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Ralph S. Baric, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Epidemiology

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Lab:
Michael Hooker Research Building
CB #7435
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Ralph S. Baric, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Areas of Interest

Infectious Disease

About

Dr. Ralph Baric is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He has spent the past three decades as a world leader in the study of coronaviruses and is responsible for UNC-Chapel Hill’s world leadership in coronavirus research. For the past three decades, Dr. Baric has warned that the emerging coronaviruses represent a significant and ongoing global health threat, particularly because they can jump, without warning, from animals into the human population, and they tend to spread rapidly.

Awards and Honors 

  • Oliver Max Gardner Award- (2021)
  • Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award- (2021)
  • William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology- (2019)
  • Innovation Award for Faculty Research- (2011)
  • Established Investigator Award- (1994)
  • Harvey Weaver Scholar- (1986)

Memberships

  • Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Education

  • Undergraduate

    North Carolina State University

  • PhD

    North Carolina State University

  • Post Doctoral Fellowship

    University of Southern California