The success of the SHEILD team was derived from the University of Illinois’ historic strengths in data science and engineering- combined with an absolute frontier catalyst for healthcare innovation- Carle Illinois College of Medicine. 

SHIELD harnessed the tremendous data science expertise on UIUC’s campus to determine who to test, when to test, and how often to test for COVID-19 in the wake of the students’ return to campus in fall 2020.

Science and engineering breakthroughs, in partnership with Carle Illinois, took the COVID-19 salvia-based test and created a portable trailer to create the opportunity to share SHIELD with the rest of the world. 

This is Part 6 of the series “A Look Back on Carle Illinois' Response to COVID-19.”