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    COVID-19 Medical Research Resources

    This page includes resources about COVID-19 and medical research, organized by the AAMC Scientific Affairs division.

    Topic areas include research and research training across the spectrum of basic, clinical, and translational studies, as well as the impact on academic medical centers, health equity, and clinician well-being and resilience. Key updates and opportunities for learning and engagement are listed below and current information is sent out several times a week via AAMC newsletters (subscription below). The latest federal policies and information related to COVID-19 are also available here, with a specific focus on the agencies that are involved in COVID-19 research, testing and the public health response.

    Announcements and Key Updates

    • Webinar: COVID-19 Research in States with Rural and Underserved Populations: Highlights from the IDeA Program (February 26) – 

      The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program strengthens research capacity in states that receive lower levels of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program’s grantees have been conducting invaluable research and this webinar, hosted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), will feature three examples of the important work.

      • The IDeA Program: Supporting Research and Research Capacity Building Where It Counts the Most
        Ming Lei, PhD
        Director, Division for Research Capacity Building
        National Institute of General Medical Sciences

      • IDeA State COVID-19 Registries in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative: Ensuring Inclusion of Underserved Populations and Engagement of Investigators
        Sally L. Hodder, MD
        Director, West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute
        Associate Vice President, Clinical and Translational Research
        Professor of Medicine, WVU Biomedical Research Center

      • Protecting Our Communities: COBRE Research Partnerships with Underserved Communities During COVID-19
        Alexandra Adams, MD, PhD
        Director and Principal Investigator
        Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE)
        Montana State University

      • SARS-CoV-2 Re-infections Case Study
        Subhash C. Verma, PhD
        Associate Professor and Director, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
        Department of Microbiology and Immunology

        University of Nevada, Reno
    • Webinar Recording: The View from the NIH Office of Extramural Research – NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research Michael Lauer, MD, discusses how the NIH is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. (May 12, 2020)
    • AAMC Sends Letter to White House on COVID-19 Testing Capacity – AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, sent a letter to Ambassador Deborah Birx, MD, White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, encouraging more testing for COVID-19. (April 13, 2020)

    • AAMC Calls for Enhanced COVID-19 Data Collection on Health Disparities – AAMC urged the federal government to work with communities to collect national, standardized race, ethnicity, and social determinant data that is geographically specific and patient-centered. (April 10, 2020)

    Scientific Affairs Newsletters

    • AAMC Novel Coronavirus Newsletter — Ross McKinney Jr., MD, AAMC chief scientific officer and his team in Scientific Affairs, have developed a limited run science-focused newsletter (access the recent edition and subscribe).

    • Council of Faculty & Academic Societies (CFAS) Newsletter — Latest news and happenings in academic medicine (access the recent edition and subscribe).

    • Research on Care Community (ROCC) Newsletter — ROCC is an AAMC-member organization whose members share an interest in integrating research into care delivery (access recent news and subscribe).

    • GREATmail — Bi-weekly newsletter for leaders of medical research training.

    • GRANDmail — Bi-weekly newsletter for research leadership.

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    COVID-19 Research Studies

    A current list of COVID-19 clinical trials can be found at ClinicalTrials.gov:

    Using data available on ClinicalTrials.gov (as of 5/8/20), AAMC compiled a list of diagnostic and interventional COVID-19 clinical trials being conducted at academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, providing an overview of the characteristics of trials currently underway at academic medical centers. Access the excel file.

    Additional information on COVID-19 research is available at the following sites:

    Medical Research Training

    Federal Resources

    Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)

    Department of Veterans Affairs

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