Interested in fieldwork on HIV-related issues? The Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training (CHEST) is looking for a few strong public health students. Possible projects include working in collaboration with community partners to assess the HIV risk of transgender men (people assigned female at birth) or supporting the work of the CHEST Community Advisory Board (CAB) which would mean working with CBOs and providers who work with HIV patients and communities across the city. ABOUT CHEST CHEST's mission is to conduct research to identify and promote strategies that prevent the spread of HIV and improve the lives of people living with HIV. It conducts research on social and psychological factors associated with HIV transmission and the wellbeing of those living with HIV, with a particular emphasis on the promotion of sexual health. It has been advocating for and working with the LGBT community since 1996. In addition, CHEST disseminates study findings to community organizations serving persons with HIV and at risk for HIV. As an interdisciplinary academic research center (social work, psychology, public health, sociology, etc), CHEST supports post-doctoral fellows, doctoral candidates, masters' students, and undergraduate interns. The majority of our doctoral students attend the CUNY Graduate Center's Health Psychology, Basic and Applied Social Psychology doctoral programs, or the doctoral program in Public Health. CHEST HISTORY AND LEADERSHIP Founded by Dr. Jeffrey T. Parsons, CHEST is part of Hunter College of the City University of New York, where Dr. Parsons is on the faculty of the Psychology Department. CHEST has Faculty Affiliates throughout CUNY (Dr. David Bimbi (Laguardia Community College), Dr. Christian Grov (Brooklyn College), Dr. Jose Nanin (Kingsborough Community College), and Dr. Nancy Foldi (Queens College)); as well as beyond CUNY (Dr. Buffie Longmire-Avital (Elon College), Dr. David Marcotte (Fordham University), , and Dr. John Pachankis (Yale University). In addition, CHEST has strong collaborative partnerships with investigators at Purdue University, Northwestern University, and Wayne State University. CHEST has recently had successful SPH/Hunter MPH interns and would like to continue to the tradition! It is located at 142 West 36th Street. FOR MORE INFO For more information about CHEST internship opportunities, please check out http://www.chestnyc.org/about-internships.html. If you are interested, please contact Jarad Ringer, LMSW, Director of Education and Training, CHEST at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.