About
Johns Hopkins CEIRS is developing improved methods to rapidly identify circulating influenza strains during the flu season. To do so, human influenza virus strains in the United States and Taiwan are being tracked as part of an effort to build a database of influenza cases in real time from hospitals and other health care facilities. Such surveillance and tracking in a centralized database could aid in the development of influenza vaccines that better match the circulating seasonal strains. In addition, researchers are analyzing the impact of influenza virus infection on human respiratory epithelial cells to better understand how to control and treat influenza infections.
Brochure
For more information on Johns Hopkins CEIRS, read about the program in the Johns Hopkins
CEIRS Brochure.
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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 Johns Hopkins CEIRS 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 Investigators
Dr. Richard Rothman, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Dr. Andrew Pekosz, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Investigators
Johns Hopkins University
- Justin Hardick, MS, Laboratory Manager, Division of Infectious Diseases
- Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH, MPH, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases
- Sabra Klein, PhD, Associate Professor, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Andrew Pekosz, PhD, Professor, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Richard Rothman, MD, PhD, Professor, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Lauren Sauer, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Peter Thielen, ALM, Staff Scientist, Applied Physics Laboratory
Chang Gung University and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Kuan-Fu Chen, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Macha Research Trust, Zambia
- Katie Sutcliffe, PhD, Associate Scientist
- Phil Thuma, MD, Senior Scientific Advisor
Pennsylvania State University
- Troy Sutton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
- Seema Lakdawala, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Matthew Frieman, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b)
- Mohammad Rahman, PhD, Associate Scientist, Department of Emerging Infections
Center Data Manager
- Tom Mehoke, MS, Data Manager, Staff Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
- Peter Thielen, ALM, Staff Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Center Coordinator
- Katherine Fenstermacher, PhD, Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance, Department of Emergency Medicine