{"id":40,"date":"2025-12-01T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ccid\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:48:20","slug":"research-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ccid\/research-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;grid-container&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;grid-x&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;small-12 medium-6&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;243&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<h2>Research Focus<\/h2>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Disease areas being studied<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Long COVID<\/li>\n<li>Tuberculosis<\/li>\n<li>HIV<\/li>\n<li>Endemic Fungal Infections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Our expertise is not limited to the above conditions, so please reach out if you have additional areas of interest.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Our research focuses on chronic infectious diseases that disproportionately impact South Texas, including HIV, tuberculosis, fungal infections, and Long COVID. We design and conduct clinical trials, vaccine studies, behavioral interventions, and community-based research to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. By addressing these challenges in the context of coexisting health conditions, we aim to deliver solutions that improve lives locally and globally.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;small-12 medium-6&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;244&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<h2>Recent Discoveries<\/h2>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Our Center is at the forefront of advancing care for chronic infectious diseases. From leading international COVID-19 therapeutic trials that informed Long COVID treatments, to groundbreaking work in HIV and vaccine studies, our team has contributed to discoveries with both local and global impact. We are also developing innovative diagnostics, testing new prevention strategies, and partnering with South Texas communities to ensure research directly improves lives.<\/p>\n<h4>Featured Ongoing Research Studies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reversinglongcovid.org\/\">REVERSE: Long COVID Clinical Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/addresslongcovid.com\/\">ADDRESS: Long COVID Clinical Study | BioVie Pharma<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withpower.com\/trial\/phase-hiv-prevention-1-2025-62a2e\">Episodic Future Thinking to Support HIV and Behavioral Health Outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bleed light-beige grid-container&#8221; el_id=&#8221;ongoingResearchStudies&#8221;][vc_column]<h2>Ongoing Research Studies<\/h2>[vc_row_inner el_id=&#8221;start&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"grid-x 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x margin-top\">\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-3 large-3\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ccid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2025\/12\/RECOVER-AUTO-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"RECOVER AUTO Graphic\" title=\"RECOVER AUTO\" style=\"\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"cell small-12 medium-9 large-9\">\n      <h2 class=\"h5\" style=\"margin-top: 0.5rem;\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ccid\/research-study\/not-recruiting-but-active-recover-autonomic-a-platform-protocol-for-evaluation-of-interventions-for-autonomic-dysfunction-in-post-acute-sequelae-of-sars-cov-2-infection-pasc\/\">RECOVER-AUTONOMIC: A Platform Protocol for Evaluation of Interventions for Autonomic Dysfunction in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC) (Study ongoing, no longer accepting new participants)<\/a>\n   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