To all ARI scientists:

To all ARI scientists:

Inside ARI: A newsletter for the AIDS Research Institute at UCSF community #24, March 2005
Welcome to the March issue of the ARI email newsletter. This bimonthly newsletter features information pertinent to researchers and staff engaged in HIV/AIDS research at the University of California, San Francisco, and its affiliates and community partners. Note that detailed information may be found by clicking on the hyperlinks.

News from:

1. AIDS Research Institute (ARI)
a. ARI Announces UCSF Innovative AIDS Pilot Awards Program 2004-05 Awardees
b. Leadership for HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Network submission by ARI is being explored
c. ARI receives Richard Olds Greenfield Estate Gift to support scientific cores
d. CAPS/DOM - School of Nursing applying collaboratively for NIH "Effect of Racial & Ethnic Discrimination/Bias of Health Care Delivery"
e. UCSF AIDS Staff Committee hosts grants management software demo
f. CAPS Spanish Language Initiative documentary is available in DVD format
g. Ongoing Projects/Future Plans

ARI Symposium - Planning underway for World AIDS Day
UCSF CCHARC - A funding decision is expected soon
Dining By Design 2005 Launch Party, April 5
amfAR's 17th National HIV/AIDS Update Conference to be held in Oakland April 10-13
ARI Executive Committee will meet April 7, 2005
Election of at-large Exec Committee members is underway, through March 28

2. UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
a. Upcoming CFAR Events

"Viral Fitness and Cell Tropism: Implications for the Entry Inhibitor Era," Monday, April 4, at noon

b. Mentoring Workshops

"Industry-Sponsored Research," Wednesday, April 13

"First Appointment and Promotions," Thursday, April 28

c. "Managing, Caring and Treating Patients Coinfected with HCV, HBV and HIV," April 25-26

d. Recent Publications

e. Recent Research Awards

3. Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI)

a. Research Seminar featuring Michael Seul: "A Flexible BeadChip[TM] Array Format for Molecular Diagnostics: Applications to Transfusion and Transplantation," Tuesday, March 22

4. Center for HIV Information (CHI)

a. Summer volunteer internship at CHI

5. Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI)

a. Flow Cytometry Services Available at Mission Bay

b. GIVI Seminar Series

c. Recent Grants Awarded

d. Recent Publications

6. Institute for Global Health (IGH)

a. Institute for Global Health publications, grant awards, activities, and other news

7. Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC)

a. PAETC is hiring a Minority Programs Manager. See the job description.

8. Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI)

a. 5th Annual International Women's Day Program held Tuesday, March 8

b. WGHI is hiring a Research Assistant. See the job description.

9. Department of Medicine

a. DOM Announces Creation of an Editorial Office to Provide Assistance with Manuscript Preparation

10. School of Nursing

a. The School of Nursing Announces an Exciting Nursing Event at UCSF, April 13: Health Disparities in Late Adulthood. Click here for Registration.

11. Calls for Papers

a. A special issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence will focus on HIV and drug abuse issues affecting international settings. Please see the Call for Papers, with a deadline of May 1, 2005.

b. The Program Committee for Treatment and Management of HIV Infection in the United States Conference invites all frontline health professionals providing HIV care to submit a paper for consideration in the poster program of this conference. The Program Committee is specifically interested in papers or vignettes that describe unique clinical experiences, new models of care and delivery, adherence interventions, testing and counseling, and other frontline interventions that have enhanced the outcome of HIV disease diagnosis.

12. Miscellaneous

a. A Perinatal Institute Preconference is happening April 10 in conjunction with amfAR's National AIDS Update Conference in Oakland. The course is designed for clinicians and others who work with HIV positive women.

13. Further Information
To give feedback about this newsletter or to include something about your group in the next issue, please email the editor, David Robb (drobb@psg.ucsf.edu).

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For further information about the UCSF AIDS Research Institute and its programs, vist the ARI website at
http://ari.ucsf.edu/.
This issue of the Inside ARI email newsletter will be posted on the web at http://ari.ucsf.edu/inside/newsletter.htm
The next newsletter will be mailed on or about Friday, May 20. The deadline for including a story in that issue will be Tuesday, May 17 (email to David Robb).

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