Presented By: Ralph S. Baric, PhD
Speaker Biography: Ralph S. Baric, PhD is the University of North Carolina Kenan Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health and Microbiology and Immunology in the School of Medicine. He earned a BS in Zoology and a PhD in Microbiology from North Carolina State University. He performed postdoctoral research in virology and immunology at the University of Southern California before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Baric’s research focuses on the pathogenesis and emergence mechanisms of RNA viruses, focusing on coronaviruses, flaviviruses and noroviruses. His group has made seminal contributions in virus genetics, identifying host susceptibility genes that regulate virus pathogenesis and emergence, and studying mechanisms of virus cross species transmission, pathogenesis, and virulence.
Webinar: Keynote Presentation: SARS-CoV2: Rapid Response Platforms for Pandemic Virus Control in the 21st Century
Webinar Abstract: The Sarbecoviruses encodes a large panel of highly heterogeneous, but related zoonotic, epidemic and pandemic coronaviruses that include SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV2, which have been associated with significant human disease in 2003 and 2020-21, respectively. These viruses exist in zoonotic reservoirs and many are poised to move easily between species. SARS-CoV2 has caused over hundreds of millions of cases and over 6 million deaths, globally. The presentation will discuss SARS-CoV2 host range, cross species transmission strategies, viral genetics, replication, evolution, pathogenic mechanisms and immunity, framed in the context of the development of novel countermeasures to control COVID19 disease severity in human populations.
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