Episode 1: History and Development of Vaccines

Host Dr. Melanie Matheu (PhD) and special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin (MD) a double board-certified pediatric Allergist and Immunologist discuss the history of vaccine development.This massive topic is impossible to cover in one episode but for further reading on the giants in vaccine development feel free to read more about the scientists listed below. Scientific research is a team effort wherein discoveries and inventions are developed through collaboration between different laboratories and tens to hundreds of researchers each of them moving research incrementally forward. Edward Jenner: Smallpox VaccineLouis Pasteur: Rabies VaccineMax Theiler: Yellow Fever Vaccine (1951 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) Jonas Salk: Polio VaccineJohn Franklin Enders: Measles Vaccine (1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman: Advances in mRNA technology that allowed for the next generation of vaccine development (2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)