UIC leads multi-center collaborative to help communities affected by COVID-19
The University of Illinois Chicago has been selected by the National Institutes of Health as the principal site of a multi-center collaborative in the Chicago area that will bolster research and outreach to help communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
As part of the NIH s Community Engagement Alliance, or CEAL, Against COVID-19 Disparities initiative, the UIC-led team will focus on strengthening COVID-19 vaccine confidence and access in Chicago-area Black and Latino communities, as well as improving access to testing, treatment and opportunities for clinical trial participation.
In Chicago, rates of COVID-19 cases are greatest among Black and Latino residents, significantly outpacing rates among white residents. Despite this and efforts in the city to deliver the vaccine to vulnerable communities, early data on vaccinations show lower rates of COVID-19 vaccination among Black and Latino adul
Intermountain, UT Health, Rush U Joins PhysIQ’s COVID-19 Digital Biomarker Study
What You Should Know:
– Today, physIQ announced that three more health systems have joined the NIH-funded DeCODe study to develop an AI-based COVID-19 digital biomarker. Intermountain Healthcare Utah, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Rush University Medical Center will serve as recruiting centers and key partners in the Phase II validation stage of this study.
– Realization of this biomarker may provide early detection of a rapid clinical decompensation in high-risk COVID-19 positive patients. The DeCODe study, along with other physIQ-led projects, is helping to identify the earliest signals of an inflammatory response specific to an individual who may have COVID.
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