COLLABORATIVE COVID-19 RESEARCH INITIATIVES
HOSPITAL DAS CLÍNICAS - FMUSP
Collection of institutional databases for collaborative research on COVID-19
Following strict ethical principles, the Hospital das Clínicas has organized large sets of clinical data and biological samples collected during in-hospital admissions due to COVID-19, as well as data from multidisciplinary follow-up assessments after discharge
Our goal is to enable innovative, large-scale studies by making these datasets and biological materials accessible to approved researchers, fostering productive scientific partnerships and data-driven health innovation
Presentation and background of the Institutional COVID-19 research initiatives
Description of the Institutional research databanks of clinical data and biological samples
Committee that reviews applications for access to Institutional COVID-19 databases and biological samples for novel studies
Corporate coauthor included in research papers using data from hospital admissions to HCFMUSP due to COVID-19 and from follow-up assessments after hospital discharge
Scientific production using data from admissions to HCFMUSP due to COVID-19 and from follow-up assessments after hospital discharge
Access the initiatives' Data Management Plan
Description of the funding of these institutional initiatives
Organizations and people without whom these initiatives would not be possible
Ethical and legal disclaimer
All ethical and data security principles have been applied following current standards of data protection and confidentiality. No identification of patients' personal information is made available. No individually identifiable data is shared with the researchers (i.e., data is "anonymized"). Researchers sign a legal agreement not to make any attempt to identify participants. Research projects applying for access to the HCFMUSP institutional databases must be approved in advance by the Ethics Committee of the institution to which the researcher is affiliated.
The sharing of data and samples for additional research studies is conditional on the strict need for confidentiality of individual participants’ data and samples. Access to our institutional data and samples requires agreement from the researcher in assuming their ethical and legal responsibility. Individually identifiable data is never released.
Contact us
Further inquiries from researchers about how to apply for access to data and biological samples should be directed to ana.ritto@hc.fm.usp.br.