Our Research on COVID-19
The COVID-related epidemiologic research that our experts are engaged in serves to inform our approach to providing advice to clients. This research has included:
The CHASING COVID Cohort Study: A national, NIH-funded prospective observational cohort study of 6,700 adults on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An epidemiologic research collaboration on COVID-19 with CityMD, New York’s largest urgent care provider.
The Educators of America COVID Cohort (TEACCH) Study, a national study focused on the upcoming school year.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, our technical experts have published more than 25 scientific articles on COVID-19, including those related the importance of population level metrics, the learning about SARS-CoV-2 transmission from contact tracing, the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic from the perspective of an urgent care provider in the US epicenter, SARS-CoV-2 testing preferences, incidence and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion, the role of household crowding and SARS-CoV-2 transmission, the relationship between anxiety, stress and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, a comparative COVID-19 spatial hotspot analysis of NYC and Chicago, parental plans to vaccinate children agains SARS-CoV-2 in NYC and the US, seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in NYC area health care workers, and Preparation for possible sustained transmission of 2019 novel coronavirus. Lessons from previous epidemics.