The Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative (TPRI) is a cutting-edge study on the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic and Vaccination Campaign on USC students, staff and faculty that will generate real-time evidence of attitudes, behaviors, and infections acutely needed for USC to pursue strategies and policies to minimize new COVID-19 infections while the USC public health campaign, including vaccinations, continues.
Study Timeline
- Wave 1 Survey: April – July 2021
- Wave 2 Survey: August – October 2021
- Wave 3 Survey: December 2021 – April 2022
- Wave 4 Survey: April – July 2022
Data
To access the data, please the instructions found on the main Data page
Surveys
| Name | Description | Fieldwork Period | Sample Size |
| TPRI Students | USC Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative (TPRI) Student Cohort | 2021-2022 | 7250 |
| TPRI Staff/Faculty | USC Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative (TPRI) Staff/Faculty Cohort | 2021-2022 | 3021 |
Codebooks
Click to download the codebook for each wave of the TPRI surveys:
- Population Survey (Student)
- Population Survey (Staff)
- W1 Health Survey (Student)
- W1 Health Survey (Staff)
- W2 Health Survey (Student)
- W2 Health Survey (Staff)
- W3 Health Survey (Student)
- W3 Health Survey (Staff)
- W4 Health Survey (Student)
- W4 Health Survey (Staff)
Publications
Nicolo, M., Kawaguchi, E. S., Ghanem-Uzqueda, A., Kim, A. E., Soto, D., Deva, S., Shanker, K., Rogers, C., Lee, R., Gilliland, F., Van Orman, S., Klausner, J., Kovacs, A., Conti, D., Hu, H., & Unger, J. B. (2023). Trust in science and scientists among university students, staff, and faculty of a large, diverse university in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative. BMC Public Health 23, 601. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15533-x
Nicolo, M., Kawaguchi, E. S., Ghanem-Uzqueda, A., Kim, A. E., Soto, D., Deva, S., Shanker, K., Rogers, C., Lee, R., Gilliland, F., Van Orman, S., Klausner, J., Kovacs, A., Conti, D., Hu, H., & Unger, J. B. (2023). Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination status among college students. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2157216
Lee, R. C., Hu, H., Kawaguchi, E. S., Kim, A. E., Soto, D. W., Shanker, K., Klausner, J. D., Van Orman, S., & Unger, J. B. (2022). COVID-19 booster vaccine attitudes and behaviors among university students and staff in the United States: The USC Trojan pandemic research Initiative. Preventive Medicine Reports, 28, 101866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101866
Nicolo, M., Kawaguchi, E. S., Ghanem-Uzqueda, A., Kim, A. E., Soto, D., Deva, S., Shanker, K., Rogers, C., Lee, R., Casagrande, Y., Gilliland, F., Van Orman, S., Klausner, J., Kovacs, A., Conti, D., Hu, H., & Unger, J. B. (2022). Characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccination status among staff and faculty of a large, diverse University in Los Angeles: The Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative. Preventive Medicine Reports, 27, 101802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101802