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05/05/2014
On Monday, June 2, the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) program will welcome six new and four returning Fellows to its 2014 Summer Institute. This is the fourth cohort of REIDS...
05/05/2014
In more than 30 U.S. states, there are laws that impose criminal penalties on people living with HIV who potentially expose others to HIV. On May 1, Iowa became one of the first to revise its statutes since...
04/24/2014
A CIRA pilot study has found that despite efforts to eliminate it at the societal level, HIV stigma persists and continues to threaten the health of people living with HIV (PLWH). Ninety-three PLWH completed a...
04/07/2014
Prisoners with HIV fare well with treatment during incarceration, a Yale study has found. The authors write that, with the lack of accessible community resources, prison can be an "opportunity of last resort"...
03/24/2014
Join your colleagues this Thursday, March 27 at Noon as Dr. Philip Chan presents "Implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and other HIV prevention initiatives in Rhode Island". All are welcome to...
03/17/2014
Drug overdoses are reportedly on the rise both locally and nationally. Leo Beletsky, a former CIRA postdoctoral fellow and currently an assistant professor with joint appointments in the School of Law and...
03/10/2014
CIRA offers a range of services aimed at assisting CIRA Affiliates in developing new research projects.Consultations with Core staff are available at all stages of the affiliation process. These consultations...
02/24/2014
Join your colleagues this Thursday, February 27 at Noon as Dr. Lauretta Grau presents "Findings from the SHERPA Project: A Study of Active IDUs Residing in the Suburban Towns of Southwestern Connecticut". All...
02/10/2014
A primary objective of CIRA is to train the next generation of HIV/AIDS scientists. The Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program was established in 1999 and provides a unique focus on professional...
01/27/2014
A Yale study led by Frederick Altice, M.D. (senior author) and Jaimie Meyer, M.D. (first author), both of Yale School of Medicine and CIRA affiliates, has uncovered significant gender differences in the...
01/27/2014
The Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies (FLAGS) committee has awarded CIRA Postdoctoral Fellow, Sarah Calabrese, $1,500 to support travel and dissemination of findings for her research proposal, entitled "...
12/09/2013
Dean Paul Cleary, the Anna M. R. Lauder Professor of Public Health and Professor of Sociology at the Yale School of Public Health as well as Director of CIRA, has been named a fellow of the American...
11/25/2013
CIRA is pleased to announce the new Assistant Director of our Community Research and Implementation Core (CRI), Mr. Jim Pettinelli. Jim will join CIRA's research support team on December 16. Jim worked in the...
11/11/2013
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Smoyer, current CIRA Postdoctoral Fellow (and former Assistant Director to the Center's Law, Policy and Ethics Core), who is the 2014 recipient of the Society for Social Work and...
10/28/2013
The Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) is now accepting applications for the 2014-16 program which begins in June, 2014. Quality mentorship, pilot grants of up to $20,000 and access to...
10/08/2013
CIRA continues to grow as a recognized hub for training, career development and mentorship of scholars from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. This year, we welcome six new Fellows to our Fogarty...
09/24/2013
The Yale AIDS Colloquium Series schedule is now available. All events run from Noon to 1:00 p.m.  and take place at 135 College Street, New Haven, CT, Room LL15 (basement level). All are welcome...
09/22/2013
Former CIRA Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Lesley Park, is using longitudinal studies to refine the risk model for elevated rates of liver cancer incidence found in people living with HIV/AIDS. With that new...
09/12/2013
CIRA bids a fond farewell and our warmest congratulations to the departing cohort of NIMH fellows who recently completed their training. Additionally, we welcome six new scholars to our NIMH...
09/09/2013
The Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Network (SBSRN) recently named CIRA Postdoctoral Fellow, Sarah Calabrese, among its early stage investigators who have been selected to participate in the 2013 CFAR...
08/12/2013
CIRA seeks letters of intent for its annual Pilot Projects in HIV Research program. The goal of the program is to provide pilot funding that will result in additional externally funded research projects. ...
07/22/2013
Attention CIRA Affiliates -- The next NIH AIDS and AIDS-related application deadline is just a few weeks away on September 7, 2013. CIRA affiliates can request peer reviews for grants, manuscripts,...
07/22/2013
Dr. Linda Niccolai has assumed the role of Director of CIRA's Development Core. She will remain the Deputy Director of CIRA's Office of International Training and an investigator with CIRA's Community Research...
07/01/2013
Nathan Hansen, Ph.D., former Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, former Director of HIV Prevention and Mental Health Research at The Consultation Center, and former Director of...
07/01/2013
CIRA has received a new federal grant that will fund its initiatives for the next five years.Paul Cleary, dean of the Yale School of Public Health and director of the Center, announced the award from the...