Research on the Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Emergency Response and Healthcare Personnel (RECOVER) Study
A CDC-funded joint research project between Abt Associates and the Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study
Page created: Monday, May 18, 2020 | Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Overview of the RECOVER Study:
Launched May 8, 2020, the Research on the Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Emergency Response and Healthcare Personnel Study, or RECOVER for short, was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through a partnership with Abt Associates and various U.S. healthcare systems and academic institutions such as the University of Arizona and the University of Miami. The primary goal of this project is to build on the existing national Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study efforts and the FFCCS research infrastructure to study COVID-19 specifically among U.S. first responders. The primary research objectives of the RECOVER study are to: 1) Determine the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection and COVID-19 illness among healthcare personnel (HCPs) and first responders (FP); and 2) Describe SARS-CoV-2 reinfections among HCP/FR who are seropositive to SARS-CoV-2 and/or documented prior PCR-confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Project Timeline:
The RECOVER study will take place over a 12-month project period, of which first responders will be asked to engage with the research project and the study team for a total of 9 months through a series of periodic surveys and biological sample collections. Recruitment is anticipated to start in June 2020. We anticipate enrolling 400 U.S. firefighters into the study.
RECOVER Study Team:
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Project Contact:
Questions regarding overall project logistics should be directed to Shawn Beitel, the RECOVER-FFCCS Project Co-leader at sbeitel@email.arizona.edu, while questions specific to fire department/firefighter recruitment, onboarding, and troubleshooting REDCap should be directed to Paola Louzado Feliciano, the RECOVER-FFCCS Project Co-leader at pxl411@med.miami.edu