David Bodian

Physician

1910 – 1992

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Who was David Bodian?

David Bodian was an American medical scientist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who worked in polio research. In the early 1940s he helped lay the groundwork for the eventual development of polio vaccines by combining neurological research with the study of the pathogenesis of polio. With his understanding of the disease, he made a series of crucial discoveries that paved the way for the final development of a vaccine by Jonas Salk and later by Albert Sabin.

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Born
May 15, 1910
St. Louis
Also known as
  • Dr. David Bodian
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Chicago
Lived in
  • United States of America
Died
Sep 18, 1992
Baltimore

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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