Stanley Plotkin
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Stanley Alan Plotkin is an American physician and virologist who specialized in the development of vaccines. In the 1960s, he played a pivotal role in the discovery of a vaccine against rubella virus while at Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. Plotkin was a member of Wistar’s research faculty from 1960 to 1991.
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Thomas Huckle WellerAlso won Alexander Fleming AwardAnn DemeulemeesterAlso won honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles
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Donald A. HendersonAlso won Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal
Tom LanoyeAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
Abel MatutesAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAbout this person
Stanley Alan Plotkin is an American physician and virologist who specialized in the development of vaccines. In the 1960s, he played a pivotal role in the discovery of a vaccine against rubella virus while at Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. Plotkin was a member of Wistar’s research faculty from 1960 to 1991. In addition to his emeritus position at Wistar, he is emeritus professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. His book, Vaccines, is the standard reference on the subject. As of 2025, Vaccines is in its eighth edition. Plotkin is also an editor of Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, which is published by the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, D.C..
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