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"Implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and other HIV prevention initiatives in Rhode Island" The presentation will focus on recent advances in HIV prevention including post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). In Rhode Island, we have implemented several new initiatives to address HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including a new PEP/PrEP program and free/accessible HIV/STI testing. Our PrEP program is among the first in the country to offer the medication on a clinical basis to at-risk individuals. One of the goals of the presentation will be to identify areas for collaboration between Rhode Island and Connecticut.

"Findings from the SHERPA Project: A Study of Active IDUs Residing in the Suburban Towns of Southwestern Connecticut" The SHERPA project is a multiple-methods, longitudinal study of active injection drug users residing in non-urban areas of southwestern Connecticut. It is, to our knowledge, the largest sample of active injectors residing in suburban locales. Baseline characteristics of the study sample will be described, with particular focus on HIV and hepatitis B and C prevalence, injection-associated risk behaviors, access to healthcare, and knowledge about HIV, hepatitis, and overdose.

"Prescribing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: Barriers and Biases among Healthcare Providers" HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has emerged as a promising biomedical prevention strategy for people at high risk for HIV acquisition. However, its establishment has been met by mixed reactions within the healthcare community. In this Yale AIDS Colloquium Series session, I will discuss the controversy surrounding PrEP as well as the potential for provider bias in the prescription of PrEP to Black MSM and other socially marginalized groups at elevated risk for HIV.

"Risks, Vulnerabilities, and Burden of HIV among Key Populations in Low and Middle Income Countries" There is an emerging understanding of the importance of addressing the HIV prevention, treatment, and care needs of key populations across HIV epidemic settings including sex work, people who use drugs, gay men and other men who have sex with men, and transgender populations. This session will provide a holistic view of the epidemiology and prevention needs of HIV among key populations by exploring the latest science on the epidemic as well as policy and programmatic influences that enhance or impede the global response.

"Cancer Risk and Prevention in Persons Living with HIV" The burden of cancer among persons living with HIV/AIDS is substantial due to both impaired immune function and high prevalence of non-HIV cancer risk factors, such as smoking and oncogenic virus infections. Consequently, the two pillars of cancer prevention in this population are restoration of immune function and medical and behavioral interventions to reduce the prevalence of non-HIV cancer risk factors.

"Challenges to the Elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) in the United States" This talk will review the need to bridge the implementation, knowledge, and ambition gaps to succeed in the elimination of TB here and elsewhere.

"Understanding and Intervening on Alcohol-Related Comorbidities in HIV Treatment" Christopher W. Kahler, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the Public Health Program at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Alcohol use affects both the depth and breadth of the HIV epidemic by contributing to HIV transmission and worse clinical outcomes in those with HIV. This talk focuses on three ongoing research projects through the Brown University Alcohol Research Center on HIV that seek to understand the impact of alcohol use on clinical outcomes in people living with HIV and to develop, evaluate, and improve behavioral interventions to reduce drinking in the context of HIV treatment.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core. The presenters are Russell Barbour, Ph.D., CIRA, and Eugenia Buta, Ph.D., CIRA and The Yale Center of Analytical Studies (YCAS).

"HIV and the Human Immune System: Complexities and Consequences" The impact of HIV infection on the human immune system is profound. This talk will focus on two related topics -- First: how does one group of individuals control infection without any antiretroviral therapy? And secondly: what are the clinical and immunologic consequences of HIV infection even with excellent control of viral replication.

"Trauma, Resilience, and HIV Vulnerability among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men" Patrick Wilson, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Previously, Dr. Wilson completed an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Health, with a concentration in HIV/AIDS, at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA).

The Dean's Lecture series highlights distinguished scholars of public health. This event celebrates Dr. Beyrer's notable contributions to public health, human rights, and HIV/AIDS prevention in recognition of World AIDS Day, promoting "Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths."

Sheela Shenoi, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS), Yale School of Medicine "Addressing TB in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in Rural South Africa: the 3Is" Dr. Shenoi reviews the global burden of tuberculosis and the World Health Organization’s platform for addressing TB in HIV patients, the 3Is: Intensive Case Finding, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy, and Infection Control. She presens her ongoing community based research from rural South Africa in the context of the 3Is as well as new endeavors to improve outcomes of patients with TB and HIV in resource limited settings.

For the past four years, our drug sales block in the Puerto Rican corner of inner-city Philadelphia has been subject to a routinized whirlwind of shootings, stabbings and assaults. The narcotics industry filled the void left by deindustrialization turning the city's former factory district into an open-air narcotics supermarket staffed at the entry level by young Puerto Ricans serving primarily poor white injectors. A dynamic of embodied primitive accumulation kills, maims, disables or incarcerates most of this industry's entry-level employees and customers. Artificially high profit margins depend on coercion: 1) An inelastic demand for addictive products; 2) The scarcity effects of zero-tolerance policing; and 3) the brutality of wannabe monopoly drug lords in the absence of state-sanctioned legal recourse. With the end of welfare entitlements, social services attempts to subsidize vulnerable individuals by diagnosing scarred bodies and brains as proof of permanent cognitive disability in need of heavy pharmaceutical medications. An overdetermined habitus/subjectivity of rage carries material, social and psycho-dynamic valences. It insures success in the drug economy, social solidarity within shattered families and minimal income for the no-longer-worthy poor. It also propels hyper-incarceration, expands psychiatric diagnoses and opens secondary addiction markets for diverted prescription pills.

CIRA's Visiting International Scholars initiative brings to CIRA distinguished, senior international scholars with expertise in areas related to our international research portfolio. For a period of up to two weeks, scholars present their work, offer new ideas for research at the Center and advise CIRA scientists on their ongoing and planned projects.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Supported by the Clinical and Health Services Research Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. As in nearly all other domains, the use of electronic media, such as social networking tools, video games, mobile devices, and the Internet, is changing the way people learn about health and health care. To stay relevant, health professionals must increasingly employ electronic media to inform health consumers, conduct research and influence health behavior. The purpose of this conference was to survey ways in which electronic media are being used in health research and practice to inform future research and educational efforts.

Supported by the Clinical and Health Services Research Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. As in nearly all other domains, the use of electronic media, such as social networking tools, video games, mobile devices, and the Internet, is changing the way people learn about health and health care. To stay relevant, health professionals must increasingly employ electronic media to inform health consumers, conduct research and influence health behavior. The purpose of this conference was to survey ways in which electronic media are being used in health research and practice to inform future research and educational efforts.

Supported by the Clinical and Health Services Research Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. As in nearly all other domains, the use of electronic media, such as social networking tools, video games, mobile devices, and the Internet, is changing the way people learn about health and health care. To stay relevant, health professionals must increasingly employ electronic media to inform health consumers, conduct research and influence health behavior. The purpose of this conference was to survey ways in which electronic media are being used in health research and practice to inform future research and educational efforts.

Supported by the Clinical and Health Services Research Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. As in nearly all other domains, the use of electronic media, such as social networking tools, video games, mobile devices, and the Internet, is changing the way people learn about health and health care. To stay relevant, health professionals must increasingly employ electronic media to inform health consumers, conduct research and influence health behavior. The purpose of this conference was to survey ways in which electronic media are being used in health research and practice to inform future research and educational efforts.

Supported by the Clinical and Health Services Research Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. As in nearly all other domains, the use of electronic media, such as social networking tools, video games, mobile devices, and the Internet, is changing the way people learn about health and health care. To stay relevant, health professionals must increasingly employ electronic media to inform health consumers, conduct research and influence health behavior. The purpose of this conference was to survey ways in which electronic media are being used in health research and practice to inform future research and educational efforts.

Supported by the Clinical and Health Services Research Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. As in nearly all other domains, the use of electronic media, such as social networking tools, video games, mobile devices, and the Internet, is changing the way people learn about health and health care. To stay relevant, health professionals must increasingly employ electronic media to inform health consumers, conduct research and influence health behavior. The purpose of this conference was to survey ways in which electronic media are being used in health research and practice to inform future research and educational efforts.

Supported by the Clinical and Health Services Research Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. As in nearly all other domains, the use of electronic media, such as social networking tools, video games, mobile devices, and the Internet, is changing the way people learn about health and health care. To stay relevant, health professionals must increasingly employ electronic media to inform health consumers, conduct research and influence health behavior. The purpose of this conference was to survey ways in which electronic media are being used in health research and practice to inform future research and educational efforts.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Supported by the Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure Working Group, Law, Policy and Ethics Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. This work session aimed to articulate a research agenda around HIV criminalization drawing on the expertise of relevant stakeholders including policymakers, advocates, researchers, and other individuals who have been affected by laws that criminalize HIV transmission and exposure such as prosecutors, public defenders, and defendants. Twenty-two people attended the work session including members of the research community, representative from HIV/AIDS advocacy organizations, public health experts, and legal practitioners.

Supported by the Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure Working Group, Law, Policy and Ethics Core at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University. This work session aimed to articulate a research agenda around HIV criminalization drawing on the expertise of relevant stakeholders including policymakers, advocates, researchers, and other individuals who have been affected by laws that criminalize HIV transmission and exposure such as prosecutors, public defenders, and defendants. Twenty-two people attended the work session including members of the research community, representative from HIV/AIDS advocacy organizations, public health experts, and legal practitioners.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy.

The Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy. For the past thirteen years, Ms. Heller has worked in the area of substance use and community health in New York City. This talk describes her experiences as a community-based provider and policy advocate, and explores how this perspective has shaped her subsequent work in government. Ms. Daliah Heller is Assistant Commissioner for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy. A former Postdoctoral Fellow at CIRA, Edward White Ph.D., M.P.H., is an epidemiologist who received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle. His research involves methodological work in HIV seroepidemiology, application of mathematical modeling methods to health policy development, sexual network epidemiology and evidence-based HIV prevention interventions. His work focuses on men who have sex with men, particularly on men of color, and examining racial disparities in burden of STI among MSM.

Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series (YACS) is an interdisciplinary academic forum for discussion of HIV/AIDS-related research and policy. Steven M. Goodreau, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. He is a Biocultural Anthropologist who focuses on the transmission and evolution of infectious diseases within complex networks of human social relations. He also works on methodology for measuring and understanding that social structure and its relationship to cultural practices. The main disease that he studies is HIV, and the main areas where he has applied his research have been Peru and the United States.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.

Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, the Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition and the Connecticut Department of Public Health, this June 4, 2010 conference aimed to build agency capacity to implement interventions and reduce new infections among MSM (Men who have Sex with Men). About 200 were in attendance.