Dr. Grov joined CHEST in 2003 while finishing his doctorate in sociology at the Graduate Center. He has worked with CHEST in a variety of capacities including Director of Recruitment (2004-2007) and Project Director (2007-2008). He completed a one year postdoctoral fellowship in the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research program at the National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI) (Funded by the NIH). Presently, Dr. Grov is principal investigator of a NIH study investigating how the venues where gay and bisexual men meet their sex partners (e.g., bars/clubs, the Internet, bathhouses) are related to HIV risk. He has been working in HIV prevention, education, and research since 1999. Mini-plenary W6