Vaccine Trials Unit

Our Invaluable Community Partnerships

Our work would not be possible without a dedicated community of collaborating organizations volunteers and donors.

A History of Collaboration — Some of our longstanding partners include African American Reach and Teach Ministries, Entre Hermanos, Gay City, POCAAN and Lifelong. Many of our HIV vaccine studies are in partnership with global networks such as the HIV Vaccine Trials Network and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and many local public health officials and service organizations helped to establish a foundation for our COVID-19 research during the pandemic.

Inspired by Community — The VTU is committed to fostering and maintaining meaningful, collaborative, and mutually beneficial relationships with our community partners and study volunteers. We are especially grateful to the many people who have helped move our research forward, and for the insights and partnership of our Community Advisory Board members. We respect cultural values and diversity, and we maintain broad-minded perspectives among our staff and advisors.

Donor-powered — During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fred Hutch was able to rapidly deploy leading-edge research efforts to control the virus, thanks in part to the generous philanthropic support from individual donors and companies. Our COVID-Cohort study appreciates our local first responders and community members who joined our study and helped us to better understand how COVID impacts immune systems.