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Workforce Training and Regional Capacity for Rapid High Throughput COVID-19 Testing

Talent Development, Attraction, and Retention
Workforce Training and Regional Capacity for Rapid High Throughput COVID-19 Testing Poster
Began reporting FY20Q3; Project completed FY21Q4

Localities: Counties of Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, and Roanoke; Cities of Covington, Radford, Roanoke, and Salem

Workforce Training and Regional Capacity for Rapid High Throughput COVID-19 Testing offered testing for symptomatic COVID-19 patients and provided wide-scale surveillance testing to assist in helping employees return to the workforce safely. Testing was completed at two laboratory sites, the Fralin Life Sciences Institute (FLSI) in Blacksburg and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute (FBRI) in Roanoke. Along with supplying this need, this project created a training program that added skilled workers to the region who could compete for high paying jobs in the health care technical laboratory testing space.

For more information, please email Michael Friedlander.