March 2, 2021
Marcela Gramcko, a third-year UW pharmacy student from Caracas, Venezuela, extracts the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in preparation to vaccinate a patient at the former Mountain View Medical Park building owned by UW. UW has partnered with Albany County Public Health, Ivinson Memorial Hospital and local pharmacies to conduct Albany County’s vaccination clinics. (UW Photo)
Students and employees of the University of Wyoming are playing a key role in Albany County’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, ranging from scheduling appointments via telephone to providing facilities to actually administering the vaccine shots.
The multidisciplinary efforts are part of a partnership involving UW, Albany County Public Health (ACPH), Ivinson Memorial Hospital (IMH) and local pharmacies that has provided the vaccine to 4,330 county residents so far. The work is expected to ramp up as more vaccine doses become available, extending well into the summer and possibly involving sending UW va