W. Ian Lipkin, M.D.
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- Title
- Director, Center for Infection & Immunity
- Department
- Department of Epidemiology
- Institution
- Columbia University, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Address
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Mailman School of Public Health
722 West 168th Street, 17th Floor - City, State, ZIP
- New York, NY 10032
- Phone
- (212) 342-9033
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/our-faculty/profile?uni=wil2001
- Research field
- Neuroscience; Virology
- Award year
- 1991
Research
My most recent work has focused on advancing pathogen discovery techniques by developing a staged strategy using techniques pioneered in my lab. These molecular biological methods, including MassTag-PCR, the GreeneChip diagnostic, and High Throughput Sequencing, are a major step towards identifying and studying new viral pathogens that emerge locally throughout the globe. My research also focuses on pathogen discovery using unexplained hemorrhagic fever, febrile illness, encephalitis, and meningoencephalitis as targets. Lastly, I am directing an international research project, named the autism birth cohort, investigating the epidemiology and basis of neurodevelopmental disorders through analyses of a prospective birth cohort of 100,000 children and their parents.
Scholar Keywords
1991 Search Pew Scholars
- Alison E.M. Adams, Ph.D.
- Michael A. Caudy, Ph.D.
- Lynn Cooley, Ph.D.
- Stephen J. Elledge, Ph.D.
- Daniel E. Gottschling, Ph.D.
- Thomas S. Hays, Ph.D.
- Yasushi Hiromi, Ph.D.
- Christine E. Holt, Ph.D.
- David E. Levy, Ph.D.
- Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D.
- W. Ian Lipkin, M.D.
- Alfred T. Malouf, Ph.D.
- Rory M. Marks, M.B.B.S.
- Robert D. Nicholls, D. Phil.
- Janko Nikolich-Zugich, M.D., Ph.D.
- Diane M. Papazian, Ph.D.
- Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D.
- Frank J. Rauscher III, Ph.D.
- Stephen R.J. Salton, M.D., Ph.D.
- Nicholas K. Tonks, Ph.D.