University of Pennsylvania (Penn-CEIRR)


Philadelphia, PA | United States

Lead Organization: University of Pennsylvania

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About Penn-CEIRR

The Penn-CEIRR brings together a collaborative group of scientists focusing on influenza virus surveillance, epidemiology, immunology, virology, evolutionary biology, clinical studies, and modeling. We have an extensive influenza virus surveillance program that includes sampling in the United States, Hong Kong, Cambodia, the United Kingdom, and Bangladesh. Our Center is completing studies to determine how immune responses to influenza viruses develop across different populations with high and low vaccination risks, and we are identifying immune responses associated with protection versus susceptibility. We are completing a series of human and animal studies to determine how prior influenza virus exposures shape immune responses to new viral strains, and we are developing models to forecast influenza virus evolution and epidemiology based on experimentally measured variations in immune specificities across different populations. We are studying pathogens with pandemic potential, including emerging swine and avian influenza virus strains. Combined, our efforts will fill critical knowledge gaps in influenza virus and other emerging pathogen research, reveal factors underlying viral emergence and transmission, and accelerate development of new and improved control measures. 

Leadership

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Scott Hensley, Ph.D.

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Institutions & Investigators

Michael Betts, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Sara Cherry, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Scott Hensley, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D.
Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, Director of Penn Institute for RNA Innovation and Vaccine Research in the Infectious Diseases Division
John Wherry, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics

Paritosh Kumar Biswas, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor, Director of Poultry Research and Training Centre (PRTC), Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health

Laurence Eisenlohr, V.M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology

Seema Lakdawala, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Trevor Bedford, Ph.D.
Associated Professor, Divisions of Vaccine and Infectious Disease, Public Health Sciences, and Human Biology
Jesse Bloom, Ph.D.
Professor, Basic Science Division
Julie McElrath, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Director, Joel D. Meyers Endowed Chair, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Christine Posavad, Ph.D.
Principal Staff Scientist, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division

Erik Karlsson, Ph.D.
Deputy Head, Virology Unit

Ahmed Nawsher Alam, Ph.D.
Principal Scientific Officer, Department of Virology
Mahbubur Rahman, M.D.
Medical Officer, OSD, Department of Epidemiology
Tahmina Shirin, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Virology

Phillip Gauger, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine

James Paulson, Ph.D.
Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Chair of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine
Andrew Ward, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
Ian Wilson, D.Phil.
Hansen Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology

Scott Boyd, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Endowed Faculty Scholar, Department of Allergy and Immunology

Nicola Lewis, Ph.D.
Director, Worldwide Influenza Centre WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza

Tavis Anderson, Ph.D.
Research Biologist, National Animal Disease Center - Virus and Prion Research
Bailey Arruda, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Research Veterinary Medical Officer, National Animal Disease Center - Virus and Prion Research
Amy Baker, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Research Veterinary Medical Officer, National Animal Disease Center - Virus and Prion Research

Michael Worobey, Ph.D.
Department Head, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Sarah Cobey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution

Daniel Perez, Ph.D.
Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator, and Caswell S. Eidson Chair in Poultry Medicine, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine

Ben Cowling, Ph.D.
Professor and Division Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Nicholas Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Adam Lauring, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Emily Martin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Arnold Monto, M.D.
Professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Global Public Health

Louise Moncla, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology

Valerie Le Sage, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Tyler Starr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Joe James, Ph.D.
Deputy Director and Head of Influenza and Newcastle Disease Research, Virology and Animal & Plant Health Agency

Ellen Foxman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Immunobiology

Center Coordinator

Center Data Managers

  • Allen Koshy, M.S., Data Manager, University of Pennsylvania