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| [[Image:Ronaldgray.jpg|175px]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Married To:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Maria Wawer]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Colleagues & Benefactors:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Maria Wawer]]<br>[[Robert C. Bailey]]<br>[[Bertran Auvert]]<br>[[Brian J. Morris]]<br>[[Aaron Tobian]]<br>[[Thomas Quinn]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Funded By:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]]<br>[[Johns Hopkins]]<br>[[National Institutes of Health]]
|-
| align="right" | [[Image:Gray and Wawer.jpg|175px]]<br>Ronald Gray with his wife, and<br>colleague, [[Maria Wawer]].
|}
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>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/infopack_en_1.pdf
| title = Information Package on Male Ci rcumcision and HIV Prevention
| accessdate = 2011-05-07
| publisher = World Health Organization
}}
</ref> At [[Rakai Project|their clinic]], a music video promoting circumcision plays continuously.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=8m37s
| title = Rakai Project
| accessdate = 2011-04-10
| date = 2010-10-01
| work = JohnsHopkinsSPH
| publisher = YouTube
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtEdNl322Q
| title = Rakai Male Circumcision Video By Stephen Mugamba Feat Jemima Sanyu.mpg
| accessdate = 2011-04-10
| date = 2010-06-06
| work = smugamba
| publisher = YouTube
}}
</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
| id =
| url = http://www.hindawi.com/journals/au/aip/812368/
| accessdate = 2011-03-13
}}</ref>
== 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>
In 2010,<ref>
{{cite journal
| author=Gray RH, Bailey RC, Morris BJ
| title=Keratinization of the adult male foreskin and implications for male circumcision
| journal=AIDS
| volume=24
| issue=9
| pages=1381; author reply 1381–2
| year=2010
| month=June
| pmid=20559044
| doi=10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283392555
}}</ref> and again in 2011,<ref name="Morris-Cancer"/> Gray published studies with [[Brian J. Morris]].
== 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.
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHR9rnoelc#t=1m51s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2009). ''Impact''.]</small>
|align = left
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{{Quote box
|title =
|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.
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m29s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</small>
|align = left
|width = 55%
|quoted = yes
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{{Quote box
|title =
|quote = It's taken longer than I would like to see these programs emerge.
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m59s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</small>
|align = left
|width = 55%
|quoted = yes
}}
{{Quote box
|title = The Latest Fight Over Foreskin
|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.
|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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==References==
<div class='references-small'>
<references/>
</div>
[[Category:People|Gray, Ronald H.]]
[[Category:Circumcision in Africa|Gray, Ronald H.]]
[[Category:Researchers|Gray, Ronald H.]]
[[Category:CircLeaks]]
[[Category:Construction Site]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
{| class="infobox vcard" style="175px; font-size:90%" border="0" cellspacing="4" align="right"
|-
| [[Image:Ronaldgray.jpg|175px]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Married To:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Maria Wawer]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Colleagues & Benefactors:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Maria Wawer]]<br>[[Robert C. Bailey]]<br>[[Bertran Auvert]]<br>[[Brian J. Morris]]<br>[[Aaron Tobian]]<br>[[Thomas Quinn]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Funded By:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]]<br>[[Johns Hopkins]]<br>[[National Institutes of Health]]
|-
| align="right" | [[Image:Gray and Wawer.jpg|175px]]<br>Ronald Gray with his wife, and<br>colleague, [[Maria Wawer]].
|}
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>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/infopack_en_1.pdf
| title = Information Package on Male Ci rcumcision and HIV Prevention
| accessdate = 2011-05-07
| publisher = World Health Organization
}}
</ref> At [[Rakai Project|their clinic]], a music video promoting circumcision plays continuously.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=8m37s
| title = Rakai Project
| accessdate = 2011-04-10
| date = 2010-10-01
| work = JohnsHopkinsSPH
| publisher = YouTube
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtEdNl322Q
| title = Rakai Male Circumcision Video By Stephen Mugamba Feat Jemima Sanyu.mpg
| accessdate = 2011-04-10
| date = 2010-06-06
| work = smugamba
| publisher = YouTube
}}
</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
| id =
| url = http://www.hindawi.com/journals/au/aip/812368/
| accessdate = 2011-03-13
}}</ref>
== 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>
In 2010,<ref>
{{cite journal
| author=Gray RH, Bailey RC, Morris BJ
| title=Keratinization of the adult male foreskin and implications for male circumcision
| journal=AIDS
| volume=24
| issue=9
| pages=1381; author reply 1381–2
| year=2010
| month=June
| pmid=20559044
| doi=10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283392555
}}</ref> and again in 2011,<ref name="Morris-Cancer"/> Gray published studies with [[Brian J. Morris]].
== Quotes ==
{{Quote box
|title =
|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.
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHR9rnoelc#t=1m51s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2009). ''Impact''.]</small>
|align = left
|width = 55%
|quoted = yes
}}
{{Quote box
|title =
|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.
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m29s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</small>
|align = left
|width = 55%
|quoted = yes
}}
{{Quote box
|title =
|quote = It's taken longer than I would like to see these programs emerge.
|source = <small>--Ronald Gray. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mXFdXJaG8k#t=7m59s JohnsHopkinsSPH, (2010). ''Rakai project.'']</small>
|align = left
|width = 55%
|quoted = yes
}}
{{Quote box
|title = The Latest Fight Over Foreskin
|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.
|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>
|align = left
|width = 55%
|quoted = yes
}}
<BR CLEAR="all">
==References==
<div class='references-small'>
<references/>
</div>
[[Category:People|Gray, Ronald H.]]
[[Category:Circumcision in Africa|Gray, Ronald H.]]
[[Category:Researchers|Gray, Ronald H.]]
[[Category:CircLeaks]]
[[Category:Construction Site]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]