COVID-19 Response

By the Numbers / Outcomes & Highlights / Funded Projects

In 2020, as COVID-19 arrived in Wisconsin, AHW stepped forward to deliver support to active grantees while also rapidly developing and releasing a statewide funding opportunity that ultimately enabled partners across public and community health, health care, and biomedical and population health to respond collaboratively.

Today, our work has pivoted from a rapid response toward sustained support and recovery. We continue to connect across the state to identify where critical needs remain, and where our work can best address the root causes of inequities that COVID-19 so clearly highlighted.

by the numbers

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Extensions to Active Grantees
helping funded projects adjust to the impacts of COVID-19 on research and community health initiatives

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Rapid Response Funding
awarded in April 2020, launching early efforts to respond to COVID-19 across Wisconsin

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Awarded to Vaccine Outreach
furthering equitable access to vaccination information and resources in Wisconsin's most densely populated county

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Collaborators Engaged
through individual outreach to inform AHW's long-term response to health needs and health equity in Wisconsin

Outcomes & highlights

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Highlighted Projects

Bridging the Information Divide: Bringing COVID-19 Information to Wisconsin’s Hmong Community

Protecting the Vulnerable: Bringing PPE to Wisconsin Nursing Homes

Safety First: Protecting Wisconsin's Migrant Seasonal Agriculture Workers from COVID-19

Tracking COVID-19: Equipping Local Leaders with Data to Protect Health

funded projects

In April 2020, AHW announced the award of $4.8 million to 17 projects that aimed to take immediate actions to protect health and support the response to COVID-19 in Wisconsin over the earliest and most difficult days of the pandemic response.

One year later, as COVID-19 vaccines rolled out nationwide, AHW announced an additional award to support a coalition working to increase vaccination rates in Milwaukee County, focusing on highly impacted and high-risk ZIP codes.

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Convalescent Plasma for Treatment of Patients with COVID-19

Testing the use of blood plasma as a treatment and preventive measure against COVID-19 in Wisconsin

Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in Stool of COVID-19 Cases

Assessing the potential transmission of COVID?19 through stool to better understand and prevent the spread in Wisconsin

A Data Science-Enhanced Genomic Program for Advancing the Health of our Wisconsin Children

Creating a program dedicated to developing new methods for diagnosing and treating genomic diseases that act through altering chromatin structure

A Novel in Vivo Model for Investigating Alternatively Activated Rod-Shaped Microglia

Mitigating neuropathological disorders

A Novel Metabolism of Microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase and Prostate Cancer

Investigating the metabolism of microsomal expoxide hydrolase (mEH) to identify potential paths toward new therapeutic treatments for prostate cancer

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Post-Discharge Team to Improve Care of Gun Violence Survivors

Addressing the physical, mental, and social needs of gunshot wound patients in order to decrease emergency room utilization and hospital readmissions

A Structure-Based Drug Discovery Resource

Building a resource to promote drug discovery research and expedite translational research at the Medical College of Wisconsin

ABC Transporter Pharmacogenetics: Impact on Thiopurine Therapy

Identifying common genetic variants of key thiopurine transporters to improve individualized treatment strategies for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Accelerating Precision Oncology Discovery with an Integrated Cancer Data Resource

Establishing the Integrated Cancer Data Resource to support precision oncology efforts

Acquisition of a Bruker E580 Pulse EPR Spectrometer

Obtaining technology needed for Medical College of Wisconsin and other community research partners to study biomedically significant research problems

Adapting an Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Program for Black LGBTQ+ Youth

Laying the groundwork for more effective, culturally relevant suicide prevention interventions for Black LGBTQ+ youth to reduce disparities

ADL-Specific Robot Therapy Environment for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation

Building the capacity for future research in the area of rehabilitation robotics at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Administrator for Clinical and Translational Research Center

Developing a Clinical and Translational Research Center to serve southeast Wisconsin

Advanced Nanospray Mass Spectrometer for Proteomic Applications

Adopting cutting-edge Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer technology to create new capabilities for the study of normal and disease states

Advancing Behavioral Health Initiative Phase Three: Academic Partner Team

Evaluating Advancing Behavioral Health initiatives, collaborating with community coalitions to sustain successful strategies, and sharing learnings

Advancing Community-Academic Partnerships for Translational Research

Developing novel methods for engaging citizen scientists and scientist citizens

Advancing Physiology Research by Single Cell Spatial Transcriptomics

Advancing Translational Research Through the Collaborative and Pilot Studies Program

Supporting preliminary, short-term studies to advance the translation of clinical and translational research into practice and public policy for the people of Wisconsin

Find a searchable listing of funded projects in the AHW Funded Project Listing.

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