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

Authors

Steven Idell
David D. McPherson
Jessica Martin
Andrew N. Dentino, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Luis Ostrosky- Zeichner
Julia V. Philley
Paul McGaha
Megan Devine
Jacqueline Bronicki
Daniel D. Karp

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2022

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.

Comments

© Meharry Medical College. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2022.0040

Recommended Citation

Idell, S., McPherson, D. D., Martin, J., Dentino, A., Ostrosky-Zeichner, L., Philley, J. V., ... & Karp, D. D. (2022). 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. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 33(1), 517-527. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2022.0040

Publication Title

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

DOI

10.1353/hpu.2022.0040

Academic Level

faculty

Mentor/PI Department

Internal Medicine