity in Global Health Research (NIH)
Response Due Date: August 1, 2022
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Call for Papers: How Substance Use is Portrayed in Digital Media and What Impacts Can It Have (Drug and Alcohol Review)
Submission Due Date: End of September 2022
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Call for Applications: NIDA Diversity Scholars Travel Award Program
Applications Due Date: Multiple
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Download an Excel spreadsheet compilation of active funding opportunities. Opportunities previously not listed are below.

Mass Mailing of HIV Self-Tests to Persons Disproportionately Affected by HIV in the U.S.
Application Due Date: July 11, 2022
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Leveraging Health Service Equity Approaches for Sustainable HIV Epidemic Control
Application Due Date: August 5, 2022
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NICHD Program Project Grants for HIV Research (P01 Clinical Trial Optional)
AIDS Application Due Date(s): August 10, 2022
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A Multi-omics Approach to Immune Responses in HIV Vaccination and Intervention (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
AIDS Application Due Date(s): October 13, 2022
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Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa): Partnership for Innovation Research Projects (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
AIDS Application Due Date: December 6, 2022
Further Details

Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity (R36 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application Due Dates: Standard AIDS dates apply (expiration date: May 08, 2025)
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Education Using a Virtual Environment in Sexual-Minority Men of Color With HIV: Protocol for a Sequential, Mixed Method, Waitlist Randomized Controlled Trial
S Raquel Ramos, Constance Johnson, Gail Melkus, Trace Kershaw, Marya Gwadz, Harmony Reynolds, Allison Vorderstrasse
JMIR Research Protocols. 2022. May 17;11(5):e38348. doi: 10.2196/38348.

Applying the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework to Assess HIV Stigma among Health Care Professionals: A Mixed Methods, Community-Based Participatory Research Study
Aleta Baldwin, Katelyn M Sileo, Tina Anh Huynh, Allison Olfers, C Junda Woo, Sean L Greene, Gregory L Casillas, Barbara S Taylor
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2022. 33(2):950-972. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2022.0074.

Self-Reported Cannabis Use and HIV Viral Control among Patients with HIV Engaged in Care: Results from a National Cohort Study
Anees Bahji, Yu Li, Rachel Vickers-Smith, Stephen Crystal, Robert D Kerns, Kirsha S Gordon, Alexandria Macmadu, Melissa Skanderson, Kaku So-Armah, Minhee L Sung, Fiona Bhondoekhan, Brandon D L Marshall, E Jennifer Edelman
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022. May 6;19(9):5649. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095649.

RECORDING AVAILABLE: CIRA Talk: "Developing a Chatbot to Promote HIV Testing and Prevention"
Presenter: Marcella Nunez Smith, Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Recorded: June 2, 2022
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- Presentation slides

RECORDING AVAILABLE: Health Equity in Implementation Science
Presenter: Marcella Nunez Smith, Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Recorded: June 3, 2022
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CDC Surveillance Reports
New report on diagnoses of HIV infection in the US and dependent areas 2020 and supplemental surveillance report on selected HIV prevention and care objectives are now available. The overall number of HIV diagnoses in the United States in 2020 (30,403) was 17% lower than in 2019. Data should be interpreted with caution due to disruptions in clinical care and community-based organization services, patient hesitancy in accessing clinical services, and shifting of partner services staff to COVID-19 activities.

Proceedings of the Ending the HIV Epidemic National Meeting Now Available
On April 14-15, 2021, more than 300 academic investigators, government scientists, local health department officials, and community members from throughout the U.S. participated in the first annual National Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Meeting hosted by NIH and the DC Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR). The Proceedings of the Ending the HIV Epidemic National Meeting are now available.

Special Issue on Telehealth for Gender-Affirming Care
Telehealth for Gender-Affirming Care: Challenges and Opportunities
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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: "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

The New England HIV Implementation Science Network presents a Community Organization Open House

Wed, June 29, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am

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"

Fri, July 15, Noon-1:30 pm
Amy Smoyer, Southern Connecticut State University - "Building the Next Generation of Qualitative Researchers: The NIH R15 & Beyond"

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 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.

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