Exit interview: Lisa McCorkell on 5 years with the Patient-Led Research Collaborative

Lisa McCorkell, one of the founders of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative (or PLRC), recently stepped down after five years co-leading the organization. She spoke with Still Here co-host Betsy Ladyzhets about formative Long COVID studies, advocating for federal funding, developing new patient-led initiatives, and more.The full transcript of this interview is available on The Sick Times' website.PLRC started in spring 2020, when a group of people with Long COVID connected in an early support group and used their research experience to begin studying the disease. They published some of the first scientific papers about Long COVID, work that was instrumental in defining the disease and garnering attention from other scientists, policymakers, journalists, and the world at large.

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Every week, co-hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk with podcast producer James Salanga about the latest COVID-19 numbers, and Long COVID news, commentary, and research. No pandemic minimizing, gaslighting, or denial here! Still Here is an abridged version of The Sick Times’ newsletter, which publishes weekly. The Sick Times is a nonprofit newsroom chronicling the ongoing Long COVID crisis.