Albert B. Sabin
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Person
- Born
- 1906-08-26
- Died
- 1993-03-03
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5 total works indexed
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- Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
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- Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
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· 1999 · cited 27,761x
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Key facts
- Born
- Abram Saperstejn , ( 1906-08-26 ) August 26, 1906, Białystok , Russian Empire , (now Poland )
- Died
- March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03) (aged 86), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Citizenship
- Poland (until 1930), US (since 1930)
- Alma mater
- New York University ( BS , MD )
- Known for
- Oral polio vaccine
- Spouses
- Sylvia Tregillus ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; died 1966 ) Jane Warner (died 2002) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1971 ) Heloisa Dunshee de Abranches ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ) (died 2016)
- Awards
- E. Mead Johnson Award (1941), National Medal of Science (1970), John Howland Award (1974), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1986)
- Fields
- Immunology , virology
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Key dates
- Born
- 26 August 1906
- Died
- 3 March 1993
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruce
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Białystok
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- microbiologist
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Grossman School of Medicine
- Employer
- University of Cincinnati
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Albert Bruce Sabin (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin; born Abram Saperstejn; August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993) was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969–1972, he served as the president of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
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1906 births1993 deaths20th-century American JewsAmerican medical researchersAmerican pathologistsAmerican people of Polish-Jewish descentAmerican vaccinologistsAmerican virologistsBellevue Hospital physiciansBurials at Arlington National CemeteryForeign members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and ArtsJewish American scientists