How COVID-19 Has Impacted Medical Research

by Mary Beth Nierengarten •

Citing the technology that permitted the rapid development of vaccines, Dr. Welling sees application of the technology to other areas that will act as a catalyst for further investigation and publication. “New technologies spawned by the epidemic may serve now as platforms for more rapid development of future technologies and manufacturing processes,” he said.

Mary Beth Nierengarten is a freelance medical writer based in Minnesota.

COVID-19 Impact Resources

To get a broad overview of the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on medical research, check out the following resources:

The impacts of COVID-19 on the research enterprise: a landscape review (Radecki, J, Schonfeld RC. ITHAKA, New York, NY. October 26, 2020).

This report covers financial impacts for universities, the impact on scientific research activities, and the human cost in terms of careers, gender disparities, and graduate and international students.

Impact of COVID-19 on clinical trials and clinical research: A systematic review (Sathian B, Asim M, Banerjee I, et al. Nepal J Epidemiol. 2020;10:878–887).

This systematic literature review assesses the impact of COVID-19 on clinical trials and research in the PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, Google Scholar, and Google electronic databases.