CAPA Responds to COVID-19

CAPA Responds to COVID-19:

1. Share information about COVID-19
2. Call for donations to fight COVID-19
3. Update on donations (on box)
4. CAPA’s online Town Hall meeting on COVID-19: Curated mask suppliers and ppt (click to open) and summary (click to open)
5. CAPA recommends AB team scheduling to protect and perverse lab workforce (click to open)
6. CAPA is helping fight COVID-19
7. Announcement of The CAPA Awards for COVID-19 Relief
8. Announcement of the CAPA Research Award on COVID-19
9. Announcement of Winners of CAPA Research Award on COVID-19
10. Announcement of Winners of CAPA COVID-19 Relief Award

The COVID-19 committee’s action plan (approved by the BOD)

1. Establish a multitask fund to support fighting COVID-19 infection. It may include but not limit to the urgent funds/resources for CAPA members related to COVID-19 infection, and aids to the area(s) with viral outbreak requiring urgent help. The fund will come from CAPA allocation and member donations, and will be subject to the BOD’s approval. The usage of the fund should be transparent and published at CAPA website or other media regularly.
2. Solicit the ideas from CAPA members on how to contribute fighting COVID-19.
3. Invite experts in infectious disease and diagnostics to educate CAPA members of the updates of the viral infection via online lecture platform.
4. Promote collaboration of CAPA pathologists with the pathologists in China or other physicians with experience to study the pathogenesis of COVID-19.
5. Use part of the donations to COVID-19 to fund the research focused on COVID-19. The research committee will be in charge of the solicitation, review and selection of submitted projects.