The Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis and Transmission (CRIPT)
New York City, NY | United States
Lead Organization: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
About CRIPT
CRIPT focuses on a basic and clinic influenza research program to study the evolution, pathogenesis, and transmission of influenza viruses in humans, as well as at distinct zoonotic interfaces. CRIPT bridges basic and clinical research to develop tools and provide expertise that complements ongoing public health programs to rapidly respond to emerging human respiratory pathogens of pandemic potential, including influenza virus. The CRIPT research program will pursue basic research projects on virus and host determinates of virulence, host responses, antigenicity, tropism, and pathogenesis. CRIPT will combine inter-related human studies to understand the factors contributing not only to zoonotic emergence, but also to disease severity, transmission, and immune protection by previous infection and/or vaccination. The program will provide the ability to rapidly respond to pre-pandemic and pandemic events to mitigate the public health impact of such events, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leadership
Institutions & Investigators
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Randy Albrecht, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Teresa Aydillo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
Nicole Bouvier, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Medicine
Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology, Medicine, and Pathology
Florian Krammer, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Pathology
Assistant Professor, Departments of Oncological Sciences and Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Peter Palese, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
Michael Schotsaert, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Viviana Simon, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology, Medicine, and Pathology
Weina Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
Harm van Bakel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Institutions & Investigators
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Michael Schotsaert, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
- Weina Sun, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
- Randy Albrecht, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
- Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Medicine
- Viviana Simon, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology, Medicine, and Pathology
- Nicole Bouvier, MD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology
- Marta Luksza, Assistant Professor, Departments of Oncological Sciences and Genetics and Genomic Sciences
- Harm van Bakel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
- Teresa Aydillo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
- Florian Krammer, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Pathology
- Peter Palese, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
- Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology, Medicine, and Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Columbia University
Emory University
Erasmus Medical Center (EMC)
GuangXi University
Medical University of Innsbruck
National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research (INIA, CSIC)
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information
New York University
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Tufts University
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Alaska, Anchorage
University of Cambridge
University of Georgia
University of Maryland
University of Rochester
University of Seville
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of the Western Cape
Utrecht University
Washington University
Washington University, St. Louis
Weill Cornell
Center Coordinators
- Marlene Espinoza-Moraga, PhD, Center Coordinator, Assistant Professor and Program Manager, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ryan Camping, Director, Grants & Contracts, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Center Data Managers
- Harm van Bakel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
- Eric Bortz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences