The Edward Jenner Society
A Learned Academic Society Dedicated to Vaccinologists and the Memory of Dr. Edward Jenner
We are pleased to formally announce the formation of the Edward Jenner Society (aka “The Jenner Society”). The Society is intended to serve as a professional “home” for academic vaccinologists, and to honor the memory of Dr. Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823) and his work published in 1798, An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, or Cow Pox. It is appropriate that we officially launch the Society in the Year 2010, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox. Currently, there does not exist any single academic or learned society dedicated solely to the interests of academic vaccinology at the international level – despite the tremendous positive impact on the public health of vaccines and the tremendous human suffering caused by transmissible infectious diseases.
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia presents The History of Vaccines – www.historyofvaccines.org – a website that chronicles the history of immunization, from pre-Jennerian variolation, to the defeat of polio in the Western Hemisphere, to cutting-edge approaches to novel vaccines. The site, developed by the oldest medical society in the United States, highlights the historical contributions of vaccines to human health and explains the role of immunization in healthcare through a set of media-rich timelines, articles, activities, and video interviews with vaccine and public health luminaries such as Maurice Hilleman, PhD, Stanley A. Plotkin, MD, Hilary Koprowski, MD, D.A. Henderson, MD, and Sam Katz, MD.
February 2010 release of the Jenner Commemorative Stamp
at the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society.
