Dr. Jacqueline Ward-Gaines felt a responsibility during the ongoing pandemic to do her part and address COVID-19 concerns from Black and Latinx community members.
Denver CBS4’s Conor McCue spoke with Dr. Vaughn Browne and other doctors as part of CBS4’s Elevating Black Voices series which highlights community members during Black History Month.
Dr Vikhyat Bebarta and Dr Dickson Cheung received a $2.8 million dollar grant from the Department of Defense to develop an algorithm using a wearable device to detect COVID-19 infection. This 2500 patient study will be conducted in collaboration with Philips Healthcare, BioIntellliSense and ClinOne. If successful, early detection of COVID-19 can be accomplished via a wireless, wearable device that provides continuous monitoring for 14 days.