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- RADx-UP Brief Outlines Success of Community Engagement Approach March 18, 2024Highlights the infrastructure, relationships and scholarship of community engagement to promote health equity One of the most important aspects of the RADx-UP initiative is that projects represent a partnership between health researchers and community leaders to address COVID-19 health inequities. RADx-UP provides an important example of what can be achieved using a “community-engaged research” approach. The RADx-UP ...Read more
- LinkUP Project Logo Artist Inspired by Community Partner’s Logo February 8, 2024For four months in 2022, a van parked in San Diego County’s La Frontera neighborhood displayed a big, bright drawing of a sunflower in full bloom, with a bold red heart in its center and a black arrow extending upward. Curious passersby would stop and ask what was happening in the van. And with that, ...Read more
- RADx-UP project presentations showcase community partnership across United States, diversity of projects December 18, 2023In 2023, the RADx-UP consortium gathered regularly to share program updates and hear what individual project teams have learned in their community-engaged research studies across the United States, its territories, and Tribal Nations. The RADx-UP project-wide meetings create a forum for project teams to present initial findings and lessons learned. This is one of the ways ...Read more
- Logro alcanzado con el primer manuscrito colaborativo para usar el conjunto nacional de datos de RADx-UP November 17, 2023Read in English El primer manuscrito que extrae conclusiones a partir de un conjunto de datos de ámbito nacional proporcionados por el consorcio del programa de Aceleración Rápida del Diagnóstico en Poblaciones Desfavorecidas (RADx-UP por sus siglas en inglés) (Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations, RADx-UP) se ha publicado en la edición de julio de 2023 ...Read more
- RADx-UP research featured at APHA 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo October 24, 2023Several RADx-UP projects teams presented their work at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo in Atlanta Nov. 12-15. The APHA annual meeting is one of the most important gatherings of public health professionals in the United States. The meeting offered the RADx-UP consortium an opportunity to share data results and insights about ...Read more
- RADx-UP CDCC awards final cycle of Rapid Pilot Program projects to promote health equity October 6, 2023The seventh and final cycle of the CDCC Rapid Research Pilot Program (RP2) projects have been awarded bringing the total number of RP2 projects to 25. The program’s goal is to improve access to and uptake of diagnostic COVID-19 testing in communities of underserved and vulnerable populations and to better understand factors that have led to ...Read more
- Final RADx-UP COVID-19 Equity Evidence Academy highlights lessons learned and value of community-academic partnerships October 5, 2023The fourth and final RADx-UP COVID-19 Equity Evidence Academy brought together RADx-UP research teams, CDCC staff, community partners, NIH leaders, and others to share their experiences, ideas, and recommendations to overcome disparities in COVID-19 testing. This year’s Evidence Academy agenda highlighted speakers and sessions focused on building community-academic connections; enhancing knowledge of promising approaches and lessons ...Read more
