Coronavirus relief dollars will help produce medical supplies, direct patient impact will take time, expert says | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Coronavirus relief dollars will help produce medical supplies, direct patient impact will take time, expert says Coronavirus relief dollars will help produce medical supplies, direct patient impact will take time, expert says Published: March 27, 2020 Author: Shannon Roddel ND Experts Kaitlin Wowak Associate Professor Federal stimulus A $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that includes billions in aid for hospitals and medical facilities is on its way to President Donald Trump, but health care workers won’t feel its impact for weeks, according to a University of Notre Dame business professor. Kaitlin Wowak “While stimulus dollars may be able to help speed how quickly companies can increase their production capacity for personal protective equipment and other medical supplies, it could take some time for hospitals and doctors’ offices to have a stable amount of supplies to comprehensively treat patients who are infected with the coronavirus,” says Kaitlin Wowak, assistant professor of IT, analytics, and operations at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. “Suppliers that provide the raw materials needed to make such items have to increase their capacity in order to deliver more materials to manufacturers,” said Wowak who specializes in supply chain disruptions. “This could take time and may not be feasible if the suppliers are located in other parts of the world and are currently crippled by the coronavirus.” With the coronavirus spreading at a shocking rate, Wowak expects the demand for personal protective equipment and other medical supplies to follow the same trajectory, which she said is troubling given the already massive shortage of such items at hospitals.   Contact: Kaitlin Wowak, katie.wowak@nd.edu    Posted In: Faculty and Staff Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 04, 2022 NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention September 09, 2022 Karrie Koesel to testify before Congressional-Executive Commission on China August 18, 2022 Two faculty win NEH grants to research history of red hair, philosophy of revelation August 16, 2022 NSF names Center for Computer-Assisted Synthesis a Phase II Center for Chemical Innovation August 15, 2022 Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., on Russian atrocities against clergy in Ukraine For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn