Project name: Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics - Underserved Populations (RADx-UP): Community-driven Optimization of COVID-19 testing to Reach and Engage underserved Areas for Testing Equity (CO-CREATE)

Description: UC San Diego's Superfund Research Center (SRC), supported by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program since 2000, is engaged in research and Public Health initiatives that examine the cumulative impacts of poor nutrition and other health disparities on the etiology of a variety of diseases. The ethnically diverse low-income communities in San Diego we engage are predominantly populated by people of color where poverty, pollution, inadequate infrastructure, and structural racism create unhealthy living conditions. These same communities are being ravaged by COVID-19, which is caused by infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. With California becoming one the global pandemic epicenters in the US, coupled with the growing need for rapid COVID-19 testing, our SRC has partnered with expertise at UC... (for more see dbGaP study page.)

Data type: Phenotype or Genotype

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: Medical