COVID-19 and HIV Resources

Updated November 18, 2020

This page provides a wide range of resources surrounding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and is updated at least monthly. Please contact Dini Harsono (dini.harsono@yale.edu) for questions and comments.

Research Funding

• Funding list collated by CIRA: COVID-19 administrative supplements, competitive revisions, and other funding opportunities (updated November 18, 2020).
• NIH funding opportunities specific to COVID-19: a listing of active and expired funding opportunities.

Call for Papers/Abstracts

• AIDS and Behavior: "Notes from the Field". Visit the journal's Facebook group for discussion and resources related to conducting social and behavioral HIV research during the pandemic.
• American Psychological Association (APA) Journals.
• Health Security: Systemic Racism and Health Security During COVID-19 (submission deadline: January 31, 2021).
• Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS). Visit JIAS virtual issue “HIV and COVID-19” that presents emerging insights about the epidemiology and biology of SARS-CoV-2, social and structural factors potentiating spread and responses to contain the pandemic, and unique clinical features of SARS-CoV-2/HIV-1 co-infection.
• Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS): “The Impact of COVID-19 on Differentiated Service Delivery for HIV” (submission deadline: January 6, 2021).
• Journal of Addiction Medicine.
• NIH Request for Information (RFI): "Inviting Comments and Suggestions on the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research" (response date: December 7, 2020).
• Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD): "Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Population Health in Diverse Communities and Settings" (submission deadline: December 31, 2020).
• Public Health Reports: "COVID-19 Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities for Public Health Practice".

Research Tools and Guidance

• NIH Repository of COVID-19 Research Tools: compiled by NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and Public Health Emergency and Disaster Research Response (DR2).
• PhenX Toolkit COVID-19 Protocols: categorizes COVID-19 instruments in the DR2 collection into specific topic areas and provides recommended standard data collection protocols for biomedical research.
• CDC COVID-19 Community Survey Question Bank: potential questions for community surveys offered by the CDC to interested researchers.
• The Pandemic Stress Index (PSI): a 3-item measure of behavior changes and stress during COVID-19 pandemic. Publication: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Latino Sexual Minority Men in a US HIV Hot Spot.
• COVID-19 Interview Items for Vulnerable Populations: compiled by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (updated April 27, 2020).
• The Chicago COVID-19 Comorbidities (C3) Survey: a telephone survey linked to 3 NIH-funded active clinical trials and 1 cohort study. Publication: Awareness, Attitudes, and Actions Related to COVID-19 Among Adults With Chronic Conditions at the Onset of the U.S. Outbreak: A Cross-sectional Survey.
• WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Action Plan Guidance COVID-19 Preparedness and Response: a rapid quantitative assessment tool to develop, implement and monitor an effective action plan for communicating effectively with key stakeholders in response to COVID-19.
• WHO Survey Tool and Guidance: Rapid, simple, flexible behavioural insights on COVID-19: guidance to Member States in the WHO European Region that wish to conduct behavioural insights studies related to COVID-19.
• Ethics Resources for Conducting Research in Public Health Emergencies: resources assembled by The Hastings Center that address ethical and evidentiary issues about conducting human vaccine and treatment trials and other studies during public health emergencies.
• North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD): a timeline of COVID-19 in the US and Canada, links to core data elements needed for COVID-19 research, and surveys used by NA-ACCORD cohorts to capture the impact of COVID-19.
• Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA): a compilation of COVID-19 clinical trial and research recommendations including key research questions for federal agencies and investigators.

Research Articles (CIRA affiliates in italics)

• Marhefka S, Lockhart E, Turner D. Achieve Research Continuity During Social Distancing by Rapidly Implementing Individual and Group Videoconferencing with Participants: Key Considerations, Best Practices, and Protocols [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 2]. AIDS Behav. 2020;1‐7. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02837-x
• Shoptaw S, Goodman-Meza D, Landovitz RJ. Collective Call to Action for HIV/AIDS Community-Based Collaborative Science in the Era of COVID-19 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 16]. AIDS Behav. 2020;1‐4. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02860-y
• Saberi P. Research in the Time of Coronavirus: Continuing Ongoing Studies in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 18]. AIDS Behav. 2020;1‐4. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02868-4
• Opara I, Chandler CJ, Alcena-Stiner DC, Nnawulezi NA, Kershaw TS. When Pandemics Call: Community-Based Research Considerations for HIV Scholars [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 24]. AIDS Behav. 2020;1‐3. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02878-2
• Sun S, Hou J, Chen Y, Lu Y, Brown L, Operario D. Challenges to HIV Care and Psychological Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in China [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 7]. AIDS Behav. 2020;1‐2. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02903-4
• Edelman EJ, Aoun-Barakat L, Villanueva M, Friedland G. Confronting Another Pandemic: Lessons from HIV can Inform Our COVID-19 Response [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 12]. AIDS Behav. 2020;1‐3. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02908-z
• Poteat T, Millett G, Nelson LE, Beyrer C. Understanding COVID-19 Risks and Vulnerabilities among Black Communities in America: The Lethal Force of Syndemics [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 14]. Ann Epidemiol. 2020;10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.004. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.004
• Rosenberg A, Keene DE, Schlesinger P, Groves AK, Blankenship KM. COVID-19 and Hidden Housing Vulnerabilities: Implications for Health Equity, New Haven, Connecticut [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 24]. AIDS Behav. 2020;1‐2. doi:10.1007/s10461-020-02921-2
• Rozanova J, Shenoi S, Zaviryukha I, Zeziulin O, Kiriazova T, Rich K, Mamedova E, Yariy V. Social Support is Key to Retention in Care during Covid-19 Pandemic among Older People with HIV and Substance Use Disorders in Ukraine [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 15]. Subst Use Misuse. 2020;1-3. doi:10.1080/10826084.2020.1791183
• Hu Y, Ma J, Huang H, Vermund SH. Coinfection with HIV and SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China: A 12-person case series [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 12]. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020;10.1097/QAI.0000000000002424. doi:10.1097/QAI.0000000000002424
• Harris OO, Leblanc N, McGee K, Randolph S, Wharton MJ, Relf M. Alarm at the Gate-Health and Social Inequalities are Comorbid Conditions of HIV and COVID-19. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2020;31(4):367-375. doi:10.1097/JNC.0000000000000190
• Cooper TJ, Woodward BL, Alom S, Harky A. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes in HIV/AIDS patients: a systematic review [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 15]. HIV Med. 2020;10.1111/hiv.12911. doi:10.1111/hiv.12911
• Heimer R, McNeil R, Vlahov D. A Community Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Case Study in Protecting the Health and Human Rights of People Who Use Drugs. J Urban Health. 2020;97(4):448-456. doi:10.1007/s11524-020-00465-3
• Golin R, Godfrey C, Firth J, Lee L, Minior T, Phelps BR, Raizes EG, Ake JA, Siberry GK. PEPFAR's response to the convergence of the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020;23(8):e25587. doi:10.1002/jia2.25587
• Shepherd J, Friedland G. Preventing COVID-19 collateral damage [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 16]. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;ciaa772. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa772
• Berman M, Eaton LA, Watson RJ, Andrepont JL, Kalichman S. Social Distancing to Mitigate COVID-19 Risks Is Associated With COVID-19 Discriminatory Attitudes Among People Living with HIV. Ann Behav Med. 2020 Oct 1;54(10):728-737. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaa074. PMID: 32940326; PMCID: PMC7516104.
• Rentsch CT, Kidwai-Khan F, Tate JP, Park LS, King JT Jr, Skanderson M, Hauser RG, Schultze A, Jarvis CI, Holodniy M, Lo Re V 3rd, Akgün KM, Crothers K, Taddei TH, Freiberg MS, Justice AC. Patterns of COVID-19 testing and mortality by race and ethnicity among United States veterans: A nationwide cohort study. PLoS Med. 2020 Sep 22;17(9):e1003379. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003379. PMID: 32960880; PMCID: PMC7508372.
• Vrazo AC, Golin R, Fernando NB, Killam WP, Sharifi S, Phelps BR, Gleason MM, Wolf HT, Siberry GK, Srivastava M. Adapting HIV services for pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants, children, adolescents and families in resource-constrained settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020 Sep;23(9):e25622. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25622. PMID: 32996705; PMCID: PMC7525801.
• DeLong SM, Denison JA, Yang C, Agwu A, Alexander KA, Kaufman MR, Arrington-Sanders R. From HIV to COVID-19: Focusing on and Engaging Adolescents and Young Adults During the Pandemic. Am J Public Health. 2020 Nov;110(11):1650-1652. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305915. PMID: 33026867; PMCID: PMC7542284.
• Tam CC, Sun S, Yang X, Li X, Zhou Y, Shen Z. Psychological Distress Among HIV Healthcare Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China: Mediating Roles of Institutional Support and Resilience. AIDS Behav. 2020 Oct 21:1–9. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03068-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33089356; PMCID: PMC7577363.
• Mi T, Yang X, Sun S, Li X, Tam CC, Zhou Y, Shen Z. Mental Health Problems of HIV Healthcare Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Interactive Effects of Stressors and Coping. AIDS Behav. 2020 Oct 30. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03073-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33128108; PMCID: PMC7598225.
• Johnston R. The first 6 months of HIV-SARS-CoV-2 coinfection: outcomes for 6947 individuals. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2020 Nov 5. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000654. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33165007.

Databases of COVID-19 Research Articles and Resources

• WHO COVID-19 Database: international multilingual scientific findings and knowledge on COVID-19, updated daily and downloadable.
• CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Novel Coronavirus Reports and podcasts on COVID-19, published weekly.
• NIH Office of Portfolio Analysis COVID-19 Portfolio: NIH’s comprehensive, expert-curated source for publications related to COVID-19.
• CORD-19: COVID-19 Open Research Dataset: a free resource of more than 280,000 scholarly articles about the novel coronavirus for use by the global research community.
• LitCovid: a database compiled by the National Library of Medicine from COVID-19 articles in PubMed.
• COVID-19 Law Lab: a database of legal documents from over 190 countries to help states establish and implement strong legal frameworks to manage the pandemic that protect the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
• Coronavirus Innovation Map: a live visual global directory created by the UNAIDS Health Innovation Exchange and StartupBlink to identify projects aimed at helping people cope and adapt to life during the crisis.

COVID-19 and HIV Resources

• CDC: resources for people at risk for or with HIV, clinicians, and public health partners.
• The Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (HANC): resources and information on the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on the intersection with the HIV pandemic.
• UNAIDS: resources published by UNAIDS (brochure, infographic, report).
• International AIDS Society (IAS): Q&A, stories from the frontline, and webinar series.
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care’s COVID-19 page: archived weekly updates (March-May 2020) and webinars.
• New England AIDS Education and Training Center: resources for people with HIV and providers with links to New England COVID-19 state government pages and relevant organizations.
• Fenway Health: a policy brief that outlines the impact of COVID-19 on people living with HIV and LGBTQIA+ people (published March 2020).
• Connecticut HIV Planning Consortium (CHPC): a newsletter in English and Spanish with resources, information, and perspectives related to HIV care and prevention and COVID-19 (published June 2020).
• National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO): COVID-19 updates collated part of The Essential Elements of Local Public Health with topics related to HIV.
• Mental Health Technology Transfer Center: COVID-19 and mental health resources for diverse populations and providers who support them.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): training and technical assistance (TTA) on matters related to the mental and substance use disorder field and COVID-19 (updated weekly).
• FHI 360: outlines strategic considerations to support key populations (KP)-focused HIV programs to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (published May 2020).

• Scientists study intersection of COVID-19 and HIV: an article by Fogarty International Center that highlights ongoing global research and resources related to COVID-19 and HIV (published in August 2020).

COVID-19 Regional and National Data

• COVID-19 Data from the National Center for Health Statistics: provides the most recent data available on deaths, mental health, and access to health care from the vital statistics system and through a partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Johns Hopkins' Coronavirus Resource Center's Maps & Trends: tracks and aggregates the spread of COVID-19 globally.
• Connecticut COVID-19 Response: provides Connecticut-focused resources including guidance, data tracker, contact tracing, and testing site locations.

Yale Resources

• Yale Research, Clinical & Data Driven Responses to COVID-19: highlights research progress and patient care initiatives and facilitates collaboration at Yale and across the world.
• Yale Program in Addiction Medicine Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance Documents:
• COVID-19 Guidance for Clinicians
• COVID-19 Guidance for Patients Engaged in Substance Use Treatment
• COVID-19 Guidance for Youth Engaged in Substance Use Treatment
• COVID-19 Guidance for People Who Use Substances
• COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital-Based Addiction Treatment
• The Yale COVID HASTE Data Science: brings together Yale researchers from numerous disciplines to present COVID-19-related research in workshop series (last updated August 2020).
• COVID-19 Right Now!: an archive of live discussions with Yale faculty and alumni that cover the most pressing matters related to COVID-19 (last updated July 2020).
• The Health of the Body Politic: a clearinghouse launched by the Yale MacMillan Center to archive research and analysis on COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice.
• COVID-19: ISPS and Yale Social Science: a repository of Yale social science activities related to the COVID-19 pandemic created by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS).