USC Campus Variant Project
The research study combines demographic, clinical, laboratory and virological data to monitor the distribution of SARS-Cov-2 variants among students, employees and USC medical center patients. This study is part of the University of Southern California COVID-19 Pandemic Research Center’s (USC CPRC) [insert hyperlink] efforts to understand, control the ongoing pandemic and inform local community.
Study Title:
Campus Epidemiology of SARS-CoV2- Variant Infections
Funding Source:
COVID-19 Keck Research Fund
Long COVID Project
Research the cause and new treatments for long COVID.
[1] Mitochondrial Gene Signatures Illuminate Mitochondrial Function as an Important Contributor to Post-COVID Recovery and Long COVID Progression
Ana Silverstein, Junxiang Wan, Kelvin Yen, Hemal Mehta, Hiroshi Kumagai, Melanie Flores, Jesse Goodrich, Howard Hu, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Omid Akbari, Igor Korlanik, Pinchas Cohen :: SSRN
[2] Altered Tumor Necrosis Factor Response in Neurologic Postacute SARS-CoV-2 Syndrome
Allan-Blitz LT, Goodrich J, Hu H, Akbari O, Klausner JD. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2023 Jul;43(7):307-313. doi: 10.1089/jir.2023.0051.
[3] Unique Immune and Inflammatory Cytokine Profiles May Define Long COVID Syndrome
Allan-Blitz LT, Akbari O, Kojima N, et al. Clin Exp Med. 2023 Oct;23(6):2925-2930. doi: 10.1007/s10238-023-01065-6.
[4] Plasma Proteomics Show Altered Inflammatory and Mitochondrial Proteins in Patients with Neurologic Symptoms of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Hanson BA, Visvabharathy L, Orban ZS, et al. Brain Behav Immun. 2023 Nov;114:462-474. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.08.022.
[5] What Long COVID Prevention Strategies Suggest About Its Pathophysiology
Allan-Blitz LT, Hu H, Klausner JD. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Sep 8;10(10):ofad466.