Office of Outreach & Engagement

Community Partner(s): UConn Health and its Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center, UConn School of Medicine and its Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn School of Engineering, UConn School of Nursing, Connecticut Area Health Education Center Network (CT AHEC), UConn Neag School of Education, and Connecticut Children’s.

Demographics: Everyone

School or College: School of Nursing

Campus Affiliation: UConn Health

Middletown

Program Description

Marina Creed launched the UConn Indoor Air Quality Initiative in August 2021 to expand patient care beyond exam room walls and into the community. After pitching her vision for pragmatic solutions to indoor air quality to drive down disease transmission to members of the UConn community and forming a team, she drove community partnerships and has been awarded $310,000 in private grants to study, create, and distribute DIY Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes to public schools, libraries, daycare centers, and homeless shelters.