Francisco Sastre has recently received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award.  These fellowships are designed to enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of the biomedical, behavioral and health services research labor force in the United States.  Sastre is a Ph.D. candidate in comparative sociology/anthropology in the School of International and Public Affair's Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies. His research, "Living Positive: Life in Community Among Puerto Rican Men Living with HIV/AIDS in Boston," focuses on the development of new approaches in existing models of HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.