Population Health and Medical Research Resources

 

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High-Risk Populations

General Resources

• Extra Precautions for Groups and Higher Risk of Severe Illness
  Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Patients with Chronic Conditions

• AMGA COVID-19 Chronic Care Resources

Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities (Arranged by date)

• NIH Research Targets Communities Hardest Hit by COVID-19 (Sept. 16, 2020) Source: National Institutes of Health
• CDC Study Shows Disproportionate Impact on American Indian/Alaskan Native Populations (August 19, 2020)
• Racial Health Disparities and COVID-19 – Caution and Context
  July 16, 2020
  Source: New England Journal of Medicine
• American Indian Reservations and COVID-19: Correlates of Early Infection Rates in the Pandemic
  July 2020
  Source: Public Health Management and Practice
• Reaching the Hispanic Community About COVID-19 Through Existing Chronic Disease Prevention Programs
  June 25, 2020
  Source: Preventing Chronic Disease
• Improving Health Equity for Black Communities in the Face of Coronavirus Disease
  June 23, 2020
  Source: Public Health Open Journal
• HHS Grants Morehouse School of Medicine $40 Million to Combat COVID-19 in Vulnerable Communities
  June 23, 2020
  Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Loyola Medicine Case Study: Established Community Partnership Pays Off During COVID-19
  June, 2020
  Source: American Hospital Association
• Study Shines Light on COVID-19 Racial Disparities
  May 21, 2020
  Source: Sutter Health
• Study on effective COVID-19 communications in vulnerable minority communities
  May 18, 2020
  Source: Mayo Clinic
• Anti-Asian Sentiment in the United States – COVID-19 and History
  May 16, 2020
  Source: The American Journal of Surgery
• COVID-19 and Racial and Ethnic Disparities
  May 11, 2020
  Source: JAMA Network
• Racial Disparities in the Time of COVID-19
  May 4, 2020
  Source: Michigan Medicine
• Coronavirus in African Americans and Other People of Color
  April 20, 2020
  Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine
• Detailed Demographic Data Crucial to Effective Coronavirus Response
  April 21, 2020
  Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
• Communities of Color at Higher Risk for Health and Economic Challenges Due to COVID-19
  April 7, 2020
  Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
• National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities Funding Opportunities

Older Adults and the Elderly

• Guidance for Older Adults
  Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Coronavirus and COVD-19: Caring for the Elderly
  Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine
• COVID-19 Information Hub
  Source: American Geriatrics Society

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Vaccines and Therapeutics

National Institutes of Health

• NIH Awards Contracts to Develop Innovative Digital Health Technologies for COVID-19 (Sept. 15, 2020)
• NIH ACTIV initiative launches adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19 (Sept. 10, 2020)
• NIH Awards $129.3 Million to Expand Point-of-Care Testing (Sept. 2, 2020)
• Phase 3 Clinical Testing of AstraZeneca Vaccine Candidate Begins (Aug. 31, 2020)
• Two Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Monoclonal Antibodies Now Enrolling (Aug. 10, 2020)
• Clinical Trial Begins on Merck’s Remdesivir Plus Interferon Beta-1a (Aug. 6, 2020)
• Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Test Eli Lilly Antibodies for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Aug. 4, 2020)
• Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Test Synthetic Antibodies for Mild or Moderate COVID-19 (Aug. 4, 2020)
• NIH Investing $247.8 Million in New COVID-19 Testing Technologies (July 31, 2020)
• Moderna’s Experimental Vaccine Protects Upper and Lower Airways in Nonhuman Primates (July 28, 2020)
• Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Moderna Investigational Vaccine Begins (July 27, 2020)
• Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Safe, Generates Immune Response (July 14, 2020)
• NIH Launches Clinical Trials Network to Test COVID-19 Vaccine (July 8, 2020)
• Experts Identify Steps to Expand and Improve Antibody Tests (June 23, 2020)
• All of Us Research Program Launches COVID-19 Research Initiatives (June 16, 2020)
• National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) to Build Centralized Patient Data Repository (June 15, 2020)
• NIH COVID-19 Resources Page
  • Study identifies potential approach to treat severe respiratory distress in COVID-19 patients (June 5, 2020)
• Peer-reviewed Data Shows Remdesivir Improves Time to Recovery (May 22, 2020)
• Investigational ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine Protects Monkeys Against COVID-19 Pneumonia (May 15, 2020)
• NIAID Strategic Plans Details COVID-19 Research Priorities (April 23, 2020)
• Clinical Trials Related to COVID-19

Studies and Surveys (Arranged by date)

• Proposed Framework for Equitable Allocation of Coronavirus Vaccine 
  (September 8, 2020)
  Sources: National Acadamies of Science, Engineering, Medicine
• Interim Framework for COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution in the U.S.
  August 19, 2020
  Sources: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
• Moderna mRNA-1273 Phase I clinical trials induced immune responses in 45 healthy adults age 18 to 45
  July 14, 2020
  Sources: New England Journal of Medicine
• Drug That Calms Cytokine Storm Associated with Lower Risk of Dying for COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators
  July13, 2020
  Source: Michigan Health
• Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine Cut Death Rate Significantly in COVID-19 Patients
  July 2, 2020
  Source: Henry Ford Health System
• Dexamethasone reduces death in hospitalized patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19
  June 16, 2020
  Source: University of Oxford
• Treatment of COVID-19 Patients With Convalescent Plasma
  May 27, 2020
  Source: The American Journal of Pathology
• Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19--Preliminary Report
  May 22, 2020
  Source: New England Journal of Medicine

Company News and Information (Arranged by date)

• AstraZeneca [+]
  • AstraZeneca Explains Temporary Pause to Phase 3 Trial (Sept. 9, 2020)
  • COVID-19 Information Hub
  • AstraZeneca and Oxford University Announce Landmark Agreement on COVID-19 Vaccine (April 30, 2020)
  • BARDA Funding to Accelerate Vaccine Development, Manufacturig
• Emergent Biosolutions Inc. [+]
  • COVID-19 Updates
  • Emergent Biosolutions Joins Warp Speed Program to Accelerate Vaccine Manufacturing (June 1, 2020)
• Gilead Sciences [+]
  • COVID-19 Update on Ongoing Response
• Johnson & Johnson [+]
  • HHS Collaborates with Johnson & Johnson to Produce Millions of COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine Doses (Aug. 5, 2020)
  • COVID-19 Therapy and Vaccine Development
  • Lead Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19 Announced (March 30, 2020)
  • Janssen COVID-19 Update
  • BARDA Funding to Accelerate Clinical Trials, Manufacture
• Merck Inc. [+]
  • COVID-19 Information Center
  • BARDA Partners with Merck, IAVI to Accelerate Vaccine Development
• Moderna, Inc. [+]
  • HHS, DOD Engage Moderna to Produce 100 Million Doses of Investigational Vaccine (Aug. 11, 2020)
  • Positive Phase I Data for mRNA Vaccine (mRNA 1273) (May 18, 2020)
  • BARDA Funds to Expand Domestic Manufacturing of mRNA 1273
• Pfizer, Inc. [+]
  • U.S. Government Engages Pfizer to Produce 100 Million Doses of Vaccine (July 22, 2020)
  • Early positive data released from ongoing Phase 1/2 study of mRNA-based vaccine candidate (July 1, 2020)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts
  • Pfizer, Biontech Dose First Participants in U.S. as part of Global MRNA Vaccine Development (May 5, 2020)
• Sanofi [+]
  • HHS, DOD Partner with Sanofi, GSK to Produce Investigational Vaccine Doses (July 31, 2020)
  • Sanofi Response to COVID-19
  • BARDA, Sanofi prepare for studies of COVID-19

Academic Health System Research (Arranged alphabetically)

• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • COVID-19 Research and Innovation
• Cleveland Clinic
  • COVID-19 Research Projects
  • Researchers Develop First Model to Predict Likelihood of Testing Positive for COVID-19 (June 15, 2020)
• Hackensack Meridian
  • Center for Discovery and Innovation (COVID-19 Research)
• Houston Methodist
  • COVID-19 Research
• Johns Hopkins:
  • COVID-19 Research Response Programs
• Kaiser Permanente
  • Kaiser Joins Pfizer’s Late-Stage Vaccine Trial
• Mayo Clinic
  • Convalescent Plasma Program
• Massachusetts General Hospital
  • COVID-19 Research
• Penn Medicine
  • Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens
• University of Michigan
  • COVID-19 Research Portal
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • COVID-19 Research Portal

Additional Resources

• Medical Countermeasures Portfolio—Vaccines, Diagnostic Tests, Therapeutics
  Source: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
• ASPR’s Portfolio of Medical Countermeasures Under Investigation
  Source: HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response
• COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker
  Source: Regulatory Affairs Professional Society

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Immunization Programs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Vaccination Recommendations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Maintaining Childhood Immunizations and Well-Child Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

World Health Organization

• Guiding Principles for Immunization During the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 26, 2020)

Additional Resources

• Guidance on Providing Pediatric Well-Child Care During COVID-19
  Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Getting Adolescent Vaccination Back on Track
  Source: National HPV Roundtable