Dear RADx-UP partners,

February is Black History Month. This month, we reflect on and honor the contributions that African Americans, past and present, have made to our history, culture, and science. It’s also a time to look toward the future and create lasting, positive change in eliminating health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Thank you for your continued work in promoting equity for Black and African Americans.



In February and onward, RADx-UP consortium members can get involved with the Engaging Black/African Americans Working Group. The Working Group is hosting monthly meetings that highlight the efforts, best practices, and lessons learned by RADx-UP projects working to support predominantly Black populations in the context of COVID-19. The next presentation will feature Suzanne Afflalo discussing her mobile health unit work in San Diego, California. Mark your calendar for this presentation and visit the Engaging Black/African Americans Working Group’s webpage to watch recordings of past meetings and become a member.

Share your data at the 2023 Scientific Meeting

This year’s Scientific Meeting will take place virtually on May 3, 2023. If you’re interested in giving a poster or oral presentation, please submit a presentation proposal using this online form. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by a review committee made up of consortium members and community partners.

Proposals are due Feb. 10, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.

Seeking members for Scientific Meeting Review Committee

The CDCC is looking for members to serve on the Scientific Review Committee to review abstracts submitted for presentations at the next RADx-UP Scientific Meeting. The Committee is open to all members of the RADx-UP consortium. Community partners who serve on the committee will be compensated.

The review period will begin Feb. 13, 2023 and end on Feb. 23, 2023. If there are inconsistencies in scoring presentations, the committee will meet on Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. (EST) to discuss and finalize scoring. If you are interested in serving, please contact Viviana Moreno at viviana.moreno@duke.edu

Apply to present at the APHA Annual Meeting

The 2023 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo will take place Nov. 12 – 15, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. APHA is now accepting abstracts for oral presentations, poster sessions, and APHA Learning Institutes around the theme "Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges." We encourage RADx-UP projects to apply to present their work by March 31, 2023.

Learn more about the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo.

The CDCC received a new analysis concept from Gloria Sclar at Maine Health — "Who Will Test? Contextual and Psychosocial Factors Predicting COVID-19 Testing Intention Among Underserved Populations in a National Sample."



Learn more about this concept, as well as active analysis proposals and their writing teams, from the Partnering for Impact homepage.

Project-wide Meeting presentation recap: Testing mHealth feasibility and impact for Nebraska’s migrant population

The November 2022 Project-wide Meeting featured a presentation from the project The Mobile Health Targeted SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Community Interventions to Maximize Migrant Children’s School Attendance During the COVID-19 Pandemic. For many people in Nebraska, distance from healthcare facilities can pose a major roadblock in accessing health care. Mobile health (mHealth) app screenings and COVID-19 at-home testing kits have been vital to COVID-19 surveillance and response efforts in medically underserved areas. This project explores factors that hinder and promote COVID-19 testing among students and migrant families as well as the feasibility of mobile health app screening. Read the full presentation summary.

RADx-UP Research Brief: Caregiver perceptions of in-home COVID-19 testing for children with medical complexity: A qualitative study

COVID-19 testing is an important strategy to reduce viral spread, especially among children with medical complexities who are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 symptoms, hospitalization, and death. However, the way caregivers of these children perceive testing is not known, which can negatively impact testing uptake and benefit in this population. Researchers from Wisconsin worked to understand caregivers’ perceptions of in-home COVID-19 testing. View and share the Research Brief.

Spread love not COVID



The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences created a Valentines-themed graphic to raise awareness about COVID-19 testing and vaccination. Click to save it for your own use this holiday!

January 2022 Project-wide Meeting recording available



The recording of the December Project-wide Meeting, which took place on Jan. 19, 2023, is now available. Find it on Warpwire and myRADx-UPhome.

CDC tool for finding free COVID-19 tests

On Jan. 24, 2023, CDC launched a website to help consumers find free COVID-19 testing sites. The locator is part of the CDC Increasing Community Access to Testing (ICATT) program, which provides access to COVID-19 testing, focusing on communities at a greater risk of being impacted by the pandemic, people who do not have health insurance, and surge testing in state and local jurisdictions. Read the notification from CDC and visit the testing locator website to learn more.

Funding opportunities: RADx Data Hub

Explore new Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) to support scientific inquiry using existing data resources in the newly launched RADx Data Hub, which can be used by researchers across all RADx projects (including RADx-UP) to view more than 125 RADx studies – including 57 from RADx-UP – and to request data for your analysis.

View the NOSIs.

Take a vacation with street view

Feeling cooped up at your desk? Check out the Wonders of Street View, a website that randomizes weird, interesting, and beautiful locations on Google Maps street view from around the world. The photo below is of a field of pink moss in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Visit the website to take a quick break and explore the world through street view.