To begin pre-screening for the study, please visit www.covidinspire.org and select the university you reside closest to. You will be directed to the Hugo Health platform portal to begin the registration process and determine eligibility.

Eligible participants will complete brief online surveys every 3 months over an 18-month period and share health information through a technology platform that collects data from multiple sources to create your own personal health record (PHR) and empowers you to share that data with researchers called Hugo Health.

Hugo Health is a technology platform that can with permission collect data from multiple sources. This empowers you to store your personal health record for your own use and to share it with researchers for this study. It can be accessed on your mobile phone or any other device that is connected to the internet.  It gives you control over which data sources you want to connect to Hugo.

To participate in this study, you will give permission to the Hugo system to collect personally identifiable information (such as your name and where you go to the doctor) along with information about your health and care. The Hugo platform uses precautions, including industry-standard encryption, to minimize privacy and security risks to your stored information. The university you are working with does not own or have any business relationship with Hugo Health. When signing up to use the Hugo app as a PHR (Personal Health Record) app for this study, we suggest reviewing Hugo’s security and privacy policies prior to agreeing to the terms of service of this application (all available in both English and Spanish). You can review the Terms of Service at: https://hugo.health/terms-of-service/, and the Privacy and Security Statements at: https://hugo.health/security; https://hugo.health/privacy-notice.

Participants can enroll if tested more than once within six weeks, regardless of test result.

No. Participants should not have a previously confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis outside the 42-day testing period or in the months prior to study enrollment.

Yes, participants are eligible for enrollment if previously vaccinated for Covid-19.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 infections, is a novel coronavirus, meaning it is a new coronavirus and is not the same as the ones that cause other human illness. By participating, you are helping researchers in the fields of medicine and science at a time when information to understand COVID-19 infection in our communities is crucial. While you may not directly benefit from taking part in this study, we hope that knowledge gained from this study may benefit others with COVID-19 in the future. This study allows you to join a community of people, participating together, in generating knowledge about this condition.

Eligible applicants who meet the screening and verification process may be invited to become a study participant who can earn up to $100 ($25 for the first survey, followed by $10 every 3 months and $25 for the last month for a total of 18 months for as long as you remain in the study and until the study completes).

You do not have to participate in this study and may choose to leave the study at any time. If you decide not to participate in this study or leave the study at a later time, your health care, benefits, or relationship with the university that you are doing the study with will not change or be affected. If you wish to withdraw from the study reach out to the university you are doing the study with, this info can be found in the contact section below.

If you would like to learn more about the study, please visit https://www.covidinspire.org/.

Hugo Health offers short instructional video tutorials on creating an account, connecting a portal, responding to surveys, and other common questions at: https://hugo.health/tutorials.

Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) are also available at: https://hugo.health/faq.

Live chat support is available during business hours by clicking the word bubble icon located on the bottom right corner of every page on their website. Technical issues with portals and records may be emailed to support@hugo.health

Any questions not answered by the options listed above can be emailed to the university study staff at the university you are doing the study with, this information can be found in the section below.