Researchers across a wide variety of disciplines at University of Maryland Baltimore and the University of Maryland Medical System are using their expertise to address the COVID-19 pandemic. They are conducting a number of Chart Review, Survey, Data Collection studies. Learn more about each study below.
| School | Principal Investigator | Type of study | Study Title |
| SOM | Black,M | Survery and Interview | COVID-19: Links to Risk for Food Insecurity, Family Routines, and Children's Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors |
| SOM | Magder, L | Survery/Data Collection | Assessing the Impact of Social Distancing and Personal Protection Activities on Risk of Infection with COVID-19 |
| SOM | Hines, S. | Survey | Assessment of Moral Injury & Oucupational Stress Amongst Healthcare Workers Involved in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| SOM | Stephanie, S/ Badhdadi, J | Survey | COVID-19: Residents and Allied health workers |
| SOP | Olives, E | Survey | Social capital in aftermath of COVID-19 |
| SOM | Kotillil, S. | Survey | COVID-19 HIV Registry Protocol |
| SON | Friedmann, E | Survey | Nurses' Peritraumatic Distress, Moral Distress, Professional Well-Being and Attitudes Towards Patient Safety Culture in Response to COVID-19 |
| SOM | Hager, E | Survey | Feeding Maryland Students in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Control Policies |
| SOM | Nandi, S | Survey | Effect of COVID-19 on Hip and Knee Replacement Cancellations |
| SOM | Bennett, M | Survey | Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Delivery of Tele-MH Services by Mental Health Treatment Program Clinicians and Staff |
| SOM | Garber, N | Survey | Using simulation to prepare for COVID-19 emergency response |
| SON | Breman, R | Survey | A Web Survey to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy worry, care and breastfeeding |
| SOM | Silverman, H | Survey | Moral Distress in Health Care Providers |
| SOM | Grasso, M | Survey/ Data Collection/Record Review | Emergency Medicine Quality Analytics |
| SOM | Isaiah, A | Survey/ Data Collection/Record Review | The natural history of obstructive sleep apnea as revealed by the interruption related to COVID-19 |
| SON | Friedmann, E | Survey | Nurses' Peritraumatic Distress, Moral Distress, Professional Well-Being and Attitudes Towards Patient Safety Culture in Response to COVID-19 |
| SOM | Bennet, M | Survey | Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Daily Living in People with Psychosis |
| SOM | Ryan, A. | Survey | Physical and Mental Health in Veterans Confined to Home during COVID-19 |
| SOM | Bennet, M | Survey | Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Program Patients |
| SOM | Jeudy, J | Survey | Indications for CT Imaging in Managing COVID-19 |
| SOM | Diaz, J | Survey | Characterization of a post discharge plan following infants born to mothers diagnosed with novel coronavirus infection |
| SOD | Martinho, F. | Survey | Survey Assessment of the effect of Covid-19 on Endodontic Practice |
| SOM | Olson, J. | Survey | COVID-19 pandemic influence on the medical student surgery clerkship and education |
| SON | Friedmann, E | Survey | Understanding Moral Distress and Resilience in Nurses During a Pandemic |
| SOM | Smith, E | Survey | Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Student Radiology Rotations |
| SOM | Luethy, P | Survey | Estimating the rate of COVID-19 in volunteers and participants at the 2020 Curling Club Nationals |
| SSW | Candelaria, M | Survey | Baltimore City Mayor's office for child and family success covid-19 child care parent and provider surveys |
| SOM | Weisenborn, C | Survey | Lung Cancer Patients and COVID 19 Safety Precautions |
| SOM | Manu, S | Survey | The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the weight-loss behaviors of primary care bariatric patients |
| SOP | Heil, E | Interviews/Data Collection | Characterization of remdesivir allocation and distribution in COVID-19 |
| SOP | Mullins, D | Interviews/Data Collection | Communicating about COVID-19 Testing to Underrepresented Populations |
| SOM | Hager, E | Survey/Interviews | A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Physical Education and Physical Activity in Schools during COVID-19 school closure |
| SSW | Candelaria, M | Interviews | B'more SUCCEEDS COVID response qualitative interviews |
| SOM | Wilkerson, R | Survey | Rapid Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination in Emergency Departments for Underserved Patients |
| SOM | Campbell, J | Survey | Parental COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Survey |
| SOM | Silverman, H | Interviews | Addressing Health Inequities due to covid-19 |
| SOP | Tran, D | Survey | Patient Perception Survey on Willingness to Receive Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine using the Health Belief Model to Identify Motivators |
| SOM | A. Lankford | Survey | Clinical outcomes of hospitalized obstetric patients with COVID-19 in Maryland between 2020 and 2021 |
| SOD | Martinho, M | Survey | COVID-19 Vaccine Survey |
| SON | Jones-Parker, H | Survey | Impact of Social determinants on COVID-19 in Front-Line Workers. |
| SOM | Stafford, K | Survey | COVID-19 Sero Survey Additional |
| SSW | Candelaria, M | Interviews/Data Collection | Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation during Covid-19 Pandemic |
| SOM | Bhutta, A. | Survey | Attitude toward COVID testing in Pakistan |
| SOM | Shetty, K | Survey | COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes Study in SOTRs |
| SOM | Niederhaus, S | Survey | Long-Term Complications of COVID-19 in Transplant Recipients |
| SSW | Negi, N | Survey | Health, COVID, and Immigrants of Color |
| SOM | Cross, R | Survey | Racial Concordance on COVID19 Vaccination Intent in Patients with IBD |
| School | Principal Investigator | Type of study | Study Title |
| SOM | Salenger, R | Data Analysis | The Surge after the surge: Analysis of the deceleration in adult cardiac surgery cases that have occurred secondary to the COVID 19 pandemic. |
| SOM | Kaushik, K. | Data Collection | Flattening the COVID-19 curve |
| SOM | Turan, S | Data collection | Towards Improvement of Perinatal outcome for patients with SARS CoV2 infection |
| SOM | Tabatabai, A | Data collection/ record review | Coagulopathy in critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 |
| SOM | Bruns, B | Data Collection/Record Review | Analysis of Trauma Volumes Pre and Post-COVID-19 |
| SOM | Malek, R | Data Collection/Record Review | Healthcare system experience of the impact of diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes on severity/outcomes in COVID-19 infection |
| SOM | Dezman, Z | Data Collection/Record Review | Impact of Social Distancing on US Emergency Departments During the COVID-91 Pandemic |
| SOM | Tabatabai, A | Data Collection/Record Review | COVID + Bio-containment Unit (BCU) - care for the critically ill with COVID 19 |
| SOM | Hossain, R | Data Collection/Record Review | Imaging findings of COVID19 patients |
| SOM | Hatten, K | Record Review | Evaluating Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Treatment Paradigms in Head and Neck Cancer |
| SOM | Hanna, N. | Record Review/Data Collection | Surgical Outcomes in patients with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 infection |
| SOM | Harris, A | Specimen Collection/ Data Collection/ Record Review | Testing respiratory swabs for COVID-19 |
| SOM | Frieman, M | computational analysis | Identification of FDA Approved Drugs or Novel Compounds Exhibiting SARS-CoV2 Inhibitory Activity |
| SOM | Bharadwaj, S | Case Report | Adaptation of Labor and Delivery Unit to COVID-19 |
| SOM | Talwani, R. | Chart Review | Chart review study of patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 disease |
| SOM | Lal, B | Chart Review | Cardiovascular Ischemia and COVID-19 |
| SOM | Anders, M | Chart Review | Screening for asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 in perioperative and trauma patients |
| SOM | Tabatabai, A | Retrospective chart review | 2020 Pandemic - Single center experience with veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and COVID-19- lessons learned |
| SOM | Gopakumar, S | Chart Review | A Systematic Review to study the effect of Glucocorticoids on Cytokine Storm in Patients with COVID-19 |
| SOM | Roghmann, M | Data Collection/Record Review | Project to assess nursing home facility factors which determine the trajectory of COVID-19 among nursing home residents |
| SOM | Raghavan, P | Chart Review | Imaging manifestations of COVID 19 in the neuraxis and aerodigestive tract |
| SOM | Marc Simard, J | Chart Review | Prolonged COVID-19 viral shedding and barriers to care in pregnancy with risk of extended in-patient isolation duration |
| SOM | Schmalzle, S | Chart Review | COVID testing and outcomes in People Living with HIV attending THRIVE clinic |
| SOM | Harris, A. | Retrospective chart review | Pre-Procedural Testing - Prevalence of Asymptomatic COVID Positive Patients |
| SOM | Kavic, S. | Retrospective chart review | Quantifying Changes in Laparoscopic Practice in the time of COVID-19 |
| SOM | Saharia, K | Chart Review | Infectious Complications in patients with COVID-19 treated with tocilizumab |
| SOM | Lominadze, Z | Retrospective chart review | Longitudinal follow-up of COVID-19 and related outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) |
| SOM | Schwartz, B | Chart review | The Effect Of Early Prone Ventilation In the Emergency Department On Reduction Of Mortality and Ventilator Free Days In Patients Testing Positive With Novel Coronavirus-19 |
| SOM | Ludwig, S | Chart review | Effect of COVID-19 on Complication and Readmission Rates in Lumbar Spine Surgery |
| SOM | Leekha, S. | Specimen Collection/ Data Collection/ Record Review | Outbreak of multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) on units housing COVID-19 patients |
| SOM | Khanna, N. | Survey/ Data Collection/ Record Review | COVID in Primary Care Observations: Understanding the impact of primary care in ambulatory COVID patients, COVID Risk Score uses to improve COVID outcomes, Health inequity in ambulatory COVID |
| SOM | Lane, W. | Chart review | The impact of COVID-19 on the regional epidemiology of child abuse evaluations |
| SOM | Miller, R. | Retrospective chart review | New Onset Diabetes in Youth During the COVID Pandemic |
| SOM | Bhutta, A | Data Analysis | H-Score in COVID-19 patients |
| SOM | Kaushal, S | Retrospective/Prospective study | Retrospective/Prospective review of COVID-19 positive ECMO patient outcomes |
| SOM | Hu, Kami | Retrospective Chart Review | Prognosticators in COVID-19 |
| SOP | Heavner, M | Data Collection/Record Review | Epidemiology and Outcomes of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients and Management Strategies |
| SOM | Baghdadi, J | Data Collection/Record Review | Sepsis in COVID-19 |
| SOM | Miller, R | Data Collection | Impact of COVID19 on gender participation in academic publishing in ASTRO journals |
| SOM | Rosenthal, G | Data Analysis | Changes in Cardiac Encounters in Pediatric Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| SOM | Haase, D | Data Collection | Triage and ECMO Resource Utilization During the COVID Pandemic |
| SOM | Chau, J | Chart review | Retrospective study on the effects of pregnancy on COVID-19 infection |
| SOM | Rabinowitz, R | Chart review | Outcome of VV-ECMO in Common Viral infections vs Covid-19 viral infections |
| SOM | Fisher, S | Data Collection/Record Review | COVID-19 in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease |
| SOP | Claeys, K | Chart review | Diagnostic Testing and Antibiotic Utilization in COVID-19 |
| SOM | Lee, J | Chart review | COVID 19 Postpartum LARC Study |
| SSW | Oktay, J | Data Analysis | Did COVID-19 change the interventions provided by oncology social workers in the epicenter for the pandemic |
| SOM | Mazzeffi, M | Data Collection | Determining the optimal timing for surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection |
| SOM | Holloway, A | Data Collection/Chart Review | Neurologic Manifestations of COVID 19 in Children |
| SOP | Yeung, S | Chart review | Sedation Requirements in ARDS patients on ECMO with COVID-19 |
| SOM | Leekha, S | Retrospective Review | COVID-19 workplace exposure risk stratification and transmission among healthcare workers |
| SOM | Latif, M | Retrospective Review | Patterns and Prognostic Significance of High Risk Features and Hypercoagulability followed over Hospitalization Time in COVID-19 patients |
| SSW | Oktay, J | Data Analysis | Did COVID-19 change the interventions provided by oncology social workers in the epicenter for the pandemic? |
| SOP | Wastila, L | Data Collection/Record Review | COVID-19 Infections and Medication Use in Nursing Homes |
| SOM | Gopakumar, S | Retrospective Chart Review | Racial Disparities-Associated COVID-19 Mortality among Hispanic/Latino during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| SOM | Law, J | Retrospective Chart Review | A Retrospective Analysis of ED visits and Hospitalizations for Sickle Cell Disease Spectrum Crises during COVID-19 |
| SOM | Belcher, A | Chart review | Methadone Treatment and Adherence During COVID-19 |
| SOM | Kewalramani, A | Chart review | Telemedicine in Pediatric EoE during COVID-19 |
| SOP | Yeung, S | Observational/ Retrospective | Evaluating Medical and Medication Related Needs in COVID19 Intensive-Care Unit (ICU) Survivors compared to non-COVID19 ICU Survivors |
| SOM | Luethy, P | Retrospective Chart Review | Evaluation of COVID-19 RT-PCR Test Ordering Practices |
| SOM | Ghneim, M | Data Collection/Record Review | Cytokine Blood Filtration Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients |
| SOM | Shadman, S | Retrospective Chart Review | Analysis is to determine the association between specific patient risk factors and laboratory values on disease severity of Covid-19. |
| SOM | Shukla, H | Data Analysis | Clinical data of Cancer patients with COVID-19 |
| SON | Moen, M | Data Analysis | Use of ICD-10 Z-Codes Pre- and During COVID-10 |
| SOM | Christenson, R | Specimen Collection/ Assay Review | Atellica IM/ADVIA Centaur SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Study |
| SOM | Wells, C | Retrospective Chart Review | FEES for COVID 19 Postiive Patients |
| SOM | Claassen, C | Retrospective Chart Review | Essential Health Services During COVID-19 Review at University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia |
| SOM | Cloeren, M | Data Collection/Record Review | Tracking Employee/Student COVID Immunization and Tests |
| SOM | Leekha | Sample/Data Collection/Record Review | COVID-19 Sero Survey Additonal |
| SOM | Frieman, M | Sample/Data Collection and Analysis | Begin to identify strain variants of SARS-CoV-2 appearing in the local population |
| SOP | dosReis, S | Data Analysis | Telepsychiatry for Pediatric Patients in the COVID-19 Era |
| SOM | Shukla, H | Data Collection/Record Review | Access to Clinical data of cancer patients undergoing Covid-19 treatment |
| SOM | Jin Jun, H | Data Analysis | Mental health correlates during the COVID-19 pandemic in youth |
| SOM | Luethy, P | Data Analysis | Comparison of the BD Max™ and Genmark ePlex® platforms for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA to the Cepheid GeneXpert® in positive nasopharyngeal and nasal swabs |
| SOM | Turan, S | Retrospective Chart Review | COVID-19 Effects on Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Outcomes |
| SOP | Yeung, S | Data Analysis | Characterization of Delirium in Mechanically Ventilated COVID19 Patients in the ICU |
| SOM | Tabatabai, A | Retrospective Chart Review | The Nurtirion Status in COVID-19 |
| SOM | Wilkerson, G | Retrospective Chart Review | Hospital Based Initiation of Buprenorphine Treatment for Patients with Opioid Withdrawal During The COVID-19 Pandemic |
| SOM | Bollinger, M | Retrospective Chart Review | COVID and Pediatric Asthma |
| SOM | Niederhaus, S | Retrospective Chart Review | The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Access to Kidney Transplantation |
| SOM | Aktay, A | Chart Review | COVID IMPACT on PEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPY |
| SOM | Vakharia, K | Retrospective Chart Review | Trauma during and before COVID database |
| SOM | Falvey, J | Data Analysis | Impacts of COVID19 on delivery of rehabilitation in nursing homes |
| School | Principal Investigator | Type of study | Study Title |
| SOM | Awan, O | Diagnostic Radiology | Cloud based learning during a pandemic: Rethinking radiology education |
| SOM | Kotloff, K | Health surveillance | Health center based surveillance for COVID-19 in Bamako, Mal |
| SOM | Sajadi, M | Prospective, Natural history | Voluntary Asymptomatic HCW |
| SOM | Turan, S | QI database | POISE 19 |
| SOM | Dezman, Z | Registry | Multi-center registry of potential COVID-19 patients presenting to US Emergency Departments |
| SOM | Bharadwaj, S | Registry | The SOAP COVID-19 Delivery Registry |
| SOM | Murthi , S | Registry | Viral Infection and Respiratory illness Universal Study: COVID-19 Registry and Validation of C2D2 (Critical Care Data Dictionary) |
| SOM | Harris, A | Serology | Serological responses of COVID-19 patients |
| SOM | Rolfo, C | Registry | International registry on thoracic cancer patients with COVID-19 (TERAVOLT) |
| SOM | Scalea, T | Secondary research | Utilization of Clinical Data and Continuous Vital Signs Trends in COVID-19 Patients to Predict Worsening Clinical Condition and Need for Increased Clinical Resources |
| SOM | Schwartz, B | Secondary research | COVID-19 Research Registry at UM Capital |
| SOM | Morgan, D | Website | A website to serve as a public resource summarizing information on the variousCOVID-19 molecular diagnostics and serology tests to delineate their functional characteristics |
| SOM | Christenson, R | Specimen Testing | De-identified samples will be tested for COVID 19 antibodies via the CDC ELISA method. |
| SOM | Hines, E | Secondary research | Effect of COVID-19 on Intentional Exposures Reported to Poison Control Centers |
| SOM | Buehler,P | Sample Analysis | Evaluation of mechanisms driving plasma coagulation and fibrinolysis in mild, moderate and sever COVID-19 patients. |
| SOP | Mattingly,J | Secondary research | Cross-sectional analysis of publicly available crowdfunding posts on GoFundMe related to COVID-19 |
| SOM | Driscoll, C | Secondary research | Programmatic Evaluation of the COVID Clinical Mobility Program |
| SOM | Cloeren, M. | Information System | Information system to permit rapid identification, tracking, risk determination, status monitoring, and necessary public health notifications about UMB and associated UM organizations (UMMS, FPI, UMMC) employees exposed to patients with COVID-19 |
| SOM | Christenson, R | Specimen Collection | Collection of Residual Samples for COVID 19 Method Comparison Testing |
| SOM | Christenson, R | Assays Comparison | Evaluation of multiple SARS-CoV-2Antibody assays. Comparison of Specificity and Sensitivity across Multiple Siemens platforms and two competitive assays. |
| SOM | Jeudy, J | Registry | UMMS COVID-19 Image Data Repository |
| SOM | Bruns, B | Registry | Surgical Critical Care During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| SOM | Turan, S | Database | Pregnancy Outcomes In SARS CoV 2 Epidemic |
| SOM | Chen, W | Health surveillance | Maryland Department of Health Serological Surveillance in Hospital EDs |
| SSW | Candelaria, M | Qualitative Interviews | Map to Success Qualitative Interviews about experiences of pregnant and parenting youth and service providers in Baltimore City |
| SOD | Martinho, F | Sample Collection | Index of microbial air contamination and surface during routine endodontic procedures |
| SOM | Leekha, S | Health surveillance | Quality Improvement Utilizing COVID Antigen Test at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health |
| SOM | Neuzil, K | Specimen Testing | COVID-19 Testing on Samples Collected in TyVAC Malawi Study |
| SOM | Rolfo, C | Specimen Testing | Process Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples, Respiratory Secretion Samples, and Blood Samples from COVID Patients |
| SOM | Cloeren, M | Health surveillance | COVID-19 Management and Communication Form in REDCap |
| SOD | Mehls, R | Secondary research | COVID-19: A Major Barrier to the Use of The Piezo in Dental Hygiene |
| SON | Resnick, K | Secondary research | Evaluating the Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 Among Assisted Living Residents with Dementia |
| SOM | Campbell, J | Recruitment Tool | Pediatric COVID-19 Recruitment Tool |
| SOM | Deming, M | Specimen Testing | Seasonal coronavirus immunity and effects on SARS-COV-2 immune response |
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