Dates of grant: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022
Award amount: $354,308.00
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research grant: In a new effort to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, a network across Ohio is studying samples of wastewater to look for the presence of gene copies/fragments of the virus that causes the disease. The initiative is a collaboration between the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), the Ohio Water Resources Center (Ohio WRC) at The Ohio State University, and other participating universities, including The University of Toledo, Kent State University, and The University of Akron.
Principal Investigator: Xiaozhen Mou
Co-Principal Investigators: Melissa Zullo