Ralph Baric

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• *TWiV 591: Coronavirus update with Ralph Baric (1 hr+)
  March 15, 2020 on This Week in Virology (TWiV)
  Ralph Baric joins TWiV to dissect the coronavirus pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, including discussion on community spread, asymptomatic infections, origin of the virus, transmission, vaccine development, and much more.
• An air-locked lab at UNC is leading research on cures for the coronavirus
  Zachery Eanes, News & Observer, March 7, 2020
  ... the outbreak of COVID-19 — the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that has spread from China around the globe this year — has pushed researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill, specifically Dr. Ralph Baric, into the spotlight.
• Coronavirus drug shows promise at Carolina (2 min)
  March 19, 2020
  UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers are testing a new broad-spectrum antiviral drug that could potentially be a relief to the global coronavirus pandemic.
• COVID-19 recent posts
• Faculty profile and CV - Epidemiology
• Faculty profile - Microbiology
• Fluctuating funding and flagging interest hurt coronavirus research, leaving crucial knowledge gaps
  Helen Branswell and Megan Thielking, STAT, Feb. 10, 2020
  The waxing and waning interest in coronaviruses has perpetuated gaps in the scientific understanding of the pathogens. Scientists don’t know how long people remain immune to a coronavirus after being infected. There are still looming questions about transmission. There aren’t any drugs approved specifically to treat coronaviruses. Work begun to test existing drugs to see if they were effective against SARS was abandoned when that threat faded . . .
• Hear from top scientist who has spent 'years' working toward a cure for coronaviruses (5 min)
  MSNBC, The Beat with Ari
  A team of scientists at the University of North Carolina’s preeminent research lab, have been searching for a cure for coronaviruses, working in a "windowless air-locked laboratory in a secret location." World-renowned coronavirus expert Ralph Baric, professor at UNC’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology, joins Ari Melber on the search for a COVID-19 cure. Anne Rimoin, epidemiologist at UCLA, also discusses the groundbreaking clinical developments in the race to fight the global pandemic.
• Local expert explains coronavirus outbreak in southeast Asia as CDC confirms first US case (2:23)
  Ana Rivera, WTVD, January 21, 2020
• Peoples Pharmacy show 1211: A Conversation With the Coronavirus Hunter
  People's Pharmacy, WUNC, May 7, 2020. Rebroadcast May 25 on The State of Things, https://www.wunc.org/post/meet-coronavirus-hunter-ralph-baric
• Ralph Baric: On the Front Lines of Coronavirus for Three Decades
  Carolina Alumni Review, March 19, 2020
  Ralph Baric was finishing his postdoctoral work in microbiology in the early 1980s just as the HIV epidemic was emerging. That might have been a logical direction for his research, but something else caught his attention: Coronaviruses.
• The Coronavirus Hunter Is Racing for Answers in a Locked-Down Lab
  Robert Langreth, Bloomberg Businessweek, March 4, 2020
  The deadly coronavirus arrived by courier on Feb. 6, delivered to a windowless air-locked laboratory in a secret location on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.
• Which Species Transmit COVID-19 to Humans? We’re Still Not Sure.
  Claire Jarvis, The Scientist, March 16, 2020
  Preliminary modeling studies provide a shortlist of potential coronavirus intermediate host species
• Wuhan Coronavirus In The US: How To Be Cautious Without Panicking (11 min)
  WUNC The State of Things, Grant Holub-Moorman and Frank Stasio, Jan 31, 2020
  Host Frank Stasio talks to Professor of Epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill Ralph Baric about the Wuhan coronavirus.