Invitation :First International Conference on Alcohol and HIV in India

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Invitation to Participate: First International Conference on Alcohol and HIV in

India August 3-4, 2009

Pre-conference training workshop: August 1-2, 2009

The International Institute for Population Sciences (Mumbai, India), The

Institute for Community Research (USA) and the National Institute on Alcohol

Abuse and Alcoholism, N.I.H. (USA) are sponsoring the First International

Conference on Alcohol and HIV in India.

This conference will take place in Mumbai, India, August 3 & 4. The conference

will be preceded by a two-day training workshop August 1 2.

For further details go to http://www.alchivconf2009.in/

The conference aims to examine the role that alcohol plays in contributing to

sexuality and sexual risk related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV by

highlighting the work of current Indian and U.S.-Indian partnership research on

these topics. The outcome is an agenda for continued research in India on

alcohol consumption and its association with sexual risk, violence, unwanted

pregnancies, unwilling sex, and other sexual health problems. Invited keynote

and plenary speakers will provide overviews of issues in alcohol and sexuality

research, research methods and current studies.

South Asian researchers and international researchers working in India are

invited to submit abstracts for posters/oral presentations.

Approximately 40 to 50 abstracts will be chosen for poster presentations, oral

presentations or both; abstracts will be posted on the conference website.

The conference pre-training workshop will provide doctoral students and more

advanced researchers with an orientation to the field of alcohol and HIV

research, both in India and internationally, and methods training in the

collection and analysis of alcohol use data, and qualitative/ethnographic

approaches to data collection on sexual behaviors, gender norms, and alcohol

consumption.

Approximately 20 candidates for the training workshop will be chosen and

fellowships covering all training expenses will be provided to successful

candidates. Trainees will be expected to attend the conference.

Interested candidates can apply on the conference website.

The conference venue will accommodate a total of 150 - 160 participants

including all keynote speakers, poster and panel presenters and attendees. Up to

70 conference attendees who are non-presenters are invited to register at the

conference. 

The deadline for all applications is April 30, 2009. Notification of acceptance,

May 31, 2009.

Conference registration costs: Indian residents and nationals, Rs. 3000;

international attendees, $200. Conference materials will be available upon

registering.

All meals will be provided to every registrant during the conference.

For further updates about the First International Conference on Alcohol and HIV

in Indiaâ€, please visit the conference website:

http://www.alchivconf2009.in/ We look forward to seeing you in Mumbai, India.

Dr. F. Ram*, Dr.. Jean. J. Schensul**, Dr. S. Lahiri*, Dr. Kamala Gupta*, Dr.

Kendall J. ***, and Dr. S.K. Singh* (Organizing Committee)

Email: info@...

*International Institute for Population Sciences (http://www.iipsindia.org/);

**Institute for Community Research (www.incommunityresearch.org), ***National

Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/).

Devyani Chandran

Conference Communications Coordinator

Phone number: 785-341-2728

email: devyani.chandran@...