COVID-19 has been particularly hard on transplant recipients and their families and caregivers. With weakened immune systems, vaccines don’t provide as much protection, leaving them at higher risk of serious illness, hospitalization, or death from COVID-19. This highlights the urgent need for more research to develop better ways to protect transplant recipients and reduce the risk of severe disease.
Since 2020, the CDTRP’s COVID-19 research has focused on the needs and priorities of patients, families, and caregivers. On this page, you will find research updates, educational resources, and the latest information on COVID-19 for transplant recipients, families, and caregivers.
This page will also provide regular updates on our current research project, Addressing Critical Issues and Therapeutics Emerging in Transplantation in COVID-19 (TREAT-COVID). You can also access information from our previous projects below.
National Prioritization Forums
TREAT-COVID will host 4 National Prioritization Forums. Each Forum provides a venue for the research team to engage with stakeholders in the transplant community, including patients, families, caregivers, clinicians, trainees, researchers, government, and industry. The Forum helps identify the most urgent and emerging research questions and issues confronting transplant patients, families, caregivers, and the broader transplant ecosystem. Below, you will find the results of our completed National Forums and the tentative dates for upcoming Forum’s. These are open to the public.
Knowledge Mobilization
The CDTRP continues to leverage its infrastructure to understand the needs, concerns, and priorities of transplant families. Our goal is to provide accessible, trustworthy, and up-to-date information to support transplant recipients, families, and caregivers.
Below, you’ll find a list of current and past COVID-19 research projects supported by CDTRP. Click on each one to learn more.