UNDERSTANDING VACCINE LICENSURE
December 2009
What factors do regulatory bodies consider before licensing a vaccine for public use?

UNDERSTANDING THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS
October 2009
What are some of the statistical methods that are used to interpret clinical trial results?

UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN CLINICAL TRIALS
August 2009
What can researchers learn from studying communities in preparation for AIDS vaccine clinical trials?

UNDERSTANDING INCLUSION/EXCLUSION CRITERIA
July 2009
What are some of the eligibility requirements for volunteers to participate in AIDS vaccine clinical trials?

UNDERSTANDING THE RECRUITMENT OF VOLUNTEERS AT RISK OF HIV INFECTION
May 2008
Why are volunteers who are at high risk of HIV infection necessary participants in late-stage AIDS vaccine trials?

UNDERSTANDING THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF WOMEN IN CLINICAL TRIALS
March 2008
What are some of the considerations regarding recruitment and retention of women in AIDS vaccine clinical trials?

UNDERSTANDING BIOSTATISTICS AND THE STEP TRIAL
February 2008
How are statisticians analyzing the data from the STEP trial?

UNDERSTANDING RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS
October-November 2007
What are randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trials?

UNDERSTANDING DATA SAFETY MONITORING BOARDS
June 2007
How do DSMBs monitor ongoing clinical trials?

UNDERSTANDING HOME-BASED VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING
June 2006
How can home-based or mobile services for HIV counseling and testing improve community responses?

UNDERSTANDING REFERRAL NETWORKS IN AIDS VACCINE TRIALS
May 2006
What is the process for referring volunteers in vaccine trials for treatment and care?

UNDERSTANDING CAPACITY BUILDING AT VACCINE TRIAL SITES
March 2006
How can AIDS vaccine trials help build infrastructure and capacity in developing countries?

UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
February 2006
What are the major considerations influencing the decision to volunteer for an AIDS vaccine trial?

UNDERSTANDING HIV TESTING
November 2005
How can participation in an AIDS vaccine trial affect HIV test results?

UNDERSTANDING COUPLES VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING
October 2005
Why is voluntary counseling and testing for couples an important process for recruiting women into vaccine trials?

UNDERSTANDING TEST-OF-CONCEPT TRIALS
September 2005
Why are Phase IIb trials an important step in evaluating AIDS vaccine candidates?

UNDERSTANDING RISK-REDUCTION COUNSELING
August 2005
Why is risk-reduction counseling an important part of AIDS vaccine trials?

UNDERSTANDING INFORMED CONSENT
June 2005
How does the informed consent process work in vaccine trials?

UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARDS
May 2005
What role do Community Advisory Boards have in vaccine trials?

UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING
April 2005
How is voluntary counseling and testing provided to volunteers in clinical research or vaccine trials?

UNDERSTANDING CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES
March 2005
What information can clinical research studies provide?

UNDERSTANDING TRIAL APPROVAL
November 2003
How does an AIDS vaccine trial gain official approval and community support?

UNDERSTANDING VACCINE TRIALS
August 2003
How are AIDS vaccines tested?