In April 2021, Pediatrics Department faculty and fellows at Weill Cornell Medicine volunteered their time expertise to bring COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities in Jamaica, Queens. An initiative of the Weill Cornell CTSC, in partnership with Community Healthcare Network (CHN) and FEMA, volunteers helped operate three vaccination sites at faith based-institutions in underserved communities in an effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy and other barriers in communities heavily impacted by COVID-19 and disproportionately under-vaccinated. These events have been operated by Community Healthcare Network, staffed by volunteers from WCM, NYP, Hunter College School of Nursing and the local community, and funded by FEMA through the NYC-DOH. Thank you to all for their time and service! (2021)
Pictured, L-R: Drs. Jane Chang, Melanie Wilson-Taylor, Thanakorn Jirasevijinda, Susan Bostwick, Brooke Spector, Catherine McGuinn, and Cori Green.