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In recognition of National HIV Testing Day, the Third Coast CFAR’s Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group will host a virtual seminar featuring Chicago-based investigators leading the Limited Interaction Targeted Epidemiology (LITE) cohort studies. Speakers include Audrey French, MD; Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH; Amy Johnson, PhD; Lisa Kuhns, PhD, MPH; and Michael Newcomb, PhD. The presenters will discuss how their LITE studies utilize virtual observational methods to investigate the HIV epidemic. They will also present on digital interventions for HIV prevention and treatment for youth and adults in the U.S. The seminar will be moderated by Jorge Cestou, PhD, MBA, director of research at the Chicago Department of Public Health. Gerald B. Sharp, DrPH, epidemiologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), will provide brief remarks.