Celebrating Wins in COVID Community Research Project

At the Research Institute, we do a wide range of research in many different areas of medicine however each study often has very specific inclusion and exclusion conditions so only a few qualify.  It's for this reason I am so pleased to share with you a study that is open to everyone in our community.

The COVID Community Research Project is an at-home research study to help us better understand the best ways to treat and prevent COVID-19. This extremely important surveillance study launched in November 2020 and three months later has reached remarkable milestones that all of us are MedStar Health Proud about: 

For the syndromic surveillance (daily questionnaire via the web or your phone) arm of the study, MedStar Health has:

  • Enrolled 11,300 participants!

For the serologic testing arm of the study where a finger-stick kit is sent to your home to test for antibodies to COVID, MedStar Health has:

  • Enrolled 8995 patients in serologic testing
  • 1418 participants have received their first test kit

The MedStar Health study team is leading the national consortium and has made tremendous progress on demographic, diagnostic, and medication data. Check out this video to hear directly from the study team and active participants. WATCH HERE!

To take part in the study, participants complete a short set of questions daily by phone or computer that answer questions about possible exposures to COVID-19, symptoms, and health care visits. An optional part to the study is for participants to complete an in-home serology test kit for antibodies to COVID-19.


Please share this study with your family and friends! They may find this video helpful.

Check out more information at MedStarHealth.org/JoinTheFight

If you would like to contact us about the study, please call MedStar’s contact center at 800-808-5759 or email us at JoinTheFight@medstar.net.

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