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 recently developed a new handout designed for members of the general public entitled, “COVID-19: Your Questions Answered.” (March 4, 2021)
• AAI sends letter endorsing the House version of the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act (02/17/21)
• AAI sends letter endorsing the Senate version of the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act (02/17/21)
• An AAI primer on the clinical trial and vaccine development process (November 19, 2020)
• AAI issues statement opposing an “unprecedented and dangerous strategy to achieve ‘herd immunity’ by intentionally allowing COVID-19 to infect healthy Americans” and instead supporting vaccination (November 16, 2020)
• AAI leadership issues statement expressing deep concern about “reports of significant and increasing political interference by the Administration in efforts by ... CDC and FDA ... to keep the public safe” during the COVID-19 pandemic (October 14, 2020)
• AAI joins community letter in support of $15.5 billion for NIH in the next COVID-19 relief bill (August 6, 202020)
• AAI signs community letter urging the Trump Administration to reverse its decision to bypass CDC in collecting and reporting COVID-19 patient data (July 17, 2020)
• AAI signs community letter in support of scientific and public health experts, like Dr. Anthony Fauci (July 15, 2020)
• 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 (July 14, 2020)
• 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. (July 8, 2020)
• AAI issues statement opposing U.S. withdrawal from the WHO and visa changes affecting Chinese scientists/students (June 9, 2020)
• 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 (May 20, 2020)
• AAI endorses bipartisan Senate effort to provide funding for pandemic-related research losses, including additional support for trainees (April 29, 2020 and May 8, 2020)
• AAI endorses bipartisan House effort to provide funding for pandemic-related research losses, including additional support for trainees (April 28, 2020)
• 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
• STAT COVID-19 Drugs and Vaccines 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 

• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) COVID-19 Seroprevalence Studies Hub (COVID-19 SeroHub)
• NCI Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19 (SeroNet) 
• 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
  • DHS in coordination with NIH and Operation Warp Speed: Combat COVID
  • Oncology Nursing Society Podcast: NCI Director Shares Research and Innovation During COVID-19
  • 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
  • Free Printable Posters and Signs for COVID-19 for Small Businesses & Organizations
  • 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 

• NIH: An Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Research
• COVID-19 Pandemic Contingency Planning for Animal Care and Use Programs
• NIH COVID-19 Research web page
• 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

 

Resources on Vaccine Hesitancy/Mistrust 

• An AAI primer on the clinical trial and vaccine development process (November 19, 2020)
• Black Microbiologists Push for Visibility Amid a Pandemic (September 28, 2020)
• For a COVID-19 vaccine to succeed, look to behavioral research (August 17, 2020)
• NIH funds community engagement research efforts in areas hardest hit by COVID-19 (September 16, 2020)
• Report by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Health Security: “The Public’s Role in COVID-19 Vaccination: Planning Recommendations Informed by Design Thinking, and the Social, Behavioral, and Communication Sciences” (July 2020)
• “How Racism Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic,” a Q&A by The New Yorker with Harvard’s Chair of the Department of History of Science Evelyn Hammonds (May 17, 2020)
• “Epidemics and Health Disparities in African American Communities,” a webinar series by Harvard Chair of Department of History of Science Evelynn Hammonds (April 2020)

 

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 

• Dr. Anthony Fauci Responds To Steve Bannon Calling For His Beheading (November 11, 2020) 
• Trump says he might fire Fauci. Technically, he can’t. (November 2, 2020) 
• Dr. Fauci Named to TIME magazine’s list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2020—and Graces Cover (September 28, 2020)
• Jennifer Garner: CA Conversation with Dr. Fauci (September 9, 2020)
• The coronavirus disarms the foot soldiers of the immune system. Scientists theorize that boosting them could fight covid-19. (August 31, 2020)
• Dr. Fauci Answers Top COVID-19 Questions with Matthew McConaughey (August 14, 2020)
• Joan Baez paints portrait of Dr. Fauci
• "Stuck with Geoff" IG Live Interview: Live with Dr. Anthony Fauci
• Fauci says family has faced threats, harassment amid pandemic (August 5, 2020)
• Can you get coronavirus twice? Doctors are unsure, even as anecdotal reports mount. (July 23, 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)
• David Baltimore (AAI ’84)
  • Leading biologist dampens his ‘smoking gun’ Covid lab leak theory (June 9, 2021)
• Dan Barouch (AAI ’06)
  • US health agencies will decide on COVID-19 booster shots — not vaccine companies (May 26, 2021)
  • Scientists are looking for a long-awaited marker of COVID vaccine effectiveness (May 22, 2021)
  • The lightning-fast quest for COVID vaccines — and what it means for other diseases (December 18, 2020)
  • More vaccines need authorization to inoculate all Americans (December 17, 2020)
  • Decoded: Immune system's requirements for protection against Covid-19 (December 6, 2020)
• Catherine Blish (AAI ’12)
  • Scientists Uncover Biological Signatures of the Worst Covid-19 Cases (August 4, 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)
  • Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic
  • 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)​
  • A Little Debate on Plasma Is Healthy for Science (September 22, 2020)
  • 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)
• Jean-Laurent Casanova (AAI ’12)
  • Scientists discover genetic and immunologic underpinnings of some cases of severe COVID-19 (September 24, 2020)
  • 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)
  • Voice of San Diego Podcast: "It's All a Race--Interview with an Immunologist" (March 19, 2021)
  • Lasting immunity found after recovery from COVID-19 (January 26, 2021)
  • The Long Haul of Vaccine Results Is Just Beginning (December 1, 2020)
  • Can You Get Covid More Than Once? (November 27, 2020)
  • Success in COVID-19 trials could impact how vaccines are made beyond pandemic (December 1, 2020)
  • Covid-19 immunity: studies paint a complicated picture (November 30, 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)
• Ali Ellebedy (AAI ’19)
  • Pfizer, Moderna vaccines likely to provide protection against COVID-19 for years, says study (June 30, 2021)
  • Immunity to the coronavirus may persist for years, scientists find (May 26, 2021)
  • ​“The Body Is Far From Helpless Against Coronavirus Variants”
• 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)
  • Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die (August 5, 2020)
  • 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)
• Barney Graham, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’00)
  • Luck, foresight and science: How an unheralded team developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record time (January 26, 2021)
• 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)
• Daniel Hoft (AAI ’00)
  • Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic
• Akiko Iwasaki (AAI ’00)
  • They aren’t anti-vaxxers, but some parents are hesitant to have their kids get the COVID-19 vaccine (May 16, 2021)
  • Coronavirus Vaccines Protect Pregnant Women, Another Study Suggests (May 13, 2021)
  • An Immunologist Challenges the Status Quo (April 21, 2021)
  • Women: Coronavirus Vaccines Won't Make You Infertile (January 26, 2021)
  • 2020 Has Been a Huge Year for Understanding the Process of Science (January 2021) 
• Marc Jenkins (AAI ’88)
  • Could a Single Vaccine Work Against All Coronaviruses?
  • 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)
• Ross Kedl (AAI ’02)
  • Opinion: Why it’s crucial to protect yourself from coronavirus at work (November 8, 2020) 
• David Masopust (AAI ’07)
  • Could a Single Vaccine Work Against All Coronaviruses?
• Ruslan Medzhitov (AAI ’00)
  • “Scared that COVID-19 Immunity Won’t Last? Don’t Be" (July 31, 2020)
• Kayvon Modjarrad (AAI ’19)
  • Variant-proof vaccines — invest now for the next pandemic
• Michel Nussenzweig (AAI ’91)
  • Immunity to the coronavirus may persist for years, scientists find (May 26, 2021)
  • 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)
  • Pfizer, Moderna vaccines likely to provide protection against COVID-19 for years, says study (June 30, 2021)
  • Immunity to the coronavirus may persist for years, scientists find (May 26, 2021)
  • 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)
  • Iowa on forefront of COVID research, and UI expert played a prominent role (December 15, 2020)
  • Repurposed mouse model sheds light on loss of smell in COVID-19 (December 1, 2020)
  • 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)
• Bali Pulendran (AAI ’00)
  • The coronavirus disarms the foot soldiers of the immune system. Scientists theorize that boosting them could fight covid-19. (8/31/20)
• 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)
  • Lasting immunity found after recovery from COVID-19 (January 26, 2021)
  • Can You Get Covid More Than Once? (November 27, 2020)
  • Immune cells for common cold may recognize SARS-CoV-2 (August 18, 2020)
  • 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)
  • Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die (August 5, 2020)
  • What Do Antibody Tests For SARS-CoV-2 Tell Us About Immunity? (April 15, 2020)
• Carl Ware (AAI ’82)
  • Volunteer Taking Experimental COVID Vaccine Shares His Motivation (October 10, 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)
  • Lasting immunity found after recovery from COVID-19 (January 26, 2021)
  • Immune cells for common cold may recognize SARS-CoV-2 (August 18, 2020) 
  • 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)
  • “COVID-19 and the Immune System: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" webinar by Knowable Magazine, with featured speakers (and AAI members) Akiko Iwasaki and John Wherry  
  • Scientists Uncover Biological Signatures of the Worst Covid-19 Cases (August 4, 2020)
  • 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 

• 3 Questions and the Emerging Answers About COVID-19 Vaccine Protection (January 18, 2021)
• How the Coronavirus Hacks the Immune System (November 9, 2020) 
• Trump’s latest order spreads fear among government scientists (November 2, 2020) 
• 'Close to 100% accuracy': Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid (September 24, 2020)
• Massive genetic study shows coronavirus mutating and potentially evolving amid rapid U.S. spread (September 23, 2020)
• The Body Remembers: COVID-19, The Immune System, And You (August 8, 2020)
• 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)

 

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 6 July 2021, 10:15 AM