Current Studies

The world needs an HIV vaccine, and the HVTU is on a mission to find it. You can help by volunteering for one our current studies.

About Our Studies
Studies conducted by the HVTU are funded by the National Institutes of Health. Locally, our studies are supported by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington.

Currently we have a variety (vaccine and non-vaccine) of studies that support HIV vaccine Research. Our HIV Vaccine studies, are for HIV negative volunteers who are 18-50 years old. They usually are 1-2 years long and may require 2-3 injections with the study vaccine or a placebo. The vaccines being tested do not contain the HIV virus. Therefore, the vaccines cannot cause HIV infection. For more details, visit the HIV Vaccine Studies page on this site.

Our Non-HIV Vaccine Studies (also known as our ancillary studies), are for HIV negative and positive volunteers. Some of our ancillary studies take volunteers who are 18-60 years old. In these studies, there are no medications or vaccines given and they usually are 2 or more years long. To learn more about these studies, visit the HIV Vaccine Studies page on this site.