At the Vaccine Research Center (VRC), 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.

Kymone Freeman

Kymone Freeman, VRC Vaccine Clinical Trial Participant Healthy Volunteer Program

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NIAID

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

Peter Hubbard

Peter Hubbard, VRC Vaccine Clinical Trial Participant Healthy Volunteer Program

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NIAID

I am originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee. I moved to Northern Virginia in 2006 to pursue… Read more

Sara Jones

Sara Jones, VRC Vaccine 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

Tony Lee

Tony Lee, VRC Vaccine Clinical Trial Participant Healthy Volunteer Program

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

Lara R. Miller

Lara R. Miller, VRC Vaccine Clinical Trial Participant Healthy Volunteer Program

I was born directly across the street from the National Institutes of Health at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.... Read more

Matt Rose

Matt Rose, VRC Vaccine 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

Scott Simpson

Scott Simpson, VRC Vaccine Clinical Trial Participant Healthy Volunteer Program

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

Socrates Trujillo

Socrates Trujillo, VRC Vaccine 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

Zenovia Wright

Zenovia Wright, VRC Clinical Trial Participant Healthy Volunteer Program

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NIAID

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 email us at vaccines@nih.gov.