University of Pennsylvania (Penn-CEIRR)


Philadelphia, PA | United States

Lead Organization: University of Pennsylvania

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, PhD

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Institutions & Investigators

Sara Cherry, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Scott Hensley, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Michael Betts, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology
John Wherry, PhD
Chair, Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics

Ian Brown, PhD
Deputy Director, Department of Scientific Services

Paritosh Kumar Biswas, DVM, PhD
Professor, Director of Poultry Research and Training Centre (PRTC), Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health
Himel Barua, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health
Ahasanul Hoque, MS, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery

Seema Lakdawala, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Trevor Bedford, PhD
Associated Professor, Divisions of Vaccine and Infectious Disease, Public Health Sciences, and Human Biology
Jesse Bloom, PhD
Professor, Basic Science Division

Erik Karlsson, PhD
Deputy Head, Virology Unit

Mahbubur Rahman, null
Medical Officer, OSD, Department of Epidemiology
Ahmed Nawsher Alam, null
Principal Scientific Officer, Department of Virology
Tahmina Shirin, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Virology

Phillip Gauger, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine

Nicola Lewis, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences

Ian Wilson, DPhil
Hansen Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
Andrew Ward, PhD
Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology

Scott Boyd, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Endowed Faculty Scholar, Department of Allergy and Immunology

Amy Baker, DMV, PhD
Research Veterinary Medical Officer, National Animal Disease Center – Virus and Prion Research

Michael Worobey, PhD
Department Head, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Sarah Cobey, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution

Ben Cowling, PhD
Professor and Division Head, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Emily Martin, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Arnold Monto, MD
Professor, Departments of Epidemiology and Global Public Health
Adam Lauring, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Center Coordinator