In 2020, overwhelmed hospitals and excessive fatalities defined a world grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, a new challenge emerged: A growing population struggled to recover fully from COVID-19.Patients coined the term “long COVID”
A collaboration led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis aims to advance long-COVID care in medically vulnerable and underserved communities in the St. Louis metropolitan region and in rural Missouri. The WashU team won a five-year federal grant totaling $4.5 million.
The new St. Louis Confluence Award recognizes and elevates the strength and impact of the work led by community-minded researchers, their partners and Washington University in St. Louis collaborators. The inaugural recipient is the Brown School's Matthew Kreuter.