The grant marks a renewal of the university’s membership in the CDC’s Emerging Infections Program. The EIP is a nationwide network that monitors several infectious threats and, through research, looks to inform clinical policy related to prevention and treatment.
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“This is the largest national surveillance system for infectious diseases, and most of what we know about the burden of infectious disease in the U.S. comes from the research conducted in this network,” said Nancy Bennett, MD, director of the Center for Community Health at URMC. “This is our 20th year working with the CDC. Rochester is an ideal community for this research due to the incredible collaboration of physicians, healthcare institutions and laboratories in our region.”
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