Examination of health disparity and its social determinants for vulnerable populations of COVID transmission

Principal Investigator

Yajuan Si, Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

Principal Investigator

Cameron Kaplan, Assistant Professor, Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Science and Innovation, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Researchers have previously developed a measure of asymptomatic Covid-19 transmission using electronic health records from an urban/suburban setting in Indiana. The pilot project will validate and expand this measure for Black adults using records from Los Angeles County emergency room visits.