Thomas Francis, Jr. 1721112 220831701 2008-06-21T20:34:43Z Demophon 1837101 {{Infobox Scientist |name = {{PAGENAME}} |box_width = |image =Replace_this_image_male.svg |image_width =150px |caption = {{PAGENAME}} |birth_date = [[July 15]], [[1900]] |birth_place = |death_date = [[October 1]], [[1969]] |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg|20px|]] [[United States]] |ethnicity = |field = [[virology]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = [[Jonas Salk]] |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in [[1946]] |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }}'''Thomas Francis, Jr.''' ([[July 15]], [[1900]] – [[October 1]], [[1969]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[physician]], [[virologist]], and [[epidemiologist]]. Francis was the first person to isolate [[influenza]] virus in America, and in [[1940]] showed that there are other strains of influenza, and took part in the development of influenza [[vaccine]]s. As director of the [[University of Michigan]] Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center, he conducted the epidemiology studies prior to the release of [[Jonas Salk]]'s [[polio]] [[Polio vaccine|vaccine]]. He is also notable as Salk's postdoctoral advisor. * He was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in [[1946]]. * He was elected to the [[Polio Hall of Fame]], which was dedicated in [[Warm Springs, Georgia]] on [[2 January]], [[1958]] ==References== *van Helvoort, T. Francis, Thomas, Jr. ''American National Biography Online'' Feb. 2000. *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:10807305 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10807305 |last=Lambert |first=S M |last2=Markel |first2=H |publication-date=2000 May |year=[[2000]] |title=Making history: Thomas Francis, Jr, MD, and the 1954 Salk Poliomyelitis Vaccine Field Trial. |volume=154 |issue=5 |periodical=Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine |pages=512-7 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:1320555 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1320555 |last=Smith |first=J S |publication-date=1992 Jun |year=[[1992]] |title=Suspended judgment. Remembering the role of Thomas Francis, Jr. in the design of the 1954 Salk Vaccine Trial. |volume=13 |issue=3 |periodical=Controlled clinical trials |pages=181-4 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:11615644 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11615644 |last=Paul |first=J R |publication-date=1974 |year=[[1974]] |title=Thomas Francis, Jr. |volume=44 |issue= |periodical=Biographical memoirs. National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) |pages=57-110 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:4926858 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4926858 |last=Salk |first=J |publication-date=1970 Sep |year=[[1970]] |title=The restless spirit of Thomas Francis, Jr., still lives: the unsolved problems of recurrent influenza epidemics. |volume=21 |issue=3 |periodical=Arch. Environ. Health |pages=273-5 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:4926854 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4926854 |last=Griffin |first=H E |publication-date=1970 Sep |year=[[1970]] |title=Thomas Francis, Jr., MD: epidemiologist to the military. |volume=21 |issue=3 |periodical=Arch. Environ. Health |pages=252-5 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:4926853 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4926853 |last=Paul |first=J |publication-date=1970 Sep |year=[[1970]] |title=Thomas Francis, Jr., MD, as a clinician--1900-1969. |volume=21 |issue=3 |periodical=Arch. Environ. Health |pages=247-51 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:4926851 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4926851 |publication-date=1970 Sep |year=[[1970]] |title=Thomas Francis, Jr.: an appreciation. |volume=21 |issue=3 |periodical=Arch. Environ. Health |pages=230-6 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:4926850 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4926850 |last=MacLeod |first=C M |publication-date=1970 Sep |year=[[1970]] |title=Thomas Francis, Jr., MD, 1900-1969. |volume=21 |issue=3 |periodical=Arch. Environ. Health |pages=226-9 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:4905649 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4905649 |publication-date=1970 Feb |year=[[1970]] |title=Infectious Diseases Society of America Bristol Award for distinguished achievement in the field of infectious diseases awarded to Thomas Francis, Jr., M.D. at the seventh meeting of the Society in Washington, D.C., October 25, 1969. |volume=121 |issue=2 |periodical=J. Infect. Dis. |pages=240-1 }} *{{Citation |id = [[PMID]]:4927289 |url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4927289 |last=McDermott |first=W |publication-date=1970 |year=[[1970]] |title=Thomas Francis, Jr., 1900-1969. |volume=83 |issue= |periodical=Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians |pages=16-8 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Francis, Thomas Jr.}} {{US-med-bio-stub}} [[Category:1900 births]] [[Category:1969 deaths]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Epidemiologists]] [[Category:Virologists]] [[Category:University of Michigan faculty]] [[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients]] [[Category:Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research]] [[Category:Poliomyelitis]] [[Category:Influenza researchers]]