Jonas salk biography 1914

Biography

Born on October 28, 1914, Jonas Salk grew up poor in New York City, where his father worked in the garment district. Education was very important to his parents, and they encouraged him to apply himself to his studies.

After graduating from high school, Salk attended the City College of New York, where he earned a bachelor's degree in science.

He went on to earn his M.D. from New York University in 1939.

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Salk interned at Mount Sinai Hospital for two years and then earned a fellowship to University of Michigan, where he studied flu viruses with Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. In 1942, Salk went to the University of Michigan on a research fellowship to develop an influenza vaccine. He soon advanced to the position of assistant professor of epidemiology.

In 1947, Salk was appointed director of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

With funding from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis—now known as the March of About Jonas Salk - Salk Institute for Biological Studies TOF