As someone who had been in academia and formerly affiliated with two different ACC schools, I thought I'd share some of the press about how some ACC member institutions are participating and research and development in the fight against COVID-19 from items I've run across.

Regarding vaccine development, according to WHO, as of April 4, there are 63 different projects worldwide, only 2 actively in phase 1 trials. Of six US educational institutions working to develop vaccines, 3 are ACC members: Pitt (2 different ones), Duke, and Miami. The other schools working on vaccine projects are Tulane, Georgia, and Baylor College of Medicine (not to be confused with the separate Baylor University in Waco). Meanwhile, UNC in collaboration with Emory has developed a novel oral anti-retroviral drug and another to protect lungs from damage that it is hoping to take into phase 1 trials.

Here are some popular press articles from ACC schools on their various projects. This is not comprehensive. Looking forward to others posting more.

Pitt

• Vaccine (protein-micro-needle), appeared in multiple national news sources (WSJ, Reuters, Fox), more complete info is here: https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/news/covid...d-research
• Vaccine (measles vector): CBS News; https://www.post-gazette.com/local/regio...2003190124
• Vaccine (RNA based): https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health...2006050095
• Adaptive platform drug clinical trials (multiple candidates): https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health...2004090104
• Tobacco antiviral Q-Griffithsin (w/ Louisville): https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-al...-covid-19/
• Leading neurological effects consortium: https://www.fr24news.com/a/2020/04/docto...ience.html
• Plasma treatment program: https://triblive.com/local/regional/coro...ittsburgh/
• Participation in the American Lung Association’s Covid-19 Action Initiative: https://triblive.com/local/pitt-research...h-network/
• Development of immunity test: https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/04/...-immunity/
• New resuable mask technology: https://www.post-gazette.com/business/te...2004270095
• FDA approval of Pitt-designed alternative ventilator: https://liber.post-gazette.com/news/heal...2004240108
• Roboventilator (w/ CMU): https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/05/...ventilator
• Disease modeling: https://www.publicsource.org/pennsylvani...might-not/
• Data sharing: https://inside.upmc.com/pitt-turns-rapid...structure/
• CompSci social distancing tracking: https://www.post-gazette.com/business/te...2004090143
• Engineering labs producing & donating hand sanitizer: https://pittnews.com/article/156671/news...e-workers/
• Re-purposing facilities: https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/...2003240126
• Testing: https://www.witf.org/2020/03/14/upmc-dev...d-19-test/
  

Duke

• overview: https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/news...9-research
• Clinical trial (HCQ): https://today.duke.edu/2020/04/duke-lead...re-workers
• Clinical trial (prevention w/ remdesivir): https://www.newsobserver.com/news/corona...91106.html
• Spike protein structure: https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/news...us-vaccine
• Mask recycling: https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/news...-shortages
• 3D printing face-shields: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/24862...ndemic.htm
• Modeling (w/UNC): https://governor.nc.gov/news/north-carol...d-preserve
  

Louisville

• Aptamer antiviral: http://www.uoflnews.com/section/science-...ronavirus/
• Tobacco antiviral Q-Griffithsin (w/ Pitt): https://www.lanereport.com/123471/2020/0...n-tobacco/
• Computer modeling: https://www.lanereport.com/124148/2020/0...-kentucky/
• Testing: https://www.wlky.com/article/uofl-lab-te.../32035444#
• Surveillance: https://www.wdrb.com/news/hard-at-work-u...ab942.html
  

UNC

• Novel oral anti-viral: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/...04921.html
• Drug to prevent lung damage: https://abc11.com/coronavirus-unc-drug-t...t/6081435/
• Remdesivir: https://www.wunc.org/post/unc-lab-may-of...-treatment
• Modeling (w/Duke): https://governor.nc.gov/news/north-carol...d-preserve
  

Virginia

• Infectious disease lab: https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local...17f3a.html
• Remdesivir trial: https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-jo...medication
• Drug testing (respiratory, TSC): https://www.biospace.com/article/release...nd-ithriv/
• proteomics test: https://www.nbc29.com/2020/03/17/uva-res...ct-covid-/
• data tracking: https://www.cbs19news.com/story/41822994...oronavirus
• Testing: https://www.wric.com/health/coronavirus/...d-19-test/
  

Miami

• Vaccine: https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/u...p-vaccine/
• Testing: https://news.miami.edu/stories/2020/03/u...-labs.html
• Community serologic study: https://wjno.iheart.com/featured/florida...-19-study/
  

Georgia Tech

• Ventilator: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/hea...765081fd86
• PPE production: https://www.medtechintelligence.com/news...-covid-19/
• Testing component production: https://rh.gatech.edu/news/634631/georgi...initiative
• Retesting algorithm: https://rh.gatech.edu/news/634299/digita...-decisions
• PPE donations: https://news.gatech.edu/2020/03/31/truck...re-workers
• Testing space for CVS: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/...rking-deck
  

NC State

• Manufacturing material for masks: https://www.wect.com/2020/04/03/nc-state...masks-day/
• Online tracking tool: https://today.tamu.edu/2020/04/06/texas-...ssessment/
• Equipment donations: https://cvm.ncsu.edu/combating-coronavir...hospitals/
  

Virginia Tech

• Testing: https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2020/04/vir...sting/amp/
  

Florida State

• Law: https://news.fsu.edu/news/business-law-p...19-crisis/
  

Thanks for the information CP.

Georgia Tech is offering free COVID testing in partnership with CVS with results in minutes.

Thanks for compiling this, Paco!

https://www.wect.com/2020/04/03/nc-state...masks-day/

Material for 500,000 surgical masks a day

Various Vet School Stuff for COVID

https://cvm.ncsu.edu/inside-an-unprecede...t-the-cvm/


While not listed here, I would expect the VT school and Carrilion at VT to be doing some of the same.

Not COVID, but it seems VT has found an Asian tick in VA cattle. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/02/v...-tick.html

Good stuff Paco. thanks

Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist at NIH. She earned undergrad degree at UMBC and PhD at UNCCH.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizzmekia_Corbett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a09PhAqw16A

Louisville: http://louisville.edu/dentistry/news/3d-...-test-kits

Pitt,

Come up with a vaccine and all is forgiven.

(04-19-2020 10:30 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Pitt,

Come up with a vaccine and all is forgiven.

Pitt needs no forgiveness for anything.

Besides, Pitt has already defeated polo, developed organ transplanation, pioneered emergency medicine, and saved the boob.

Louisville’s Medical School and University Hospital have also done some noteworthy things...

First Trauma Center in the US in 1911 at UofL Hospital. First EMS started at UofL Hospital in 1930’s.

“Accident services were already provided by workmen's compensation plans, railway companies, and municipalities in Europe and the United States by the late mid-nineteenth century, but the first specialized trauma care center in the world was opened in 1911 in the United States at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, and was developed by surgeon Arnold Griswold during the 1930s. Griswold also equipped police and fire vehicles with medical supplies and trained officers to give emergency care while en route to the hospital.”

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Emergency_department


First Cancer Vaccine in 2005 for HPV (Cervical Cancer)

https://fliphtml5.com/oqpx/eyxk/basic

https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2020/04/vir...sting/amp/

GT is making testing kit components: https://rh.gatech.edu/news/634631/georgi...initiative

GT has designed a ventilator based on resuscitation bags: https://news.gatech.edu/2020/04/06/simpl...ation-bags

They donated 8 pallets of PPE: https://news.gatech.edu/2020/03/31/truck...re-workers

They've designed a tool to help doctors to decide if retesting is necessary: https://rh.gatech.edu/news/634299/digita...-decisions

U of L researcher discovers predictor for most severe COVID-19 cases

https://www.wdrb.com/news/u-of-l-researc...user-share