Thomas E. Grys, Ph.D.

Closed for Enrollment

• COVID Course of Disease: Correlating Culture, PCR, Serology, and Symptoms and Potential Therapy. A Mayo Clinic and ASU Comprehensive Collaborative Approach. Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The purpose of this study is to understand when patients are shedding active COVID virus RNA as detectable by viral culture, and if there are any correlates of the cessation of active viral shedding, such as presence of certain immunoglobulins.

  Additionally, this study will take a discovery approach to the immune response to better understand how the body recovers or worsens during disease, and if there are opportunities to use that knowledge to develop treatments.

   

• Evaluation of Near-Patient Tests for the Direct Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  The pupose of this study is to evaluate near-patient methods, including both point of care (POC) and patient-performed testing.