{"id":8680,"date":"2018-02-02T13:02:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T18:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/?page_id=8680"},"modified":"2018-06-15T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:30:32","slug":"urban-arch-newsletter-16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/urban-arch-newsletter-16\/","title":{"rendered":"URBAN ARCH Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Volume 5, Issue 1<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 2018 &#8211; March 2018<\/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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/urban-arch-collaboration-highlights\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Highlights of URBAN ARCH Collaborations<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2018\/02\/cfar-breakfast.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"624\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8844\" alt=\"cfar breakfast\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2018\/02\/cfar-breakfast.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This issue of the URBAN ARCH quarterly newsletter focuses on\u00a0the achievements of URBAN ARCH and its collaborations. C<span style=\"color: #000000;\">lick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/urban-arch-collaboration-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"><a title=\"News Archive\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/homepage\/news-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\">In the News<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>Roundtable accepted at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/rsoa\/index.cfm?ID=OJjNsB7\">Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) 2018<\/a><span>: \u201cAlcohol and Health: Essential Knowledge For Health Professions.\u201d Margaret Murray is organizing the roundtable, and Jeffrey Samet will be a speaker. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>Roundtable accepted at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/rsoa\/index.cfm?ID=OJjNsB7\">Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) 2018<\/a><span>: \u201cPublishing Alcohol Clinical Science.\u201d Richard Saitz is organizing the roundtable, and Jeffrey Samet will be a speaker.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Abstract accepted for a poster presentation at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cpdd.org\/\">College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 2018<\/a>: Recent cannabis use and advanced liver fibrosis among HIV-infected heavy drinkers (Fuster et al.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-17\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\">On The Ground<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/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-17#admincore\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"Admin Core\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1723 size-full\" 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;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-17#bdmcore\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"BDM Core\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1725 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/BDM-Core.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-17#uganda\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"Uganda Cohort\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Uganda-Cohort.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-17#russia\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"108\" height=\"30\" title=\"Russia Cohort\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1727 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2014\/04\/Russia-Cohort.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/core-and-cohort-updates-17#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><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?llr=d8srrpqab&amp;oeidk=a07ef1r1bdg02814746 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"110\" height=\"73\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6633\" src=\"\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/09\/Urban-Arch_Final_txt-636x422.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/09\/Urban-Arch_Final_txt-636x422.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/09\/Urban-Arch_Final_txt-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/files\/2016\/09\/Urban-Arch_Final_txt.png 1823w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Save the Date for the 2018 URBAN ARCH Annual Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seventh URBAN ARCH Annual Meeting will be held on March 27-28, 2018.\u00a0Contact <a href=\"mailto:carly.bridden@bmc.org\">carly.bridden@bmc.org<\/a> for more details or RSVP <a href=\"http:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?llr=d8srrpqab&amp;oeidk=a07ef1r1bdg02814746\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;\"><a title=\"Publications\/Presentations\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\">New URBAN ARCH Publications<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Coleman SM, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Winter MR, Bridden C, Blokhina E, Lioznov D, Adong J, Samet JH, Liegler T,\u00a0Hahn JA.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29384717\">False positive HIV diagnoses: Lessons from Ugandan and Russian research cohorts<\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><em>HIV Clin Trials<\/em><span>. 2018;<\/span><span>19(1):15-22.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Freiman JM, Jacobson KR, Muyindike WR, Horsburgh CR, Ellner JJ, Hahn JA, Linas BP.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29239900\">Isoniazid preventive therapy for people with HIV who are heavy alcohol drinkers in high TB-\/HIV-burden countries: A risk\u2013benefit analysis.<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><em>J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr<\/em><span>.\u00a02018;77(4):405-412. PMCID: PMC5825241<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Hahn JA, Cheng DM, Emenyonu NI, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Fatch R, Shade SB, Ngabirano C, Adong J, Bryant K, Muyindike WR, Samet JH.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29303844\">Alcohol use and HIV disease progression in an antiretroviral na\u00efve cohort<\/a><span>.<\/span><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr<\/em><span>. 2018;77(5):492-501.\u00a0PMCID:\u00a0PMC5844835.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Kim TW, Walley AY, Ventura AS, Patts GJ, Heeren TC, Lerner GB, Mauricio N, Saitz R.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29034725\">Polypharmacy and risk of falls and fractures for patients with HIV infection and substance dependence<\/a>.<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>AIDS Care<\/em>. 2018;30(2):150-159.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\">Article Spotlight<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;\"><em>This section highlights and provides brief summaries of URBAN ARCH research and their clinical significance.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alcohol Use Has No Effect on HIV Disease Progression in an Antiretroviral Na\u00efve Cohort<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In experimental studies among macaques, alcohol use has been shown to accelerate disease progression of simian immunodeficiency virus, but the results in observational studies of HIV have been conflicting. URBAN ARCH researchers conducted a prospective cohort study of the impact of unhealthy alcohol use on CD4 cell count among 446 HIV-infected persons in southwestern Uganda not yet eligible for antiretroviral treatment (ART). Unhealthy alcohol consumption was assessed by self-report and verified by phosphatidylethanol (an alcohol biomarker).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At baseline, 43% of participants had unhealthy alcohol use and the median CD4 cell count was 550 cells\/mm.<\/li>\n<li>The estimated CD4 cell count decline per year was -14.5 cells\/mm for those with unhealthy drinking compared with -24.0 cells\/mm for those refraining from unhealthy drinking. There was no significant difference in decline by unhealthy alcohol use, adjusting for age, sex, religion, time since HIV diagnosis, and HIV viral load.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusion<\/span>: Unhealthy alcohol use had no apparent impact on the short-term rate of CD4 count decline among this cohort. These results suggest that the impact of unhealthy alcohol use on HIV outcomes may be via mechanisms other than immune response, such as reduced treatment adherence and chronic inflammation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reference<\/em>: Hahn JA, Cheng DM, Emenyonu NI, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29303844\">Alcohol use and HIV disease progression in an antiretroviral na\u00efve cohort.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr<\/em><span>. 2018;77(5):492-501.\u00a0PMCID:\u00a0PMC5844835.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Article Spotlight summary by URBAN ARCH editor Katherine Calver, PhD<\/span><\/p>\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><strong>CFAR\u00a0Spring 2018 Developmental Grant Program\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brown.edu\/academics\/medical\/about-us\/research\/centers-institutes-and-programs\/aids\/cfar-developmental-grants\">Full RFA<\/a>)<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span>Center for AIDS Research<br \/>\nApplication Due Date:\u00a0April 2, 2018<\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Improving Implementation of Seek, Test, Treat &amp; Retain Strategies among People Who Inject Drugs in Low to Middle Income Countries (R01 Clinical Trial Required) (<a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/rfa-files\/RFA-DA-18-017.html\">RFA-DA-18-017<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/strong>National Institute of Drug Abuse<\/span><span><br \/>\nApplication Due Date: April 13, 2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported (U3) Populations (<a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/pa-files\/PA-18-676.html\">PA-18-676<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span>National Institute of\u00a0Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism<br \/>\n<\/span>Application Due Date: April 16, 2018<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click<span>\u00a0<\/span><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><span>\u00a0<\/span>for more funding announcements related to HIV and alcohol research.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><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><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span>Please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Carly.Bridden@bmc.org\">Carly Bridden<\/a>\u00a0if you will be attending any these meetings, so we can connect you with our investigators.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.sgim.org\/sgim18\/home\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)<\/strong><\/a>: April 11-14, 2018; Denver, CO.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asam.org\/education\/live-online-cme\/the-asam-annual-conference\">American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)<\/a><\/strong>: Apr 12-15, 2018; San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsoa.org\/\"><strong>Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA)<\/strong><\/a>:<span>\u00a0June 16-20, 2018.<\/span><span>\u00a0San Diego, CA.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aids2018.org\/\"><strong>International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0July 23-27, 2018; Amsterdam, Netherlands<span>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click<span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a title=\"Events and Conferences\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urbanarch\/resources\/upcoming-events-and-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for more events and conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume 5, Issue 1 January 2018 &#8211; March 2018 Check out the current issue of URBAN ARCH News, the quarterly newsletter bringing you news based on the latest URBAN ARCH and related research. Highlights of URBAN ARCH Collaborations This issue of the URBAN ARCH quarterly newsletter focuses on\u00a0the achievements of URBAN ARCH and its collaborations. 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