ESR-led research team wins international tender to hunt the flu virus
A group of world-leading scientists and flu researchers, led by ESR, has beaten out international competition to be awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar contract to study influenza in an effort to better understand the burden of the virus and how to prevent its spread around the world.
Funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services for the Influenza Division of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the SHIVERS (Southern Hemisphere Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance) project will look at how the influenza virus and other respiratory pathogens spread through populations. Read more
ESR provides science advice and services to government agencies, local authorities and the private sector.
We are:
- principal science advisor to the Ministry of Health
- sole provider of forensic services to the New Zealand Police
- science provider to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority, New Zealand Customs, Medsafe, Pharmac and Department of Corrections
- a science partner of MAF Biosecurity
- science advisor for local authorities, industry organisations, and the private sector
Core science programmes:
forensic science | environmental and public health
ESR, the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, is a government owned New Zealand Crown Research Institute. Our mission is to protect people and their environments through science - Manaaki tangata taiao hoki.