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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.23 · baric_ti:utt:00127

Date: 2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type: transcript segment · interview
recipient: Christina Salazar, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker: Ralph S. Baric
Topics: Awards, honoraria and recognition

Ian Lipkin, you'd have to look at his CV, but I believe he received a medal from China for his efforts in the original 2003 SARS coronavirus outbreak, helping them bring it under control. So he is also, not really a viral ecologist. He really does virus discovery, very interested in post-responses to viral infections. He's a global leader in really, I guess, the last 15 years, developing new technologies for rapid detection of unknown pathogens in the environment.

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2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

You'd have to ask him those questions. I wouldn't know.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Okay. And then what about Ian Lipkin?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yeah, another good friend from Columbia University. But what's the question?
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So my understanding is that he also worked out of the Wuhan CDC at times.
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric

Ian Lipkin, you'd have to look at his CV, but I believe he received a medal from China for his efforts in the original 2003 SARS coronavirus outbreak, helping them bring it under control. So he is also, not really a viral ecologist. He really does virus discovery, very interested in post-responses to viral infections. He's a global leader in really, I guess, the last 15 years, developing new technologies for rapid detection of unknown pathogens in the environment.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

Are you aware of him working out of the Wuhan CDC?
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

He told me he'd worked extensively with people in China during the 20- -- I didn't ask him details DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com about whether it was with Wuhan Institute of Virology or not. Again, he would be the person you'd need to ask that of.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

And then going back real quick to the RO1 grant. You weren't an official collaborator, or PI, co-PI, until later on. But you did provide a letter of support --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yes.

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