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Last Updated: June 15, 2020
For the most up-to-date information and updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit the Duke Coronvirus Response website.
Recommendations from the CDC and local public health departments, and direction from Duke infectious disease and safety experts, were used to create a set of overarching principles the schools will use to guide the return to the labs. Our overarching goal is to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the workplace. The only research activities that will be permitted to return to work at this time are those that must be conducted on-site in research facilities, which includes Duke’s physical campuses (in Durham and Beaufort), field operations, and leased facilities.
The approval process for laboratories to resume on-site research activities is managed by the individual schools. Contact your school’s research leadership for details concerning the restart approval process. Some schools have established their own web resources to share information, while others have designated single points of contact:
- Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Units working through individual department chairs. Oversight by Mohamed Noor, Dean of the Natural Sciences
- Nicholas School of the Environment
- Pratt School of Engineering
- Duke University School of Medicine
You must gain approval from your school before returning to campus or risk the revocation of privileges.
Duke continues to closely monitor the coronavirus pandemic and is actively engaged in daily planning in an effort to inform and reduce risk to faculty, staff, students, and visitors. For more information and guidance on other aspects of Duke’s COVID-19 and return to work planning, please visit Duke’s Coronavirus Response page.