{"656428":{"#nid":"656428","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers \u201cTest the Tests\u201d to Help Combat the Spread of Covid-19","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESince the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, gaining access to accurate, timely testing has been a struggle for many Americans. To remedy this, a team of researchers from Georgia Tech, Emory University, and Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta are working together with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration to \u0026ldquo;test the tests\u0026rdquo; to ensure exiting tests are accurate and help accelerate the development of new ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/oliver-brand\u0022\u003EOliver Brand\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/wilbur-lam\u0022\u003EWilbur Lam\u003C\/a\u003E from the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) at Georgia Tech, were featured in a March 15th article published by \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E. The article, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/15\/health\/covid-testing-variants-emory.html?smid=tw-nytimes\u0026amp;smtyp=cur\u0022\u003EInside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; covers the work they have been doing and how they are making an impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Atlanta team \u0026lsquo;has been absolutely heroic,\u0026rsquo; said Bruce Tromberg, director of the NIH\u0026rsquo;s National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/15\/health\/covid-testing-variants-emory.html?smid=tw-nytimes\u0026amp;smtyp=cur\u0022\u003ERead the article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, gaining access to accurate, timely testing has been a struggle for many Americans. Researchers in Atlanta are working to help fix the problem."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2022-03-17 13:18:33","changed_gmt":"2022-03-17 13:22:07","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656427":{"id":"656427","type":"image","title":"Rapid, at home Covid-19 tests are now available, but how accurate are they?","body":null,"created":"1647521554","gmt_created":"2022-03-17 12:52:34","changed":"1647521554","gmt_changed":"2022-03-17 12:52:34","alt":"Woman taking a rapid covid-19 test","file":{"fid":"248820","name":"covid self test.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/covid%20self%20test.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/covid%20self%20test.png","mime":"image\/png","size":398436,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/covid%20self%20test.png?itok=QWFpbn8y"}}},"media_ids":["656427"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/atlanta-institutions-take-lead-role-fast-tracking-covid-19-diagnostic-tests","title":"Atlanta Institutions Take Lead Role in Fast-Tracking COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests "},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/nih-awards-31-million-childrens-healthcare-atlanta-emory-university-and-georgia-institute","title":"NIH awards $31 million to Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/new-research-center-atlanta","title":"New Research Center for Atlanta "},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/race-better-covid-19-tests-georgia-tech-expertise-plays-crucial-role","title":"In the Race for Better Covid-19 Tests, Georgia Tech Expertise Plays a Crucial Role "},{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/faces-research-meet-oliver-brand","title":"Faces of Research - Meet Oliver Brand"}],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"190169","name":"rapid test"},{"id":"190170","name":"at-home test"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"14681","name":"Wilbur Lam"},{"id":"24241","name":"Oliver Brand"},{"id":"185511","name":"RADx"},{"id":"190171","name":"ACME-POCT"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laurie.haigh@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaurie Haigh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nResearch Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}