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Welcome to the HVTU!
The HIV Vaccine Trials Unit (HVTU) at the University of Rochester Medical Center is one of several research sites around the world that together comprise the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. The Rochester site conducts research vaccine studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the attempt to discover a vaccine that may one-day prevent HIV infection or AIDS.
Imagine a world without AIDS and learn how you can help create it.
Finding an HIV vaccine that will one-day prevent AIDS is the ultimate challenge for our human family and it is possible only with help from people like you, the vaccine study volunteers.
Our mission is to stimulate and enhance community-based dialogue concerning preventive HIV vaccines, thereby creating a supportive environment for present and future vaccine studies that are necessary to find a safe and effective HIV vaccine.
Our vision is to promote preventive HIV vaccine awareness and education. With your help, we hope to:
• foster community support for vaccine studies and vaccine volunteers
• create partnerships with local groups, businesses and other organizations, and
• increase awareness about why a preventive HIV vaccine is the world’s best hope to stop AIDS.
Directions to the Rochester HIV Vaccine Trials Unit (HVTU):
601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, New York 14642
Click here for specific directions.
Or, if you already know how to find Strong Memorial Hospital, then PRINT the following basic directions and bring them with you:
.Please allow 20 minutes to get from the garage or Main Lobby to the Vaccine Evaluation Unit.
.Park in the Ramp Garage (We'll provide a pass.)
.Go to Main Lobby on Floor 1
.Follow Green ceiling tags to the Green Elevators
.Take Green Elevators to Floor 3
.Look for the only carpeted hallway (it's a purple carpet leading to Dept. of Medicine)
.Follow to end of carpet and continue straight
.Room 3.5242 is located past the end of carpet
.Door is marked 'Vaccine Evaluation Unit'
.If you get lost, call: 756-2329 (from cell phone or from any outside line) or dial '50459' from any internal phone.
News & Events
- In FaceBook, search on: GearUpRochester
- Next time you log on at FaceBook.com, do a search for "GearUpRochester". Listen to the video of volunteers talking with researchers about the HIV vaccine studies. Let us know what you think. If you like the site, please send our page to your List of Friends.
- About the HVTN
- Our unit is one of several global sites that together form the HIV Vaccine Trials Network(HVTN). [For more information about the HVTN, click on "Links & Resources" located at the top of this screen.]
- Take an Active Role
- If you are healthy, HIV-negative and age 18-50 consider being a vaccine study participant. To learn if you qualify, call our clinic at 585.756.2DAY (756-2329) or click on "Contact Us" located at the top of this screen to send us an Email message requesting more information. With your permission, we will reply with the details.
