COVID-19 Research Projects
Current Research Projects
Listed below are all research projects that have been launched or expanded as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
| UZH Researcher(s) | Institute/Department | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Boyman Onur, Nilsson Jakob, Bodenmiller Bernd |
Department of Immunology, USZ |
Correlates of protective immunity to SARS-Coronavirus 2 UZH News: UZH Researchers in the Fight Against CoronavirusVideo: How to recognize severe cases? SNSF Project Page |
| Brüggen Marie-Charlotte | Department of Dermatology, USZ | Maculopapular drug rashes with eosinophilia associated with proton pump inhibitors in severe COVID-19 cases: A Sars-CoV2-specific phenomenon? |
| Fraefel Cornel Eichwald Catherine, Aguilar Claudio |
Institute of Virology | A live, biologically-contained vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) SNSF Project Page |
| Freund Alexandra M., Scholz Urte |
Department of Psychology | Predicting the endorsement of preventive behaviors in the context of the Corona virus pandemic: Examining temporal dynamics and the role of risk communication |
| Friemel Thomas, Eisenegger Mark |
Department of Communication and Media Research | Covid-Norms: Monitoring und Analyse von Präventionsverhalten SNSF Project Page |
| Greber Urs | Institute of Molecular Life Sciences | Anti-CoV: Full-cycle high-throughput infection screen to identify clinical compounds with high repurposing potential against COVID-19 UZH News: Das Coronavirus an der Achillesferse packen |
| Hargittai Eszter | Department of Communication and Media Research |
Covid-19 and Digital Media Use |
| Held Leonhard | Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute | SUSPend: Impact of Social distancing policies and Underreporting on the SPatio-temporal spread of COVID-19 SNSF Project Page Project Website |
| Hofmann-Lehmann Regina | Clinical Laboratory Vetsuisse Faculty | COVID-19 in a One-Health Context: Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in animals and its implication for infection control ARAMIS Project Website |
| Hofmann-Lehmann Regina | Clinical Laboratory Vetsuisse Faculty | Importance of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Animals of COVID-19 Affected Households and Influence of Hygiene Standards ARAMIS Project Website |
| Kessler Sabrina H., Grüninger Servan, Jobin Anna, Georgi Fanny | Department of Communication and Media Research, Institute of Mathematics, Department of Molecular Life Sciences | What can we learn from COVID-19 fake news about the spread of scientific misinformation in general? Swiss Young Academy: Project Page |
| Kucher Nils, Barco Stefano |
Clinic for Angiology, USZ | Enoxaparin for primary thromoprophylaxis in ambulatory patients with coronavirus: the multicenter randomized controlled ovid trial SNSF Project Page |
| Kübler Daniel | Department of Political Science | Fighting the epidemic in a (direct) democracy: popular, political and legal acceptability of public health measures to counter COVID-19 in Switzerland Article on Taylor & Francis Online |
| Martin Roland | Department of Neurology, USZ | Protective and Pathogenic T Cell Immunity During SARS-CoV-2 Infection SNSF Project Page |
| Münz Christian | Institute of Experimental Immunology | Pharmacological and antibody mediated inhibition of coronavirus infection and their influence on its immune control |
| Pascolo Steve | Department of Dermatology, USZ | An optimized prophylactic mRNA vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 UZH News: Corona-Vakzin im Schnelltempo SNSF Project Page |
| Plückthun Andreas | Department of Biochemistry | Development of a targeted, adenoviral gene therapy platform for optimized delivery of SARS-CoV-2 interventions to the lung SNSF Project Page |
| Puhan Milo | Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute | Learning from the COVID-19 epidemic: A stress test to improve the future health care system and patient care responses to epidemic threats in Switzerland UZH News: UZH Researchers in the Fight Against Coronavirus Video: How many people are immune? |
| Schlag Thomas | Department of Theology |
Churches Online in Times of Corona (CONTOC) |
| Schwank Gerald | Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology | Generation of high-affinity anti-SARS-CoV2 antibodies for diagnostics and intervention |