Mikhail Chumakov

Mikhail Petrovich Chumakov
Born(1909-11-14)14 November 1909
Yepifan, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
Died11 June 1993(1993-06-11) (aged 83)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forDiscovery of Tick-borne encephalitis virus
Clinical trial of Oral Polio Vaccine
AwardsStalin Prize of First Degree in Science and Technology(1941)
Lenin Prize in Science and Technology (1963)
Hero of Socialist Labour (1983)
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology, Virology
InstitutionsD.I.Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Moscow, USSR
M.P.Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and VIral Encephalitides, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Mikhail Petrovich Chumakov (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Чумако́в; 14 November 1909 – 11 June 1993) was a Soviet Russian microbiologist and virologist most famous for conducting pivotal large-scale clinical trials that led to licensing of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) developed by Albert B. Sabin.[1]

  1. ^ Sabin, A.B. Role of my cooperation with Soviet scientists in the elimination of polio: possible lessons for relations between the U.S.A. and the USSR. Perspect Biol Med. 1987 Autumn; 31(1):57-64.