NIH observational study of coronavirus infection and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children begins
l Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (teal and purple), isolated from a patient sampleNIAID
An observational study has launched to evaluate the short- and long-term health outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), and to characterize the immunologic pathways associated with different disease presentations and outcomes. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. The study, called the Pediatric Research Immune Network on SARS-CoV-2 and MIS-C (PRISM), will enroll at least 250 children and young adults ages 20 years or younger from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds at approximately 20 sites nationwide. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is sp
Leading Neuroscience Obesity Researcher Named New TOS President
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Catherine Cathy Kotz, PhD, FTOS, a leading researcher into the neuroscience of obesity and energy balance is the new president of The Obesity Society (TOS), the organization announced today. Due to the considerable efforts of our TOS executive team, staff and members in preceding years, I stand in a great position to help TOS continue to lead the way in improving obesity research, access and care, said Kotz, professor and associate director of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota s Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology. She is also associate director of research at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center in Minneapolis.
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Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland