TY - JOUR AU - Hadler, James AU - Danila, Richard AU - Cieslak, Paul AU - Meek, James AU - Schaffner, William AU - Smith, Kirk AU - Cartter, Matthew AU - Harrison, Lee AU - Vugia, Duc AU - Lynfield, Ruth T1 - Emerging Infections Program—State Health Department Perspective T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 9 SP - 1510 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) is a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 10 state health departments working with academic partners to conduct active population-based surveillance and special studies for several emerging infectious disease issues determined to need special attention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds the 10 EIP sites through cooperative agreements. Our objective was to highlight 1) what being an EIP site has meant for participating health departments and associated academic centers, including accomplishments and challenges, and 2) the synergy between the state and federal levels that has resulted from the collaborative relationship. Sharing these experiences should provide constructive insight to other public health programs and other countries contemplating a collaborative federal–local approach to collective public health challenges. KW - surveillance KW - infectious diseases emerging KW - laboratories KW - education KW - training KW - capacity building KW - academic medical center emerging infections programs KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - bacteria KW - enteric infections KW - influenza KW - parasites KW - respiratory infections KW - rickettsia KW - staphylococci KW - streptococci KW - vector-borne infections KW - viruses KW - zoonoses KW - EIP KW - Emerging Infections Program DO - 10.3201/eid2109.150428 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0428_article ER - End of Reference