The Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research (CIDER) is an NIH-funded consortium that integrates human cohort studies with state-of-the-art fundamental research. The center is based at the University of Georgia, with four national and international partner institutions, adding complementary expertise. Center activities emphasize a plurality of disciplinary approaches, encompassing virology, immunology, ecology, clinical research, molecular systematics, epidemiology, bioinformatics, and computational biology.