Themes
Common themes reported by researchers during this pandemic include loss of staff, loss of data, loss of time, delays and changes. Each of these areas will have unknown impacts on current and future projects.
A constant underlying theme is the resiliency of researchers to adapt and move forward in the quest for knowledge and answers.
The authors, members of the ARP Research Subcommittee, wrote this article in collaboration with the ARP president and members of the ACR Committee on Research and ACR Early Career Investigator Subcommittee.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank the following ARP/ACR members for their contributions to this article: ARP President Janet Poole, PhD, OTR/L; Grant Schulert, MD, PhD, and Elizabeth Volkmann, MD, MS, from the ACR Early Career Investigator Subcommittee; and Melanie Smith, MD, PhD, from the ACR Committee on Research.
