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"Vaccines are among the greatest achievements of biomedical science and public health, stimulating protective immune responses against acute and chronic infectious diseases, as well as some infectious diseases that result in cancer."

Historical Comparisons of Morbidity and Mortality for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States
Journal of the American Medical Association
November, 2007

"I have stated in public seminars that, in my opinion, electroporation is the gold standard for DNA vaccine delivery, giving us the best result in terms of immunogenicity of DNA vaccines."

George N. Pavlakis, MD, PhD
Chief
Human Retrovirus Section, Vaccine Branch
National Cancer Institute

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Biography

Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D.
Emeritus Professor, Wistar Institute and University of Pennsylvania
Consultant, Sanofi Pasteur

STANLEY PLOTKIN developed the rubella vaccine now used worldwide and has worked extensively on the development and application of other vaccines including polio, rabies, varicella, rotavirus and cytomegalovirus. He is Emeritus Professor, Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania, and a consultant to Sanofi Pasteur.

Over the course of his career he has served as senior assistant surgeon with the Epidemic Intelligence Service, U.S. Public Health Service; director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; associate chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania; medical and scientific director of Aventis Pasteur; and executive advisor to Sanofi Pasteur. His bibliography includes over 600 articles and he has edited several books, including the standard textbook, "Vaccines."

Dr. Plotkin's professional awards include the Sabin Foundation Medal (2002); the French Legion Medal of Honor (1998); the Clinical Virology Award, Pan American Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis (1995); the Distinguished Physician Award, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (1993); and the Bruce Medal of the American College of Physicians (1987).