Elizabeth City State University

Final Report (Projects 1 and 2)

Building Regional Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial/Ethnic Minority, Socially Vulnerable, and Rural Communities Project 1: Regional Site for COVID-19 Testing
Lead Researcher: Farrah Ward, Office of the Provost
Budget:  See subtotal below

This project developed the capability for diagnostic testing of SARS-CoV-2 and develop campaigns to support increased awareness of public health practices among vulnerable subgroups.

Building Regional Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial/Ethnic Minority, Socially Vulnerable, and Rural Communities Project 2: Drone Delivery of Needed Resources
Lead Researcher: Farrah Ward, Office of the Provost
Budget: See subtotal below

This project expanded ECSU’s existing drone fleet to include long-range high endurance delivery drones to transport personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essentials, including food and medicine.

Building Regional Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial/Ethnic Minority, Socially Vulnerable, and Rural Communities, Project 3: Assist in Variant Sequencing from COVID-19 Testing
Lead Researcher: Hirendranath Banerjee
Budget: $30,000

The proposed initiative will support work with ongoing testing of the population in northeastern North Carolina to determine COVID infection status. The positive samples will be sent to UNC-Chapel Hill for sequencing.