Roots, Not Parachutes: Research Collaborations Combat Outbreaks

Nathan L Yozwiak; Christian T Happi; Donald S Grant; John S Schieffelin; Robert F Garry; Pardis C Sabeti; Kristian G Andersen

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.029

Roots, Not Parachutes: Research Collaborations Combat Outbreaks

Cell. 2016 Jun 30;166(1):5-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.029.

Authors

Nathan L Yozwiak¹, Christian T Happi², Donald S Grant³, John S Schieffelin⁴, Robert F Garry⁴, Pardis C Sabeti⁵, Kristian G Andersen⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria; African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease, Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria.
³ Kenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone.
⁴ Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
⁵ Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
⁶ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

Recent infectious disease epidemics illustrate how health systems failures anywhere can create disease vulnerabilities everywhere. We must therefore prioritize investments in health care infrastructure in outbreak-prone regions of the world. We describe how "rooted" research collaborations can establish capacity for pathogen surveillance and facilitate rapid outbreak responses.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Africa, Western / epidemiology
Biomedical Research*
Disease Outbreaks*
Epidemiological Monitoring
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / physiopathology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / epidemiology*
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / physiopathology
Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / virology
International Cooperation
Virology / education

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding