Julius Youngner

Julius Youngner
Born
Julius S. Youngner

24 October 1920
New York City, New York
DiedApril 27, 2017(2017-04-27) (aged 96)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alma materNew York University
University of Michigan
Known forFirst polio vaccine, equine influenza vaccine
SpouseRina Youngner
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
Virology
Institutions United States Army(-1946)
U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health,  United States Navy
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics(1949-2000)
InfluencedPatricia Whitaker-Dowling

Julius S. Youngner (24 October 1920 – 27 April 2017) was an American Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Medicine and Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at University of Pittsburgh responsible for advances necessary for development of a vaccine for poliomyelitis and the first intranasal equine influenza vaccine.

References

  1. ↑ Obituary: Julius Youngner | Last surviving member of Salk vaccine team
  2. ↑ "University of Pittsburgh Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics". University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "University of Pittsburgh Researchers Develop Virus for First Intranasal Equine Influenza Vaccine". www.upmc.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.