Bioanalytical Research and Training in Academia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Scholarly Productivity of US Medical Schools Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…[20][21][22][23][24] The work of many research groups, especially basic science laboratories and clinical trials requiring in-person research activities, was halted abruptly. 23,24 Nevertheless, the biomedical research community demonstrated increased collaboration and scholarly productivity during the pandemic, and the growth in the publication of COVID-19-related research made up for short-term declines in research output unrelated to the pandemic. [24][25][26][27] For physician faculty, the combination of research restrictions with increased clinical workload may have especially hindered participation in research and scholarly activity, regardless of the topic.…”

“…The COVID-19 pandemic was predicted to profoundly disrupt non-COVID-19–related research because of the prioritization of COVID-19 studies, difficulties with consenting study participants in person, reallocation of funds, institutional shutdowns, and stay-at-home orders 20–24 . The work of many research groups, especially basic science laboratories and clinical trials requiring in-person research activities, was halted abruptly 23,24 .…”

“…The COVID-19 pandemic was predicted to profoundly disrupt non-COVID-19–related research because of the prioritization of COVID-19 studies, difficulties with consenting study participants in person, reallocation of funds, institutional shutdowns, and stay-at-home orders 20–24 . The work of many research groups, especially basic science laboratories and clinical trials requiring in-person research activities, was halted abruptly 23,24 . Nevertheless, the biomedical research community demonstrated increased collaboration and scholarly productivity during the pandemic, and the growth in the publication of COVID-19–related research made up for short-term declines in research output unrelated to the pandemic 24–27 .…”

Research Activity among Academic Medical Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Marrakesh

“…Most of these activities were suspended for two main reasons: to ensure proper preparedness to manage an unexpected flow of patients and to protect personnel, students, patients, and research participants against contamination. e authors have described the impact of the pandemic on research activities which were suspended as a result of containment measures [25]. Wigginton et al estimated that the pandemic has halted more than 80% of on-site research in 6 US universities [26].…”

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Laboratories

“…This restrictive action was taken in order to help minimize the rate of infection and spread of the disease by adhering to protocols set in place by the World Health Organization (Mahesh et al, 2021). Consequently, this affected both researchers' and students' work output in many academic laboratories (Klont & Hopfgartner, 2020). Most European and western countries have well-equipped academic laboratory facilities, and these were not immune from the detrimental effects of the pandemic (Burman, 2021;Coughlan et al, 2021;European Society of Radiology, 2021;Gobbi et al, 2021).…”