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December 10, 2020 – Researchers in the UO’s Prevention Science Institute have received a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund expanded COVID-19 testing at syringe exchange sites. Leslie Leve, PhD is an investigator on the project.
October 21, 2020 − A new two-year, $4.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will expand COVID-19 testing to underserved Latinx communities in six Oregon counties using testing capacity created by the UO’s COVID-19 Monitoring and Assessment Program.
September 15, 2020 – Behind the scenes of the UO’s COVID-19 Monitoring and Assessment Program is a small army of dedicated people working to keep the university community safe. Leslie Leve, a co-science lead for the program works with Camille Cioffi, the team’s community liaison and numerous other PSI team members who were integral to the program’s launch.
August 26, 2019 − A new $10.1 million grant will allow researchers at the University of Oregon and Oregon Health & Science University to help address the opioid abuse epidemic in Oregon and across the U.S.
October 2, 2018 − University of Oregon researchers will play a key role in a landmark National Institutes of Health initiative that seeks to better understand the effects of environmental exposures on children’s health and development.