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The DC CFAR welcomes Dr. Lisa Bowleg as the Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Core

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Congratulations to Psychology Professor, Dr. Lisa Bowleg, on her new position as the Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Core of the District of Colombia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR)

The DC CFAR is pleased to announce that Dr. Lisa Bowleg has joined the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core as Director, beginning in January 2018. Dr. Bowleg is a professor of applied social psychology at the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences whose research focuses on the effects of individual-level and social-structural factors and resilience on Black men's HIV sexual risk and protective behaviors. She is the PI/joint PI of two ongoing NIH/NIMH funded R01 studies in Washington, DC. Men Count is an intervention with unemployed and/or unstably housed Black heterosexual men. Menhood examines the effects of neighborhood and individual-level stressors and resilience on Black men's sexual risk. She is also a leading scholar of the application of intersectionality to social and behavioral science research.

As SBS Core Director, Dr. Bowleg will join the DC CFAR Executive Committee and will help shape the future of the DC CFAR's work. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Bowleg to the DC CFAR leadership team!

Assist in a program of research in spatial perception and cognition (GWU, Dr. Dopkins)

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We are seeking 2-3 research assistants to work on studies exploring the processes by which humans perceive and mentally represent spatial relationships in the world around them. Research assistants can earn 1-3 hours of credit toward the psychology major under the auspices of the course Psychology 3591. To earn 3 credits we ask that students work 4 hours per week on the project. The work can involve running subjects or higher-level activities such as writing computer code and performing data analysis. We also ask that students attend lab meetings 1-2 times per month. Please contact Dr. Stephen Dopkins (dopkins@gwu.edu) if you are interested or have questions about any of this.

Being a participant in research

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Check back soon for information on ongoing studies in the Psychology Department. You can contribute to psychological science, and some studies offer compensation! Undergraduate students - your participation in the psychology subject pool is invaluable. Thank you!