Stakeholder News
The CREID Network collaborates with a wide variety of external stakeholders including from the US Government, foreign governments, multilateral institutions such as the World Health Organization, foundations and nonprofits, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the private sector. If you are interested in exploring a collaboration with the CREID Network, please contact info@creid-network.org.
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CEPI is a CREID Network stakeholder and a CEPI representative sits on the CREID Network External Advisory Committee.
CEPI and the University of Oxford launch project to develop arenavirus vaccinesThe Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the University of Oxford announced in November the launch of a new project to initiate early development of prototype vaccines against the Junín virus, selected as an exemplar of the Arenavirus family which is responsible for multiple deadly haemorrhagic fevers with epidemic and pandemic potential. The data and materials generated by this project could give the world a head start in rapidly developing safe and effective vaccines against Arenaviruses within 100 days of their identification, potentially stopping a future pandemic in its tracks.
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Research Center Updates
The January 2024 newsletter features 3 of the CREID Research Centers: A2CARES, CREID-ESP, and WARN-ID. In addition to working in the US, these 3 Research Centers work in Ecuador, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, and United Kingdom (A2CARES); Ethiopia, Hong Kong, and Nepal (CREID-ESP); and Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone (WARN-ID).
Please see more information about each of the 10 Research Centers at the CREID Network website.
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Hospital San Miguel. Vicky Nipaz, an A2CARES technician, transporting samples in liquid nitrogen. |
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A2CARES
Hospital San Miguel in Puerto Carmen, Putumayo has been officially accepted as a new A2CARES research site in Ecuador. This NGO hospital will play a crucial role in A2CARES' efforts to monitor arboviral outbreaks and provide follow-up care of cases in one of Ecuador's most remote areas, situated in the Northern Amazon region near the Colombian border.
Award Number U01AI151788
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CREID-ESP
CREID-ESP authors analyzed MERS-CoV sequences and identified an amino acid substitution L232F in nsp6 that repeatedly occurs in human MERS-CoV that is rarely present in camel MERS-CoV genomes. Results suggest this may be an adaptive mutation associated with zoonotic transmission of MERS-CoV.
Award Number U01AI151810
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The CREID-ESP team ‘flagging’ for ticks. |
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Josh Levy and Alhaji analyze genomic wastewater surveillance data at Redeemers University in Nigeria using the Freya software developed by the Andersen Lab at Scripps Research. |
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WARN-ID
WARN-ID is continuing to work within the CREID Network to equip local researchers and bolster regional preparedness against infectious threats. Two pillars of WARN-ID’s efforts to strengthen infectious disease research systems globally are to provide robust training programs and targeted technology transfer. In the past year, WARN-ID focused on training young scientists on cutting-edge technologies and bioinformatics tools to investigate Mpox, SARS-CoV-2, cytomegalovirus, malaria, and more.
Award Number U01AI151812
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