John Robbins
John Robbins · Science & Medicine
Physician who co-developed the Hib conjugate vaccine against childhood meningitis
1932, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 2019, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Bethesda, Maryland · New York
John Robbins is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician who co-developed the Hib conjugate vaccine against childhood meningitis
John B. Robbins was a physician-scientist at the U.S. National Institutes of Health who, with Rachel Schneerson, developed the Hib conjugate vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b, the leading cause of childhood bacterial meningitis. The vaccine has been credited with saving millions of children's lives and earned him the 1996 Lasker Award. He came from a Jewish family descended from rabbis of Minsk.
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Physician who co-developed the Hib conjugate vaccine against childhood meningitis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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