Sabin Vaccine Institute awarded its 2011 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award to Drs. Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller recognizing “several watershed discoveries that advanced the development of vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV).” Dr. Peter Hotez, President of Sabin, commented, “The Sabin Vaccine Institute is honored to bestow Drs. Lowy and Schiller with the 2011 Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award for their pioneering work in the fields of vaccinology and oncology. Millions of lives will be positively affected by Lowy and Schiller’s dedication in developing the world’s first vaccines against cervical cancer. We applaud their efforts to rid the world of this silent killer.” Sabin noted that its Gold Medal Award, awarded annually since 1994, “commemorates the legacy of Dr. Sabin, who developed the oral live virus polio vaccine that is widely heralded with contributing to the near elimination of polio worldwide. Dr. Sabin, in whose honor the Sabin Vaccine Institute was founded in 1993, was also an advocate of using science to reduce poverty.”

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