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Dr. Cindy Gay is a practicing infectious diseases clinician and the Medical Director for the HIV Cure Center at UNC. Her research background includes clinical trials and translational including Phase I\/II clinical trials involving novel HIV vaccines and immunotherapeutic strategies to advance HIV cure strategies. Dr. Gay has also worked on HIV-related studies conducted in national networks including the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the HIV Prevention Trials Network, and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. 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