{{Short description|American virologist}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Joseph Fair | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = <!--{{birth date |YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | home_town = | other_names = | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Virology | workplaces = Metabiota, Inc., NBC | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = Tulane University, Loyola University | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }}
'''Joseph Fair''' is a virologist and former vice president and director of research and development for Metabiota, Inc.<ref name="ASM">{{Cite web|url=https://www.asm.org/Biographies/Joseph-Fair|title=Joseph Fair|last=|first=|date=|publisher=American Society for Microbiology|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519185659/https://www.asm.org/Biographies/Joseph-Fair|archive-date=19 May 2020|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/10/04/352804648/a-virologist-takes-you-inside-the-ebola-protective-suit|title=A Virologist Takes You Inside the Ebola Protective Suit|publisher=NPR|language=en|access-date=16 April 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509014119/https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/10/04/352804648/a-virologist-takes-you-inside-the-ebola-protective-suit}}</ref> Since March 2020 he has been a science contributor for the American television network NBC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joseph Fair|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7268157/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=IMDb|archive-date=2017-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215122800/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7268157/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Education== After briefly attending the University of Kentucky, Fair received his bachelor's degree in biology from Loyola University New Orleans, and his M.P.H. and Ph.D. in molecular biology from Tulane University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumnus is working front lines of Ebola outbreak in West Africa - Loyola University New Orleans|url=http://www.loyno.edu/news/story/2014/12/10/3547|access-date=2020-07-03|website=www.loyno.edu|archive-date=2015-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907220427/http://www.loyno.edu/news/story/2014/12/10/3547|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Work== Fair is known for his work with hemorrhagic fevers notably Ebola and Lassa fever (LHF),<ref name=ASM /> as well as the tracking and biosurveillance of infectious diseases.<ref name=ASM />
From April 2008 to April 2014, Fair was a corporate vice-president at Metabiota, Inc. (formerly Global Viral Forecasting, Inc.). He then worked as a consulting advisor to Fondation Mérieux.<ref name=":0" /> From 2015 to 2017 he was a chief adviser in Global Health Surveillance & Diagnostics for MRIGlobal and a senior fellow in global health security at Pennsylvania State University.<ref name="Bush">{{Cite web|title=Senior fellows: Joseph Fair |publisher=Bush School of Government and Public Service |url=https://bush.tamu.edu/scowcroft/senior-fellows/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114013509/https://bush.tamu.edu/scowcroft/senior-fellows/ |archive-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 he worked with International Medical Corps.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ebola in DRC: Q&A with Dr. Joseph Fair|url=https://www.outbreakobservatory.org/outbreakthursday-1/9/6/2018/ebola-in-drc-qa-with-dr-joseph-fair|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401215026/https://www.outbreakobservatory.org/outbreakthursday-1/9/6/2018/ebola-in-drc-qa-with-dr-joseph-fair|archive-date=2022-04-01|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Outbreak Observatory|language=en-US}}</ref> Since January 2018 he has been a senior fellow at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University.<ref name="Bush" />
In 2020, Fair was hospitalized with COVID-19-like symptoms shortly after taking a crowded flight, despite wearing a mask and gloves, and theorized that he caught the virus via his eyes as a result of not wearing goggles.<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |last1=Wamsley |first1=Laurel |title=Coronavirus FAQs: Can I Catch It Through My Eyes? Will Goggles Help? |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/05/22/861299427/coronavirus-faqs-can-i-catch-it-through-the-eyes-will-googles-help |access-date=April 23, 2023 |publisher=NPR |date=May 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fieldstadt |first=Elisha |date= May 14, 2020 |title=Virologist hospitalized with coronavirus believes he got it through his eyes|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virologist-hospitalized-coronavirus-believes-he-got-it-through-his-eyes-n1206956 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401215015/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virologist-hospitalized-coronavirus-believes-he-got-it-through-his-eyes-n1206956 |archive-date=2022-04-01 |access-date=2020-07-04 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Later PCR and antibody testing, however, revealed Fair did not have COVID; the cause of his illness remains unknown.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Rheana |title=After severe illness, NBC's Dr. Joseph Fair tests negative for COVID-19 antibodies |url=https://www.today.com/health/nbc-s-dr-joseph-fair-reveals-his-antibody-test-came-t186120 |access-date=2020-07-11 |website=TODAY.com |date=8 July 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2020-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709034039/https://www.today.com/health/nbc-s-dr-joseph-fair-reveals-his-antibody-test-came-t186120 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dawood |first1=A.A. |title=Transmission of SARS CoV-2 virus through the ocular mucosa worth taking precautions |journal=Vacunas (English Edition) |date=January 2021 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=56–57 |doi=10.1016/j.vacune.2021.01.007|doi-access=free |pmc=7882915 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7268157/ Joseph Fair] at IMDb
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