CIRAcast

Yale School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Dr. Brinda Emu, talks about HIV and the human immune system. Leif Mitchell is the interviewer.

Christopher W. Kahler, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University. In this CIRAcast, he discusses how 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. Leif Mitchell is the interviewer.

This talk will review the need to bridge the implementation, knowledge, and ambition gaps to succeed in the elimination of TB here and elsewhere. Leif Mitchell is the interviewer.

Dr. Chris Beyrer talks about what initially prompted him to focus his research on gay and bisexual men and what continues to motivate him in this area of research. Leif Mitchell is the interviewer.

Dr. Philippe Bourgois discusses his career as an anthropologist and what led him to include research in public health and HIV. CIRA's Leif Mitchell is the interviewer.

Dr. Sheela Shenoi discusses the reasons for and challenges of addressing high TB and HIV prevalence rates in rural South Africa with CIRA's Leif Mitchell.

Dr. Robert Remien, a Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, discusses HIV adherence and prevention and his focus on behavioral research. Our interviewer is Leif Mitchell.

Dr. Sonali Kochhar, a 2011 Yale World Fellow and Medical Director (India) for OneWorld Health, discusses ethics and good practice of conducting HIV vaccine trials in developing countries. Our interviewer is Leif Mitchell.

Leif Mitchell discusses HIV serosorting as a harm reduction strategy with Dr. Susan L. Cassells, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Global Health, University of Washington.

Leif Mitchell leads an insightful discussion on the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men and hijras (transgender people) in India. His guest is Dr. Venkatesan Chakrapani from Indian Network for People Living with HIV.

Leif Mitchell discusses innovative methods for identifying people who are unaware of their HIV status and linking them to care. His guest is Professor Ann Kurth, Director of Global Health Initiatives, NYU College of Nursing.

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.

Leif Mitchell discusses use of the internet, social media tools and other popular technologies as means for behavioral change in the HIV/STD community.

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.

Leif Mitchell discusses health care and HIV testing in South Africa with Dr. Robert Pattinson, Director of Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies Unit, MRC, and Dr. Kyeen Anderrson, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Yale School of Public Health.

Leif Mitchell leads a discussion on seek, test and treat in the U.S. criminal justice system. His guests include Frederick L. Altice, M.D. and Sandra Springer, M.D., both from the Yale School of Medicine.

Leif Mitchell discusses causes of high HIV and STD prevalence in MSM with University of Washington Assistant Professor, Steven M. Goodreau, Ph.D., and Yale School of Public Health Associate Research Scientist, Ted White, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Lisa Eaton, a Postdoctoral Fellow at CIRA, talks with Seth Kalichman, a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, about the effectiveness of test and treat in reducing the rates of HIV prevalence.

Leif Mitchell discusses research implications stemming from the lift of a ban on federally funded syringe exchange programs with Yale School of Public Health Professor, Robert Heimer, and CIRA Executive Director, Elaine O'Keefe.

HIV Prevalence in the CT Prison System.

CIRAcast is brought to you by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS. In this edition, Leif Mitchell talks with Dr. Trace Kershaw, an associate professor at Yale School of Public Health, about his research mainly focusing on adolescents, relationships and sexual risk.

A discussion on CIRA's growing partnership with Russian NGO, Stellit, in St. Petersburg.

In this edition of CIRAcast, Leif Mitchell, Assistant Director of CIRA's Community Research Core, speaks with Drs. Nathan Smith and Nathan Hansen on what led these two young scientists to HIV research and what keeps them motivated.

In this edition of CIRAcast, Leif Mitchell, Assistant Director of CIRA's Community Research Core, speaks with Ron Stall from the University of Pittsburgh on HIV prevention research for gay men.