Frederick Robbins, M.D. shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine for discovering a method of growing poliovirus in
a test tube, which led to the development of effective poliomyelitis
vaccines and paved the way for the development of vaccines for
other diseases.
Dr. Robbins joined the medical school faculty in 1952 and was
dean from 1966 to 1980. After serving as president of the Institute
of Medicine from 1980 to 1985, he returned to the School of
Medicine. He helped establish the medical school’s collaboration
with the government of Uganda and Makerere University, which
has been associated with a decrease in the incidence of HIV
infection in Uganda. He also helped launch Case’s Center
for Adolescent Health in 1990 and became its director in 1992.
He stepped down as director in 2000 but continued to remain
involved with the activities at the school until his death in
2003.
Contact Information:
Dr. Robert Haynie, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Dean, Robbins Society
Case School of Medicine E421
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
(T) 216-368-2212
(F) 216-368-8597
Email: Robert.haynie@case.edu
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