<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><post link="https://sph.umich.edu/news/2026posts/micrit-flu-transmission-nih-award.html" display="true" featured="true"><title>Flu clues: Digging into 15 years of household data</title><subject>$14.2-million NIH award to University of Michigan funds research to untangle intricacies of person-to-person flu transmission—and reduce illness, deaths, economic losses</subject><subtitle/><description>A $14.2 million NIH award launches MiCRIT, where Michigan Public Health's Emily Toth Martin and the Medical School's Adam Lauring will mine 15 years of household data to learn how flu spreads person to person and how to stop it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:51:11 -0800</pubDate><tags><faculty>Emily Martin</faculty><talking-about>Epidemiology</talking-about><talking-about>Epidemiologic Science</talking-about><talking-about>Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology</talking-about><talking-about>Research</talking-about><category>News</category><talking-about>Flu</talking-about><category>Epidemiology</category></tags><image><img src="/news/2026posts/images/man-flu-AdobeStock_291877800.jpg" alt="Man holding mug with tea and sitting on sofa in living room."/></image><imagelarge><img/></imagelarge></post>