Public Health professor Erika Marquez, winner of UNLV’s 2024 Community Engagement Award for Community-Based Research, received $1.2 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The funding will ensure every Nevadan has equitable access to COVID-19 resources and vaccines through the Vaccine Health Equity Initiative. Marquez works with organizations and agencies throughout the state to reach racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities, communities with lower incomes, and people who suffer from one or more chronic conditions.