About

CRIP comprises a domestic and international animal influenza virus surveillance network combined with research on pathogenesis and host response. CRIP brings together experts from diverse fields including virology, immunology, molecular biology, veterinary medicine, ornithology, and bioinformatics including several leaders in influenza virus research. The CRIP surveillance network spans all continents, allowing worldwide sampling and isolation of animal and human influenza viruses and early detection of emerging viruses that may cause pandemic threats. Through its research program, scientists at CRIP are dedicated to understanding influenza virus animal reservoirs, evolution, transmission and adaptation to humans as well as pathogenesis, evasion of immunity, and induction of host and vaccine responses.

Brochure

For more information on CRIP, read about the program in the CRIP Brochure.

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Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis (CRIP)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Data

The CEIRS Centers generate influenza surveillance and sequence data available in the public domain and accessible for further research. The public databases listed below have further information about CRIP projects, influenza viral sequences from research and surveillance studies, and animal surveillance data from Center sampling efforts.

• Influenza surveillance, sequence, and serology data can be found at the Influenza Research Database (IRD).
• Center research project descriptions and viral sequence data are available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Principal Investigator

Investigators

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

• Randy Albrecht, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
• Nicole Bouvier, MD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine & Microbiology
• Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology
• Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine & Microbiology
• Florian Krammer, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology
• Peter Palese, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
• Megan Shaw, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
• Harm van Bakel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences

Cornell University

• Colin Parrish, PhD, Professor, Baker Institute for Animal Health, College for Veterinary Medicine

Erasmus Medical Center

• Ron Fouchier, PhD, Professor, Department of Virology

Fogarty International Center

• Martha Nelson, PhD, Staff Scientist

INIA, CSIC-Spain

• Gustavo Real-Soldevilla, PhD, Staff Research Scientist

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

• Ariel Pereda, DMV, PhD, Director, Institute of Pathobiology

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

• Rafael Medina Silva, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Tufts University

• Jonathan Runstadler, DVM, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health

United States Department of Agriculture

• David Suarez, DVM, PhD, Research Leader, Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit
• Erica Spackman, PhD, Research Microbiologist, Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit
• Mary Pantin-Jackwood, DVM, PhD, Veterinary Medical Officer, Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit
• Amy Vincent, DMV, PhD, Research Veterinary Medical Officer, National Animal Disease Center

University of Alaska Anchorage

• Eric Bortz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

University of California Davis

• Lark Coffey, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine

University of Cambridge

• Derek Smith, PhD, Professor, Department of Zoology
• Nicola Lewis, PhD, Senior Research Associate and Veterinarian, Department of Zoology

University of Georgia

• Daniel Perez, PhD, Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator and Caswell S. Eidson Chair in Poultry Medicine, Department of Poultry Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

• Celia Cordon-Rosales, PhD, Director, Center for Health Studies

University of Wisconsin Madison

• Yoshihiro Kawaoka, DVM, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
• Gabriele Neumann, PhD, Research Professor and Distinguished Scientist, School of Veterinary Medicine

Center Data Managers

• Eric Bortz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage
• Harm van Bakel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Center Coordinators

• Ryan Camping, Program Coordinator, Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis (CRIP)
• Marlene Espinoza-Moraga, PhD, Scientific Program Coordinator, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai