COVID-19: Resources and Information | Office of Neuroscience Research | Washington University in St. Louis

This page aims to provide quick links to research resources and policies that are new as of COVID-19 or that are pre-existing but modified, and other information that may be of use to the Neuroscience Community. The ONR will continue to update this page as we learn new information.

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COVID-19: University Updates and Information

April 15, 12:00p: “B cell response to SARS-CoV-2”
Watch recording, Dr. Anthony Fauci, WashU Medicine Grand Rounds (1/7): “Insights into the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Hope Center Cores open, limited
Hope Center Animal Surgery Core – updated guidelines
Literature Compilation re COVID-19 (WashU Med and Grad Students)
mHealth (social media, wearables, etc to measure and improve health research and outcomes)
Tissue Culture Support Center (TCSC) stockroom open 8-4p

Google Cloud Research Credits
More on the OVCR COVID-19 website

Information Technology including remote access/telecommuting
Operations & Facilities Med Campus re building access, parking, FedEx etc
Financial Services including guidance on check requests, invoices, etc.
Office of Information Security including scams, etc.

Communicating about COVID-19 (4/9/2021)
Public health after COVID-19 (4/9/2021)
Modeling the pandemic (4/9/2021)
Finding our way (4/9/2021)
For breastfeeding moms, COVID-19 vaccinations may also protect babies (4/6/2021)
Virus Variants Can Elude Antibodies, Suggesting Need For COVID Vaccine Booster Shots (4/1/2021)

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Each of 3 COVID-19 vaccines provides effective protection against serious illness (3/31/2021)
Count to five … all you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine (3/29/2021)
Podcast: One year into the pandemic, vaccines are making life better, but it’s not over yet (3/24/2021)
Study: COVID-19 death risk higher for people with severe MS disability (3/19/2021)
COVID-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distancing, contact tracing (3/19/2021)
WashU Experts: One pandemic year later, what’s next? (3/11/2021)
A year of COVID-19 (3/10/2021)
COVID Survivors Hope Experimental Therapy Will Help Them Learn To Smell Again (3/10/2021)
Finding a possible early treatment for COVID-19 in a 40-year-old antidepressant (3/7/2021)
Clinical trial in children to investigate rare inflammatory disorder linked to COVID-19 (3/4/2021)
New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants (3/4/2021)
WashU Med study links COVID-19 to high blood pressure problems in early pregnancy (3/2/2021)
Brown School working with St. Louis city on virus containment (3/1/2021)
COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction (3/1/2021)
Plans underway for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trials (2/18/2021)
Podcast: Avoiding burnout and tending to mental health as the pandemic runs into a second year (2/16/2021)
Antibody-based COVID-19 treatments work best in concert with immune cells (2/16/2021)
PRC Awarded Grant to Help St. Louisans at High Risk for COVID-19 (2/8/2021)
Millions of COVID-19 survivors have lost senses of smell and taste. Researchers don’t know if they’ll come back (1/31/2021)
Back to normal after COVID-19 vaccine? Not so fast (1/28/2021)
Risk analysis helps contend with uncertainty of in-person activities (1/28/2021)
Podcast: Improving health messaging in fight to slow COVID-19 (1/27/2021)
COVID-19 Vaccine: Facts vs. Myths (1/27/2021)
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic (1/27/2021)
COVID Vaccine 101: How it Works (1/21/2021)
GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection (1/20/2021)
COVID-19 impact on pregnant women focus of NIH grant (1/15/2021)
Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease (1/15/2021)
Studies will evaluate COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health-care personnel (1/14/2021)
Doctors test popular anti-depressant to see if it fights off Covid-19 (1/11/2021)
Fauci gives COVID-19 update to School of Medicine faculty, staff, students (1/7/2021)
Fauci to discuss COVID-19 during online med school event Jan. 7 (1/4/2021)
How the pandemic is shaping our 2021 resolutions — and what experts want you to keep in mind (12/29/2021)
Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us (12/29/2020)
Podcast: Vaccines have arrived but COVID-19 treatments progressing much more slowly (12/29/2020)
Answering Your Patients’ Questions About the COVID-19 Vaccine (12/22/2020)
Researchers to work with parents, teachers on COVID-19 testing communications (12/21/2020)
Historic, hopeful moment arrives as COVID-19 vaccinations begin on Medical Campus (12/17/2020)
COVID-19 patients at higher risk of death, health problems than those with flu (12/15/2020)
Podcast: COVID-19 vaccines around the corner (12/9/2020)
COVID-19, losing one’s sense of smell and regaining it (12/1/2020)
COVID-19 cases could nearly double before Biden takes office (11/23/2020)
Young people with disabilities focus of COVID-19 testing grant (11/19/2020)
Podcast: Preparing for winter and the holidays under the shadow of COVID-19 (11/17/2020)
Study: Respiratory failure in COVID-19 usually not driven by cytokine storm (11/13/2020)
Fluvoxamine may prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients (11/12/2020)
Pollution and pandemics: A dangerous mix (11/12/2020)
Masks don’t just save lives, they also boost economy (11/9/2020)
Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus (11/3/2020)
Washington University begins recruiting participants for phase 3 COVID-19 investigational vaccine clinical trial (10/30/2020)
Safe Holiday Travel (WashU) (10/30/2020)
Podcast: Preventing COVID-19 among unhoused people (10/22/2020)
Immune modulator drugs for COVID-19 focus of major NIH clinical trial (10/16/2020)
Podcast: The making of a fast, accurate saliva test for COVID-19 (10/1/2020)
Podcast: COVID-19, social media and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (9/16/2020)
Neurological Complications of COVID-19 (9/4/2020)
COVID-19 disproportionately affects developmentally disabled (8/28/2020)
Novel clinical trial launched to test multiple therapeutics to treat COVID-19 (8/27/2020)
Identifying emerging diseases focus of new international collaboration (8/27/2020)
Washington University develops COVID-19 saliva test (8/26/2020)
Podcast: Where does life in the U.S. stand six months into the pandemic? (8/25/2020)
Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice (8/21/2020)
Two Washington U. doctors lead national effort to study new COVID-19 treatment (8/12/2020)
Clinical trial focuses on reducing overactive immune response in COVID-19 (8/11/2020)
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe disease in mice (8/11/2020)
Washington University, St. Louis County collaborate on COVID-19 survey (8/10/2020)
Patti Lab awarded NIH grant for COVID-19 research (8/6/2020)
Podcast: Can boosting the immune system, rather than suppressing it, work against COVID-19? (8/6/2020)
Boosting immune system a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19 (8/4/2020)
Brown School launches pandemic preparedness and response initiative (7/31/220)
A COVID-19 vaccine, amazingly, is close. Why am I so worried? (7/31/2020)
Podcast: Folding@home enlists computers to ID COVID-19 treatment targets (7/28/2020)
COVID-19 vaccine trials planned at WashU, SLU (7/21/2020)
Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus (7/20/2020)
Dr. Jessi Gold: Mask Anxiety (7/14/2020)
St. Louis researchers continue to search for a COVID-19 vaccine (7/14/2020)
Podcast: Wildlife surveillance may help identify the next pandemic (7/13/2020)
Wash U Researchers Develop More Comfortable Saliva-Based Coronavirus Test (7/9/2020)
McDonnell Academy supports COVID-19-related global research (7/9/2020)
WashU Expert: Researchers focused on understanding virus transmission by aerosols (7/8/2020)
Study to examine social media’s effects on stress during COVID-19 pandemic (7/6/2020)
How To Safeguard Mental Health As Pandemic Becomes ‘A Really Long Haul’ (7/6/2020)
Effort to screen potential COVID-19 antiviral drugs underway (7/1/2020)
Folding@home’s fight against COVID-19 enlists big tech, gamers, pro soccer (6/25/2020)
On the front lines: Intensive care physician Patrick Aguilar (6/23/2020)
COVID-19 antibody tests evaluated as diagnostic test in low-resource settings (6/18/2020)
Podcast: How do we safely navigate re-openings while coronavirus risks remain? (6/12/2020)
Patients with COVID-19 donate specimens to advance research efforts (6/11/2020)
Study: Researchers forecast stable, slightly declining levels of COVID-19 entering fall (6/10/2020)
Researchers forecast stable, slightly declining levels of COVID-19 entering fall (6/10/2020)
COVID-19 mouse model will speed search for drugs, vaccines (6/10/2020)
Medical students assist health departments in tracking COVID-19 (6/4/2020)
Suppression of COVID-19 spread is possible, suggests new model (6/2/2020)
4 Ways to Help if Your Kid Is Depressed (6/2/2020)
On the front lines: Jessica Gold: Psychiatrist discusses mental health during COVID-19 pandemic (5/28/2020)
Caution urged in interpreting COVID-19 antibody tests (5/26/2020)
Experts urge caution in interpreting COVID-19 antibody tests (5/26/2020)
On the front lines: Jay Piccirillo: Otolaryngologist discusses COVID-19-related loss of smell, taste (5/21/2020)
COVID-19 study looks at genetics of healthy people who develop severe illness (5/20/2020)
Global study to test malaria drug to protect health workers from COVID-19 (5/18/2020)
Could COVID-19 Finally Destigmatize Mental Illness? (5/14/2020)
Wash U doctor explains new COVID-19 complication in children (5/11/2020)
Infectious diseases specialist describes how COVID-19 plasma therapy works (5/8/2020)
Model predicts economic, public health repercussions of lifting quarantine before COVID-19 vaccine (5/8/2020)
4 ways to take care of your mental health during the coronavirus pandemic (5/6/2020)
COVID-19 in-home monitoring program launched (5/5/2020)
On the front lines in fight against COVID-19 (4/30/2020)
The pandemic’s impact on older adults (4/28/2020)
Emergency Operations Center responds to COVID-19 (4/28/2020)
University launches “Ask the WashU Doctors” video series (4/27/2020)
Laurie Punch held Facebook live event with the public–Stop the Virus (4/25/2020)
University offers housing for front-line health workers, first responders (4/24/2020)
What a sugar cube can teach us as we develop a coronavirus vaccine (4/23/2020)
Maker Task Force works to protect front-line health-care workers (4/23/2020)
Aerosol researchers at McKelvey School of Engineering tackle novel coronavirus (04/23/2020)
St. Louisans Are Gardening To Manage Stress, Find Purpose Amid Coronavirus Isolation (4/21/2020)
Social Distancing Is Working, But St. Louis Health Officials Warn Against Letting Up (4/20/2020)
Federal funding for rapid COVID-19 test goes to McKelvey Engineering researchers (4/20/2020)
Wash U. doctor discusses how Metro Area can move forward during pandemic (4/19/2020)
Wash U doctor answers your coronavirus questions (4/19/2020)
Our children and COVID-19 (4/17/2020)
COVID-19 survivors needed to donate blood plasma (4/16/2020)
Eric Lenze talks with KMOX Health Editor about the Coronavirus (4/14/2020)
Podcast: Clinical trials launch to evaluate antimalarial, antidepressant drugs to treat COVID-19 (4/13/2020)
Study to evaluate antidepressant as potential COVID-19 treatment (4/13/2020)
Local COVID-19 patient gets experimental treatment based on century-old idea (4/11/2020)
Clinical trial launches to evaluate antimalarial drugs for COVID-19 treatment (4/9/2020)
McKelvey Engineering staff creating face shields for health care workers (4/6/2020)
Medical Campus students mobilize to help health-care workers, community (4/3/2020)
Loss of smell and taste can be only signs of coronavirus (3/31/2020)
Doctor warns of a ‘brief window of opportunity that is rapidly closing’ to slow COVID-19 in Missouri (3/31/2020)
First cell treatment to fight the coronavirus awaits FDA approval for clinical trial (3/31/2020)
Coronavirus Vaccine in 18 Months? Experts Urge Reality Check (3/31/2020)
WashU Experts: Coronavirus fact vs. fiction (3/30/2020)
It’s Time to Get Serious About End-of-Life Care for High-Risk Coronavirus Patients (3/30/2020)
A Personal Perspective on COVID-19 (3/29/2020)
Overcoming COVID-19 in Guatemala (3/29/2020)
COVID-19: International Student Perspective (3/29/2020)
WashU Expert: Older Americans are not expendable (3/27/2020)
Podcast launches with infectious diseases expert (3/26/2020)
WashU Expert: Grieving in the time of a pandemic (3/26/2020)
Coping during coronavirus (3/24/2020)
FDA will allow doctors to treat critically ill coronavirus patients with blood from survivors (3/24/2020)
Possible COVID-19 treatment: transfusion of antibodies from recovered patients’ blood (3/23/2020)
Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus (3/19/2020)