The annual National Test Day for HIV (NTD) Kick-off Rally has been scheduled
for Friday March 19, 2010. The rally will be held in Okemos at the Hampton Inn,
and strives to give Michigan agencies and local health departments a chance to
plan for events to commemorate NTD on June 27th of each year. The rally also
showcases projects conducted through NTD Mini Grants and is an excellent
opportunity to learn tips on the kinds of events that can be applied for using
these funds. This program is only open to agencies in Michigan that provide HIV
testing and/or prevention services, and is a great opportunity for agencies to
collaborate with one another. Please contact Lisa Taton-Murphy at HAPIS for
further information or to register at 517-241-5932 or
TatonL@michigan.gov .
April 26 -28
13th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research
May
27-30, 2010
HIV/AIDS 2009: The Social Work Response, Denver, CO. Abstracts due December
31.
July 18-23, 2010
XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria
National Events
February 7,
2010
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March
10, 2010
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March
20, 2010
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
April
STD Awareness Month
May 2010
Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month
May 18,
2010
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
May 19, 2010
National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
World Hepatitis Day
June 8,
2010
Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
June 27, 2010
National HIV Testing Day
Also, see the
Kaisernetwork.org Month-at-a-glance for conferences and events.
Satellite and Special Audio,
Web & TV Broadcasts
February 20
webcast 3-5pm ET
“A LONG LIFE WITH AIDS / UPDATE 2010”
IFARA produces its ninth annual webcast from the Conference on
Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, “CROI” on February 20th, 2010 (3-5pm
ET, 2-4pm CT, 1-3pm MT, noon-2pm PT, 11am-1pm AKT, 10am-Noon HT). The webcast
direct from San Francisco will be a two-hour summary of the CROI conference,
highlighting new information related to HIV and Hepatitis treatment issues. This
multi-panel program is appropriate for medical and non-medical HIV/AIDS
providers and informed community, supportive friends and family.
webcast on www.IFARABLOG.org
Note: LAAN
will host this event at the Ingham County Health Department (ICHD), 5303 South
Cedar St., Lansing, MI in partnership with ICHD on February 25 from 1:30 to 3:30
EST.
February 22 1:30 – 2:30 EST
Webinar on Replicating Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Programs
Please join The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned
Pregnancy on Monday, February 22, 2010 from 1:30 – 2:30 EST
for a webinar discussion about replicating evidence-based teen
pregnancy prevention programs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon
announce funding available for evidence-based programs that reduce teen
pregnancy. Through a competitive award process, this new teen pregnancy
prevention initiative will provide $75 million for “replicating programs
that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce
teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy,
or other associated risk factors.” The initiative will also provide $25
million for innovative and promising programs and $10 million for
program support, training, and technical assistance.
While we don’t know the specific criteria that HHS will set for
programs to be eligible for this funding, on this call, National
Campaign staff will provide general information on evidence-based
programs, tips on how to successfully replicate such a program in your
community, and resources that may help you as you consider whether to
apply for funding.
The call will focus on the following questions:
- What is an evidence-based program?
- How do I choose an evidence-based program that
is the right fit for my community?
- What does it mean to replicate a program with
fidelity, and how important is it?
- What resources does The National Campaign have
on evidence-based programs?
Register for the webinar here.
For more information on this federal grant opportunity, visit the
Campaign's Federal Funding resource web portal.
Conference Calls
March 18
2:00 pm
Women Living 2010 Conference Planning Group
Conference planners meet via conference call. This regional conference
specifically for women living with HIV and AIDS will be open to women from a
tri-state area. To get involved, e-mail
BarbaraMarcotte213@gmail.com.
International Conferences
February 16 - 19 San Francisco
17th Conference on
Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
The annual Conference on Retroviruses and
Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is one of the major conferences
of the year for the HIV world. The conference aims to give
scientists and doctors an opportunity to share their HIV
research, so that the work they do in clinical practice and in
laboratories can be turned into progress around the world.
Highlights from this year's conference may include new
information on:
• Treatment as prevention
• Hepatitis and HIV co-infection in the developing world
• Heart disease and bone problems in people on long-term
treatment
• HIV and the brain: should we worry about long-term effects?
• Cancers in people with HIV
• TB prevention and treatment
See Daily coverage in Medical Briefs.
July 18-23 2010 Vienna, Austria
XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010)
AIDS 2010 is organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS), in partnership
with government, scientific and civil society partners in Austria and
international partners from civil society and the United Nations. Based in
Geneva, Switzerland, the IAS is the world's leading independent association of
HIV professionals.
Abstract submissions
The XVIII
International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) welcomes the submission of abstracts
for original contribution to the field in the following six programme tracks:
Track A:
Basic Science
Track B: Clinical Sciences
Track C: Epidemiology and Prevention Sciences
Track D: Social and Behavioural Sciences
Track E: Economics, Operations Research, Care and Health Systems
Track F: Policy, Law, Human Rights and Political Science
Abstract
submissions will be scored by an international panel of reviewers through a
blind peer-review process and ultimately selected by members of the AIDS 2010
Scientific Programme and Track Committees.
Online submissions
will be accepted until 10 February 2010.
Full information on
the scope and objectives for each of the tracks is available on the AIDS 2010
website
here.
Abstract mentor programme
The goal of the
AIDS 2010 Abstract Mentor Programme is to provide an opportunity for young
and/or less experienced abstract submitters to ask questions of more experienced
abstract submitters.
At AIDS 2008,
online mentoring was shown to increase motivation and submission of abstracts by
early-career researchers and those from low- and middle-income countries. The
conference secretariat will facilitate the programme and match mentors with
submitters.
The mentor
programme is completely independent of the abstract review and selection process
of the conference. It is an opportunity that will strengthen the quality of
abstracts submitted, thereby increasing the chances of submitters having an
abstract accepted for presentation.
Full information
regarding the Abstract Mentor Programme is available on the AIDS 2010 website
here.
International AIDS Conference Returns to U.S. in
2012
The XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) will be held July
2012 in Washington, DC. As the custodian of the conference, the International
AIDS Society (IAS) made the decision because the United States is repealing its
HIV travel ban, effective January 4, 2010. The last time the conference was held
in the United States was 1990 in San Francisco.
http://www.poz.com/articles/aids2012_washington_dc_1_17635.shtml
International Events
Scholarships Available
HIV Research Forum Offers Full Scholarships for HIV
Advocates
POZ (2.12.10)
An HIV research forum held April 20 through 23 in Baltimore is offering 150 full
scholarships to advocates working in HIV/AIDS or related fields. The event is
titled The HIV Research Catalyst Forum: Treatment, Prevention, Advocacy. The
deadline for submissions is February 19.
The four-day confab unites HIV advocates and people living with the virus to
help shape research advances in HIV treatment and prevention by identifying
research priorities and the future barriers. The forum includes symposiums,
skill-building workshops, strategy sessions and a town hall to discuss the
research components of the national AIDS strategy with representatives from the
federal Office of National AIDS Policy, the Office of AIDS Research, the
National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The scholarships include travel (domestic coach class airfare and limited ground
transportation assistance), three nights in a hotel and a daily allowance.
Click here to apply:
http://www.hivresearchcatalystforum.org/scholarship
