Dear RADx-UP partners,

In April, the Project-wide Meeting takes on a new form to help consortium members generate ideas for future manuscripts. The CDCC’s Partnering for Impact (P4I) team will host a virtual “Concept Creation Forum” on April 20 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET. The meeting will consist of facilitated breakout rooms on topics such as prevention behaviors among vulnerable communities and the effects of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics on testing, infection and vaccination rates. Please participate! The forum will provide an opportunity to partner with other RADx-UP investigators and community partners to explore shared experiences, explore the data dashboards, and utilize aggregate data from our consortium.

To prepare for the meeting, please review the P4I process and spend time using the RADx-UP Data Dashboard and the Area Level Data Linkage Map. Sign into myRADx-UPhome first to view these protected data.

Final funding cycle of C2G is open

The 2023 RADx-UP Community Collaboration Mini-Grant (C2G) cycle is now open. This program awards $50,000 to support community partners advancing capacity, training, support, and community experience with COVID-19 testing initiatives. Community partners must complete the application by April 28, 2023. This is the final RADx-UP C2G funding cycle. Community partners, don’t miss this opportunity to fund your work.

Learn more about C2G and apply.

New research briefs webpage

A new home for RADx-UP research briefs has been added to RADx-UP.org. These research briefs provide lay-friendly summaries of recent RADx-UP project publications. They are available to download in English and Spanish and are organized by topic. Visit the research briefs page and share as appropriate for your projects.

Keep an eye out for more information about the April 20 Project-wide Meeting where the Partnering for Impact: Concept Creation Forum will take place.



Learn about current analysis proposals and their writing teams at the Partnering for Impact homepage. Also submit your own concept there.

Registration is open for the 2023 RADx-UP Scientific Meeting

The theme of this year’s Scientific Meeting is Engaging Communities to Advance Health Equity. RADx-UP project teams will present data results and share insights on COVID-19 testing efforts with the communities they serve. Attendees can also look forward to working group sessions and remarks from National Institutes of Health leaders and principal investigators. Watch the video message, right, from RADx-UP PIs Micky Cohen-Wolkowiez, G Dave, and Warren Kibbe to hear more about the theme and content of the meeting. Registration is open for all members of the Consortium, community partners, and the public.

Register for the Scientific Meeting and learn more about the presentations.

COVID-19 testing and risk communication strategies promote in-person learning among Latinx students

The February 2023 Project-wide Meeting featured a presentation by RADx-UP researchers Linda Ko of the University of Washington and Jessica Post of the Yakima School District. The ROSSEY: Reopening Schools Safely and Educating Youth project researches how COVID-19 testing and risk communication resources can help children return to on-site learning and their families access important information. 

Read more about the project and presentation.

Research brief: The Benefits of Community Engaged Research in Creating Place-Based Responses to COVID-19

Delaware State University researchers investigated the impact of and response to COVID-19 in underserved communities. Their findings are summarized in this one-page research brief. The benefits of their community-engaged research experience highlight the necessity of sustained community engagement in addressing health disparities most prevalent in underserved communities and being prepared for emerging and unforeseen health crises.

Read the research brief.

RADx-UP project featured in Honolulu Civil Beat

CEACR Speaker Series: Disaggregating AANHPI Data to Achieve Health Equity & Justice

Two upcoming sessions in the Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource (CEACR) Speaker Series will be in partnership with the Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Interest Group. Public health leaders from AANHPI communities will discuss how data aggregation perpetuates systemic racism and explore recommendations for achieving data equity. Part 1 of the session will take place on March 24, 2023 at 1 - 2:15 p.m. ET.  Part 2 of the session will take place on May 19, 2023 at 1 - 2:15 p.m. ET.

WhenToTest playbooks

WhenToTest, part of the NIH RADx Initiative, created and shared three playbooks to help health care workers and decision makers evaluate the need for COVID-19 mitigation and testing strategies. Find them below.



• K-12 Playbook
• Testing Implementation Playbook for Organizations
• Lab Pool Testing Operational Playbook

COVID-19 Vaccines and Reproductive Health fact sheet

The NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) created a fact sheet COVID-19 Vaccines and Reproductive Health for people who are pregnant or planning to be pregnant. Use and share this information with your community as needed.

How can we tell time on the moon?

Time can be a tricky concept for the people of Earth, with several time zones across the planet as well as daylight savings time. However, there is a single Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) that all nations set their clocks against. As more missions to the moon are being planned, it’s “time” to figure out how to set a lunar standard time. It’s important to define the time on the moon to ensure that landing space craft don’t crash into each other, astronauts don’t get left behind, and for a potential GPS for the moon. Read this interesting NPR article to learn more about answering this mind-boggling question and about how time works on Earth.