Jonas Salk was a great doctor and medical researcher who developed the first successful polio vaccine. Search for information about him on the Internet and complete the timeline below.

  • born in
      
  • grew up in a family; Jonas’s parents encouraged him to work hard in his studies
      
  • obtained a bachelor’s degree in from the City College of New York
      
  • studied at New York University; was interested in research and wanted to become a medical scientist
      
  • gained a doctorate in medicine  
  • worked with other researchers at the University of Michigan to study viruses
      
  • became the head of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh; began conducting research on viruses
      
  • many children suffered badly from polio; more than 57,000 cases of were reported
      
  • developed a polio ; conducted preliminary testing; the testing was expanded to the national level for the next two years
      
  • about 1.8 million children received the vaccine during the test phase  
  • the polio vaccine was safe for use; did not patent the vaccine; became a national
      
  • founded the Salk Institute for Biological , in which Jonas and other scientists studied different diseases and potential treatments
      
  • conducted research on and HIV in the latter stages of his career
      
  • died of failure
      

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  • born in New York
  • grew up in a poor family; Jonas’s parents encouraged him to work hard in his studies
  • obtained a bachelor’s degree in science from the City College of New York
  • studied medicine at New York University; was interested in research and wanted to become a medical scientist
  • gained a doctorate in medicine
  • worked with other researchers at the University of Michigan to study flu viruses
  • became the head of the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh; began conducting research on polio viruses
  • many children suffered badly from polio; more than 57,000 cases of polio were reported
  • developed a polio vaccine; conducted preliminary testing; the testing was expanded to the national level for the next two years
  • about 1.8 million children received the vaccine during the test phase
  • the polio vaccine was safe for use; did not patent the vaccine; became a national hero
  • founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in which Jonas and other scientists studied different diseases and potential treatments
  • conducted research on AIDS and HIV in the latter stages of his career
  • died of heart failure