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George Washington University to Participate in Sanofi COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

February 24, 2021

The George Washington University announced today its participation in a Sanofi COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial.

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'We're ecstatic': GW researchers celebrate vaccine milestone; Moderna gets FDA green light

December 18, 2020

For more than 12 hours hours a day for the last five months, a team of researchers at George Washington University has been laser-focused on the Phase Three clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine d

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GW Plays Essential Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Approved for Emergency Use

December 17, 2020

The George Washington University was part of the historic nationwide effort to develop and test a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine in record time.

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Teaching Trials: Professor Brings Vaccine Experience to the Classroom

December 03, 2020
TSPPPA professor Bill Adams drew on his own experience as a volunteer in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trials for his class on research methods.
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Federal Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Chief Visits GW Site

October 22, 2020
Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 vaccine development initiative, visited GW to raise awareness for the national vaccine development efforts, encourage greater participation in the clinical trials and recognize GW for exceeding its enrollment goals for its vaccine trial.
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Trump's Operation Warp Speed adviser says all Americans could be immunized with COVID vaccine by June

October 21, 2020
Moncef Slaoui is encouraging people to volunteer for vaccine trials.
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GWU’s covid-19 clinical trial has met one early goal — getting Black and Latino people to join

September 13, 2020
Mark M. Spradley searched online for a vaccine clinical trial the way most people go shopping. Spradley, heeding an inner call to public duty, combed through the National Institutes of Health’s website and signed up for a trial underway at George Washington University because he was eager to become part of a massive, accelerated effort to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that causes the disease covid-19.
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Covering Ebola Didn’t Prepare Me for This: I Volunteered for the Covid-19 Vaccine Trial

September 11, 2020
George Washington University invited me to participate in Moderna’s vaccine trial because I am triple-risk: a Black woman, a Type 1 diabetic and asthmatic.
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George Washington University to Conduct Clinical Trial for COVID-19 Experimental Vaccine

July 27, 2020
The George Washington University today announced that it will participate in a clinical trial for an investigational COVID-19 vaccine. GW has been selected as one of approximately 90 sites in the United States to participate in clinical trials of experimental vaccines and monoclonal antibodies as part of the COVID-19 Prevention Network.
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