Our researchers study epidemiologic issues and basic host-pathogen mechanisms. We continue to develop new vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, and test the preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic efficacy of these discoveries in clinical trials.
Principal Investigator: Thomas Byrd, MD, Professor: Department of Internal Medicine
Primary Sponsor: NIH / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Active Dates: 05/2018 – 04/2021
Principal Investigator: Michelle Ozbun, PhD, Professor of Viral Oncology: Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Primary Sponsor: NIH/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Sponsor Award Number: T32AI007538
Active Dates: 09/1998 - 08/2019
Principal Investigator: Terry Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor: Department of Internal Medicine
Primary Sponsor: Sandia National Labs (SNL)
Active Dates: 05/2019 – 09/2019
Principal Investigator: Terry Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor: Department of Internal Medicine
Primary Sponsor: DOD/Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) via Advance Technology International (ATI) Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC)
Active Dates: 09/2019 – 09/2024
Principal Investigator: Terry Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor: Department of Internal Medicine
Primary Sponsor: Los Alamos National Labs (LANL)
Active Dates: 07/2019 – 03/2020
Students also have opportunities to learn from our research partners in NM and throughout the West. Those partners include:
Our program works closely with other UNM HSC programs to advance research. These programs include:
The CIDI administrative staff, which administers the IDIP training grant, assists in program project applications and maintains the BSL3 and other core facilities essential to infectious disease research.
CIDI collaborates with universities throughout the Mountain West and other UNM centers such as:
