Table 4.

Examples of communicating science and addressing misinformation

Institution	Theme Three Activities
Indiana University Clinical and Translational Science Institute	Hosted town halls and created infographics and media notices about Personal Protective Equipment via social media
Johns Hopkins University	Coordinated and shared information produced across the institution with community partners
Medical College of Wisconsin	Relied on prior disaster preparedness research and community partners, school districts and government offices to reach underrepresented populations
Northwestern University	Developed databases to facilitate idea and resource sharing to address community needs
Stanford Medicine Office of Community Engagement	>1600 registrations for a live event to share information related to COVID-1914
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health (COPH) stood up a COVID-19 risk communication working group, including Arkansas Faith Academic Initiatives for Transforming Health (FAITH) Network.
University of California – San Diego	Issued a web-based guide for community members to evaluate information in news stories and conducted town halls on COVID-19
University of California – Los Angeles	Published multiple COVID-19-related articles in local ethnic media, including La Opinion (in Spanish) and the Los Angeles Sentinel (African American readership)15
University of California – San Francisco Clinical and Translational Science Institute	Collaborated with the University of California–San Francisco Latinx Center of Excellence and Latinx community coalitions, hosted webinars in Spanish and English to address urgent community information needs
University of Florida	Worked with the City Commissioner and Community Advisory Board Chair to present early data from the COVID-19 survey in community contexts, including an Our Community Our Health event titled Pandemic on Top of Epidemics
University of Rochester Medical Center	Organized virtual COVID-19 team science sessions with community participants and discussions on the Rochester and Finger Lakes Public News Station; developed a “Six Feet Saves” campaign with Spanish and English messaging and a local dissemination plan16
University of California – Los Angeles and University of Southern California	Held community conferences about COVID-19 and related resources for community health workers and Promotoras
University of Texas Medical Branch	Hosted town halls and developed infographics, media notices about personal safety; used social media to hold conversations on difficult issues (e.g., cruelty of policies that isolate families from their loved ones at time of death)