COVID-19 | The School of Medicine's Response

Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine received $6 million to create a rural-focused testing and treatment initiative for the COVID-19 global pandemic as part of the state of North Carolina’s $1.6 billion relief package signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper on May 4, 2020. This relief package was extended by President Trump in December 2020 to support continued efforts for prevention, testing, treatment and vaccination through 2021.

Campbell is one of five universities included in the “COVID-19 research” portion of North Carolina’s House Bill 1043 — joining Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina, and Wake Forest. The $6 million allocated to Campbell directly impacts the work and mission of the university, which has been tasked to form a community- and rural-focused primary care workforce response to the pandemic.

InitiativesThrough this purposeful funding, medical faculty, staff and students at Campbell worked to:

• Support community testing initiatives

• Provide treatment in community-based health care settings

• Monitor rural populations

• Educate health professionals on best practices for a pandemic response

• Support rural communities through primary care

Campbell Scholarly Work and Research

Antibody Monitoring and Identification of Linear Peptide Epitopes for IgG Antibodies Specific to SARS-CoV-2 S and N Proteins in Convalescent Patient Plasma from a Central NC Rural Community -- (PI: Dr. Qinfeng (Sarah) Liu, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences)

Compounding/Manufacturing Hand Sanitizers for Health Care Workers and Rural Communities -- (PI: Dr. David Eagerton, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences)

Evaluating the Role of COVID-19 Proteins on Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in RAW 264.7 Macrophage Cells -- (PI: Dr. Kassim Traore, School of Osteopathic Medicine)

Mobile Education and Health Clinic -- (Co-PIs: Dr. Alfred Bryant & Dr. Laura Lundsford, School of Education, in collaboration with Bob Schmid, School of Osteopathic Medicine)

A research web page was created to feature all of the research and scholarly work projects: https://medicine.campbell.edu/covid19research/