COVID-19 Resources for Researchers
National Institutes of Health (USA)
UK Research and Innovation CORONAVIRUS – THE SCIENCE EXPLAINED provides authoritative and up-to-date explanations of the scientific evidence behind the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) has been designed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to collect and organize up-to-date information on how countries are responding to the crisis. It focuses primarily on the responses of health systems but also captures wider public health initiatives. This is a joint undertaking of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
The World Pandemic Research Network (WPRN) is a platform serving research communities. It maintains a searchable global directory of the scientific resources available on the societal and human impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. It shows who works on what, where, in real time, at global level.
Designed and maintained by researchers, WPRN is free, non-profit, public-funded, open (creative commons, open-source), GDPR compliant. It is steered by an international Advisory Board and supported by major scientific institutions and scientific networks worldwide. Register your project on the WPRN platform to get a time-stamped ID that will facilitate scientific collaboration and citation, even before publication.
Department of Health - Coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation guidance
Department of Health - Australian Healht Protection Committee (AHPPC) - COVID-19 Statements
NSW Health – Advice for Health Professionals
NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation - COVID-19 Critical Intelligence Unit
SA Department for Child Protection and the Department of Human Services held a joint business continuity presentation on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on 17 March 2020. A video of the presentation is now available.
New Zealand Health Research - ‘COVID-19 updates for researchers’ page
Frequently Asked Questions on NHMRC process during Covid-19 outbreak
Australian Research Council - An update from ARC CEO Professor Sue Thomas on ARC grants processes
Australian Clinical Trials Alliance - COVID-19 information relevant to clinical trials
COVID-19: Guidance on clinical trials for institutions, HRECs, researchers and sponsors - Word 36 KB is a joint statement that reflects the shared views of all state and territory Departments of Health, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Clinical Trials Project Reference Group (CTPRG), of which all of these entities are members.
The advice represents current thinking and best practice at the government level and will be reviewed and updated regularly. Australia.
Webinar - Clinical Trials in the Era of COVID-19: The Changes You Need to Make Now
The continuing spread of COVID-19 has grabbed everyone’s undivided attention as we grapple with its effect on our daily lives. Clinical researchers with ongoing, or upcoming, clinical trials are working to understand, and trying to ameliorate, the impact of this pandemic on your studies to keep them on track.
From protocol amendments to participant recruitment and retention, the impact could be enormous. What can you do to minimize the disruption to your ongoing, or upcoming, clinical trial? Click here to watch this webinar on demand.
FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Guidance to Researchers from Southern Adelaide Clinical Human Research Ethics Committee
BMJ Medical Ethics - Ethics preparedness: facilitating ethics review during outbreaks - recommendations from an expert panel
COVID-19 Public Datasets & Data-Driven Tools - This resource list has been prepared in collaboration with the MIT COVID-19 Challenge (http://covid19challenge.mit.edu) and HealthDSA: Health Data Science & Analytics Community (www.HealthDSA.org) to assist healthcare and public health professionals, scientists, researchers, engineers, technologists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and policy experts with research and development of solutions for the COVID-19 Pandemic.
HSRAANZ Webinar and Events Calendar
ARCS are providing a series of free webinars for the clinical trials sector called “COVID – 19: considerations and strategies for running trials during the pandemic”.
To register for your place please follow this link: https://www.arcs.com.au/events/event/WEB23032020
COVUD-19 Online Panel Discussion at the Doherty Institute hosted and moderated by Dean Professor Shitif Kapur, and panellists including Doherty Institute Director Professor Sharon Lewin, Doherty researchers Professor Kanta Subbarao, Professor Dale Godfrey and Dr Mike Catton, and clinical neuropsychologist Professor Sarah Wilson. Video Link
Policy Forum Pod - Life after the COVID-19 crisis
Join Prof Sharon Friel and senior female academics in this uplifting podcast celebrating amazing women with incredible minds discussing how to solve the World’s problems. Includes COVID-19 episodes.
The Lancet - COVID-19 Resource Centre
CSIRO - Expert Commentary
BMJ - Latest News and Resources
NEMJ - COVID-19 Resources
WHO Database of publications on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Elsevier - Novel Coronavirus Information Center
Free health and medical research on the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19
Springer Nature - SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Taylor & Francis - COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content - Free to Access
Wiley On-line Library - Covid-19: Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
SAGE - Free Medical, Social, and Behavioral Science Articles from SAGE Publishing
Oxford Academic - content from online resources and leading journals freely accessible
Science Magazine - Working from home because of COVID-19? Here are 10 ways to spend your time
NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation - Evidence Check
A rapid review outlining the available evidence on a discrete topic or question relating to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence includes grey and peer review literature. View all Evidence Checks by date of publication.
JBI COVID -19 Special Collection
This free access Special Collection provides health professionals and health organisations with the best available evidence on infection prevention and infection control measures.
The American Psychological Association referencing guide has information on how to cite a cancelled conference presentation: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/canceled-conferences?fbclid=IwAR0CBNoFvqxgiqy1WWfBUfjXK6EXypegPRDNoMdUXBok6RqefE8AwlDuuZM
Methods of data collection that don’t require face-to-face interaction
Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Gray, D. (Eds.). (2017). Collecting qualitative data: A practical guide to textual, media and virtual techniques. Cambridge University Press
Twitter Feed on topic - https://twitter.com/DrAdamJowett/status/1240190672960991233
Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) - List of COVID-19 Resources
Deeble Institute Perspectives Brief - The use of Delphi method for remote consultations
Rapid Research Information Forum - The Rapid Research Information Forum (RRIF), is a forum for rapid information sharing and collaboration within the Australian research and innovation sector. It is convened by Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO FTSE FAA FAHMS, and its operations are led by the Australian Academy of Science. It has a number of reports available addressing key questions. Question 6 is "What impact is the pandemic having and likely to have on Australia’s research workforce and will we have the research workforce capability to support our recovery efforts?" and the report should be issued shortly.
