CIRA Welcomes New Affiliated Individuals and Research Projects in 2020

There are two types of affiliation with CIRA - individual and project. Thus far in 2020, CIRA has affiliated eight individuals and 27 research projects. If you have interest in affiliating with CIRA, please review our Affiliation Guidelines. Contact Sharon Mierzwa, CIRA Executive Director, with any questions.

Individuals:

1. Ashley Buchanan, DrPH, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Rhode Island
2. Patrick Cudahy, M.D., Instructor, Yale School of Medicine
3. Jose Gutierrez, MSN, BSN, RN, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale School of Nursing
4. Fauzia Aman Malik, PhD, MSc, Director of Research, Global Health Leadership Initiative, Yale School of Public Health
5. Ryan McNeil, Ph.D., Director of Harm Reduction Research, Yale Program in Addiction Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
6. Carla J. Rash, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, UConn Health
7. Shufang Sun, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School
8. Reza Yaesoubi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy), Yale School of Public Health

Research Projects:

1. A Digital Intervention for HIV Prevention in Black Adolescent Girls (PI: Kimberly Hieftje, Ph.D. | Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
2. A Digital Intervention to Prevent the Initiation of Opioid Misuse in Adolescents in School-Based Health Centers (PI: Lynn E. Fiellin, M.D. | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
3. A Smart Approach to Treating Tobacco use Disorder in Persons Living with HIV (PI: Eva Jennifer Edelman, M.D. | Funder: National Cancer Institute)
4. Developing an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot to Promote HIV Testing (PI: Frederick Altice | Funder: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
5. Developing efficient intervention technologies to reduce stigma related stress, mental health problems, and HIV risk among young Chinese MSM (PI: John Pachankis | Funder: Fogarty International Center)
6. Engaging Providers, Community Members, and Young Women to Adapt and Pilot a Youth-Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health Package in Low-Income Communities in India (PI: Marie Brault | Funder: Fogarty International Center)
7. Enhancing Surveillance Systems to Slow the Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gonorrhea in the United States (PI: Reza Yaesoubi | Funder: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
8. Generating Knowledge for the Development of a Culturally Tailored Intergenerational Triad Intervention to Reduce Substance Abuse and Improve Psychological Wellness and HIV Outcomes in African American Women Living in the Deep South (PI: LaDrea Ingram, Ed.D., CHES | Funder: Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS))
9. HIV Co-morbidities Research Training in Ghana (HIV-COMRT) (PI: Elijah Paintsil | Funder: Fogarty International Center)
10. Identifying Modifiable Risk and Protective Processes at the Day-Level that Predict HIV Care Outcomes Among Women Exposed to Partner Violence (PI: Tami P. Sullivan, Ph.D. & Jaimie Meyer, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P. | Funder: National Institute of Mental Health)
11. Implementation of Seek, Test, Treat & Retain Strategies among People Who Inject Drugs in Malaysia (PI: Marek Chawarski, Ph.D. | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
12. Integrated rapid access to HIV prevention program for people who inject drugs (iRaPID) (PI: Roman Shrestha | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
13. Integrating Genomic and Spatial Approaches for Targeted Control of HIV-Associated Tuberculosis Epidemics (PI: Ted Cohen | Funder: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) 
14. Intersectional Stigma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk among US Gay and Bisexual Men of Color(PI: Skyler Jackson | Funder: National Institute of Mental Health)
15. Longitudinal Exploration of Pathways to HIV/STI Risk Reduction among Homeless Young Adults through a Youth-Centric Rapid Re-Housing Program (PI: Heather Mosher | Funder: National Institute of Mental Health)
16. Malaysian Implementation Science Training (MIST) Program in HIV (PI: Frederick L Altice, M.D. | Funder: Fogarty International Center)
17. Modeling the impact and cost-effectiveness of opioid agonist treatments to reduce the negative consequences of incarceration on HIV and TB transmission in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (PI: Frederick Altice | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
18. Multi-Level Intervention Addressing Intersectional Stigma to Improve HIV Testing in MSM (PI: LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN | Funder: National Institute of Nursing Research)
19. Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis and HIV: Composition of Strains and Biomarkers of Treatment Response (PI: Patrick Cudahy | Funder: Fogarty International Center)
20. Novel, Adaptive Approaches to Predicting and Responding to Outbreaks of Overdose, HIV and HCV among People Who Use Drugs (PI: Gregg Gonsalves, Ph.D. | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
21. Optimizing PrEP's Potential in Non-Clinical Settings: Development and Evaluation of a PrEP Shared Decision-Making Tool for Women Seeking Domestic Violence Services (PI: Jaimie Meyer, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P. & Tiara C. Willie, Ph.D. | Funder: National Institute of Mental Health)
22. Pediatric HIV Disclosure Benefits Study (PhD-BS) - Sankofa 2 (PI: Elijah Paintsil | Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
23. Phylodynamic Analysis of HIV Transmission Clusters in Kazakhstan for Targeted Interventions (PI: Sten H. Vermund | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
24. Preparing for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in Central-Eastern European Countries with Low Access to Biomedical Prevention (PI: John Pachankis | Funder: Fogarty International Center)
25. Project CIRCLE: CIRA International HIV Research Capacity and Collaboration: An Exploratory Study (PI: Kaveh Khoshnood, Ph.D., M.P.H. & Dini Harsono, M.Sc. | Funder: National Institute of Mental Health)
26. Promoting HIV Risk Reduction Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Stepped Care Approach Using Contingency Management with PrEP Navigation (PI: Eva Jennifer Edelman | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
27. Training in mHealth Prevention with MSM (PI: Roman Shrestha | Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse)