ASHG Information for the Community – COVID-19

As the global research community, along with everyone else, begins to consider new approaches to conducting everyday work and adopts measures including working remotely to slow the spread of COVID-19, ASHG wanted to share a few useful resources to help geneticists during these uncertain times.

Message from ASHG to the Community
A Message to Our Members Regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
ASHG President Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD: How Genetics is Helping Fight COVID-19
An Update on ASHG’s Annual Meeting from ASHG’s President Anthony Wynshaw-Boris

U.S. Government Resources

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 
CDC: COVID-19 Genomics and Precision Public Health Weekly Update

Information on Grants
National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health – COVID-19: Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
National Institutes of Health Guides for Grants and Contracts
Preliminary Data in COVID-19-Related Application Flexibilities (June 9)
NIH Extension of Administrative Relief for Recipients Impacted by COVID-19 (June 25)

Resources from Allied Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
Experimental Biology
Research!America
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Additional Resources

• • A laboratory ramp down checklist, like MITs, can help with organizing a lab shut down
  • Federation of American Scientists – Q&A on COVID-19
  • The Council of Governmental Resources has released an FAQ Regarding COVID-19’s Impact on Federal Awards. (March 16, 2020)
  • A basic guide to Zoom for virtual conferencing from Jennifer Polk, PhD. (March 16, 2020)
  • 10 Ways to Spend Your Time for researchers working from home (Science, March 16, 2020)
  • Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
  • AAAS: COVID-19 and Human Rights Resources
  • NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education Well-being Resources
  • JASON: Managing the Risk From COVID-19 During a Return to On-site University Research (July 2, 2020)
  • 2020-2021 Flu Season: A Complete Guide to the Flu Vaccine
  • Seasonal Health Guide for Older Adults

News Stories

• HudsonAlpha – Shareable Science Beyond the Blog
• Science Magazine: How sick will the coronavirus make you? The answer may be in your genes
• 12 things everyone needs to know about the coronavirus pandemic – Vox
• 10 Ways to Spend Your Time for researchers working from home (Science, March 16, 2020)
• Genome Web
• Most NYC Covid-19 Cases Came From Europe, Genome Researchers Say – Bloomberg News
• Covid Human Genetic Effort News
• Covid-19 quickly kills some while others don’t show symptoms. Can genetics explain this? – Washington Post
• Study of twins reveals genetic effect on Covid-19 symptoms – Guardian
• Covid-19 has shuttered labs. It could put a generation of researchers at risk – Stat News
• UK researchers try to crack genetic riddle of COVID-19 – Reuters
• NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins: Connecting The Dots From The Human Genome Project To The COVID-19 Vaccine – Forbes

 

Recent Relevant Science Emerging on the Topic
Global Research on COVID-19 – World Health Organization
Preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv
COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19)