Emil C. Gotschlich

Emil C. Gotschlich
Born (1935-01-17)January 17, 1935
Bangkok, Thailand[1]
Citizenship American
Nationality German
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Emil Claus Gotschlich is a professor emeritus at the Rockefeller University. He is best known for his development of the first meningitis vaccine in 1970.[2]

Gotschlich received his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine in 1959. He interned at Bellevue Hospital in New York before joining The Rockefeller University's Laboratory of Bacteriology and Immunology in 1960. He was promoted to professor and senior physician at The Rockefeller University Hospital in 1978. From 1996 to 2005 he served as the hospital's vice president for medical sciences. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine. He was the recipient of the 1978 Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/gotschlich-emil-claus-1935
  2. ↑ http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/vaccines-against-pneumonia-and-meningitis/
  3. ↑ http://www.rockefeller.edu/about/awards/lasker/egotschlich
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