{"id":44514,"date":"2020-07-31T09:02:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=44514"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:57:47","slug":"gay-discussed-planning-for-covid-19-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/gay-discussed-planning-for-covid-19-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Discusses Planning For COVID-19 Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3503\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/dr-cynthia-gay-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/dr-cynthia-gay-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/dr-cynthia-gay-301x200.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/dr-cynthia-gay.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Cynthia Gay, MD, MPH<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke are recruiting thousands of people to help them test potential coronavirus vaccines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/cynthia-gay-md-mph\/\"><strong>Cindy Gay<\/strong><\/a>, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, talked with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/local-news\/durham-county-news\/unc-and-duke-seeking-hundreds-of-volunteers-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials\/\">CBS-17<\/a> <\/strong>about efforts to recruit 500-1000 volunteers who will participate in COVID-19 clinical trials.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/local-news\/durham-county-news\/unc-and-duke-seeking-hundreds-of-volunteers-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke are recruiting thousands of people to help them test potential coronavirus vaccines. 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