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Advancing Community Health

Working together today will help us prevent the pandemics of tomorrow.
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​We know too well the impact this pandemic has had here and in communities all over the world. We also know that science, medicine, and collaboration holds solutions. That's why we, a group of local researchers and health care providers, are working with the Rockefeller Foundation's Pandemic Prevention Institute to bring scientific solutions to our community.

Our immediate goal is to
  • Ensure health care equity 
  • Serve as the bridge between​ research and the public
  • Share our work with other communities like ours
  • Contribute to identifying solutions and providing resources to our communities

The numbers
​tell the story.

We all ​have work to do to contain COVID-19 and its variants. We are partnering with Rockefeller Foundation's Pandemic Prevention Institute to facilitate ending this pandemic and keep another one from happening.
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MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19*
OR MORE EPIDEMIC-LEVEL EVENTS OCCUR EVERY YEAR*
40% OF CURRENT COVID-19 CASES STEM FROM THE DELTA VARIANT*
COUNTRIES ARE SEQUENCING 5% OR MORE OF CASES*
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Who We Are

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We are members of the communities we serve. 

We, as regionaly universities, partner with local health care facilities to offer individual COVID-19 viral genome sequencing.

Our goal is to bring pandemic threat detection and response capabilities to our communities and to others like ours. 

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Contact Us
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What We Do

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We perform viral genome sequencing for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Detection.

​Because COVID-19 variants continue to drive surges of outbreaks, we analyze the collected samples, track how quickly we can identify new variants, and align these data with what we know about  vaccination progress. 


Latest Data
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How We Do It

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We gather RNA samples from volunteer participants via nasal swabs, at a variety of sites. 

Our health care partners assist us with sample collection.   

Visit our for community members page to learn more about how samples are collected.
Sample Collection

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Why We Do It 

Public health belongs to all of us and affects all of us. 

Over the past year we have watched SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, change and become more infectious. These new variants have had detrimental impacts on the health of people in southern, rural communities.

Performing genomic sequencing and sharing the data allows us to understand these changes in the virus and to use this information to understand impact and prevent future illness and loss of lives.
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FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS

 Learn why this project is important, see how and
where to participate, follow sequencing results, and
​get answers to frequently asked questions.
FIND OUT MORE
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FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Learn how to participate, access our resources,
f
ollow sequencing results, and get answers
​to frequently asked questions.
FIND OUT MORE
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​Advancing
Community
​Health

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Pandemic Prevention Institute
Centers for Disease Control
Louisiana Department of Health
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Lincoln Health Foundation
​Greater than COVID

COLLECTION SITES

The Health Hut
Louisiana Tech University
GSU Foster Johnson Health Center
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Minden Family Care Center
Michael Brooks Family Clinic

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

CDC COVID-19 Data Tracker
CDC Health Equity Data
CDC Variant Classifications and Definitions
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