This collection highlights journal articles, preprints, and other publications and presentations about the Coronavirus COVID-19 by faculty and researchers at the George Washington University. The content in this collection includes research by individuals associated with the Milken Institute School of Public Health, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the School of Nursing.
GW researchers: Please contact us at hsrc@gwu.edu if you have a COVID-19-related journal article, preprint, or other work accepted for publication, or have a COVID-19 poster, presentation or dataset you would like to share publicly in Health Sciences Research Commons (HSRC).
Submissions from 2020
Disentangling the Impact of the COVID‐19 Lockdowns on Urban NO2 From Natural Variability, Daniel L. Goldberg, Susan C. Anenberg, Debora Griffin, Chris A. McLinden, Zifeng Lu, and David G. Streets
COVID-19 Amidst Carceral Contexts: The Overtone Window of Political Pos, Cynthia Golembeski, Ans Irfan, Brie Williams, and Homer Venters
Racial and/or Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children., Monika K. Goyal, Joelle N. Simpson, Meleah D Boyle, Gia M Badolato, Meghan Delaney, Robert McCarter, and Denice Cora-Bramble
‘People won’t die due to the disease; they will die due to hunger’: exploring the impacts of covid-19 on Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents in Cox’s Bazar, Silvia Guglielmi, Jennifer Seager, Khadija Mitu, Sarah Baird, and Nicola Jones
The UK needs a sustainable strategy for COVID-19., Deepti Gurdasani, Laura Bear, Debby Bogaert, Rochelle A Burgess, Reinhard Busse, Roberto Cacciola, Yves Charpak, Tim Colbourn, John Drury, Karl Friston, Valentina Gallo, Lynn R. Goldman, Trisha Greenhalgh, Zoë Hyde, Krutika Kuppalli, Maimuna S Majumder, Jose M Martin-Moreno, Martin McKee, Susan Michie, Elias Mossialos, Ali Nouri, Christina Pagel, Dominic Pimenta, Saskia Popescu, Viola Priesemann, Angela L Rasmussen, Stephen Reicher, Walter Ricciardi, Ken Rice, Joshua Silver, Tara C Smith, Clare Wenham, Robert West, Gavin Yamey, Christian Yates, and Hisham Ziauddeen
Letter of concern regarding "reduction in covid-19 infection using surgical facial masks outside the healthcare system", Noah A. Haber, Sarah E. Wieten, and Emily R. Smith
Statistical Challenges in the Conduct and Management of Ongoing Clinical Trials During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Toshimitsu Hamasaki, F Bretz, F Cooner, L M. LaVange, and M Posch
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Education of Plastic Surgery Trainees in the United States., Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, Alisa Arnautovic, and Petros Konofaos
Reply -- The COVID-19 Pandemic, From Worrying About Missed or Delayed Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease to the Flood of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Ashraf S. Harahsheh, Nagib Dahdah, Jane W. Newburger, Michael A. Portman, Robert Tulloh, Brian W. McCrindle, Rolando Cimaz, and Jane C. Burns
Missed or delayed diagnosis of Kawasaki disease during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic., Ashraf S S. Harahsheh, Nagib Dahdah, Jane W Newburger, Michael A Portman, Maryam Piram, Robert Tulloh, Brian W McCrindle, Sarah D de Ferranti, Rolando Cimaz, Dongngan T Truong, and Jane C Burns
Will COVID-19 become the next neglected tropical disease?, Peter J. Hotez, Maria E. Bottazzi, Sunit K. Singh, Paul J. Brindley, and Shaden Kamhawi
Genome-wide analysis of SARS-CoV-2 virus strains circulating worldwide implicates heterogeneity., M Rafiul Islam, M Nazmul Hoque, M Shaminur Rahman, A S M Rubayet Ul Alam, Masuda Akther, J Akter Puspo, Salma Akter, Munawar Sultana, Keith A. Crandall, and M Anwar Hossain
Moral Distress During COVID19: Residents in Training are at High Risk, Breanne Jacobs and Rita A. Manfredi
The impact of COVID-19 on neurosurgeons and the strategy for triaging non-emergent operations: a global neurosurgery study., Walter C. Jean, Natasha T Ironside, Kenneth D. Sack, Daniel R Felbaum, and Hasan R Syed
Atopy is predictive of a decreased need for hospitalization for coronavirus disease 2019., Anjeni Keswani, Klodian Dhana, Jamie A. Rosenthal, Donyea Moore, and Mahboobeh Mahdavinia
Atopy is predictive of a decreased need for hospitalization for COVID-19., Anjeni Keswani, Klodian Dhana, Jamie A. Rosenthal, Donyea Moore, and Mahboobeh Mahdavinia
Atopy is predictive of a decreased need for hospitalization for COVID-19., Anjeni Keswani, Klodian Dhana, Jamie A. Rosenthal, Donyea Moore, and Mahboobeh Mahdavinia
Rhabdomyolysis in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection: Five Case Series., Shikha G. Khosla, Eric S. Nylen, and Rahul Khosla
Ebola, Zika, Corona…What Is Next for Our World?, Jagdish Khubchandani, Timothy R Jordan, and Y Tony Yang
Acute respiratory viral adverse events during use of antirheumatic disease therapies: a scoping review, Adam Kilian, Yu Pei Chock, Irvin J. Huang, Elizabeth R. Graef, Laura A. Upton, Aneka Khilnani, Sonia D. Silinsky Krupnikova, Ibrahim Almaghlouth, Laura C. Cappelli, Ruth Fernandez-Ruiz, Brittany A. Frankel, Jourdan Frankovich, Carly Harrison, Bharat Kumar, Kanika Monga, Jorge A. Rosario Vega, Namrata Singh, Jeffrey A. Sparks, Elaine Sullo, Kristen J. Young, Ali Duarte-Garcia, Michael Putman, Sindhu Johnson, Rebecca Grainger, Zachary S. Wallace, Jean W. Liew, and Aruni Jayatilleke
Financial crisis at PAHO in the time of COVID-19: a call for action., Arlene King, Jon Kim Andrus, and J Peter Figueroa
Widening Social and Health Inequalities During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Leighton Ku and Erin Brantley,
COVID-19 and Cancer: A guide with suggested COVID-19 rule-out criteria to support clinical decision-making., Christopher Larson, Bryan Oronsky, Sharad Goyal, Carolyn Ray, Farah Hedjran, Terese C Hammond, Santosh Kesari, Scott Caroen, Michelle Lybeck, Vaughn E Dobalian, Arnold Oronsky, and Tony Reid
Optimization of COVID-19 testing accuracy with nasal anatomy education., Lilun Li, Timothy Shim, and Philip E. Zapanta
Optimization of COVID-19 testing accuracy with nasal anatomy education., Lilun Li, Timothy Shim, and Philip E. Zapanta
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Is There a Linkage to Kawasaki Disease?, Yue-Hin Loke, Charles I. Berul, and Ashraf S. Harahsheh
Assessment of YouTube as an Educational Tool in Teaching Key Indicator Cases in Otolaryngology During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Neck Dissection., Neil N Luu, Christina M Yver, Jennifer E Douglas, Kendall K Tasche, Punam G. Thakkar, and Karthik Rajasekaran
Assessment of YouTube as an Educational Tool in Teaching Key Indicator Cases in Otolaryngology During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Neck Dissection., Neil N Luu, Christina M Yver, Jennifer E Douglas, Kendall K Tasche, Punam G. Thakkar, and Karthik Rajasekaran
The effect of anticoagulation on clinical outcomes in novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia in a U.S. cohort., Lei Lynn, Juan A Reyes, Katrina Hawkins, Arjun Panda, Laura Linville, Walaa Aldhahri, Ghazal Kango, Sneha Shah, Shant Ayanian, and Karolyn Teufel
Risk of COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer., Michael L Maitland, David Heyer, and Mardi Gomberg-Maitland
Reliability and Validity of Two Surgical Prioritization Systems for Reinstating Non-Emergent Benign Gynecologic Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic., Cherie Q. Marfori, Jordan S. Klebanoff, Catherine Z. Wu, Whitney A. Barnes, Charelle M. Carter-Brooks, and Richard L. Amdur
Pharmacotherapy in COVID-19; A narrative review for emergency providers., Nikita Mehta, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Nour Alkindi, and Ali Pourmand
Pharmacotherapy in COVID-19; A narrative review for emergency providers., Nikita Mehta, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Nour Alkindi, and Ali Pourmand
Socially distant and out of reach: Unintended consequences of COVID-19 prevention efforts on transgender and gender non-binary populations in Puerto Rico., Kyle Melin, Darlene Santiago Quiñones, and Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Worker Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic., David Michaels and Gregory R Wagner
Halting Workplace COVID-19 Transmission: An Urgent Proposal to Protect American Workers, David Michaels and Gregory R. Wagner
Personal Experiences With COVID-19 and Diabetes Technology: All for Technology Yet Not Technology for All., Maureen Monaghan and Brynn Marks
Oropharyngeal hemorrhage in patients with COVID-19: A multi-institutional case series, Collin F. Mulcahy, Melissa Ghulam-Smith, Ishwarya S. Mamidi, Punam G. Thakkar, Heather Edwards, Neelima Tummala, and Lauren F. Tracy
COVID-19 infection among emergency department healthcare providers in a large tertiary academic medical center following the peak of the pandemic., Eric Murakami, Aditi Ghatak-Roy, Margarita Popova, Carin Gannon, Daniel E. Park, Jack Villani, Cindy Liu, Ian Toma, and John Lafleur
COVID-19 and the International Academy of Sex Research: We Will Be Back., Brian Mustanski, Eric Vilain, Shari L. Dworkin, Kelly D. Suschinsky, and Kenneth J. Zucker
Effect of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Africa: An AFREhealth Call for Evidence through Multicountry Research Collaboration., Jean B Nachega, Nadia A Sam-Agudu, Samantha Budhram, Taha E Taha, Valerie Vannevel, Priya Somapillay, Daniel Katuashi Ishoso, Michel Tshiasuma Pipo, Christian Bongo-Pasi Nswe, John Ditekemena, Birhanu T Ayele, Rhoderick N Machekano, Onesmus W Gachuno, John Kinuthia, Nancy Mwongeli, Musa Sekikubo, Philippa Musoke, Evans Kofi Agbeno, Lawal W Umar, Mukanire Ntakwinja, Denis M Mukwege, Emily R. Smith, Eduard J Mills, John Otokoye Otshudiema, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Jean-Marie N Kayembe, Don Jethro Mavungu Landu, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Alimuddin Zumla, Eduard J Langenegger, and Lynne M Mofenson
Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Omar M. Omar, James C. Glasbey, Elizabeth Li, Joana F.F. Simoes, Tom E.F. Abbott, Adesoji O. Ademuyiwa, Bruce M. Biccard, Daoud Chaudhry, Giana H. Davidson, Salomone Di Saverio, Gaetano Gallo, Dhruv Ghosh, Ewen M. Harrison, Peter J. Hutchinson, Sivesh K. Kamarajah, and Deborah S. Keller
Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Omar M. Omar, James C. Glasbey, Elizabeth Li, Joana F.F. Simoes, Tom E.F. Abbott, Adesoji O. Ademuyiwa, Bruce M. Biccard, Daoud Chaudhry, Giana H. Davidson, Salomone Di Saverio, Gaetano Gallo, Dhruv Ghosh, Ewen M. Harrison, Peter J. Hutchinson, Sivesh K. Kamarajah, Deborah S. Keller, Ismail Lawani, Ana Minaya-Bravo, Ana Minaya-Bravo, Rachel Moore, Dion G. Morton, Faustin Ntirenganya, Francesco Pata, Rupert M. Pearse, Antonio Ramos De la Medina, Stephen Tabiri, Mary L. Venn, Aneel Bhangu Omar M. Omar, Aneel Bhangu, Ewen M. Harrison, and Kwabena Siaw-Acheampong
Combination dose-escalated hydroxyurea and transfusion: an approach to conserve blood during the COVID-19 pandemic., Robert Sheppard Nickel, Stefanie Margulies, Brittany Frazer, Naomi LC Luban, and Jennifer Webb
Application of termination of resuscitation rules during the COVID-19 pandemic by emergency medical service., Francis O'Connell, Peter Sweetser, Theodore Quan, and Ali Pourmand
It is currently unknown whether SARS-CoV-2 is viable in semen or whether COVID-19 damages sperm., Melissa J. Perry, Suzanne Arrington, Laura M Neumann, Douglas Carrell, and Christopher N. Mores
Allocating Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19. Reply., Govind Persad, James Phillips, and Ezekiel J Emanuel
Allocating Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19. Reply., Govind Persad, James Phillips, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics., Eskild Petersen, Marion Koopmans, Unyeong Go, Davidson H Hamer, Nicola Petrosillo, Francesco Castelli, Merete Storgaard, Sulien Al Khalili, and Lone Simonsen
Report from the COVID-19 Virtual Summit,, James P. Phillips, Luca Ragazzoni, W Greg Burel, Frederick M Burkle, and Mark Keim
Otolaryngology-related Google Search trends during the COVID-19 pandemic., Matthew M Pier, Luke J Pasick, Daniel A. Benito, Ghiath Alnouri, and Robert T Sataloff
Characterizing pediatric emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic., Jesse M Pines, Mark S Zocchi, Bernard S Black, Jestin N Carlson, Pablo Celedon, Ali Moghtaderi, and Arvind Venkat
Ethical Considerations around Urgent Hip Hemiarthroplasty during COVID-19: A Case Report, Raymond Pla, Geoffrey Ho, Marian Sherman, Margaret Culver, Hieu Nguyen, and Eric Heinz
Antirheumatic Disease Therapies for the Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis., Michael Putman, Yu Pei Eugenia Chock, Herman Tam, Alfred H J Kim, Sebastian E Sattui, Francis Berenbaum, Maria I Danila, Peter Korsten, Catalina Sanchez-Alvarez, Jeffrey A Sparks, Laura C Coates, Candace Palmerlee, Andrea Peirce, Arundathi Jayatilleke, Sindhu R Johnson, Adam Kilian, Jean Liew, Larry J Prokop, M Hassan Murad, Rebecca Grainger, Zachary S Wallace, and Alí Duarte-García
Epitope-based chimeric peptide vaccine design against S, M and e proteins of SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19 pandemic: An in silico approach, M. Shaminur Rahman, M. Nazmul Hoque, M. Rafiul Islam, Salma Akter, A. S.M.Rubayet Ul Alam, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Otun Saha, Md Mizanur Rahaman, Munawar Sultana, Keith A. Crandall, and M. Anwar Hossain
Distanced Donors: How to Donate Blood During the COVID 19 Pandemic, Vinay Rao
Megakaryocytes and platelet-fibrin thrombi characterize multi-organ thrombosis at autopsy in COVID-19: A case series, Amy V. Rapkiewicz, Xingchen Mai, Steven E. Carsons, Stefania Pittaluga, David E. Kleiner, Jeffrey S. Berger, Sarun Thomas, Nicole M. Adler, David M. Charytan, Billel Gasmi, Judith S. Hochman, and Harmony R. Reynolds
Simulations of Deliveries of SARS-CoV-2 Positive Pregnant Women and Their Newborn Babies: Plan to Implement a Complex and Ever-Changing Protocol., Shantanu Rastogi
Non-evidenced based treatment: An unintended cause of morbidity and mortality related to COVID-19., Hamidreza Reihani, Mateen Ghassemi, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Bandar Aljohani, and Ali Pourmand
Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors and risk of covid-19, Harmony R. Reynolds, Samrachana Adhikari, Claudia Pulgarin, Andrea B. Troxel, Eduardo Iturrate, Stephen B. Johnson, Anaïs Hausvater, Jonathan D. Newman, Jeffrey S. Berger, Sripal Bangalore, Stuart D. Katz, Glenn I. Fishman, Dennis Kunichoff, Yu Chen, Gbenga Ogedegbe, and Judith S. Hochman
Risk for COVID-19 infection and death among Latinos in the United States: Examining heterogeneity in transmission dynamics., Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Leandro Mena, Eric Hall, Brian Honermann, Jeffrey S Crowley, Stefan Baral, Guillermo J Prado, Melissa Marzan-Rodriguez, Chris Beyrer, Patrick S Sullivan, and Gregorio A Millett
Rapid isolation of potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies and protection in a small animal model., Thomas F Rogers, Fangzhu Zhao, Deli Huang, Nathan Beutler, Alison Burns, Wan-Ting He, Oliver Limbo, Chloe Smith, Ge Song, Jordan Woehl, Linlin Yang, Robert K Abbott, Sean Callaghan, Elijah Garcia, Jonathan Hurtado, Mara Parren, Linghang Peng, James Ricketts, Michael J. Ricciardi, Stephen A Rawlings, Davey M Smith, David Nemazee, John R Teijaro, James E Voss, Raiees Andrabi, Bryan Briney, Elise Landais, Devin Sok, Joseph G Jardine, and Dennis R Burton
The American College of Surgeons Responds to COVID-19, Valerie W. Rusch, Steven D. Wexner, Anthony Atala, John L.D. Atkinson, James C. Denneny, Timothy J. Eberlein, James K. Elsey, Diana L. Farmer, Henri R. Ford, Gerald M. Fried, James W. Gigantelli, B. J. Hancock, Enrique Hernandez, Lenworth M. Jacobs, L. Scott Levin, J. Wayne Meredith, Fabrizio Michelassi, Lena M. Napolitano, Linda G. Phillips, Kenneth W. Sharp, Anton N. Sidawy, Steven C. Stain, Beth H. Sutton, Gary L. Timmerman, Douglas E. Wood, and Anthony Atala
Care of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic., John J Ryan, Lana Melendres-Groves, Roham T Zamanian, Ronald J Oudiz, Murali Chakinala, Erika B Rosenzweig, and Mardi Gomberg-Maitland
Impact of COVID-19 on Global Diet and Physical Activity Patterns, Jennifer Sacheck
COVID-19 en el mes de mayo; la tercera causa de muerte en el país, y es prevenible, Carlos Santos-Burgoa
Prevention of work-related covid-19 infection in low-income and middle-income countries: need for a global response, Carlos Santos-Burgoa
The COVID-19 Infodemic: Some May Overlook Evidence, but We Cannot Ignore History, Carlos Santos-Burgoa and Elizabeth Andrade
Planning for a COVID-19 Vaccination Program., Sarah Schaffer DeRoo, Natalie J Pudalov, and Linda Y. Fu
The Impact of Integrating Palliative Medicine into COVID-19 Critical Care., Erica Schockett, Mary Ishola, Taylor Wahrenbrock, Annabelle Croskey, Shannon Cain, Ivy Benjenk, Danielle Davison, and David Yamane
Wise Use of Surveillance Data: Evolving HIV Policy and Emerging Considerations Regarding COVID-19., Naomi Seiler, Katie Horton, Anya Vanecek, and Claire Heyison
Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Community Health Centers Report Signs of Improvement, But Face Financial Uncertainty, Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Feygele Jacobs, and Peter Shin
Results of Testing Children for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Through a Community-based Testing Site., Joelle N. Simpson, Monika K. Goyal, Joanna S. Cohen, Gia M Badolato, Mark McGuire, Abigail Ralph, Meleah D Boyle, Ellen K. Hamburger, Kathleen C Gorman, Denice Cora-Bramble, and Meghan Delaney
Use of cardiac CT amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: North American perspective., Vasvi Singh, Andrew D. Choi, Jonathon Leipsic, Ayaz Aghayev, James P. Earls, Philipp Blanke, Michael Steigner, Leslee J Shaw Phd, Marcelo F Di Carli, Todd C Villines, and Ron Blankstein
Pediatric Otolaryngology in the COVID-19 Era, Steven E. Sobol, Diego Preciado, and Scott M. Rickert
Comparison of Clinical Features of COVID-19 vs Seasonal Influenza A and B in US Children, Xiaoyan Song, Meghan Delaney, Rahul K. Shah, Joseph M. Campos, David L. Wessel, and Roberta L. DeBiasi
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A National and Global Social Contracts Stress Test, Eliot Sorel
COVID-19: Substance Use Disorder, Privacy, and the CARES Act, Nicolas Terry, Melissa Goldstein, and Kirk Nahra
D.C.S.O Community Health Proposal Against COVID-19 - Public School System, Dawit Teshome, Abenezer Abebe, Emy Nwadiaro, and Kenndi Curtis
The reproductive number R0 of COVID-19 in Peru: An opportunity for effective changes., J Smith Torres-Roman, Ilia Cabos Kobiak, Bryan Valcarcel, Cristian Diaz-Velez, and Carlo La Vecchia
COVID-19 Intubation Safety: A Multidisciplinary, Rapid-Cycle Model of Improvement., Amy Tronnier, Collin F Mulcahy, Ayal Pierce, Ivy Benjenk, Marian Sherman, Eric R Heinz, Scott Honeychurch, Geoffrey Ho, Kendarius Talton, and David Yamane
COVID-19 Intubation Safety: A Multidisciplinary, Rapid-Cycle Model of Improvement, Amy Tronnier, Collin F. Mulcahy, Ayal Pierce, Ivy Benjenk, Marian Sherman, Eric R. Heinz, Scott Honeychurch, Geoffrey Ho, Kendarius Talton, and David Yamane
COVID-19 Pandemic: Are There Unique Cutaneous Manifestations in Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2?, Chapman Wei and Adam J. Friedman
Redesigning emergency department operations amidst a viral pandemic., Tess Whiteside, Erin Kane, Bandar Aljohani, Marya Alsamman, and Ali Pourmand
Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ramping up Safely to a New Normal, William A. Zoghbi, Marcelo F. DiCarli, Ron Blankstein, Andrew D. Choi, Vasken Dilsizian, Frank A. Flachskampf, Jeffery B. Geske, Paul A. Grayburn, Farouc A. Jaffer, Raymond Y. Kwong, Jonathan A. Leipsic, Thomas H. Marwick, Eike Nagel, Koen Neiman, Subha V. Raman, Michael Salerno, Partho P. Sengupta, Leslee J. Shaw, and Y S. Chandrashekhar