Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases

About

The Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) partners with university, industry and government experts from around the world. Founded in 2010 as a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, CEEZAD has four principal missions:

• Development of novel, safe, efficacious and DIVA-compatible vaccines for prevention and control of high-impact emerging and zoonotic diseases that can be manufactured in the U.S.
• Development and expansion of technologies and platforms for laboratory and point-of-need pathogen detection.
• Development of models to predict high-consequence disease behavior in the U.S. to aid prevention or outbreak control.
• Development of education and training programs for students, veterinarians, first responders and researchers in high-impact animal diseases and animal emergencies.