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The NYCVH initiative is the first safe community science program worldwide that screens wild birds in an urban area for infectious diseases such as avian influenza that can be harmful for other birds, wildlife, and sometimes humans. The NYCVH pilot was funded primarily by Flu Lab and launched in 2020. A National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) grant and a matching Flu Lab grant will support the NYCVH for five more years.<\/span><\/p>\n In the program\u2019s first six years, 30 Junior Scientists (high school interns) gained the scientific knowledge, identities, and experiences to kickstart careers in STEM. Hundreds more students participated in community sampling events. The Virus Hunters team, including some of the Junior Scientists interns, published research articles in <\/span>Microbiology Spectrum<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>Journal of Virology<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Nature Microbiology<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 30 Junior Scientist High School interns<\/strong><\/p>\n 18 NYC High Schools\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 5 Scientist Mentors from 3 Institutions<\/strong> 3 Publications with Student Authors<\/span><\/p>\n Microbiology Spectrum (2022):<\/span> Full Article<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Press Release<\/span><\/a> \u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Journal of Virology (2024):<\/span> Full Article<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Press Release<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Journal of Virology (2024):<\/span> Commentary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Research Symposia, Outreach, Conferences, and Press<\/span><\/p>\n NYCVH Student Research Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine and BioBus (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)<\/span><\/p>\n American Society for Virology Conference (2021, 2022, 2023)<\/span><\/p>\n Global Community BioSummit (2021, 2022, 2023)<\/span><\/p>\n Citizen Science Association\u2019s Citizen Science Conference (2021, 2022, 2023)<\/span><\/p>\n Global Citizen Science for Health Conference (2025)<\/span><\/p>\n NIH SciEd (2024, 2025)<\/span><\/p>\n European Citizen Science Conference (2024, 2026)<\/span><\/p>\n Options XII for the Control of Influenza (2024)<\/span><\/p>\n Civic Science Media Lab:<\/span> After School Science – Wild New York City<\/span><\/a> (2026)<\/span><\/p>\n NPR Short Wave:<\/span> Here are the high schoolers tracking the bird flu virus in New York <\/span>City<\/span><\/a> (2024)<\/span><\/p>\n CBS News:<\/span> \u201c<\/span>Virus hunters\u201d are searching for bird flu in NYC<\/span><\/a> (2024)<\/span><\/p>\n CUNY TV: <\/span>Simply Science<\/span><\/a> (2022)<\/span> The NYCVH initiative is the first safe community science program worldwide that screens wild birds in an urban area for infectious diseases such as avian influenza that can be harmful for other birds, wildlife, and sometimes humans. The NYCVH pilot was funded primarily by Flu Lab and launched in 2020. A National Institutes of Health […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-834","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h2>\n
New York City Virus Hunters At A Glance<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/i>2020 \u2013 2026<\/i><\/h2>\n
\n<\/span>BioBus, Inc.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/a>Wild Bird Fund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>USA Today:<\/span> High school scientists-in-training take on the Big Apple as urban virus hunters<\/span><\/a> (2022)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Spectrum News NY1 (Nationwide): <\/span>Can wildlife predict the next pandemic?<\/span><\/a> (2021)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Spectrum News NY1 (Manhattan): <\/span>High schoolers take to city parks to hunt for viruses<\/span><\/a> (2021)<\/span>
\n<\/span>This Week in Virology (TWiV) Podcast: <\/span>The magic virus bus<\/span><\/a> (2021)<\/span>
\n<\/span>The Kids Should See This: <\/span>Feathers Gone Viral<\/span><\/a> (2021)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Live YouTube Town Hall event: <\/span>Saving Ecosystems, Stopping Disease with the One Health Initiative<\/span><\/a> (2021)<\/span>
\n<\/span>The New York Times: <\/span>Amid One Pandemic, Students Train for the Next<\/span><\/a> (2021)<\/span>
\n<\/span>American Society for Microbiology ASM Microbe Conference (2021)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Live YouTube Town Hall event: <\/span>The Flu Around You<\/span><\/a> (2020)<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/krammerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-24-at-8.31.11-AM.png\")
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