{"id":11596,"date":"2021-09-16T09:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/?page_id=11596"},"modified":"2021-12-20T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:10:47","slug":"newsletter-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/newsletter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span>Volume 8, Issue 3<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span>July \u2013\u00a0September 2021<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Check out the current issue of <em>URBAN ARCH News<\/em>, the quarterly newsletter bringing you news on the latest URBAN ARCH and related research.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-type=\"web\">Introducing the New International URBAN ARCH Center<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/newsletter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-16-at-9.04.50-AM-636x463.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"355\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-16-at-9.04.50-AM-636x463.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-16-at-9.04.50-AM-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-16-at-9.04.50-AM-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-16-at-9.04.50-AM-1536x1118.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-16-at-9.04.50-AM.png 1784w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span>In this edition of the URBAN ARCH Newsletter we highlight the new NIAAA-funded International URBAN ARCH Center.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div _mce_style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-29\/\"><strong>On The Ground<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Click on the buttons to see what the URBAN ARCH Cohorts and Cores have been working on.<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"92\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-23\/#admincore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-29\/#admincore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"130\" height=\"36\" title=\"Admin Core\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1723\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Admin-Core1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-29\/#BDMcore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"130\" height=\"36\" title=\"BDM Core\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1725\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/BDM-Core.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-29\/#ugandacohort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"130\" height=\"36\" title=\"Uganda Cohort\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1726\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Uganda-Cohort.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-29\/#russiacohort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"130\" height=\"36\" title=\"Russia Cohort\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1727\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Russia-Cohort.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-dec-2019\/#russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-29\/#bostoncohort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"130\" height=\"36\" title=\"Boston Cohort\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1728\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Boston-Cohort.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/publications\/\"><strong>New URBAN ARCH Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Gnatienko N, Calver K, Sullivan M, Forman LS, Heeren T, Blokhina E, Emenyonu N, Ventura AS, Tsui JI, Muyindike WR, Fatch R, Ngabirano C, Bridden C, Bryant K, Bazzi AR, Hahn JA. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsad.com\/doi\/10.15288\/jsad.2021.82.486\">Heavy Alcohol Use Among Women and Men Living With HIV in Uganda, Russia, and the United States.<\/a><span> <\/span><em>J Stud Alcohol Drugs<\/em><span>. July 2021;82(4):486-492.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Kekibiina A, Adong J, <\/span><span>Fatch R,<\/span><span> Emenyonu NI, Marson K, Beesiga B, Lodi S, Muyindike WR, Kamya M, Chamie G, McDonell MG, Hahn JA<\/span><span>. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34535103\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-type=\"web\">Post-traumatic stress disorder among persons with HIV who engage in heavy alcohol consumption in southwestern Uganda<\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><em>BMC Psychiatry<\/em><span><em>.<\/em> September 2021;21(1):457.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span><b>Article Spotlight<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Across Three URBAN ARCH Cohorts of People Living With HIV, Were Women as Likely as Men to Engage in Heavy Alcohol Use?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Many people living with HIV (PLWH) also have alcohol use, which has been associated with negative health outcomes in this population. URBAN ARCH researchers examined data from the Boston, Russia, and Uganda cohorts to determine whether gender was associated with heavy drinking among PLWH.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even when adjusting for potential confounders, there was no association found between gender and heavy drinking in the Boston or Russia cohorts.<\/li>\n<li>In the Uganda cohort, women were less likely to engage in heavy drinking than men (adjusted odds ratio, 0.38).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Comments<\/span><span>: It is concerning that women were as likely as men to engage in heavy drinking in the Boston and Russia cohorts of PLWH. Women may have different motivations for\u2014and biological responses to\u2014alcohol use than men; interventions designed to target women with HIV and heavy alcohol use should take these factors into account, especially since unhealthy alcohol use can affect HIV disease progression, care access, and transmission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reference<\/span><span>: Gnatienko N, Calver K, Sullivan M, et al. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsad.com\/doi\/10.15288\/jsad.2021.82.486\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-type=\"web\">Heavy alcohol use among women and men living with HIV in Uganda, Russia, and the United States.<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>J Stud Alcohol Drugs<\/span><span>. 2021;82(4):486\u2013492.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span><strong><a title=\"Selected Funding Opportunities\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/selected-funding-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Selected NIH Notices and Funding Opportunities<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/rfa-files\/RFA-AA-21-016.html\"><span>HIV Prevention and Alcohol (R01 Clinical Trials Optional)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/rfa-files\/RFA-AA-21-017.html\"><span>HIV Prevention and Alcohol (R34 Clinical Trials Optional)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/rfa-files\/RFA-DA-22-040.html\"><span>High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Click\u00a0<a title=\"Selected Funding Opportunities\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/selected-funding-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more funding announcements related to HIV and alcohol research.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/upcoming-events-and-conferences\/\"><span><strong>Events and Conferences<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.croiconference.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)<\/a><span>:<\/span><span> February 13 \u2013 16, 2022; Denver, Colorado, USA\/Virtually. General Abstract Submissions deadline: November 1, 2021. Late Breaking Abstract Deadline: January 5, 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpdd.org\/meetings\/future-meetings\/\">College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)<\/a>:\u00a0June 11 \u2013 15, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Workshops\/symposia deadline:\u00a0November 3, 2021. Abstract Submissions deadline: January 4, 2022.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsoa.org\/future-meetings\">Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/rsoa\/index.cfm?ID=5LxjLrk&amp;CFID=38141318&amp;CFTOKEN=e8d45c7444e3ab4f-FD34C4CD-E81C-892B-215F9DC9170C677D\">:<\/a>\u00a0June 25 \u2013 29, 2022; Orlando, Florida, USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/upcoming-events-and-conferences\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more events and conferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume 8, Issue 3 July \u2013\u00a0September 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 International URBAN ARCH Center In this edition of the URBAN ARCH Newsletter we highlight the new NIAAA-funded International URBAN ARCH Center. 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