Survivor Corps

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.

Notable people

 * Diana Zicklin Berrent - founder
 * Natalie Lambert

Medical advisors

 * 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.

Research/Notable studies

 * Mar 27, 2021, COVID-19 Survivors’ Reports of the Timing, Duration, and Health Impacts of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) Infection (Full text)


 * Nov 12, 2020, The Immunology of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with COVID-19


 * Apr 20, 2021, Fatigue in critical care survivors: multidisciplinary and self-management strategies


 * May 14, 2021, Convalescent plasma in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised controlled, open-label, platform trial


 * May 19, 2021, Diverse functional autoantibodies in patients with COVID-19


 * May 25, 2021, Use of Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19 Patients with Immunosuppression


 * June 25, 2021, Safety and Immunogenicity Report from the Com-COV Study – with An Adenoviral Vectored and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine (pre-print)

History
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.

Funding
Survivor Corps is a non-profit project of Multiplier.

Online presence

 * Website
 * Twitter
 * Twitter - Diana Zicklin Berrent
 * Facebook group
 * YouTube channel
 * Instagram
 * LinkedIn

Learn more

 * Survivor Corps project - Multiplier
 * Published researcher - Survivor Corps