Evaluating COVID-19 Response Efforts to Improve Health and Racial Equity in Milwaukee County

Awarded in 2021

Updated Dec 15, 2023

COVID-19 Response Grant

Grantee(s):

Sheri Johnson, PhD, Director of the UW Population Health Institute and associate professor at the Department of Population Health Sciences Wajiha Akhtar, PhD, MPH, assistant director and associate scientist at the Population Health Institute Paula Tran Inzeo, MPH, director of MATCH at the Population Health Institute

Amount Awarded: $197,423

Year Awarded: 2021

Start Date: September 1, 2021

End Date: November 30, 2023

At a Glance

To improve health and racial equity in Milwaukee County, Sheri Johnson, PhD, Director of the UW Population Health Institute and associate professor at the Department of Population Health Sciences, and co-principal investigators Wajiha Akhtar, PhD, MPH, assistant director and associate scientist at the Population Health Institute and Paula Tran Inzeo, MPH, director of MATCH at the Population Health Institute are analyzing data relating to the county’s disbursement of COVID-19 funding in 2020. This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of investments and distribution of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act federal COVID-19 funds by Milwaukee County, and further increase the effectiveness by implementing a racial and health equity framework.