11/15/2021
RECRUITING: Applications are open for CIRA’s two Fellowships programs, Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program (Y-APT) and the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS).Y-APT is a full time, two-...
11/15/2021
Join us on Zoom for a CIRA Talk focused on how physical activity can be recommended to elicit therapeutic benefits for persons with HIV and substance use. Presentation will be followed by a Q&A session...
11/15/2021
Dr. Tiarney Ritchwood has been awarded the NIH Director's New Innovator Award for her study "Community-Academic Partnerships to Address COVID-19 Inequities within African American Communities". This novel...
11/01/2021
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Individuals of color are particularly impacted by more severe health and social consequences related to alcohol use and...
10/26/2021
Former Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) scholar, S. Raquel Ramos, PhD MBA MSN FNP-BC., has joined the Yale School of Nursing as tenure-track faculty. Dr. Ramos, previously an Assistant...
10/20/2021
The CIRA community mourns the passing of Shawn Lang, a constant voice for LGBTQ rights and people living with HIV and AIDS. Shawn served as a Community Advisory Board member at CIRA for almost 15 years and was...
10/15/2021
At a time when the world is gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, early AIDS doctors look back on 40 years of HIV/AIDS. This article features an interview with CIRA affiliate and Yale Professor Emeritus of...
10/15/2021
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Professor Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN is leading a $7 million study funded by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases at NIH to address...
09/30/2021
Black girls make up a relatively small portion of the overall drug-using population. But their health consequences are more severe than most: Reproductive issues, fertility issues, sexually transmitted...
09/30/2021
Y-APT is a full time, two-year Postdoctoral T32 Fellowship for scholars with PhD, MD, and/or JD degrees. Fellows work closely with their Yale mentors focusing on professional development, productivity, and...
09/30/2021
In 2019, drug overdoses took the lives of more than 70,000 people in the United States. In West Virginia, which sees the greatest overdose rate in the U.S., recent legislation has substantially undermined...
09/22/2021
Join us as The New England HIV Implementation Science Network presents When the ParTy Comes to Town: Gay/Bisexual Men's Experiences of Meth and HIV, Locally and Beyond.Monday, October 4th 3:30-5:00 pmRegister...
09/20/2021
CIRA affiliates Julia Rozanova, PhD, and Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH, have been awarded an R21 from the National Institute on Aging to adapt, tailor and test a peer navigation strategy for supporting older people...
09/19/2021
A comprehensive library of peer-reviewed articles by CIRA affiliates from 2012 to present is now available via Zotero for CIRA community to use (2200+ articles and counting). This library was created to...
09/07/2021
Drs. Tiara Willie and Jaimie Meyer, both former CIRA fellows, are the latest affiliates to successfully turn their CIRA pilot project into a full-scale HIV prevention research project. Willie, an Assistant...
08/09/2021
CIRA member, Sten Vermund, has been named to the Fogarty International Center Advisory Board, his second such tour of duty. The board is comprised of researchers, policymakers and others involved in global...
08/09/2021
To support the development of a multiplayer risk-reduction videogame for Black teen girls, researchers at Yale conducted a study that sheds light on the social media habits of these teens in evaluating and...
07/19/2021
CIRA bids a fond farewell to two of our pre and post-doctoral fellows, while we also welcome three new scholars to our Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program (Y-APT), directed by Dr. Trace Kershaw. We pass on...
07/15/2021
A number of CIRA colleagues and affiliates are highlighting their work at the 2021 IAS Conference on HIV Science taking place July 18-20. All on-demand abstracts and e-posters will be available from July...
07/14/2021
Donna Spiegelman, ScD, founding Director of Yale's Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS), and Eric Velazquez, MD, section chief for Cardiovascular Medicine at the Yale School of...
07/14/2021
The U.S. Department of State recently tapped Yale School of Nursing Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health Dr. LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN as a Private Sector Advisor for...
06/25/2021
Dr. DeAnne Turner, Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida and former Yale AIDS Prevention Training fellow, has been awarded $25,000 through CIRA's Pilot program to support her research on "...
06/22/2021
Registration is now open for our next New England HIV Implementation Science Network event on Tuesday, July 13, Noon - Telehealth in HIV Prevention & Care: Emerging Approaches. Registration is free and...
06/21/2021
On June 5th, the world marked 40 years since the first five cases of what later became known as AIDS were officially reported. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and...
06/15/2021
CIRA and the Yale School of Public Health welcome eight junior faculty from around the U.S. appointed to the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS). REIDS aims to increase the number and...
