Research Study: ​The Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Research Program

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Study Title: The Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Research Program

Principal Investigator: Faraz Ahmad MD, MS

Study Objective(s): The Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Registry is a large, national clinical research community. It invites healthcare workers across America to share clinical and life experiences to bring attention to the problems they face on the COVID-19 pandemic front lines. HERO Registry participants could have the opportunity to participate in future research studies to improve our understanding of COVID-19 and beyond, generating evidence to help keep healthcare workers safe and healthy. The first study, the HERO-HCQ Trial, will invite 15,000 healthcare workers from the registry to evaluate whether hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 infections. Northwestern Medicine is an enrolling site for HERO-HCQ Trial and will be conducting site visits at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Central DuPage Hospital.

Eligibility Criteria: The HERO Registry is open to all Northwestern Medicine healthcare workers, including nurses, therapists, physicians, emergency responders, food service workers, environmental service workers, interpreters, transporters — anyone who works in a setting where people receive health care.
To join, participants must be:
  • A U.S. healthcare worker in any profession
  • ≥ 18 years old
Additional screening for trials, including the HERO-HCQ Trial, will occur digitally once enrolled into the registry.

Contact Information Regarding Participation: To enroll in the HERO Registry, please go to https://heroesresearch.org/.  If you have additional questions, please contact Lyndsay Christensen, the Northwestern Medicine study coordinator:

​Lyndsay Christensen, MSN, RN   
Clinical Research Nurse
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Clinical Trials Unit
Northwestern University
312.694.0661
[email protected]
Voluntary Participation in COVID-19 Research Studies
The Office of Research in conjunction with the Feinberg School of Medicine is facilitating several studies on COVID-19 and the effects on healthcare workers. These studies are not being conducted by Northwestern Medicine. Employees may participate on their own time and at their own discretion. 
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If you choose to participate in one of the COVID-19 research studies, employees are reminded of the following guidelines:
  • Participation by any employee is voluntary
  • The studies are not sponsored by or part of your employment with NM
  • Participation must not interfere with your schedule, work duties or safety precaution​
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