RECOVER is a research initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that seeks to understand, prevent, and treat PASC, including Long COVID. PASC stands for post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and is a term scientists are using to study the potential consequences of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

RECOVER Boston includes the seven Boston medical centers that are taking part in the national RECOVER effort to investigate PASC.

Long COVID, also known as Post-COVID, Long-haul COVID or Post-acute COVID, is a range of new, lingering, or returning symptoms that patients experience four or more weeks after an initial SARS-CoV-2 infection.

What does recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection look like among different groups?

How many people continue to have symptoms after acute infection?

How many people develop new symptoms after acute infection?

What causes these health effects?

Why do some people develop these health effects while others do not?

Does SARS-CoV-2 infection trigger changes in the body that increase the risk of other conditions, such as chronic lung, heart, or brain disorders?

During your initial visit, you will come into our medical center to give your consent and to complete an enrollment visit. At this visit, we will perform a short physical assessment and collect biological specimens such as blood. We will also ask you to complete a questionnaire which can be done in person at your visit or sent to you electronically to be done at home.

Following that visit, there will be follow-ups every 3 months for up to 4 years. Most of the follow-ups will simply be additional questionnaires that can be done remotely from your home. Although, at 3 and 6 months and then yearly intervals, we will ask you to come in for an in-person visit to provide samples or complete other clinical testing.

If you are interested in participating, first you can click HERE to fill out our interest form. Our study team will then get in contact with you to explain the study in greater detail, confirm your eligibility, and answer any questions.

This study is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

If you are interested in hearing more or participating, please click HERE to fill out our interest form. We are recruiting participants that have been diagnosed with COVID within the last 30 days and participants that have not never been diagnosed at this time.

To contact our team, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click the white “Contact Our Study Teams” button.