Sinai-Emory Multi-Institutional CIVIC (SEM CIVIC)
About
The Sinai-Emory Multi-Institutional CIVIC (SEM CIVIC) aims to develop improved seasonal and universal influenza virus vaccines that induce long-lasting protection against drifted seasonal, zoonotic, and future pandemic influenza viruses. This will be achieved through an iterative process of vaccine design, pre-clinical testing of candidates in animal models including mice, guinea pig, hamsters, ferrets, and non-human primates, clinical trials in collaboration with other CIVICs components, and detailed assessment of humoral and cellular immune responses in animals and humans. The Vaccine Center combines diverse expertise in vaccinology and translational vaccine development, molecular virology, immunology, including B cell and T cell immunity, antibody function and innate immunity, structural biology, epidemiology, and computational biology. Our team includes investigators with a strong background in influenza virus research, as well as investigators new to the field.
Principal Investigator
PROFESSOR, MICROBIOLOGY
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
co-Principal Investigator
PROFESSOR, MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY,
Director, Emory Vaccine Center
Emory University
Investigators
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology
- Peter Palese, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
- Michael Schotsaert, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology
- Weina Sun, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology
Emory University
- Rama Rao Amara, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Cornell University
- Patrick C. Wilson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
- Shane Crotty, PhD, Professor, Division of Vaccine Discovery
PATH Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access
- Bruce Innis, MD, Leader, Respiratory Infections and Maternal Immunization
The Rockefeller University
- Jeffrey V. Ravetch, MD, PhD, Professor and Head, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute
- Andrew B. Ward, PhD, Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
- Ian Wilson, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
Stanford University
- Taia T. Wang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
Tiba Biotech
- Jasdave Chahal, PhD, Chief Scientist
University of Chicago
- Sarah Cobey, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Colorado
- Jenna Guthmiller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Anschutz School of Medicine
University of Georgia
- S. Mark Tompkins, PhD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology
University of Michigan
- Aubree Gordon, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
University of Minnesota
- Ryan A. Langlois, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- David Masopust, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Yoshihiro Kawaoka, DVM, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine
- Ali Ellebedy, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology
- Eva-Maria Strauch, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
The Wistar Institute
- Daniel Kulp, PhD, Associate Professor, Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center
- David B. Weiner, PhD, Professor and Director, Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center
Yale University
- Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Professor, Departments of Immunology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Other Key Personnel
Program Manager
- Ilaria Ceglia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Center Coordinator
- Bindu Chadaga, Grants Manager, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Data Managers
- Frans Cuevas, Data Manager, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Fatima Sogodogo, Data Science Analyst, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai