Survivor Corps
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Survivor Corps is a large American grassroots movement and community that describes itself as "the Peace Corps of the COVID Generation". Using their collective power, Survivor Corps aims to stem the COVID-19 pandemic and assist in the recovery within the United States.[1]
Aims[edit | edit source]
Services[edit | edit source]
Notable people[edit | edit source]
- Diana Zicklin Berrent - founder
- Natalie Lambert[3]
Patrons[edit | edit source]
Medical advisors[edit | edit source]
- Dr. David J Shulkin, MD
- Special Advisor, 9th Secretary, Veterans Affairs; Former Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health
- Dr. Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
- Chief, Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, and Medical Director, Columbia Genetic Counselling Graduate Program
- Dr. Sudeb Dalai, MD, PhD
- Senior Medical Director, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Infectious Disease / Clinical Professor, Stanford University
- Dr. Vin Gupta, MD, MPA
- Critical Care Pulmonologist; Major, 446th Air Force Reserve Medical Squadron; Aerospace Physician, IHME: Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation
- Dr. Emma Guttman, MD, PhD
- Vice Chair, Research, Dept of Dermatology, Director, Center for Excellence in Eczema, Director, Laboratory of Inflammatory Skin Diseases
- Dr. Laurie G. Jacobs, MD
- Geriatrician; Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Former Board Chair, American Geriatrics Society
- Dr. Michael Joyner, MD
- Mayo Clinic; Principal Investigator, NIH; Principal Investigator, Expanded Access to Convalescent Plasma; Vice Chair (Research) Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,Mayo Clinic
- Dr. Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
- Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation.
- Dr. William W. Li, MD
- Research Scientist & Vascular Biologist, Founder & Medical Director, Angiogenesis Foundation; Author of Eat to Beat Disease
- Dr. Kavita Patel, MD, MSHS
- Internal Medicine, Mary's Center, Nonresident Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Former Director of Policy, White House
- Dr. Richard B. Rosen, MD, DSc
- Vice Chair, Ophthalmology Research, Surgeon Director & Retinal Service Chief, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Dr. Peter Staats, MD, MBA
- Founder, Johns Hopkins Blaustein Pain Center; Interventional Pain Management Physician.[4]
Research/Notable studies[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Diana Berrent became an advocate and activist after becoming one of the first people in her area to contract COVID-19.
While in isolation with COVID-19, Diana launched Survivor Corps, a grassroots organization aiming to support people who had tested positive for COVID-19 and to participate in related medical and scientific research.[1]
Funding[edit | edit source]
Survivor Corps is a non-profit project of Multiplier.[5]
