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New USC-L.A. County collaboration to track COVID-19\u2019s local impact<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Antibody testing and survey answers collected from volunteers \u2014 adults and children \u2014 will deepen our understanding of the pandemic in one of America\u2019s hardest-hit regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

\n Leigh Hopper<\/span>\n \n March 10, 2021<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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(Originally posted at USC News<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are launching a study that will follow as many as 3,000 county residents over time to better understand social inequities exposed by COVID-19 as well as other impacts of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The project, called the\u00a0Los Angeles Pandemic Surveillance Cohort<\/a>, is a collaboration between the county; USC\u2019s\u00a0COVID-19 Pandemic Research Center<\/a>, housed within the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC; the\u00a0USC Price School of Public Policy<\/a>; and the\u00a0USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our privilege to help in this effort and actively partner with Los Angeles County to know more about the effect of this virus,\u201d said USC President Carol L. Folt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking alongside the Department of Public Health, our research scientists will provide data that makes an impact in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Data show that L.A. County is one of the epicenters of the pandemic and that the virus is affecting communities unequally. The goal of the study is to closely track the continued impact of COVID-19 infections on communities and families, even as vaccination programs roll out. The study will allow the investigators to distinguish between those participants who are positive due to prior infection and those who are positive due to vaccination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership between the Department of Public Health and USC will help us get a more complete and accurate picture of the pandemic in L.A. County,\u201d said Barbara Ferrer, the county\u2019s public health director.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing how this picture changes over time will allow us to concentrate our efforts to slow the spread even more, providing resources and services directly to the residents and communities who need them the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

USC and Los Angeles County to study how COVID has affected local households<\/strong><\/p>\n

The initiative will enlist the L.A.-based market research firm LRW to recruit a representative group of 2,000 L.A. County households, including 2,000 adults and 1,000 children. The aim is to have the group represent the age, socioeconomic, gender, racial and ethnic makeup of the county. Participants will be drawn from neighborhoods with high, medium and low population densities.<\/p>\n

Participants will be tested for COVID-19 antibodies \u2014 a sign of previous infection \u2014 and retested after two to three months. The research team will also track changes in their health and well-being during the pandemic by asking questions about their jobs, mental health and attitudes toward preventive measures like mask-wearing and social distancing.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven as the vaccination campaign proceeds and continuing measures such as masking, social distancing and other guidelines are embraced, it is clear that this pandemic has a long way to go,\u201d said\u00a0Howard Hu<\/a>, the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cA rigorous understanding of the pandemic\u2019s ongoing impact will be critical to devising the public health strategies to navigate this current situation and to allow us to return to some form of \u2018normalcy\u2019 as quickly and safely as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The principal investigators on the study include Hu;\u00a0Neeraj Sood<\/a>, professor and vice dean of research at USC Price and director of the COVID Initiative at the USC Schaeffer Center; and Paul Simon, chief science officer at the L.A. County Department of Public Health. Co-investigators include\u00a0Rani Kotha<\/a>, senior strategist at the USC Schaeffer Center;\u00a0Andrea Kovacs<\/a>, a professor of pediatrics, pathology and population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine; and Will Nicholas, director of the Center for Health Impact Evaluation at the L.A. County Department of Public Health. In addition, the study benefits from the expertise of scientists affiliated with USC\u2019s COVID-19 Pandemic Research Center.<\/p>\n

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This study is supported with funds from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as strategic investments from USC.<\/em><\/p>\n

The COVID-19 Pandemic Research Center, based in the Keck School of Medicine\u2019s Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, aims to understand and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on community health locally and globally, with a focus on health inequities related to age, gender, occupation, race and socioeconomic status. The center has more than 60 members with expertise in a range of disciplines from epidemiology, laboratory and data sciences to survey research and health behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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