Leading the Long Game for Long COVID Research with Dr. Julia Moore Vogel

Jul 17, 2023, 06:16 PM

In this must-listen episode, Dr. Julia Moore Vogel at Scripps Research takes center stage to confer the still-emerging and always-evolving space of long COVID. As patient numbers continue to rise at an alarming rate, she makes a strong case about the critical need to better define the disease, mitigate its impact and, ultimately, break the taboo.

Episode highlights
0:15 Introduction
1:27 Moore Vogel’s background in Long Covid
4:30 Lacking terminology in Long Covid
6:20 Quantifying Long Covid disease
8:38 The mechanism of action: what we know
10:27 Pediatric Long Covid
16:00 Similarities to post-viral syndromes
16:58 Key diagnostic tools
18:37 The current Long Covid treatment landscape
20:57 Influence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccines
22:02 Considering social determinants of health
23:35 Needs for professional and public education
27:00 Final thoughts
28:28 Outro

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