英才济苍生:宫颈癌疫苗发明者周健博士(第2版)
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十位发明疫苗拯救人类生命的英雄——2014年盖茨基金会举办大型活动予以表彰

10 life-saving heroes walk into a photo by Annie Leibovitz. Obviously we're going to celebrate them. Bill Gates Foundation 2014 in New York
在人类历史上,疫苗的发明和接种让许多重大疾病得以有效的预防和抑制,以促进人类生命的健康与延续。2014年10月,比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates)基金会在纽约举办了一次通过照片和杂志宣传疫苗的大型活动,这次活动时间持续半年之久,旨在宣扬疫苗对人类健康所产生的巨大积极影响,并表彰十位发明疫苗拯救人类生命的英雄。
已故华裔科学家周健博士,因发明世界上第一支癌症疫苗——宫颈癌疫苗,就位于这十位被选出来而得到大力表彰的英雄之列。
比尔·盖茨基金会邀请著名摄影师Annie Leibovitz为这次活动摄下了十位发明疫苗拯救人类生命的英雄(如已故者则由其家人代表)。这十位英雄,是从世界上众多疫苗研究和发明的科学家中精心挑选出来,他们是医学卫生研究领域的代表。他们依次是:Dr Stanley Plotkin(Rubella Vaccine风疹疫苗),Deborah Sabin(其父 Dr Albert Sabin,Oral Polio Vaccine口服脊椎灰质炎疫苗);Dr Ruth Bishop(Rotavirus Vaccine轮状病毒疫苗);Dr Kim Lee Sim and Dr Stephen Hoffman(New Malaria Vaccine疟疾疫苗);Dr Peter Salk(其父Dr Jonas Salk灭活脊椎灰质炎疫苗);Dr Marc Laforce(Meningitis Vaccine脑膜炎疫苗);Dr Xiaoyi Sun[(孙小依)其已故丈夫周健(Dr Jian Zhou)和Dr Ian Frazer,Human Papillomavirus Vaccine宫颈癌疫苗];Dr Peter Paradiso(Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine肺炎双球菌病疫苗);以及Jeryl Hilleman(其父Dr Maurice Hilleman,more than thirty vaccines三十几种疫苗)。
In this historic portrait, Annie Leibovitz captures the people links to the development of several life-saving vaccines. The portrait subjects from left to right on the top row are: Dr Stanley Plotkin, developer of the Rubella Vaccine; Deborah Sabin whose father Dr Albert Sabin, developed the Oral Polio Vaccine; Dr Ruth Bishop led a team that isolated rotavirus and helped to discover the vaccine; Dr Kim Lee Sim and Dr Stephen Hoffman are working on a new malaria vaccine; Dr Peter Salk whose father, Dr Jonas Salk, developed the inactivated polio vaccine; Dr Marc Laforce is founding director of the Meningitis Vaccine Project. From left to right on the bottom row are: Dr Xiaoyi Sun whose late husband Dr Jian Zhou, co-developed human papillomavirus vaccine with Dr Ian Frazer; Dr Peter Paradiso has worked on multiple vaccine, particularly for pneumococcal disease vaccine; and Jeryl Hilleman whose father Dr Maurice Hilleman, developed or perfected more than thirty vaccines, including eight used in vaccine programs around the world today.
Please refer to the portrait from Art of Saving a Life.