Through the 2012 “second generation” CEIRS solicitation, NIAID identified five Centers to continue important research activities, which include:
- Determining the prevalence of avian influenza viruses in birds and mammals in close contact with humans;
- Understanding how influenza viruses evolve, transmit, and adapt to new hosts; and,
- Identifying immunological factors that determine disease outcome.
In addition to Center-specific research activities, the CEIRS network as a whole seeks to build the knowledge and infrastructure required for influenza pandemic preparedness, including:
- Pandemic Public Health Research Response Plan
- Virus Risk Assessment
- Influenza Reagent Development
- Training and Research Capacity Building Programs
- Cross-collaborative Research Projects
CEIRS Network Principal Investigators

From left to right: Dr. John Treanor; Dr. David Topham, NYICE; Dr. Richard Webby, SJCEIRS;
Dr. Richard Rothman,
JHCEIRS; Dr. Diane Post, Section Chief, NIAID; Dr. Adolfo García-Sastre, CRIP; Dr. Andy Pekosz,
JHCEIRS; Dr. Stacey
Schultz-Cherry, SJCEIRS; Dr. Richard Compans, Emory-UGA
CEIRS. Not Pictured, Dr. Walter Orenstein,
Emory-UGA CEIRS; Dr. Marciela DeGrace, CEIRS Program Officer, NIAID.
CEIRS Network Center Coordinators

From left to right: Melissa Uccellini,
PhD, CRIP; Pam McKenzie,
PhD, SJCEIRS; Ryan Camping,
CRIP; Donna Neu, PMP, NYICE;
Tanya Cassingham; Lauren
Sauer, MSc, JHCEIRS. Not Pictured, Erin-Joi Collins, Emory-UGA
CEIRS; Katy
Shaw-Saliba, ScM, PhD, JHCEIRS.