The CREID Network, comprised of nine Research Centers and a Coordinating Center, is a coordinated network operating in regions around the globe where emerging and re-emerging infectious disease outbreaks are likely to occur. Multidisciplinary teams of investigators conduct pathogen/host surveillance, study pathogen transmission, pathogenesis, and immunologic responses in the host, and develop reagents and diagnostic assays for improved detection of priority emerging pathogens and their vectors.

The initial investment in the CREID Network allowed the US NIH to focus resources on building a sustainable, scalable, and adaptable rapid research response infrastructure that is beneficial to respond to the unique situational requirements that emerging pathogens impose. The CREID Network offers an important flexible mechanism where resources can quickly be deployed to initiate critical research efforts supporting outbreak response to limit morbidity (sickness) and mortality (death).

Capacity Strengthening

CREID Research Centers support early career scientists globally to further strengthen capabilities for locally led investigations before, during, and after infectious disease outbreaks. The CREID Coordinating Center implements a Pilot Research Program in collaboration with the Research Centers to support and mentor the next generation of emerging infectious disease researchers in-country. This program helps develop capacity for research in high-risk regions around the world. Through these efforts, the Network aims to sustain long-term collaborative relationships in emerging infectious disease research needed to prevent or mitigate outbreaks.