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UToledo Launches Rocket Vaccine Incentive Program

August 12, 2021

Vaccinated students and employees can enter by voluntarily submitting proof of vaccination using UToledo’s secure vaccine registry portal. The first winners will be selected on Thursday, Aug. 19, and drawings will continue weekly until Thursday, Oct. 7.


UToledo Updates COVID-19 Protocols in Response to More Transmissible Variant

August 6, 2021

Masks are required indoors on campus effective immediately. The protocol is in line with updated guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for communities with high transmission rates and applies to everyone, regardless of their vaccination status.


UT Holds COVID Panel to Discuss Delta Variant

July 22, 2021

Dr. Matthew Hepburn, who played a key role in the government’s vaccine development efforts, and Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz joined UToledo infectious disease experts for a discussion about the spread of the delta variant and the continued importance of vaccination.


Coronavirus Cases on the Rise in Ohio, Result of Delta Variant

July 22, 2021

Dr. Joel Kammeyer, infectious disease specialist at UTMC and assistant professor in the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, said a recent study found the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer is 96% effective against hospitalization from the virus’s delta variant and encouraged people to get vaccinated.


NIH Funds UToledo Researcher’s New Model to Study COVID-19, Hypertension

July 22, 2021

The project by Dr. Bina Joe and her team from the College of Medicine and Life Sciences and the Center for Hypertension and Precision Medicine has received a two-year grant totaling $425,000.


Vaccine Development Lead to Speak at UT COVID-19 Panel

July 20, 2021

Dr. Matthew Hepburn, a highly regarded infectious diseases physician who played a key role in the U.S. government’s efforts to accelerate the development of vaccines against the virus, will join a panel of UToledo experts to discuss the pandemic. Read: Vaccine Development Lead to Speak at UT COVID-19 Panel


National Infectious Disease Expert Featured in Upcoming UT Town Hall

July 20, 2021

Dr. Matthew Hepburn, a highly regarded infectious diseases physician who played a key role in the U.S. government’s efforts to accelerate the development of vaccines against the virus, will join a panel of UToledo experts to discuss the pandemic. 


UToledo Virtual Town Hall About COVID-19

July 20, 2021

Dr. Matthew Hepburn, who played a key role in the U.S. government’s efforts to accelerate the development of vaccines against the virus, will join a panel of UToledo experts to discuss the pandemic.


National Vaccine Expert to Join UToledo’s Next COVID-19 Panel

July 15, 2021

The free, public event will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. on July 20 via Webex. Registration is required.


Student-Led Research Group Creates COVID-19 Forecast Map

July 1, 2021

Developed by Ishfaq Rahman and Kimberly Panozzo, doctoral students in the Spatially Integrated Social Science Program, the map predicts where COVID cases are likely to rise and fall each week.