Pearl Kendrick | |
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Born | Pearl Louella Kendrick August 24, 1890 |
Died | October 8, 1980 | (aged 90)
Alma mater | Syracuse University Johns Hopkins University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bacteriology, Public Health |
Pearl Louella Kendrick (August 24, 1890 – October 8, 1980) was an American bacteriologist known for co-developing the first successful whooping cough vaccine alongside fellow Michigan Department of Public Health scientist Grace Eldering and chemist Loney Gordon in the 1930s.[1] In the decades after the initial pertussis vaccine rollout, Kendrick contributed to the promotion of international vaccine standards in Latin America and the Soviet Union.[2] Kendrick and her colleagues also developed a 3-in-1 shot for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus called the DTP vaccine which was initially released in 1948.[3]
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