COVID-19 Resources and Information Center

AAI has compiled this list for members of resources, information, and news related to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

The AAI Response 

• AAI signs community letter urging the Trump Administration to reverse its decision to bypass CDC in collecting and reporting COVID-19 patient data (07/17/20)
• AAI signs community letter in support of scientific and public health experts, like Dr. Anthony Fauci (07/15/20)
• AAI sends message to AAI members expressing support for scientific and public health leaders like Dr. Anthony Fauci, and encouraging them to offer support to these leaders via social media (07/14/20)
• AAI signs community letter strongly opposing new Trump Administration policy that will effectively deport international students who are enrolled at U.S. universities that are providing classes exclusively online, or who are taking only online classes. (07/08/20)
• AAI issues statement opposing U.S. withdrawal from the WHO and visa changes affecting Chinese scientists/students (06/09/20)
• AAI submitted testimony to the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee on May 21 recommending an appropriation of at least $44.7 billion for NIH for FY 2021. The testimony emphasizes the critical role of the immune system in understanding, and combating, the novel coronavirus, including several new updates since submitting similar testimony to the House in March. Read the full testimony here.
• AAI sends letter to NIH Director Collins regarding the termination of a research grant (05/20/20)
• AAI endorses bipartisan Senate effort to provide funding for pandemic-related research losses, including additional support for trainees (4/29/20 and 05/08/20)
• AAI endorses bipartisan House effort to provide funding for pandemic-related research losses, including additional support for trainees (4/28/20)
• AAI sends a letter urging the President and Congressional Leaders to heed the advice of Dr. Fauci and other experts during the COVID-19 pandemic. (April 15, 2020)
• AAI signs community letters to House and Senate appropriators calling for a nonpartisan review of the COVID-19 response (March 30, 2020)
• AAI signs community letter to President Trump urging him to lift restrictions on federally funded human fetal tissue research, particularly for research on COVID-19 (March 25, 2020)
• AAI submitted testimony to the House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee on March 20 recommending an appropriation of at least $44.7 billion for NIH for FY 2021. The testimony highlights recent advances in cancer immunotherapy and vaccination and explains the critical role of the immune system in understanding, and combating, the novel coronavirus. Read the full testimony here.

 

COVID-19 Virus and Vaccine Trackers 

• New York Times Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
• Tracking The Pandemic: Are Coronavirus Cases Rising Or Falling In Your State? (June 15, 2020)
• Follow this tracker of Coronavirus (COVID-19) global cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation COVID-19 Projections

 

COVID-19 Clinical Trials 

• WHO Trial Registry Network
• Comprehensive global list of all COVID-19 clinical trials
• Covid-19 – Living NMA – Living mapping and living systematic review of Covid-19 studies
• National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project
• NIH Begins Study to Quantify Undetected Cases of Coronavirus Infection (April 10, 2020)
• NIH Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine, A Potential Therapy for COVID-19, Begins (April 9, 2020)
• Trial for Potential Coronavirus Treatment is Underway at Montefiore and Einstein (April 3, 2020)
• NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins (March 16, 2020)
• COVID-19 Study at The Pepper Lab: Looking for participants

 

COVID-19 Research Funding 

• Funding Opportunities from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19 (SeroNet):
  • RFA-CA-20-038 SARS-CoV-2 Serological Sciences Centers of Excellence (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) (Application deadline: July 22, 2020)
  • RFA-CA-20-039 Research Projects in SARS-CoV-2 Serological Sciences (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) (Application deadline: July 22, 2020)
  • Request for Proposals (RFP) for the establishment of Serological Sciences Network Capacity Building Centers (Application deadline: July 16, 2020)
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
• Updates from the NIH Office of Extramural Research: COVID-19 Funding and Funding Opportunities (April 13, 2020)
• If you are a grantee currently supported by active NIH funding, you may be eligible to apply for an administrative supplement to support SARS-CoV-2/COVID-2019 research.
• George Mason University Fast Grants for COVID-19 Science

 

COVID-19 Resource Centers 

• U.S. Federal and International

  • BARDA’S COVID-19 Medical Countermeasure Portfolio
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • U.S. Department of State
  • World Health Organization
  • WHO: Public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development (April 16, 2020)
  • Coronavirus.gov (hosted by CDC)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Coronaviruses Resource Center

• Societies and Academic Institutions

  • AAALAC International Coronavirus Guidance
  • American Society for Microbiology Novel Coronavirus Resources
  • From Certified Nursing Assistants Classes: How to Properly Wash Your Hands
  • CORD-19 (COVID-19 Open Research Dataset)
  • COVID-19 Kaggle Community Contributions
  • COVID-19 National Scientist Volunteer Database
  • COVID-19 Research at La Jolla Institute
  • FASEB Coronavirus Information
  • Federation of American Scientists Ask A Scientist COVID-19 Questions
  • Gale Laboratory COVID-19 Resource Center (University of Washington)
  • Global ImmunoTalks (takes place every Wednesday; organized by the Zuniga Lab)
  • International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) Biosafety Standards (includes new SARS-CoV-2 Sorting Protocols)
  • IUIS Webinar Series on COVID-19: Next webinar is on July 13, 2020: “Seeking correlates of protection and correlates of pathology in COVID-19 patients”
  • Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center
  • National Science Foundation Coronavirus Information
  • NSF Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-17
  • United for Medical Research Fact Sheet: “The Effort to Combat COVID-19”

 

NIH Resources 

• COVID-19 Pandemic Contingency Planning for Animal Care and Use Programs
• Dr. Mike Lauer provides an update on flexibilities for the research community (video)
• Experts Identify Steps to Expand and Improve Antibody Tests in COVID-19 Response (June 23, 2020)
• FAQs for NIH proposal submission and award management
• FAQs: COVID-19 Flexibilities for Applicants and Recipients
• Information for NIH grant applicants and recipients
• Intramural COVID-19 Guidance and Resources
• News and resources for global health researchers
• “NIH’s All of Us Program Joins Fight Against COVID-19” (June 16, 2020)
• NIH Guidance on Travel and Meetings
• OLAW webinar on pandemic contingency planning/animal care
• Open Mike: Extramural Investments in Research: FY 2019 By the Numbers (May 5, 2020)
• Subscribe to NIH COVID-19 Updates

 

Resources for Educators 

• Association of College and University Educators Online Teaching Toolkit
• Council of Graduate Schools: Resources for Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

Selected Journal Articles 

• The Journal of Immunology

  • Read The Journal of Immunology special compilation of research related to corona-caused illnesses.
  • Immunity to Influenza: Closing in on a Moving Target (2019 Topical Review issue)

• Other Journals

  • New England Journal of Medicine: Innovation for Pandemics
  • New England Journal of Medicine: Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted (March 26, 2020)

 

NIAID Director Dr. Fauci (AAI ’73) in the News 

• Can you get coronavirus twice? Doctors are unsure, even as anecdotal reports mount. (July 23, 2020)
• The attack on Anthony Fauci (July 19, 2020)
• Criticism of Dr. Fauci is misguided. Our understanding of COVID-19 is rapidly evolving (July 15, 2020)
• Dr. Fauci Says, “With All Due Modesty, I Think I’m Pretty Effective.” (July 15, 2020)
• Anthony Fauci: ‘We are living in the perfect storm’ (July 10, 2020)
• A Long Talk With Anthony Fauci’s Boss About the Pandemic, Vaccines, and Faith (July 1, 2020)
• A Conversation on COVID-19: NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins with NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci (July 6, 2020)
• Fauci warns of 'anti-science bias' being a problem in US (June 18, 2020)
• Dr. Anthony Fauci Doesn't Get Much Sleep (June 16, 2020)
• Fauci says second wave of Covid-19 cases 'is not inevitable' (June 13, 2020)

 

AAI Members at the Forefront of Coronavirus Pandemic 

AAI members are invited to send us stories of their research and other efforts related to COVID-19. Please send your stories to bcoulter@aai.org.

• Rafi Ahmed (AAI ’84)
  • Coronavirus Vaccines Leap Through Safety Trials--But Which Will Work Is Anybody's Guess (July 21, 2020)
• Galit Alter (AAI ’15)
  • Massachusetts Researchers Are on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Antibody Testing (May 4, 2020)
• Dan Barouch (AAI ’06)
  • Prototype Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Coronavirus (May 25, 2020)
  • A New Entry in the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine: Hope (May 20, 2020)
  • NPR On Point Podcast, Episode: "The Race To Develop A Coronavirus Vaccine" (April 14, 2020)
  • Finding an Antibody-Based Therapy for COVID-19 (April 5, 2020)
• Erin Bromage (AAI ’08)
  • The biologist whose advice went viral tells us what to do next (May 19, 2020)
• Evelien Bunnik (AAI ’16)
  • Mayes: San Antonio’s role in fighting COVID-19 (April 21, 2020)
• Dennis Burton (AAI ’00)
  • COVID-19 survivors needed for Scripps Research antibody study (March 26, 2020)
  • Using the immune response to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines: COVID-19 updates (March 26, 2020)
• Michael Cancro (AAI ’79)
  • Science Tackles how immunities decline with age (May 5, 2020)
• Arturo Casadevall (AAI ’98)
  • Covid-19: Do Antibodies Confer Immunity? (April 27, 2020)
  • Why some get really sick from the coronavirus, and others don’t (April 20, 2020)
  • Promising plasma therapies give hope for coronavirus treatment: "Maybe we're onto something here" (April 20, 2020)
  • It’s Still Hard to Predict Who Will Die From Covid-19 (April 6, 2020)
  • FDA Approves Emergency Plasma Treatment for COVID-19 Patients (March 30, 2020)
  • Johns Hopkins to Study Coronavirus Treatment Using Plasma of Recovered Patients with Funding from Bloomberg, Maryland (March 27, 2020)
• Jean-Laurent Casanova (AAI ’12)
  • Understanding the underlying genetics of COVID-19 (May 13, 2020)
• Sara Cherry (AAI ’08)
  • As many labs go quiet, research to find a coronavirus therapy ramps up (March 23, 2020)
• Ronald Corley (AAI ’78)
  • The Long Game of Coronavirus Research (July 23, 2020)
• Randy Cron (AAI ’96)
  • Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others (April 2020)
  • What is a cytokine storm? Why an 'immune system gone wild' harms COVID-19 patients (April 17, 2020)
  • What Is The Cytokine Storm And Why Is It So Deadly For COVID-19 Patients? (April 16, 2020)
  • Cytokine Storms: When Your Immune System Defends You to Death (April 15, 2020)
  • Can an old vaccine help to stop the new coronavirus? (April 9, 2020)
• Shane Crotty (AAI ’04)
  • Coronavirus Vaccines Leap Through Safety Trials--But Which Will Work Is Anybody's Guess (July 21, 2020)
  • People Mount Strong Immune Responses to Coronavirus, Boding Well for a Vaccine (May 18, 2020)
  • SARS-CoV-2–Fighting T Cells Found in Recovered Patients (May 15, 2020)
  • Coronavirus Updates: Live from the Laboratory with Shane Crotty, Ph.D. (April 20, 2020)
  • What Do Antibody Tests For SARS-CoV-2 Tell Us About Immunity? (April 15, 2020)
• James Crowe (AAI ’99)
  • Finding an Antibody-Based Therapy for COVID-19 (April 5, 2020)
• Michael Diamond (AAI ’07)
  • Finding an Antibody-Based Therapy for COVID-19 (April 5, 2020)
• Meike Dittmann (AAI ’16)
  • The Coronavirus Pandemic: 6 Experts, 6 Perspectives (May 5, 2020)
• Joel Ernst (AAI ’00)
  • Seeking Immunity Against COVID‑19 (Summer 2020)
• Louis Falo (AAI ’96)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in First Peer-Reviewed Research (April 2, 2020)
  • University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Develop Potential COVID-19 Vaccine (April 2, 2020)
• Donna Farber (AAI ’95)
  • Why the Coronavirus Hits Kids and Adults So Differently (May 15, 2020)
• Robert Finberg (AAI ’79)
  • Fujifilm Announces a Phase II Clinical Trial of Influenza Antiviral Drug for COVID-19 (April 9, 2020)
  • Massachusetts to Launch First US Trial of Japanese Coronavirus Drug (April 7, 2020)
• Adolfo García-Sastre (AAI ’14)
  • Younger adults are large percentage of coronavirus hospitalizations in United States, according to new CDC data (March 29, 2020)
  • Can You Get Coronavirus Outdoors? Here's How To Stay Safe (March 27, 2020)
• Jennifer Gommerman (AAI ’98)
  • How does the body fight COVID-19? U of T researcher's work could aid vaccine development (June 18, 2020)
  • Health Canada authorizes serological test for COVID-19 antibodies (May 12, 2020)
• Jessica Hamerman (AAI ’05)
  • Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame (April 7, 2020)
• Adrian Hayday (AAI ’91)
  • How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System (June 26, 2020)
• Maurice Hilleman (AAI ’49)
  • The Keys to Speed in Race for Vaccine, and Its Perils (June 2, 2020)
• Akiko Iwasaki (AAI ’00)
  • “Scared that COVID-19 Immunity Won’t Last? Don’t Be" (July 31, 2020)
  • Could COVID-19 Trigger Chronic Disease in Some People? (July 17, 2020)
  • Why Men May Fare Worse than Women Against SARS-CoV-2 (June 24, 2020)
  • You May Have Antibodies After Coronavirus Infection. But Not for Long. (June 18, 2020)
  • A New Entry in the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine: Hope (May 20, 2020)
• Marc Jenkins (AAI ’88)
  • In the Midst of Furious Coronavirus Work, Scientists Must Also Socially Distance in the Lab (April 6, 2020)
  • Minnesota Researchers Developing COVID-19 Antibody Test (April 1, 2020)
• Carl June (AAI ’87)
  • How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System (June 26, 2020)
  • Why some get really sick from the coronavirus, and others don’t (April 20, 2020)
  • Tackling coronavirus is the next challenge for Penn cancer pioneer (April 16, 2020)
• Ruslan Medzhitov (AAI ’00)
  • “Scared that COVID-19 Immunity Won’t Last? Don’t Be" (July 31, 2020)
• Michel Nussenzweig (AAI ’91)
  • Can you get coronavirus twice? Doctors are unsure, even as anecdotal reports mount. (July 23, 2020)
  • Finding Antibodies that Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 (June 30, 2020)
• Eugene Oltz (AAI ’95)
  • Active vs. Passive Immunity (May 18, 2020)
• Marion Pepper (AAI ’03)
  • Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame (April 7, 2020)
  • Drugs Touted by Trump, Blood From Recovered Patients: Seattle Scientists Seek Coronavirus Cures (March 30, 2020)
• Stanley Perlman (AAI ’02)
  • Successful MERS Vaccine in Mice May Hold Promise for COVID-19 Vaccine (April 7, 2020)
  • Mouse Hunt: Lab Races To Grow Mice For COVID-19 Research (March 14, 2020)
  • Coronavirus Is Not Killing 3.4% of Patients. How the Rate Got Inflated and Why It Will Get Lower (March 5, 2020)
• Glenn Rall (AAI ’96)
  • Why some get really sick from the coronavirus, and others don’t (April 20, 2020)
• Thomas Rogers (AAI ’80)
  • Using the immune response to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines: COVID-19 updates (March 26, 2020)
• Larry Schlesinger (AAI ’92)
  • Mayes: San Antonio’s role in fighting COVID-19 (April 21, 2020)
• Alessandro Sette (AAI ’89)
  • Scientists focus on how immune system T cells fight coronavirus in absence of antibodies (July 10, 2020)
• Fawaz Sutterwala (AAI ’08)
  • Active vs. Passive Immunity (May 18, 2020)
• John Teijaro (AAI ’14)
  • Discovered: Metabolic Mechanism of Cytokine Storms (April 15, 2020)
• Paul Thomas (AAI ’04)
  • Discovered: Metabolic Mechanism of Cytokine Storms (April 15, 2020)
• Bruce Walker (AAI ’89)
  • Massachusetts Researchers Are on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Antibody Testing (May 4, 2020)
• Taia Wang (AAI ’15)
  • What Do Antibody Tests For SARS-CoV-2 Tell Us About Immunity? (April 15, 2020)
• Tayab Waseem (AAI ’17)
  • Kaggle is bridging the gap between AI and medicine. Learn more about research’s role (May 22, 2020)
• Tania Watts (AAI ’90)
  • Health Canada authorizes serological test for COVID-19 antibodies (May 12, 2020)
• Daniela Weiskopf (AAI ’13)
  • Scientists focus on how immune system T cells fight coronavirus in absence of antibodies (July 10, 2020)
• Haitao Wen (AAI ’13)
  • Discovered: Metabolic Mechanism of Cytokine Storms (April 15, 2020)
• John Wherry (AAI ’05)
  • Scientists focus on how immune system T cells fight coronavirus in absence of antibodies (July 10, 2020)
  • How the Coronavirus Short-Circuits the Immune System (June 26, 2020)
• Ian Wilson (AAI ’14)
  • Antibody Points to Possible Weak Spot on Novel Coronavirus (April 14, 2020)

 

Other Related COVID-19 News 

• First Phase 3 clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States begins (July 27, 2020)
• U.S. Will Pay $1.6 Billion to Novavax for Coronavirus Vaccine (July 7, 2020)
• The line starts to form for a coronavirus vaccine (July 3, 2020)
• Researchers report nearly 300 cases of inflammatory syndrome tied to Covid-19 in kids (June 29, 2020)
• White House ordered NIH to cancel coronavirus research funding, Fauci says (June 24, 2020)
• As COVID cases fall in Europe, calls to ban travel from America rise. What the EU got right about controlling coronavirus. (June 24, 2020)
• Steroid drug hailed as ‘breakthrough’ for seriously ill COVID-19 patients (June 16, 2020)
• Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug (June 16, 2020)
• FDA Revokes Emergency Use Authorization for Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine (June 15, 2020)
• Mayo Clinic announces coronavirus antibody test that may help determine immunity (June 12, 2020)
• Moderna Vaccine Trials Moving Fast With Final Study in July (June 11, 2020)
• Moderna on Track for Large COVID-19 Vaccine Test in July (June 11, 2020)
• Surging Coronavirus Cases Push Latin America ‘to the Limit’ (June 10, 2020)
• Authors retract study showing hydroxychloroquine was dangerous to hospitalized covid-19 patients (June 4, 2020)
• Trump Administration Selects Five Coronavirus Vaccine Candidates as Finalists (June 3, 2020)

 

Mental Health Resources 

• CDC: Coping with Stress
• NIH: COVID-19 Social Media Resources
• NIMH: Supporting Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• NIMH: Shareable Resources on Coping with COVI-19
• NIH Director Speaks with NIMH Director: Dealing with emotions due to COVID-19 epidemic

Updated 31 July 2020, 3:15 PM