After another successful URBAN ARCH Annual Meeting and in recognition that the cohorts have completed recruitment, the Admin Core has been encouraging and supporting the study teams as they develop analyses and publications.\u00a0 In May, the PI of the Admin Core, Jeffrey Samet, presented on URBAN ARCH to faculty on the Boston University Medical Campus during a seminar on global health research. \u00a0Jeffrey Samet is co-chair with Kendall Bryant (NIAAA) of the 2015 Research Society for Alcoholism (RSA) symposium \u201cMedical Consequences of Alcohol Use among People Living with HIV<\/a>,\u201d with presentations from the Uganda and Russia ARCH cohorts as well as from VACS and the Florida SHARC consortium.\u00a0 The Admin Core has also been actively working with CHAART consortia investigators and NIAAA to develop a satellite meeting at the 2015 Research Society for Alcoholism (RSA) Meeting to discuss the future of HIV\/alcohol research.<\/p>\n The Admin Core recently celebrated two staff achievements: Lucero Leon-Chi graduated from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) with her MPH degree. The Admin Core wishes Lucero the best of luck in her future endeavors! Julia Canfield received the 2015 Award for Student Excellence in Public Health Practice from BUSPH for her practicum project at the Bisexual Resource Center.<\/p>\n The BDM Core is actively working on analyses with each of the cohorts for numerous abstracts and manuscripts.\u00a0 We are delighted to have Ethan Ayres and Kan Liu, both BUSPH May 2015 graduates, interning with us.\u00a0 Ethan, an Epidemiology concentrator, has been accepted to Columbia University Medical School for the fall.\u00a0 His fluency in Russian was a great help with several data management tasks for the ARCH Russia cohort and ZINC trial.\u00a0 Kan, a Biostatistics concentrator, will be assisting over the summer with data management for the ARCH Boston cohort and the sample repository.<\/p>\n Pictured above: Greg Patts, URBAN ARCH Statistical Manager, presenting at the 2015 Annual Meeting<\/em><\/p>\n As of June 1st 2015, Uganda ARCH has concluded enrollment with a total of 484 subjects.\u00a0Uganda ARCH has conducted 358 6-month assessments, 239 12-month assessments, 147 18-month assessments, 80 24-month assessments, 30 30-month assessments, and 4 36-month assessments. \u00a0There are currently 131 active participants and we\u00a0plan to conclude follow up by October, 2015.\u00a0Follow up rates continue to be exceptionally high and the study is running smoothly.<\/p>\n Dr. Julian Adong arrived San Francisco from Uganda this week to complete her participation in the\u00a0UCSF International Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies (ITAPS) program. She will be at UCSF for the next 3 weeks for the scientific writing workshop component of the ITAPS program, culminating in the completion of a manuscript. Using data from URBAN ARCH Uganda cohort, Dr. Adong is working on the topic: “Does spirituality predict changes in alcohol use and is this effect mediated by depressive symptoms?’ Pictured above\u00a0(l-r): Judy Hahn and Kinna\u00a0Thakarar<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n As of\u00a0<\/span>June 1st<\/sup> 2015, Russia ARCH has enrolled 354 participants and conducted 207 six-month assessments, 133 twelve-month assessments, 77 eighteen-month assessments and 42 twenty four-month assessments. \u00a0As of June 1st<\/sup> 2015, ZINC enrolled and randomized 253 participants and conducted 106 six-month assessments and 50 twelve-month assessments. Now that recruitment is complete, the team is moving full-steam ahead with follow-up assessments.<\/p>\n The team is actively pursuing data analyses, abstract submissions and manuscript preparation. Three abstracts<\/a> were accepted for presentation at the 38th<\/sup>Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism and another three<\/a> were accepted for presentation at the 77th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, both in June. Another abstract, \u201cUse of an Android Phone App for Automated Text Messaging in International Settings\u201d (Forman et al.), was presented at the Society for Clinical Trials in Arlington, Virginia in May.<\/p>\n On April 7, 2015, Drs. So-Armah, Samet, and Edelman, and Ms. Bridden traveled to the University of Massachusetts Medical School to meet with Dr. Gyongyi Szabo and her team, where Drs. So-Armah and Edelman presented their work examining substance use, HIV and adaptive immunity in the Russia ARCH cohort.<\/p>\n Pictured above l-r Drs. So-Armah, Samet, and Edelman.<\/em><\/p>\n The US team was excited to welcome our Russian colleagues to Boston for the 2015 URBAN ARCH annual meeting. Pictured above l-r Drs. Blokhina, Krupitsky, and Yaroslavtseva.<\/em><\/p>\n As of June 1st 2015, Boston ARCH has enrolled the target number of participants into the cohort (n=250). \u00a0The Boston ARCH team has completed 242 six-month follow-up assessments, 178 12-month follow-up assessments, 126 18-month follow-up assessments and 66 24-four month follow-up assessments. 30-month follow-up assessments are scheduled to begin in June 2015.<\/p>\n![\"June](\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2015\/06\/julia-lucero-admin-core-update.png\")
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