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If you are interested in volunteering to participate in a clinical study, please call or e-mail us.
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1-866-833-LIFE (5433)
E-mail: vaccines@nih.gov.

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VRC Vaccine Research Studies

Volunteer Profiles

At the Vaccine Research Center, the relationship between scientists, clinicians, and volunteers from the community is considered a partnership and collaboration. The people who volunteer to participate in research studies are extraordinary individuals who graciously volunteer their time and work closely with us to find solutions for global health challenges.

Below are a few of the volunteers who have participated in VRC research studies.

photo of Kymone Freeman

Kymone Freeman

VRC Clinical Trial Participant
Healthy Volunteer Program

As a native of Washington, DC, the city with the highest AIDS infection rate in the entire United States, the threat of this disease… Read more

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Sara Jones

VRC Clinical Trial Participant
Healthy Volunteer Program

I grew up in the Midwest in a snug little suburb well insulated from the global health challenges of HIV/AIDS or infectious diseases like… Read more
photo of Tony Lee

Tony R. Lee

VRC Clinical Trial Participant
Healthy Volunteer Program

I grew up in Hagerstown, MD and the surrounding areas for the majority of my childhood... Read more

photo of Matt Rose

Matt Rose

VRC Clinical Trial Participant
Healthy Volunteer Program

I’m a native of New Jersey, but grew up in the Seattle area and moved to Washington, DC, in 2009 to work on federal health policy... Read more

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Scott Simpson

VRC Clinical Trial Participant
Healthy Volunteer Program

I was born and raised in a suburb of Cleveland, OH. Moving to the Washington, DC, area in 2002 allowed me to pursue a career in… Read more

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Socrates Trujillo

VRC Clinical Trial Participant
Healthy Volunteer Program

I was born and raised in Culiacan, Mexico, the third of four siblings. I grew up in a very… Read more

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Zenovia Wright

VRC Clinical Trial Participant
Healthy Volunteer Program

I had never knowingly encountered anyone who was HIV positive until I was a sophomore in high school… Read more

If you are interested in volunteering to participate in a clinical study, call 1-866-833-LIFE (5433) or e-mail us at vaccines@nih.gov.

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Last Updated April 06, 2011