What is the duration of funding for the regional accelerator project?
Funding is currently secured through May 2022.
Where are the samples being processed?
They are processed at LSU Health Shreveport.
What is your community outreach plan?
Our goal is to reach communities that are presently underserved. To do this we are partnering with local and rural health clinics. These include Free & Charitable Clinics, university health services, and family care centers. These partners allow members of small communities to participate in this critical work, which is more often done in large cities. Coronavirus genome sequence data is important. In fact, the CDC is investing 1.7 billion dollars to sequence viral genomes. We hope that the attention and resources that come from sharing viral genome data from rural and underserved areas will result in new investments in health care and education.
how can i bring viral sequencing to my community?
Connect with us! We are happy to provide additional information as well as other possible sequencing providers.
Dr. Jeremy Kamil, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
jeremy.kamil@lsuhs.edu, (318) 675-5771
Dr. Jamie Newman, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
jjnewman@latech.edu, (318) 257-2622
Dr. Paul Kim, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
kimp@gram.edu, (318) 274-3738
Dr. Jeremy Kamil, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
jeremy.kamil@lsuhs.edu, (318) 675-5771
Dr. Jamie Newman, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
jjnewman@latech.edu, (318) 257-2622
Dr. Paul Kim, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
kimp@gram.edu, (318) 274-3738
i am a health care provider. What can i do to help?
Connect with us! We are happy to provide additional information as well as other possible sequencing providers.
Dr. Jeremy Kamil, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
jeremy.kamil@lsuhs.edu, (318) 675-5771
Dr. Jamie Newman, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
jjnewman@latech.edu, (318) 257-2622
Dr. Paul Kim, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
kimp@gram.edu, (318) 274-3738
Dr. Jeremy Kamil, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
jeremy.kamil@lsuhs.edu, (318) 675-5771
Dr. Jamie Newman, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
jjnewman@latech.edu, (318) 257-2622
Dr. Paul Kim, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
kimp@gram.edu, (318) 274-3738
how can i get my patients to participate?
You can share with your patients that the response from members of the various communities has been overwhelmingly positive; people have been eager to participate in something that will help end this pandemic and prevent a situation like this one to occur in the future. You also are welcome to use any of the materials (posters, postcards, videos, etc.) that we have posted on this website. Please contact us if you want additional resources. For example, we can share lessons learned about collecting samples for sequencing.
Dr. Jeremy Kamil, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
jeremy.kamil@lsuhs.edu, (318) 675-5771
Dr. Jamie Newman, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
jjnewman@latech.edu, (318) 257-2622
Dr. Paul Kim, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
kimp@gram.edu, (318) 274-3738
Dr. Jeremy Kamil, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
jeremy.kamil@lsuhs.edu, (318) 675-5771
Dr. Jamie Newman, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
jjnewman@latech.edu, (318) 257-2622
Dr. Paul Kim, Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
kimp@gram.edu, (318) 274-3738
is sequencing data shared with the cdc?
Yes. The sequence data is shared via GISAID, a viral genome sequence sharing initiative that is used globally to track coronavirus and influenza variants. The CDC has access to GISAID.
how many regional accelerators are there?
The Rockefeller Foundation has supported four accelerators in the United States so far. These are located in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Louisiana, and Florida.
how are you ensuring that you get a representative data set?
Our goal is to obtain viral genome data from samples that come from free and charitable community clinics, which serve rural and underserved populations. This will increase representativeness in viral sequence data because most collected data is currently coming from urban areas.
Where can I find additional information about COVID-19 and its variants?
These websites contain helpful information and are regularly updated:
NIH: COVID-19
Centers for Disease Control
World Health Organization
NIH: COVID-19
Centers for Disease Control
World Health Organization