CEIRR Network

The Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR) Network is a multidisciplinary and collaborative research network funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to study natural history, transmission, and pathogenesis of influenza and provide an international research infrastructure to address influenza outbreaks. The CEIRR Network is made up of six research centers and one coordination center. Each Center conducts studies both in the United States and abroad to study key influenza research areas and provide pandemic response. The broad research areas include: 1) Understanding the immune response to influenza vaccination and infection and identify which immunological factors can determine disease severity. 2) Surveillance projects investigate how influenza viruses infect, evolve, and transmit in both human and animal infections. 3) Emergency research responses to outbreaks of influenza and other emerging viral pathogens. 4) Although CEIRR is primarily focused on influenza, the network also studies SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as other emerging viruses of pandemic potential. This page is run by the CEIRR Influenza Data Processing and Communication Center (iDPCC). Posts and engagements do not necessarily represent the views of NIAID, NIH.