A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public workshop on March 21-22, 2022 to explore the long-term and potentially disabling health effects stemming from COVID-19 infection and how they might impact survivors’ ability to work.
This two-day virtual workshop, sponsored by the U.S. Social Security Administration, brought together invited experts to discuss a range of topic areas including:
- Overview of long COVID, characteristics of the population affected, and research initiatives underway
- Postacute sequelae of SARS-COV-2 infection and implications for recovery
- Experiences of long COVID patients and their caregivers
- Long-term impairments from COVID-19 and effects on work-related functioning
- Best practices to improve recovery and potential future advancements in knowledge
Workshop Planning Committee Members
Walter Frontera, MD, PhD, FRCP, Chair, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Rany Condos, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine & NYU Langone Health
Steven Deeks, MD, University of California, San Francisco & Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Andrea Lerner, MD, MS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Mansoor Malik, MD, MBA, MBBS, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Laura Malone, MD, PhD, Kennedy Krieger Institute & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Avindra Nath, MD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, UT Health San Antonio