The novel coronavirus (aka SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically transformed life for the entire United States in a matter of weeks and has resulted in logistic, medical, and economic challenges for individuals, households, communities, and states. CHASING COVID is a national study to understand the spread and impact of COVID-19 on individuals, households, and communities across the country.
Initial objectives (early in pandemic):
- Estimate and evaluate determinants of the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, disease and death;
- Assess the pandemic’s impact on psychosocial and economic outcomes (e.g., mental health, unemployment, food security); and
- Assess the uptake of pandemic mitigation strategies (e.g., masking, testing, contact tracing, isolation/quarantine, vaccination).
Additional objectives (added later in pandemic):
- Assess the incidence and risk factors for long COVID;
- Assess the uptake of oral antivirals; and
- Test a brief digital intervention aimed at decreasing undervaccination for COVID-19 in adults with mental health symptoms.
Project Investigators
Denis Nash PI
ISPH Executive Director
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology
Christian Grov
Chair, Community Health and Social Sciences
Andrew Maroko
Associate Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Associate Director, Lehman College Urban GISc Lab
Angela Parcesepe
Assistant Professor Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Madhura Rane
Postdoctoral Fellow
McKaylee Robertson
ISPH Investigator
Drew A. Westmoreland
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Medicine & College of Public health and Health Professions, University of Florida
Project Staff
Subha Balasubramanian
Data Manager/Analyst
Amanda Berry
Operations Manager
Jasmine Chan
Junior Data Analyst/Research Assistant
Sarah Kulkarni
Associate Director
Chloe Mirzayi
ISPH Investigator
Kate Penrose
Project Director
William Salgado-You
Study Manager
Jenny Shen
Research Scientist
Avantika Srivastava
Research Scientist
Surabhi Yadav
Research Associate
Rebecca Zimba
Research Scientist
Jenna Sanborn
Research Scientist
