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Ronald Gray is a North American circumcision proponent and biased researcher looking for justifications to roll-out mass circumcision programs around the world. He headed one of the three RCTs being used by the [[WHO]] to endorse circumcision as HIV prevention.<ref>
Ronald Gray is a North American circumcision proponent and biased researcher looking for justifications to roll-out mass circumcision programs around the world. He headed one of the three RCTs being used by the [[WHO]] to endorse circumcision as HIV prevention.<ref>{{REFweb
{{cite web
| last=World Health Organization
  | url = http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/infopack_en_1.pdf
| first=
| title = Information Package on Male Ci rcumcision and HIV Prevention
| year=
  | accessdate = 2011-05-07
| title=Information Package on Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention
| publisher = World Health Organization
  | url=http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/infopack_en_1.pdf
}}
  | accessdate=2011-05-07
</ref> At [[Rakai Project|their clinic]], a music video promoting circumcision plays continuously.<ref>
}}</ref> At [[Rakai Project|their clinic]], a music video promoting circumcision plays continuously.<ref>{{REFweb
{{cite web
| last=JohnsHopkinsSPH
  | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=8m37s
| first=
| title = Rakai Project
| year=2010-10-01
  | accessdate = 2011-04-10
| title=Rakai Project
| date = 2010-10-01
  | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=8m37s
| work = JohnsHopkinsSPH
  | accessdate=2011-04-10
| publisher = YouTube
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
}}
  | last=smugamba
</ref><ref>
| first=
{{cite web
| year=2010-06-06
  | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtEdNl322Q
  | title=Rakai Male Circumcision Video By Stephen Mugamba Feat Jemima Sanyu.mpg
  | title = Rakai Male Circumcision Video By Stephen Mugamba Feat Jemima Sanyu.mpg
| url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtEdNl322Q
  | accessdate = 2011-04-10
  | accessdate=2011-04-10
| date = 2010-06-06
}}</ref> He sometimes goes by the name Ron.<ref name="Morris-Cancer">{{REFjournal
| work = smugamba
  | last=Morris
| publisher = YouTube
  | first=Brian James
}}
</ref> He sometimes goes by the name Ron.<ref name="Morris-Cancer">
{{cite journal
  | title = The Strong Protective Effect of Circumcision Against Cancer of the Penis
| journal = Advanced in Urology
| date = 2011-03-09
  | first = Brian James
| last = Morris
  | coauthors = Ron Gray, Xavier Castellsagué, F. Xavier Bosch, Daniel T. Halperin, C. A. Hankins, and Jake H. Waskett
  | coauthors = Ron Gray, Xavier Castellsagué, F. Xavier Bosch, Daniel T. Halperin, C. A. Hankins, and Jake H. Waskett
  | id =
  | pubyear=2011-03-09
  | url = http://www.hindawi.com/journals/au/aip/812368/
| title=The Strong Protective Effect of Circumcision Against Cancer of the Penis
  | accessdate = 2011-03-13
| journal=Advanced in Urology
| volume=
| issue=
| pages=
  | url=http://www.hindawi.com/journals/au/aip/812368/
  | accessdate=2011-03-13
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


== Ronald Gray's RCT ==
== Ronald Gray's RCT ==
Of the three RCTs being used by the WHO to promote circumcision as HIV prevention, Gray supervised the RCT that was carried out in Uganda.<ref>Gray RH. Kigozi G, Serwadda D, et al. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial. Lancet 2007;369:557-66.</ref> Two other RCTs were supervised by [[Robert C. Bailey]] and [[Bertran Auvert]] respectively. All three RCTs were funded by the American [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref name='DOC 2008'> {{cite web | url = http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org | title = The Use of Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection | accessdate = 2011-03-05 | date = 2008 | publisher = Doctors Opposing Circumcision | archiveurl = http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html | archivedate = 2011-03-05 | quote = ...funding from the United States National Institutes of Health to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Africa.}}</ref>
Of the three RCTs being used by the WHO to promote circumcision as HIV prevention, Gray supervised the RCT that was carried out in Uganda.<ref>Gray RH. Kigozi G, Serwadda D, et al. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial. Lancet 2007;369:557-66.</ref> Two other RCTs were supervised by [[Robert C. Bailey]] and [[Bertran Auvert]] respectively. All three RCTs were funded by the American [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFwebQuote
| quote=...funding from the United States National Institutes of Health to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Africa.
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision
| year=2008
| urltitle=The Use of Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV Infection
| url=http://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/info/HIVStatement.html
| accessdate=2011-03-05
}}</ref>


In 2010,<ref>
In 2010,<ref>{{REFjournal
{{cite journal
  | last=Gray RH, Bailey RC, Morris BJ
  | author=Gray RH, Bailey RC, Morris BJ
| first=
| pubyear=2010, June
  | title=Keratinization of the adult male foreskin and implications for male circumcision
  | title=Keratinization of the adult male foreskin and implications for male circumcision
  | journal=AIDS
  | journal=AIDS
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  | issue=9
  | issue=9
  | pages=1381; author reply 1381–2
  | pages=1381; author reply 1381–2
  | year=2010
  | url=
  | month=June
  | accessdate=
  | pmid=20559044
  | pmid=20559044
  | doi=10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283392555
  | doi=10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283392555
}}</ref> and again in 2011,<ref name="Morris-Cancer"/> Gray published studies with [[Brian J. Morris]].
}}</ref> and again in 2011,<ref name="Morris-Cancer"/> Gray published studies with [[Brian J. Morris]].


== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
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|quote = <span style="background:#d7f5ff">We've never used surgery to prevent an infectious disease.</span> It's a completely new concept, a new paradigm. How can we train all the surgeons to do this procedure and equip them.
| Text=<span style="background:#d7f5ff">We've never used surgery to prevent an infectious disease.</span> It's a completely new concept, a new paradigm. How can we train all the surgeons to do this procedure and equip them.
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHR9rnoelc#t=1m51s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2009). ''Impact''.]</small>
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| ref=<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHR9rnoelc#t=1m51s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2009). ''Impact''.]</ref>
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{{Citation
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| Text=It's been hard to change policy, because <span style="background:#d7f5ff">this is a whole new paradigm.</span> We've never used surgery to prevent an infectious disease. Policy makers have to really take some time to wrap their minds around it.
|quote = It's been hard to change policy, because <span style="background:#d7f5ff">this is a whole new paradigm.</span> We've never used surgery to prevent an infectious disease. Policy makers have to really take some time to wrap their minds around it.
| Author=Ronald Gray
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray.  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m29s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</small>
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| ref=<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m29s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</ref>
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| Text=It's taken longer than I would like to see these programs emerge.
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|quote = It's taken longer than I would like to see these programs emerge.
| Source=JohnsHopkinsSPH
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray.  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m59s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</small>
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| ref=<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m59s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</ref>
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{{Citation
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| Title=The Latest Fight Over Foreskin
|title = The Latest Fight Over Foreskin
| Text=If you were to ask me, should the U.S. be promoting circumcision, my answer would be, ‘no,’ What I do think ought to be the policy is that parents should be informed about the potential protective effects.
|quote = If you were to ask me, should the U.S. be promoting circumcision, my answer would be, ‘no,’ What I do think ought to be the policy is that parents should be informed about the potential protective effects.
| Author=Ronald Gray
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/weekinreview/30rabin.html?_r=0 N.Y. Times, The Latest Fight Over Foreskin, (8/29/2009).]</small>
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| ref=<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/weekinreview/30rabin.html?_r=0 N.Y. Times, The Latest Fight Over Foreskin, (8/29/2009).]</ref>
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[[Category:People|Gray, Ronald H.]]
[[Category:People|Gray, Ronald H.]]