Coronavirus Research

From ancient tombs and tiny robots to personalized gene editing and AI weather models, Penn’s 2025 research portfolio showed how curiosity—paired with collaboration—moves knowledge into impact and stretches across disciplines and continents.

Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center have tested the effectiveness of a “mental model” approach to presenting scientific information, incorporating visual, verbal, or animated models to teach scientific or medical concepts to better identify misconceptions.

Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have tested types of messages that debunked vaccine misinformation with people considering getting vaccinated or boosted.

Princeton professor Frances Lee, co-author of a new book about failed COVID-19 policies, discussed state variations in COVID vaccine uptake at a Penn LDI policy seminar. The event was co-sponsored by Penn LDI, the Penn Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, and the Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation.

Findings from researchers at Penn Medicine show elevated risks for chronic organ disease among children, and reveal some racial differences in long COVID risks.

New research from Penn Medicine biostatistics professor Yong Chen finds that vaccines kept children and adolescents from developing long COVID by blocking COVID-19 infections from the start, instead of special protection against the virus.

Katz Center fellow Uzi Rebhun trains his demographer’s lens on the Jewish American response to COVID-19.