CIRA's current affiliation guidelines promote broad participation of scientists, trainees, HIV service providers, community members, and other institutional partners while maintaining scientific rigor and disciplinary diversity within CIRA's research portfolio. Among the services available to CIRA affiliates are peer review of grant applications and manuscripts, research-in-progress and methods consultations, identifying research collaborators, and solicitation of community input. If you have interest in affiliating with CIRA, contact Sharon Mierzwa (sharon.mierzwa@yale.edu), CIRA Executive Director.
In 2019, CIRA affiliated four individuals and 12 research projects.
Individuals:
- Marek Chawarski, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
- Navin Kumar, MA, PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Yale University
- LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN, Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity, Yale School of Nursing
- Ryan J. Watson, PhD – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Development & Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
Research Projects:
- Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Underlying Internalizing Psychopathology in a Prospective, Population-Based Cohort of Sexual Minority Young Adults (PI: John Pachankis | Funder: NIMH)
- Coordinated Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease (PI: Sandra Springer | Funder: NCATS)
- Exploring the feasibility of a peer-driven intervention to improve HIV prevention among prisoners who inject drugs (PI: Julia Rozanova | Funder: NIDA)
- Exploring Transgender Women's Perceptions of E-Health Technology for Sexual Health Care Support (PI: Keosha Bond | Funder: REIDS)
- HIV/STI Risk Behaviors, Mental Health, and Immigration: The experiences of Immigrants Pre- and Post-Migration (PI: Sarah Abboud | Funder: REIDS )
- Human-Centered Design and Communities of Practice to Improve Delivery of Home-Based TB Contact Investigation in Uganda (PI: Luke Davis | Funder: NIAID)
- Immunologic Profiles of Distinct Cognitive Trajectories in Adults with Perinatal HIV (PI: Payal Patel | Funder: NIMH)
- Interrupting HIV and TB Stigma in the Household During TB Contact Investigation in Uganda (PI: Luke Davis | Funder: FIC)
- Long-Acting Buprenorphine vs. Naltrexone Opioid Treatments in CJS-Involved Adults (PI: Sandra Springer | Funder: NIDA)
- Mental Illness Stigma as a Risk Factor for Substance Use Among Adults with Depression (PI: Katie Wang | Funder: NIDA)
- Provider-Initiated HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion with Couples (PI: Natalie Leblanc | Funder: REIDS)
- Understanding Relapse and the Impact of Social Network and Geographic Settings During Treatment for Alcohol-Related Problems (PI: Trace Kershaw | Funder: NIAAA)
Published: Monday, February 10, 2020
