{"id":6232,"date":"2016-05-31T09:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/?page_id=6232"},"modified":"2016-10-03T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T15:31:33","slug":"urban-arch-newsletter-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/urban-arch-newsletter-9\/","title":{"rendered":"URBAN ARCH Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Volume 3, Issue 2<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">April\u00a02016 &#8211; June\u00a02016<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 14px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out the current issue of URBAN ARCH News, the quarterly newsletter bringing you news based on the latest URBAN ARCH and related research.<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/2016-urban-arch-annual-meeting-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>2016\u00a0URBAN ARCH\u00a0Annual Meeting Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6163\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/04\/URBAN-ARCH-2016-0115x7-e1464793301425.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/04\/URBAN-ARCH-2016-0115x7-e1464793301425.jpg 2092w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/04\/URBAN-ARCH-2016-0115x7-e1464793301425-636x335.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/04\/URBAN-ARCH-2016-0115x7-e1464793301425-1024x539.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The fifth URBAN ARCH Annual Meeting held April 5-6, 2016 brought together approximately 60 investigators, staff, Scientific Advisory Panel members, and other collaborators to discuss the progress and future direction of the URBAN ARCH Consortium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read more about the meeting<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/2016-urban-arch-annual-meeting-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"News Archive\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/homepage\/news-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\">In the News<\/span><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/karsten-lunze-and-julia-purks-e1465315130696.jpg\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/karsten-lunze-and-julia-purks-e1465315327158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"164\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6365\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/karsten-lunze-and-julia-purks-e1465315327158.jpg\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/urban-arch-welcomes-julia-purks\/\" target=\"_blank\">URBAN ARCH welcomes Julia Purks, recipient of a 2016 CFAR Summer Student Internship, working under the mentorship of Dr. Jeffrey Samet<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/urban-arch-welcomes-julia-purks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>New Grant: Congratulations to Dr. Karsten Lunze on receiving a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/projectreporter.nih.gov\/project_info_description.cfm?aid=9140665&amp;icde=29801564&amp;ddparam=&amp;ddvalue=&amp;ddsub=&amp;cr=1&amp;csb=default&amp;cs=ASC\" target=\"_blank\">K99 R00<\/a> <\/span>grant addressing stigma and health care among HIV-infected Russians who inject drugs<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New Grant: Congratulations to Dr. Karsten Lunze on receiving a<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ltbcfar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">CFAR Collaborative grant<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">entitled \u201cDouble Stigma as Barrier to Integrated HIV Treatment among HIV Infected PWID in Ukraine\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/dr-lunze-receives-the-arnold-p-gold-foundation-humanism-in-medicine-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">Congratulations to Dr. Karsten Lunze on receiving the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award from the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/Richard_Saitz_Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"87\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6413\" alt=\"Richard Saitz\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/Richard_Saitz_Photo.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/Richard_Saitz_Photo.jpg 2519w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/Richard_Saitz_Photo-464x636.jpg 464w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/06\/Richard_Saitz_Photo-746x1024.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/spotlight-on-rich-saitz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spotlight on&#8230;Richard Saitz<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In this issue, we interview Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator of Boston ARCH and Chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-10\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\">On The Ground<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click on the buttons to see what the URBAN ARCH Cohorts and Cores have been working on.<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" style=\"font-family: arial; color: black; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: middle;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-10#admincore\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"Admin Core\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1723 alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Admin-Core1.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-10#bdmcore\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"BDM Core\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1725\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/BDM-Core.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-10#uganda\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"Uganda Cohort\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1726\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Uganda-Cohort.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-10#russia\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"Russia Cohort\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1727\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Russia-Cohort.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-10#boston\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"Boston Cohort\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1728\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Boston-Cohort.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2015\/06\/URBAN-ARCH.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"175\" height=\"116\" class=\"  wp-image-4632 alignleft\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2015\/06\/URBAN-ARCH.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2015\/06\/URBAN-ARCH.png 1823w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2015\/06\/URBAN-ARCH-636x422.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2015\/06\/URBAN-ARCH-1024x680.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>URBAN ARCH at CPDD and NIDA International Forum!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Several URBAN ARCH investigators will be in attendance at CPDD and NIDA\u00a0International Forum this month presenting on projects related to substance use in populations with HIV. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/college-on-problems-of-drug-dependence-scientific-meeting-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;\"><strong><a title=\"Publications\/Presentations\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\">New URBAN ARCH Publications<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Tate JP, Becker WC, Bryant K, Crothers K, Gaither JR, Gibert CL, Gordon AJ, Marshall BDL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Samet JH, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27186715\" target=\"_blank\">The impact of prescribed opioids on CD4 cell count recovery among HIV-infected patients newly initiating antiretroviral therapy<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>HIV Med<\/em>.\u00a02016 May 17. [Epub ahead of print].<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King S, Hahn JA. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27198557\" target=\"_blank\">Alcohol interactive toxicity beliefs and ART non-adherence among HIV-infected current drinkers in Mbarara, Uganda<\/a><\/span><span>. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2016 May 19. [Epub ahead of print].<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lunze K, Raj A, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Lunze FI, Liebschutz JM, Bridden C, Walley AY, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Sexual violence from police and HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive women who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia: a mixed methods study.<\/span> <em>J Int AIDS Soc<\/em>. [In press].<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So-Armah KA, Edelman J, Cheng DM, Doyle MF, Patts GJ, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky EM, Samet JH, Freiberg MS. Effects of heavy drinking on T-cell phenotypes consistent with immunosenescence in untreated HIV infection. <em>Alcohol Clin Exp Res<\/em>. [In press].<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So-Armah KA, Tate JP, Chang CH, Butt AA, Gerschenson M, Gibert CL, Leaf D, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Samet JH, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Crothers KA, Tracy RP, Crane HM, Sajadi MM, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS; The VACS Project Team.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26885807\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Do biomarkers of inflammation, monocyte activation and altered coagulation explain excess mortality between HIV infected and uninfected people?<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span role=\"menubar\"><em>J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr<\/em>. <\/span>2016 Jun 1;72(2):206-13. PMCID: PMC4867134.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thakarar K, Asiimwe SB, Cheng DM, Forman L, Ngabirano C, Muyindike WR, Emenyonu NI, Samet JH, Hahn JA. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27150894\" target=\"_blank\">Alcohol consumption in Ugandan HIV-infected household-brewers versus non-brewers<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.\u00a0<span role=\"menubar\"><em>AIDS Behav<\/em>.<\/span> 2016 May 5. [Epub ahead of print].<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Woolf-King SE, Muyindike W, Hobbs MM, Kusasira A, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Johnson MO, Hahn JA. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27224979\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vaginal Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a useful biomarker of semen exposure among HIV-infected Ugandan women<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<em>AIDS Behav. <\/em>2016 May 25. [Epub ahead of print].\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"><a title=\"Selected Funding Opportunities\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/selected-funding-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Selected NIH Notices and Funding Opportunities<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drugabuse.gov\/about-nida\/organization\/offices\/office-nida-director-od\/aids-research-program-arp\/message-arp-director\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NIH HIV\/AIDS Research Priorities Webinar and FAQs<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/niaaa-selects-winners-its-wearable-alcohol-biosensor-challenge\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NIAAA Selects Winners of its Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pilot Clinical Trials to Eliminate the Latent HIV Reservoir (U01)<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__grants.nih.gov_grants_guide_rfa-2Dfiles_RFA-2DAI-2D16-2D012.html&amp;d=CwMCaQ&amp;c=2rxEOw2KLbNB-I14iNYDhE3HM0YslhWt2FDmep0EPOI&amp;r=jzN5apJVESUY7Zxhx1c1w2qkXUEf9LbQpD288LX6YOI&amp;m=8Joca3IhMXvn4rhq9YCWYXCg1_3hUHIazPP-F0Sho7c&amp;s=eaeL-DMRbPdEZsoJCPge0Yb2B7yuNiID-dgC8Ed53CA&amp;e=\">(RFA-AI-16-012)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Mental Health<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Application Receipt Date(s): July 26, 2016 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award for Development of Medication to Treat Substance Use Disorders (UG3\/UH3)<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__grants.nih.gov_grants_guide_rfa-2Dfiles_RFA-2DDA-2D17-2D015.html&amp;d=CwMCaQ&amp;c=2rxEOw2KLbNB-I14iNYDhE3HM0YslhWt2FDmep0EPOI&amp;r=jzN5apJVESUY7Zxhx1c1w2qkXUEf9LbQpD288LX6YOI&amp;m=8Joca3IhMXvn4rhq9YCWYXCg1_3hUHIazPP-F0Sho7c&amp;s=7DJ81Li-2JS3l24VeJCUJzhNEwjqegoU_qf9Lay1Ul8&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\">(RFA-DA-17-015)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> National Institute on Drug Abuse<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Application Receipt Date(s): July 28, 2016 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data (R01) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/pa-files\/PAR-16-234.html\">(PAR-16-234)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nNational Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism<br \/>\nApplication Due Date(s): Standard dates apply<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"Selected Funding Opportunities\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/selected-funding-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span> for more funding announcements related to HIV and alcohol research.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;\"><a title=\"Events and Conferences\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/upcoming-events-and-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Events and Conferences<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanarch.org\/?page_id=1216\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Please email <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:Carly.Bridden@bmc.org\">Carly Bridden<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> if you will be attending any these meetings, so we can connect you with our investigators.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drugabuse.gov\/international\/international-forum\">NIDA International Forum<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&amp;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cpdd.org\/\">College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)<\/a><\/span>: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">June 11 \u2013 16, 2016;\u00a0Palm Springs, CA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rsoa.org\/2016meet-indexAbs.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA)<\/a><\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">June 25-29, 2016;\u00a0New Orleans, LA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aids2016.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">International AIDS Conference<\/span>:<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> <\/strong>July 18-22, 2016; Durban, South Africa<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/isbra-esbra-2016.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ISBRA ESBRA World Congress on Alcohol and Alcoholism<\/a><\/strong><\/span>: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">September 2-5, 2016; Berlin, Germany.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.intmedpress.com\/comorbidities\/default.cfm?itemtypeid=1&amp;title=2016%20Workshop\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>International Workshop on Co-morbidities and Adverse Drug Events in HIV<\/strong><\/a><\/span>: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">September 12-13, 2016; New York, New York. 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