A George Washington University School of Nursing researcher received $1 million in federal support for a new initiative to expand and evaluate COVID-19 vaccine access to increase vaccination rates among communities in the Washington, D.C., region that have been disproportionately harmed by the pandemic.
Working with community partners, Y. Tony Yang, the endowed professor in health policy and executive director of the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, will target racial and ethnic minority groups, including African, Hispanic and Asian communities, living in east and southeast Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland.