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Improving Communication, Confidence, and Vaccine Uptake

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What is Georgia CEAL?

Garnering Effective Outreach and Research in Georgia for Impact Alliance (Georgia) Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities

Georgia CEAL is a member of the National Institutes of Health that supports statewide efforts to​

  • Conduct urgent community-engaged research and outreach focused on COVID-19 awareness and education to address misinformation and mistrust; and​
  • Promote and facilitate inclusion of diverse racial and ethnic populations in clinical trials (prevention, vaccine, therapeutics), reflective of the populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic.​
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The overarching goals of
Georgia CEAL

  • To understand factors that contribute to the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 in underserved communities and establish effective, community-engaged research and outreach response strategies and;
  • To conduct community-responsive, innovative research and outreach to understand and address vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, and mistrust towards acceptance, confidence in, and uptake of COVID-19 vaccination

Meet Our Team

Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH<br>Principal Investigator & Director

Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator & Director

 Sedessie Spivey, DBA, MS<br>Multi-Principal Investigator

Sedessie Spivey, DBA, MS
Multi-Principal Investigator

Robert Bednarczyk, PhD, MS<br>Multi-Principal Investigator

Robert Bednarczyk, PhD, MS
Multi-Principal Investigator

David Williams, MD, MPH<br>Multi-Principal Investigator

David Williams, MD, MPH
Multi-Principal Investigator

Katrina Brantley, DrPH, MPH<br>Project Director

Katrina Brantley, DrPH, MPH
Project Director

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