Jay Shen (Center for Health Disparities Research; Healthcare Administration and Policy) is currently leading an interdisciplinary team to conduct the COVID-19 Health Disparity Assessment and Healthcare Equity Modeling project, funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention through the Southern Nevada Health District, with a total amount of $247,954. The project team is composed of faculty from all four departments in School of Public, as well as faculty from College of Engineering, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition, Center for Health Disparities Research, and Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy. The project also has four graduate research assistants.