30 Sep NIH to assess and expand COVID-19 testing for underserved communities
The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $234 million to improve COVID-19 testing for underserved and vulnerable populations....
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29 Sep I’m in a COVID vaccine trial – please think about joining me
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, a UW Health physician, discusses why he chose to volunteer for a COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at UW Health....
28 Sep Black doctors want to vet vaccine process, worried about mistrust from years of medical racism
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....
18 Sep COVID-19 vaccine trials step up efforts to reach minorities
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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....
03 Sep UW Health and the University of Wisconsin focus on diversity for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
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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....
31 Aug Webinar Video: African Americans, Research & Our Future
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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....
21 Jul UW-Madison and UW Health research program joins fight against COVID-19
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in All of Us, COVID-19, Diversity, Health, Health Equity, Madison, NIH, Precision Health, Precision Medicine, Research, UW-Madison, Wisconsin
The goal is to seek new insights into the virus through antibody testing. Surveys on the pandemic’s impact on mental health and an analysis of health record information will be provided to participants....
20 Jul Research on personalized medicine may help COVID-19 treatments
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in All of Us, COVID-19, Diversity, Health Equity, Madison, Milwaukee, Precision Health, Precision Medicine, Research, UW-Madison, Wisconsin
A nationwide research project to advance personalized medicine could end up playing a role in the development of COVID-19 treatments, the project's leaders in Wisconsin say, and even address racial disparities in outcomes among coronavirus patients....
13 Jul Dane County Board recognizes racism as a public health crisis
Dane County officially declared racism to be a public health crisis acknowledging that racism threatens long-term individual and population health and is a cause of persistent racial discrimination in housing, education, employment and criminal justice....
26 Jun Gittens to serve as UW-Madison’s interim chief diversity officer
Cheryl Gittens, an assistant vice provost in UW–Madison’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement, has been named interim leader of the university’s diversity and inclusion efforts....
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