Closing the racial gap in health outcomes and COVID-19 vaccination rates in Michigan as well as other states is the aim of Michigan State University researchers funded through a $6 million, one-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC grant is for the National Network to Innovate for COVID-19 and Adult Vaccine Equity, or NNICE project.

he NNICE project is led by epidemiologist Debra Furr-Holden, the associate dean for Public Health Integration within the College of Human Medicine. Furr-Holden was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as a founding member of the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities.

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