• Focus Areas
    • Cause Selection
    • Global Health & Wellbeing
      • EA Community Growth (Global Health and Wellbeing)
      • Farm Animal Welfare
      • Global Aid Policy
      • Global Health & Development
      • Scientific Research
      • South Asian Air Quality
    • Longtermism
      • Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
      • Effective Altruism Community Growth
      • Potential Risks from Advanced AI
    • Other Areas
      • Criminal Justice Reform
      • History of Philanthropy
      • Immigration Policy
      • Land Use Reform
      • Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
  • Grants
  • Research & Updates
    • Research Reports
    • Blog Posts
    • Notable Lessons
    • In the News
  • About Us
    • Grantmaking Process
    • How to Apply for Funding
    • Team
    • Stay Updated
  • We’re hiring!
  • Focus Areas
    • Cause Selection
    • Global Health & Wellbeing
      • EA Community Growth (Global Health and Wellbeing)
      • Farm Animal Welfare
      • Global Aid Policy
      • Global Health & Development
      • Scientific Research
      • South Asian Air Quality
    • Longtermism
      • Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
      • Effective Altruism Community Growth
      • Potential Risks from Advanced AI
    • Other Areas
      • Criminal Justice Reform
      • History of Philanthropy
      • Immigration Policy
      • Land Use Reform
      • Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
  • Grants
  • Research & Updates
    • Research Reports
    • Blog Posts
    • Notable Lessons
    • In the News
  • About Us
    • Grantmaking Process
    • How to Apply for Funding
    • Team
    • Stay Updated
  • We’re hiring!

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (Adolfo García-Sastre)

Visit Grantee Site
  • Focus Area: Scientific Research
  • Organization Name: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Amount: $627,700

  • Award Date: April 2020

Table of Contents

    Dr. García-Sastre, the director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. (Photo courtesy of the Icahn School of Medicine.)

    Grant Investigators: Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.


    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $627,700 to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to support COVID-19 diagnostic testing, led by Professor Adolfo García-Sastre. This funding is intended to support work to test patients for asymptomatic shedding of the virus, conduct serological tests, validate tests, and identify early cellular markers of severe COVID-19 infections. The results of the tests could help inform policies to slow the spread of the virus.

    This falls within our work on scientific research, specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.

    Related Items

    • Scientific Research

      Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute – Early detection of preterm births

      Image courtesy of Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $90,000 to the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute to support an NIH-funded study led by Dr. Jeff...

      Read more
    • Scientific Research

      University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Alassane Dicko)

      Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $630,123 over three years to the University Of Science Technical And Technologies De Bamako to participate in a phase III clinical trial...

      Read more
    • Scientific Research

      Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Jean Bosco Ouedraogo)

      Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $631,162 over three years to the Institut des Sciences et Techniques, Bobo-Dioulasso to participate in a phase III clinical trial of a...

      Read more
    Back to Grants Database
    Open Philanthropy
    Open Philanthropy
    • Careers
    • Press Kit
    • Governance
    • Privacy Policy
    Mailing Address
    182 Howard Street #225
    San Francisco, CA 94105
    Email
    [email protected]
    Media Inquiries
    [email protected]
    Anonymous Feedback
    Feedback Form

    Sign Up to Follow Our Work

    Join Our Mailing List

    © Open Philanthropy 2022