COVID-19 Faculty Publications

Research Publication, Journal of the American Heart Association, by Katherine Mills. "Experiences and Beliefs of Low‐Income Patients with Hypertension in Louisiana and Mississippi during the COVID-19 Pandemic."
Research Publication, Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, by Tiong Gim Aw, "Drinking water microbiology in a water-efficient building: stagnation, seasonality, and physicochemical effects on opportunistic pathogen and total bacteria proliferation."
Research Publication, Environmental Research, by Samendra Sherchan. "Decay of SARS-CoV-2 and surrogate murine hepatitis virus RNA in untreated wastewater to inform application in wastewater-based epidemiology."
Research Publication, Science of The Total Environment, by Samendra Sherchan and Tiong Aw. "First detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in North America: A study in Louisiana, USA."
Commentary, Health Behavior and Policy Review, by David Seal. "COVID-19 and People Who Use Drugs - A Commentary."
Commentary, COVID-19 Latin American and the Caribbean Policy Documents Series #19, by Arachu Castro. "Challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the health of women, children, and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean."
- In Spanish: "Desafíos de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la salud de la mujer, de la niñez y de la adolescencia en América Latina y el Caribe."
Research Publication, Obesity, by John Lefante. "BMI is Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Intensive Care Unit Admission in African Americans."
Report, WHO COVID-19 Situation Report, number 196, featuring work of Lina Moses, Elaine Hicks, other SPHTM colleagues. "Subject in Focus: Supporting the COVID-19 response through the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network and the Global Health Cluster."
Research Publication, Maternal and Child Health Journal, by Pierre Buekens and other SPHTM colleagues. "Using Prenatal Blood Samples to Evaluate COVID‑19 Rapid Serologic Tests Specificity."
Research Publication, American College Health Association and The Healthy Minds Network, Alyssa Lederer was the chair of the National College Health Assessment Advisory Committee for ACHA and was actively involved in this research. "The Impact of COVID-19 on College Student Well-Being."
Commentary, Journal of the CDC: Preventing Chronic Disease, by Jeanette Gustat. "Recommendations for Keeping Parks and Green Space Accessible for Mental and Physical Health During COVID-19 and Other Pandemics."
Research Publication, bioRxiv, by Eric Dumonteil and Claudia Herrera. "Polymorphismand selection pressure of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and diagnostic antigens: implications for immune evasion and serologic diagnostic performance."
Commentary, Health Behavior and Policy Review Journal, by David Wyatt Seal. "Impact of COVID-19 on Persons in Correctional Facilities."
Commentary, Lancet Global Health, by Pierre Buekens and other SPHTM colleagues. “A call for action for COVID-19 surveillance and research during pregnancy.”
Commentary, UNDP Latin American and Caribbean blog, by Arachu Castro. “Response to the COVID-19 pandemic in urban slums and rural populations in Latin America.”
- In Spanish: “Respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19 en poblaciones urbano-marginales y rurales en América Latina”
Guide, Water Environment Federation, by Samendra Sherchan. “The Water Professionals Guide to COVID-19.”