The CTSA University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) Northeast—Tyler and Rio Grande Valley Success Story: How Rural, Underserved Academic Communities Rapidly Built a Robust Engine for Collaborative COVID-19 Clinical Research

Steven Idell, David D. McPherson, Jessica Martin, Andrew Dentino, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Julia V. Philley, Paul McGaha, Megan Devine, Jacqueline Bronicki, Daniel D. Karp

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Abstract

In 2018, The University of Texas Health Science Center–Tyler and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley were invited to develop clinical research units for an existing Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium with the objective to equip medically underserved, economically disadvantaged communities and subsequently to deploy COVID-19 clinical trials in response to a public health emergency.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)517-527
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

Keywords

  • Clinical research unit
  • Clinical trial
  • Community outreach
  • Convalescent plasma
  • COVID-19
  • Medically underserved communities
  • Public health
  • Rural health care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

MD Anderson CCSG core facilities

  • Clinical and Translational Research Center

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