Wolf Szmuness

Deceased Person

1919 – 1982

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Who was Wolf Szmuness?

Wolf Szmuness was a Polish-born epidemiologist who emigrated to and worked in the United States. He conducted research at the New York Blood Center and, from 1973, he was director of the Center's epidemiology laboratory. He designed and conducted the trials for the first vaccine to prove effective against hepatitis B.

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Born
Mar 12, 1919
Poland
Died
Jun 1, 1982

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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