Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal
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The Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal is awarded annually by the Sabin Vaccine Institute
in recognition of work in the field of vaccinology or a complementary field. It is in commemoration of the pioneering work of Albert B. Sabin.
Sabin Vaccine Institute
The Sabin Vaccine Institute is a non-profit, 501 organization dedicated to reducing needless humansuffering from vaccine preventable and neglected tropical diseases through prevention and treatment...
in recognition of work in the field of vaccinology or a complementary field. It is in commemoration of the pioneering work of Albert B. Sabin.
List of previous recipients
- 2011: Douglas R. Lowy, M.D. and John T. Schiller, Ph.D.
- 2010: John D. Clemens, M.D.
- 2009: Rino RappuoliRino RappuoliRino Rappuoli, PhD is known globally for his work in vaccines and immunology. He co-founded the field of cellular microbiology, a discipline combining cell biology and microbiology, and pioneered the genomic approach to vaccine development known as reverse vaccinology.Dr...
, Ph.D. - 2008: Ruth Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D.
- 2007: Hilary KoprowskiHilary KoprowskiHilary Koprowski is a Polish virologist and immunologist, and inventor of the world's first effective live polio vaccine.-Life:...
, M.D. - 2006: William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H.
- 2005: Albert Z. Kapikian, M.D.
- 2004: William S. Jordan, Jr., M.D.
- 2003: Samuel L. KatzSamuel Katz (pediatrician)Samuel Katz is an American pediatrician and virologist whose career has been devoted to infectious disease research, focusing principally on vaccine research and development. Katz is currently the Wilburt Cornell Davison Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics at Duke University.He is an...
, M.D. - 2002: Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D.
- 2001: John B. Robbins, M.D.
- 2000: Ciro A. de Quadros, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1999: Maj. Gen. Philip K. Russell, M.D. (USA Ret.)
- 1998: Allen C. Steere, M.D.
- 1998: Myron M. Levine, M.D., D.T.P.H.
- 1997: Maurice R. Hilleman, Ph.D.
- 1996: Joseph L. MelnickJoseph L. MelnickJoseph Louis Melnick was an American epidemiologist who performed breakthrough research on the spread of polio, with The New York Times calling him "a founder of modern virology".-Early life and education:...
, Ph.D., D.Sc. - 1995: Robert M. ChanockRobert M. ChanockRobert Merritt Chanock was an American pediatrician and virologist who made major contributions to the prevention and treatment of childhood respiratory infections in more than 50 years spent at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Chanock was born July 8, 1924 in Chicago. His...
, M.D. - 1994: Donald A. Henderson, M.D., M.P.H.