Updated April 9, 2020 The National Academies’ Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats was assembled at the request of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.  The standing committee held its first meeting on March 11, during which it discussed potential research priorities arising as a result of the emergence of COVID-19 in the U.S. and globally. It is providing rapid expert consultations on several topics, such as surface stability and incubation, social distancing, and crisis standards of care. 

• Rapid Expert Consultation on Severe Illness in Young Adults in Italy (March 14, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on Surface Stability and Incubation (March 15, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on Social Distancing (March 19, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on Data Elements and Systems Design for Modeling and Decision Making for the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 21, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on SARS-CoV-2 Survival and Incubation for the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 27, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on Crisis Standards of Care for the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 28, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on the Possibility of Bioaerosol Spread of SARS-CoV-2 for the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 1, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on SARS-CoV-2 Survival in Relation to Temperature and Humidity and Potential for Seasonality for the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 7, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on the Effectiveness of Fabric Masks for the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 8, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory Testing for the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 8, 2020)
• Rapid Expert Consultation on SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding and Antibody Response for the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 8, 2020)

Contacts:
William Kearney, Executive Director
Dana Korsen, Media Relations Manager
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail news@nas.edu