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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....

03 Sep UW Health’s Dr. Jeff Pothof first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in clinical trial

Posted at 15:30h in Clinical trial, COVID-19, Madison, Research, UW Health

A COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial is now underway at UW Health. The Clinical Research Unit at University hospital is vaccinating the first participants in the AstraZeneca COVID-19 clinical trial....

31 Aug UW Health and University of Wisconsin to test new COVID-19 vaccine

Posted at 12:29h in Clinical trial, COVID-19, Madison, Research, UW Health, UW-Madison

UW Health and the University of Wisconsin will become one of the first sites in the country to study whether a new vaccine can prevent COVID-19....

31 Aug Webinar Video: African Americans, Research & Our Future

Posted at 11:14h in All of Us, COVID-19, Diversity, Equality, Genomics, Health, Health Equity, Madison, Milwaukee, NIH, Precision Health, Precision Medicine, Research, UW-Madison, Wisconsin

The following webinar, presented via a collaboration between the Foundation for Black Women's Wellness, the UW-Madison Collaborative Center for Health Equity, and the 'All of Us' Research Program at UW-Madison, highlights the importance of African American communities' participation in health research....

27 Aug ‘Racial inequality may be as deadly as COVID-19’, analysis finds

Posted at 15:29h in Community, COVID-19, Equality, Health, Health Equity

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, mortality rates and life expectancy are far better for white Americans than they are for Black people during normal, non-pandemic years....

19 Aug Opinion: There is a safe, healthy path forward from the ravages of the coronavirus

Posted at 14:27h in COVID-19, Health, Madison, Milwaukee, Research, UW-Madison, Wisconsin

Our country needs a new path forward in the battle against COVID-19 Wisconsin's two medical schools are heading up this fight by launching innovative clinical trials, developing rapid diagnostic testing, studying the complexities of this virus and increasing our capacity to offer telehealth and virtual visits. Our health care professionals are working tirelessly. But these frontline fighters need support from everyone to limit the spread of this virus....

03 Aug Q&A: UW’s Jonathan Temte on status of a coronavirus vaccine and how it will be distributed

Posted at 13:13h in COVID-19, Health Equity, UW-Madison

While the federal government has spent billions in an unprecedented effort to fast-track a vaccine that could be approved in just a few months, the rollout will be fraught with moral, ethical and political issues. Who gets it first? Who wants it? And who doesn’t? In this Q&A, UW-Madison's Dr. Jonathan Temte discusses these issues and more....

30 Jul FDA nears decision authorizing COVID-19 treatment with convalescent plasma

Posted at 15:05h in COVID-19, Research

The Food and Drug Administration is nearing a decision to authorize emergency use of antibody-rich blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients for treating those infected with the coronavirus....

28 Jul Wisconsin joins fight against COVID-19

Posted at 17:08h in All of Us, COVID-19, Health, Health Equity, Madison, Milwaukee, NIH, Precision Medicine, Research, UW Health, UW-Madison, Wisconsin

Our co-principal investigator, Dr. Elizabeth Burnside appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio's "Morning Show" to discuss the All of Us Research Program's efforts in Wisconsin, including the program's involvement in COVID-19 research....

28 Jul Immune T cells may offer lasting protection against COVID-19

Posted at 10:20h in COVID-19, NIH, Research

Much of the study on the immune response to SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has focused on the production of antibodies. But, in fact, immune cells known as memory T cells also play an important role in the ability of our immune systems to protect us against many viral infections, including—it now appears—COVID-19....

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