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. 2020 Jun 1;130(6):2745-2748.
doi: 10.1172/JCI138646.

The COVID-19 pandemic and research shutdown: staying safe and productive

M Bishr Omary  1 , Jeetendra Eswaraka  2 , S David Kimball  2 , Prabhas V Moghe  3 , Reynold A Panettieri Jr  4 , Kathleen W Scotto  5
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The COVID-19 pandemic and research shutdown: staying safe and productive

M Bishr Omary et al. J Clin Invest. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: SDK has stock in Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, and Merck as part of a 401k. RAP consults with AstraZeneca with more than $10,000 in renumeration, and has grant funding from AstraZeneca, MedImmune, Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Equillium, Genentech, OncoArendi, and Metera.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on research institutions and researchers.
(A) COVID-19 poses new institutional responsibilities and challenges, including the need to ensure continuity of ongoing clinical research, increase COVID-19–related research, ensure safety of employees and students, enforce social distancing measures, ensure continuing the education of undergraduates and graduate students, restrict nonessential, non–COVID-19 research activities, and maintain required animal care resources. (B) Investigators have employed multiple approaches to cope with onsite lab restrictions and shutdowns. Researchers have maintained critical research activities, continued to submit publications, balanced work and family responsibilities, initiated or collaborated on COVID-19–related research, ensured limited onsite lab staffing, engaged in remote research opportunities, maintained regular and frequent communication with trainees and coworkers, and continued to plan and write research grants. Illustrated by Rachel Davidowitz.
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