Newsletter
Volume 8, Issue 4
October – December 2021
Check out the current issue of URBAN ARCH News, the quarterly newsletter bringing you news on the latest URBAN ARCH and related research.
Introducing the New Microbiome, Metabolites, and Alcohol in HIV to reduce CVD (META HIV CVD) Program Project Grant 
In this edition of the URBAN ARCH Newsletter we highlight the new NIAAA-funded META HIV CVD P01.
Learn about the two META HIV CVD research components:
- Project 1: Microbiome, mETabolites, and Alcohol in HIV to reduce CVD Randomized Controlled Trial (META HIV CVD RCT)
- Including an interview with… Elena Blokhina
- We interview Elena Blokhina, MD, PhD, Co-Investigator, Global Health Institute/First St. Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University.
- We interview Elena Blokhina, MD, PhD, Co-Investigator, Global Health Institute/First St. Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University.
- Including an interview with… Elena Blokhina
- Project 2: Microbiome, mETabolites, and Alcohol in HIV to reduce CVD Cohort (META HIV CVD Cohort)
- Including an interview with… Kaku So-Armah and Samuel Mensah
- We interview Kaku So-Armah, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and Samuel Mensah, MD, MPH, Project Coordinator at Boston Medical Center.
- Including an interview with… Kaku So-Armah and Samuel Mensah
Learn about the two META HIV CVD cores:
Special Spotlight on… Emily Smith and Grace Wallace
Emily Smith is a Senior Program Manager at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Grace Wallace is a Project Manager at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
- Rossi SL, Sereda Y, Luoma J, Pavlov N, Toussova O, Vasileva J, Abramova K, Bendiks S, Kiriazova T, Vetrova M, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Lodi S, Lunze K. (2021). Addressing intersectional stigma as a care barrier for HIV-positive people who inject drugs: Design of an RCT in St. Petersburg, Russia. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021;24:100861. PMCID: PMC8636824
- Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI): February 13 – 16, 2022; Denver, Colorado, USA/Virtually. Late Breaking Abstract Deadline: January 5, 2022.
- College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD): June 11 – 15, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Workshops/symposia deadline: November 3, 2021. Abstract Submissions deadline: January 4, 2022.
- Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA): June 25 – 29, 2022; Orlando, Florida, USA.
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