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28 Sep Black doctors want to vet vaccine process, worried about mistrust from years of medical racism

Posted at 16:51h in Clinical trial, COVID-19, Diversity, Equality, Research

As the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention repeatedly assure the public that the COVID-19 vaccine will be safe, indications that the review process may be undercut by politics has turned off people in minority communities to getting the vaccine when it becomes available — worrying physicians that communities disproportionately devastated by the pandemic are most at risk of being left out of immunization efforts....

28 Sep UW-Madison partners with state and public health agencies on COVID-19

Posted at 12:46h in COVID-19, Madison, UW-Madison

In early September, the University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services onto campus to initiate a new partnership in light of the COVID-19 pandemic....

22 Sep NIH expands clinical trials to test convalescent plasma against COVID-19

Posted at 13:41h in Uncategorized

Two randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are expanding enrollment to further evaluate convalescent plasma as a treatment for patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Preliminary observational studies indicate that convalescent plasma may improve outcomes among severely ill and hospitalized patients with COVID-19....

22 Sep Cancer disparities continue to impact minority populations in the United States

Posted at 12:44h in Uncategorized

A new report from the American Association for Cancer Research has identified several health disparities which disproportionately affect certain groups of people in the U.S. with cancer....

18 Sep Adult obesity on the rise with significant disparity among minority populations

Posted at 16:53h in Health, Health Equity

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that cases of adult obesity are increasing, especially among minority populations, a worrying trend as obesity is reported to worsen the outcomes of COVID-19 cases....

18 Sep COVID-19 vaccine trials step up efforts to reach minorities

Posted at 15:47h in Clinical trial, Community Engagement, COVID-19, Diversity, Health Equity, Research

Many thousands of volunteers from minority groups are needed for huge clinical trials underway or about to begin. Scientists say a diverse group of test subjects is vital to determining whether a vaccine is safe and effective for everyone and instilling broad public confidence in the shots once they become available....

18 Sep Team led by UW-Madison’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Research receives NIH grant to help battle COVID-19

Posted at 11:53h in COVID-19, Research, Science, UW-Madison

Dr. Elizabeth Burnside and Dr. Jomol Mathew, who are both part of the All of Us Research leadership team at UW-Madison, recently received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) award for a project that will provide the first opportunity at UW to leverage real-time clinical data for research and contribute to the new National #COVID19 Cohort Collaborative, which aims to answer critical research questions to address the pandemic....

08 Sep The National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to speed up COVID-19 research

Posted at 11:02h in Clinical trial, COVID-19, Health Equity, Research

A new effort at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gives people the opportunity to take part in clinical trials. ...

03 Sep New UW Chief of Bioinformatics dives into data to push cancer research, care forward

Posted at 16:04h in Genomics, Research, Science, UW Health, UW-Madison

While the collection of health data and information has always been part of medicine, advancements in technology have made it easier to compile this information from various sources and parse it out to identify trends. While making sense out of large swaths of information is a difficult task, it’s exactly what Dr. Jomol Mathew was hired to do....

03 Sep UW Health and the University of Wisconsin focus on diversity for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial

Posted at 15:49h in Clinical trial, Community, Community Engagement, COVID-19, Diversity, Health Equity, Madison, Research, UW Health, UW-Madison

As UW Health and the University of Wisconsin begin scheduling participants for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study, experts and leaders are focused on equity and inclusion to ensure a diverse population takes part in this phase 3 clinical trial. A diverse group of participants will give researchers the best understanding on how and if this vaccine works for everyone....

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