RAVENHOLT, REIMERT
POLLACK, MAJORIE
PLOTKIN, STANLEY
Dr. Stanley Plotkin talks about his EIS training at CDC and how it led him to spending time in Hilary Kaproski’s lab developing oral polio vaccines at the Wistar Institute.
Interviewed by Karen Torghele
May 19, 2016
2016.400.1
PICKERING, LARRY
PATRIARCA, PETER
PALLANSCH, MARK
ORENSTEIN, WALTER
OFFIT, PAUL
Dr. Paul Offit is a co-inventor of the rotavirus RotaTeq vaccine, along with Fred Clark and Stanley Plotkin. The rotavirus vaccine is credited with saving hundreds, if not thousands, of children's lives worldwide every day. He's the author of a number of books that contribute enormously to public health education, especially related to vaccines. Today we're focusing on polio and CDC's [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's] role overall with polio, how polio affected CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and how CDC affected polio.
Interviewed by Karen Torghele
May 20, 2016
2016.400.2
NATHANSON, NEAL
Dr. Neal Nathanson recounts the early years of polio and CDC's contributions to the surveillance, prevention and containment of polio. Documenting the history of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including the era that covered polio, from that time in the early days in the '50s to present.
Interviewed by Karen Torghele
May 18, 2016
2016.400.3