Dear RADx-UP partners,



Summer is heating up and so are exciting vacations and activities. It’s been a bit quiet around the CDCC, but we are still here for you! Please keep in touch with your CDCC and EITs as needed throughout the summer slowdown.



RADx-UP journal supplement deadline extension

The RADx-UP CDCC is seeking to publish a special supplement in a leading public health journal on the theme Successes and Challenges of Community Engagement and Research Partnerships in RADx-UP. Use this form to submit your proposal for a manuscript to be considered for this supplement by June 30. For more information or assistance, contact RADx-UP-Publications@duke.edu

Collaboration is key to ensuring RADx-UP data and learnings have the greatest impact. Learn about current analysis proposals and their writing teams at the Partnering for Impact homepage. Also submit your own concept ideas and see existing concepts.

CDCC language support services

Your CDCC is here to support translation services for project and participant materials (not including regulatory materials). Review of translated documents is available from the CDCC Language Corps. The Language Corps is a group of CDCC team members that review translated materials in available languages to ensure that the products provided to communities make sense for the audience and reflect the intent of the source language.

For example, the CDCC worked with the Engaging Hispanic/Latino/Latinx Populations Working Group to translate their webpage in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole. We also worked with the Community Health Worker Symposium group to translate their event summary story as well as have live interpretation at the event. Let us know how we can help with your language and translation needs.

Dorothy Castille visits Durham

This Tuesday, June 27, Dr. Dorothy Castille, NIH Program Officer of the CDCC, visited members of the CDCC and project teams at the Durham Centre. They discussed lessons learned and the RADx-UP legacy. Thanks for visiting, Dr. Castille!

Pictured from left to right: Marcus Layer, Amy Brightwood, Tracey Hawkins, Carla Quiñones, Susan Knox, Al Richmond, Dorothy Castille, Hirra Fissler, Crystal Cannon, Mary Lindsley

How to test with a FlowFlex COVID-19 at-home test for ages

2-13 years

This instructional video explains how an adult should help children ages 2-13 years perform an at-home COVID-19 test. Please use and share as needed for your projects.

RADx Data Hub NOSI deadline extension

NIH announced an extension of the NOT-OD-23-040: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advance Data Science Approaches Through Secondary Data Analysis to Reveal Scientific Insights of COVID-19 Testing Technologies. The new expiration date is January 5, 2024. This NOSI supports secondary data analysis of existing data resources in the RADx Data Hub. Learn more and apply.

New color photos of Mars

New photographs taken by the Mars Express show Mars in great color and detail. The images are a combination of 90 individual photos taken at a high altitude from Mars’ surface. According to Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), the developers of the camera used, each color seen in the photos is a different material—red oxidized iron dust, dark volcanic sands, light-colored clay deposits, and bluish clouds. View the photos and learn more about how they were taken.