Read about what clinical research has meant to these volunteers. All have given permission to share their stories.

• Zachary McCarthy and his parents, California
• Molly, Elizabeth and Geri Ximenez, California
• Margarita Dinora Hernandez, Maryland
• Gene Gary–Williams, PhD, Maryland
• John Haughton, MD, Maryland
• Paul Covington, Mississippi
• Carmen Simpson, Ohio
• Maureen Schultz, Ohio
• Clenton G. Winford II, Texas
• Sam Breidenbach, Wisconsin