The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $234 million to improve COVID-19 testing for underserved and vulnerable populations. A part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative, the RADx Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) program will support 32 institutions across the United States and will focus on populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
IMPACT Principal Investigator Vince Mor, PhD and Sarah Berry, MD from Hebrew Senior Life received a RADx-UP award for Improved Testing for COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities. IMPACT-C is a collaborative initiative to develop and evaluate equitable and compassionate SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in vulnerable patients and workers within skilled nursing facilities.