# Admin Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · 2021 · $363,750

## Abstract

Project Summary
Analysis of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome in Underserved Racial/ethnic Minorities Living with HIV.
Long COVID or post-acute COVID (symptoms beyond 3 weeks) and chronic post‐COVID syndrome (beyond
12 weeks) are multisystem syndromes and require multidisciplinary approach to address the physical, social,
cognitive, psychological, and economic implications of this often persistent, debilitating, new health condition.
Approximately 1 in 10 individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 will develop
post- COVID syndrome. A comprehensive study of post-COVID syndrome in minority communities in the US
has been largely ignored in the scientific literature. African American and Hispanic/Latinx communities in the
US have the greatest burden of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality. Therefore, the impact of
post-COVID syndrome in these populations could be highly significant. The physical, mental, and economic
hardships experienced by minority communities living with HIV/AIDS in US during the COVID-19 pandemic has
been disproportionate. It is also unknown how post-COVID syndrome exacerbates racial/ethnic disparities in
physical, social, cognitive, psychological, and economic conditions over time and affects the management of
HIV disease. Furthermore, we don’t fully understand the hesitancy of ethnic minorities toward the COVID-19
vaccine after health officials have deemed the EUA vaccines largely safe and effective in this population. A
comprehensive analysis of post-COVID syndrome in HIV+ patients that includes an examination of their
physical, social, cognitive, psychological, and economic conditions as well as the associated management of
their HIV disease and vaccine hesitancy overtime, will provide a better understanding of the interventions that
are necessary to promote their well-being.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10489653
- **Project number:** 3U54MD007586-35S3
- **Recipient organization:** MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Maria F Lima
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $363,750
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-09-30 → 2021-09-20

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10489653

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10489653, Admin Core (3U54MD007586-35S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10489653. Licensed CC0.

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