{"id":45730,"date":"2020-08-20T10:51:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=45730"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:58:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:58:44","slug":"media-briefing-on-covid-19-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/media-briefing-on-covid-19-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Briefing On COVID-19 Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44534\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 250px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"CindyGay\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Cindy Gay, MD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each week during the COVID-19 pandemic, UNC Health Media Relations has hosted a media briefing, and this week the team featured three UNC experts to discuss clinical trials for vaccines and treatments.<\/p>\n<p>From the division of infectious diseases and the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, this week&#8217;s briefing included <strong>Cindy Gay<\/strong>, MD, associate professor of medicine, <strong>David Wohl<\/strong>, MD, professor of medicine, and <strong>Susan Pedersen<\/strong>,\u00a0<span class=\"st\">clinical director of the IGHID.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gay is the principle investigator for the Moderna vaccine trial, and Wohl is co-investigator. He is also leading treatment trials at the UNC Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Find a video of the briefing in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/news\/2020\/august\/media-briefing-on-covid-19-clinical-trials?utm_source=vs-email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=34\">UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week during the COVID-19 pandemic, UNC Health Media Relations has hosted a media briefing, and this week the team featured three UNC experts to discuss clinical trials for vaccines and treatments. 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