A Center for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases, established by NIH at the Institut Pasteur in Paris

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded 11 grants to establish the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID), including a coordinating center. One of those centers, and the sole center coordinated by a non-American organization, is the Pasteur International Center for Research on Emerging Infectious Diseases (PICREID), headed by Anavaj Sakuntabhai at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.

This five year, multi-million dollar project will involve no fewer than six teams and a dozen top researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris (including Etienne Simon-Lorière, Marc Eloit, Simon Cauchemez, Félix Rey and Jean-Claude Manuguerra). These teams will collaborate with three other institutes of the Institut Pasteur International Network – Institut Pasteur of Dakar (led by Gamou Fall), Centre Pasteur of Cameroon (led by Serge Sadeuh) and Institut Pasteur of Cambodia (led by Tineke Cantaert) – as well as with researchers at the University of Leipzig and Kyoto University. By sharing samples, data, tools and analyses, this ambitious international project aims to allow the scientific community to better understand and respond to viruses with pandemic potential.

Kelly Prifti is a project manager based in the Grants Office at the Institut Pasteur (Paris). She is joining the team as the PICREID Project Manager and will handle the administrative, financial and regulatory management of the project as well as aid in laising with the PICREID partners, the CREID network and the NIH.

Website: Pasteur International Center for Research on Emerging Infectious Diseases (PICREID)

For more information: kelly.prifti@pasteur.fr / PICREID@pasteur.fr 

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