Students drive UMass Amherst COVID testing center to success
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
Signs at the UMass Amherst COVID-19 testing site at the Mullins Center in August 2020. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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As the University of Massachusetts Amherst prepares for the spring semester, administrators say operations at its COVID-19 testing center and early COVID-19 vaccination continue to succeed due in large part to student workers.
Nearly 90 students play a significant role in daily operation, performing tasks ranging from test collection to contact tracing to administering vaccines.
“Our student workers are the heart, soul, muscle, hands and feet of the testing center,” said Ann Becker, co-director of the Public Health Promotion Center and public health director for the university. “Without them, it would be very difficult to stand up this testing center and operate it on a daily basis.”
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As the University of Massachusetts Amherst readies itself for the spring semester, operations at its COVID-19 testing center and early COVID-19 vaccination continue to succeed due in large part to the nearly 90 student workers who play a significant role in daily operation. These student workers perform tasks ranging from test collection to contact tracing to administering vaccines.
During the fall semester, the Public Health Promotion Center (PHPC) performed 12-13,000 tests per week for more than 160,000 tests of UMass students, faculty and staff. This spring, the testing center will expand to do between 22,000 and 25,000 tests a week as more students will be living on campus and community testing continues. In addition, nursing students will assist this winter and spring with COVID-19 vaccination clinics on campus. The students who staff the testing center; predominantly nursing and public health majors, are getting real-world experience on how to respond to