Albert Kapikian
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Dr. Ruth Bishop, Dr. Tom Flewett and Al Kapikian, in 1980.
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| Fields | Virology |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (B.S, M.D) |
Dr. Albert Kapikian (1930-2014) was an Armenian-American virologist who developed the first licensed vaccine against rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants. [1][2] He was awarded the Sabin Gold Medal for his pioneering work on the vaccine. He is the 13th recipient of this recognition, awarded annually by the Sabin Vaccine Institute.[3] [4] Called the father of human gastroenteritis virus research, Kapikian identified the first norovirus, initially called Norwalk virus, in 1972; and he and his colleagues at the National Institutes of Health identified the hepatitis A virus in 1973.[5]
Kapikian graduated from Cornell Medical College in 1956 and began a career with the National Institutes of Health in 1957.[citation needed]. He was chief of the epidemiology section of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a position he held for 45 years. In 1998 he was appointed Deputy Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. [6] [7]
Kapikian died on February 24, 2014, at the age of 83.[8]
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