Dr. Ian Lipkin is an internationally recognized authority on infectious disease and neurology. His many contributions read as a list of field-defining firsts, including the discovery of over 30 viruses. Ian is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity in Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, China CDC, USDA, U.S. Dept. of Defense and the World Health Organization all benefit from his expertise during various outbreaks and vaccination safety inspections. On the future of identifying diseases, Ian is clear. “New tools for detecting and discovering pathogens, new sample collections and new research models will allow us to head off future outbreaks of infectious disease and to meet the challenges at the intersections between genes and the environment. But technology is like a car with a lot of horsepower. If you point it in the wrong direction, you can run people over.”

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