Global Viral Explained

Global Viral (GV), previously known as Global Viral Forecasting Institute (GVFI),[1] is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 2007 by Nathan Wolfe[2] to study infectious diseases, their transmission between animals and humans, and the risk involved with their global spread.[3] An original goal of the organization was to develop an early warning system for pandemics[4] [5] and at one point Global Viral coordinated a staff of over 100 scientists in China, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Republic of the Congo, Laos, Gabon, Central African Republic, Malaysia, Madagascar and Sao Tome.

However, as of 2019 the organization has "shifted" these areas of research to Metabiota, GV's for-profit sister company that focuses on risk analysis of pandemics.[6] [7]

History

The Global Viral Forecasting Institute was founded in 2007 by Nathan Wolfe, receiving seed funding in 2008 from Google and the Skoll Foundation.[8]

Funding

Global Viral has received funding from the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), Fogarty International Center, Google, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), National Geographic Society, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), Skoll Foundation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Department of Defense, Wellcome Trust and the W. W. Smith Charitable Trust.[9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Global Viral Organization . 2019-11-06 . 2022-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220509025906/https://www.globalviral.org/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Nathan Wolfe's website . 2013-12-07 . 2014-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109102744/http://nathanwolfe.net/ . dead .
  3. Walsh . Bryan . 2011-10-28 . Virus Hunter: How One Scientist Is Preventing the Next Pandemic . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002023926/https://time.com/3782263/virus-hunter-how-one-scientist-is-preventing-the-next-pandemic/ . 2022-10-02 . 2023-07-24 . Time . en.
  4. A New Project to Track Animal Diseases Before They Infect Humans . Time . 8 February 2011.
  5. News: Finding the Next Epidemic Before It Kills . Forbes . Robert . Langreth . 15 October 2009.
  6. Web site: Legacy Programs . 15 December 2019 . 15 December 2019 . 6 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191106062458/https://www.globalviral.org/all-global-programs . dead .
  7. Web site: Hope . Bradley . 2015-05-20 . Virus Hunter Metabiota Finds Niche in Epidemic Research . live . https://archive.today/20211223055051/https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/virus-hunter-metabiota-finds-niche-in-epidemic-research-1432155621 . 2021-12-23 . 2023-07-24 . . en-US.
  8. Web site: About Global Viral . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013210754/http://globalviral.org/about.php . 2012-10-13 . 2023-07-24 . Global Viral.
  9. Web site: Sponsors . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014152811/http://globalviral.org/sponsors.php . 2012-10-14 . 2023-07-24 . Global Viral.
  10. Web site: Partners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110204054522/http://www.gvfi.org/partners.html . 2011-02-04 . 2023-07-24 . Global Viral Forecasting Institute.
  11. Web site: Partners . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20080920131935/http://www.gvfi.org/partners.html . 2008-09-20 . 2023-07-24 . Global Viral Forecasting Institute.

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