About UMIID

The mission of the University of Minnesota Institute on Infectious Diseases (UMIID) is to identify and respond to emerging and contemporary infectious diseases for outbreak and disease mitigation and control, and to train the next generation of pandemic and epidemic response experts. 

The University of Minnesota Medical School launched UMIID to leverage its experience coming out of the SARS CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic. The university mounted an early and rapid response to that threat by harnessing a range of expertise to find answers when they were needed most. Together we learned that our array of diverse expertise at the U of M is well-suited to bring a OneHealth approach to the ongoing challenge of infectious disease research and mitigation. 

Today, UMIID works to efficiently and effectively leverage our partners internally at the U of M and externally from around the world. By maintaining these collaborative relationships and through the infrastructure of UMIID we hope to identify, define, and control infectious disease outbreaks locally, regionally, and globally.