Center for Viral Systems Biology: Outbreak.info for real-time outbreak intelligence
Official title: Center for Viral Systems Biology- Outbreak.info
Funded at Scripps Research Institute, the · NIH-11533684 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A researchers’ team is building real-time, virus-tracking tools to help detect and interpret outbreaks like bird flu faster, using open data and new analysis methods.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Scripps Research Institute, the NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (La Jolla, United States) |
| Project start | May 1, 2026 |
| Project end | January 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $406,008 |
| NIH project number | 3U19AI135995-09S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11533684 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Not applicable to direct patient participation; however, the work benefits communities at risk during outbreaks by improving surveillance.
✕Less likely to help
Participants are not recruited for this project.
What this research studies
This project expands outbreak.info to be a pathogen-agnostic system that combines genomic data, laboratory results, and scientific literature to monitor outbreaks as they unfold. It will automatically ingest data from public sources and provide insights on how a virus evolves and what that might mean for risk to people. The aim is to help public health teams make quicker, better-informed decisions during outbreaks by integrating genomic, functional, and literature information.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, it could speed up detection and risk assessment during outbreaks, supporting timely public health responses.
How similar studies have gone: Outbreak.info has shown useful, rapid tracking of pathogens in past outbreaks, but expanding its functional surveillance is a relatively new approach.
Where this research is happening
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Scripps Research Institute, the
La Jolla, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Andersen, Kristian Graugaard — Scripps Research Institute, the
- Study coordinator: Andersen, Kristian Graugaard
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.