# The EMERGEncy ID NET Study Group

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · OLIVE VIEW-UCLA EDUCATION AND RES INST · 2020 · $250,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
EMERGEncy ID NET is a sentinel network for surveillance and research of emerging infectious
diseases. It is comprised of 11 high-volume, geographically-diverse, and academically-affiliated
emergency departments in the United States. EMERGEncy ID NET was created in 1995 in
response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) strategic plan to enhance
surveillance mechanisms using novel approaches. A CDC cooperative grant has funded the
network for the last 20 years during which EMERGEncy ID NET has studied a wide range of
infections and has been a model for the creation of multi-center, clinical syndrome-based
research networks. The research network has continued to successfully address the threat of
emerging infectious diseases by assessing disease prevalence, risk factors, and management
practices for acute presentations from the community among a diverse population presenting to
emergency departments. Numerous peer-reviewed publications have resulted from
EMERGEncy ID NET research in journals that include The New England Journal of Medicine,
JAMA, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Annals of Emergency
Medicine.
The EMERGEncy ID NET program plans to continue collaboration with the CDC to conduct
ongoing investigations of various emerging and prevalent infections in the United States. This
will be accomplished by: 1) identifying emerging and prevalent infections among emergency
department patients; 2) developing study objectives and materials to conduct prospective
studies; 3) obtaining necessary approvals to conduct the research from Human Subject
Protection Committees; 4) implementing studies through enrollment and follow-up of emergency
department patients; 5) managing data collected; 6) generating results from studies and
reporting our findings in peer-reviewed publications and at scientific conferences; and 7)
expanding the network to involve more emergency departments to improve our capability of
generalizing our findings to additional populations in the United States.
The accomplishments of the EMERGEncy ID NET program over the past 20 years demonstrate
its capability to rapidly address a variety of urgent public health infectious disease problems and
propagate the results of investigations effectively to infectious disease, public health,
emergency medicine practitioners, and the public. EMERGEncy ID NET investigators have
several ongoing and new projects planned to address current and anticipated emerging
infection threats.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9914875
- **Project number:** 5U01CK000480-05
- **Recipient organization:** OLIVE VIEW-UCLA EDUCATION AND RES INST
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID ANDREW TALAN
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $250,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9914875

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9914875, The EMERGEncy ID NET Study Group (5U01CK000480-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9914875. Licensed CC0.

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