The COVID-19 pandemic has affected most aspects of the daily lives of Americans and people across the world. Marquette University, a research and student-focused institution, is in the unique position to bring together scholars from the Marquette community, including faculty, staff, and students, to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, how we got here, and the emerging trends and strategies to address the changing world.

The primary goal of this research initiative is to identify, and promote research performed by the Marquette community on the immediate and long-term issues and the impact on society related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This could involve small or large research collaborations, from new or existing interdisciplinary collaborative teams, or work led by individual investigators. The emphasis will be on achievable and feasible short- and long-term research projects or educational opportunities focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. This initiative will provide high-impact learning opportunities for Marquette graduate and undergraduate students through research of COVID-19 pandemic issues that will affect this generation for years to come. The Marquette initiative will complement the current Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) COVID-19 Research Initiative that is focused on clinical and health systems studies.

 

Recent Updates

The Marquette COVID-19 Research Initiative is gaining significant traction. Projects, studies, podcasts, commentaries, webinars, and classes are in the making by teams and individuals. The outcomes are emerging. Learn about the latest developments and projects taking place through the COVID-19 Research Initiative: 

1. Public Health and Equity Fellowship Program: Students are welcome to apply to be fellows in the 2020-2021 Public Health and Equity Fellowship Program. Fellows will 1) Engage in COVID-19 related research by applying public health and other disciplinary approaches and 2) Engage in health equity research related to racial injustice by applying public health and other disciplinary approaches.
2. Lightning Talks: Round 2 recording: Watch the second round of Lightning Talks from Marquette researchers working on COVID-19 pandemic-related projects! 
3. Dr. Sandra Hunter on WUWM: Dr. Hunter was recently featured on Milwaukee's WUWM to give tips on exercising while wearing a mask. 
4. President's Challenge for COVID-19 Response Awardees:  Congratuations to the President’s Challenge - COVID-19 Response Grant Winners!
   • Dr. Walter Bialkowski, “Empowering Those Who Seek to End Hunger through Collaboration and Innovation” 
     Solutions to optimize public food service distribution to meet the growing need brought upon by sudden unemployment.
   • Dr. Andrea Schneider, “When Safer-at-Home is Not Actually Safe: Supporting Intimate Partner Violence Survivors during Quarantine” 
     A study on the impact of safer-at-home orders has on intimate partner violence
   • Mr. Patrick Kennelly, “Promoting Resiliency & Improved Coping in Education (PRICE)”
     An online toolkit resource for teachers to assist students from disproportionately affected populations with the effects of COVID-19 and systemic racism
5. Short Survey: To help understand the work being done and the people involved we would appreciate you taking the time to fill out a short survey . This will allow us to obtain more information on current projects (research studies, education pursuits, humanities focused projects, community programming etc.) and those involved, including faculty, staff and students. Keep in mind that each survey submission is to represent one project.  Thus, if you are involved in several projects, please arrange one submission for each project. If you are significantly associated with studies at other institutions (e.g. MCW) please include. 

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