ALUMNI NEWS CDU on the Frontlines
In April 2020, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas launched the COVID-19 mobile testing site at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science( CDU) to serve residents in Willowbrook, South Los Angeles, and surrounding neighborhoods managed by Dr. Sheila Young, Director, Pre-Medical Academy and Enhanced Post Baccalaureate Program, College of Medicine.
- It is imperative, now more than ever, to ensure that we are continuing our work against longstanding health disparities by ensuring greater equity and access to
-resourced communities of color are being disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus. However, there have been very few, if any, COVID-19 testing sites in these
Testing is critical to disease detection that helps us flatten the curve of the spread of COVID-19 for everyone. It is extremely important that we make these tests available to hard-hit communities of color. CDU as a community-founded institution has been in South Los Angeles for 53 years with a commitment to eliminating health disparities. This is why we are
To date, the mobile testing site serves over 400 residents per day. Extensive research has been conducted on the findings from the testing site. Our CDU Health Policy Team, led by Dr. Roberto Vargas, took the charge report show that persons from high-risk groups in under-resourced settings will engage in testing for COVID-19 when systemic barriers,
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To access the report, click here: http:// docs. cdrewu. edu / assets / broadcast / files / CDU % 20COVID % 2019 % 20Report. pdf