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JASON ROY, PhD Professor and Department Chair Biostatistics and Epidemiology Rutgers School of Public Health
ZORIMAR RIVERA-NUÑEZ PhD, MS
ALFRED TALLIA MD, MPH Professor and Department Chair
Assistant Research Professor Biostatistics and Epidemiology Rutgers School of Public Health
Family Medicine and Community Health Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
“The overall goals of RADx-UP to increase testing and preventing COVID-19 is even closer to my heart as I lost my father to the disease in early April. Seeing how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Black and Latinx communities disproportionately, keeping people safe by having them tested is both a personal and professional mandate.”
Chris T. Pernell, Chief Strategic Integration and Health Equity Officer, University Hospital, Newark
“In my 15 years of experience in healthcare and 10 years of experience as a CNA [certified nursing assistant], I have never been approached to share my professional opinions in research. Oftentimes, the voices of my fellow CNAs, HHAs [home health aides], custodians, maintenance workers, and dining services workers are overlooked and considered insignificant because we are not physicians or traditional nurses . . . I am glad that your team recognizes that we are NJ HEROES TOO and that we have valuable insight to offer in the fight against COVID-19.” Marian Cato, Certified Nursing Assistant, Parker at Monroe
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