Patrick Meenan
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Patrick Meenan was the president of the Irish Medical Council
and dean of the faculty of medicine in University College Dublin
(UCD). In his research work, he was involved with Albert Sabin
and Jonas Salk
in the development of the polio vaccine
. He was educated in the Catholic University School
, Clongowes Wood, and UCD, where he became auditor of the Literary and Historical Society. He died in June 2008
Irish Medical Council
Comhairle na nDochtúirí Leighis - Medical Council is the regulator of the medical profession in the Republic of Ireland. It licenses medical practitioners to practise, and has the power to place restrictions on or revoke such licences, in cases of questions about a doctor's fitness to practise...
and dean of the faculty of medicine in University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
(UCD). In his research work, he was involved with Albert Sabin
Albert Sabin
Albert Bruce Sabin was an American medical researcher best known for having developed an oral polio vaccine.-Life:...
and Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first safe and effective polio vaccine. He was born in New York City to parents from Ashkenazi Jewish Russian immigrant families...
in the development of the polio vaccine
Polio vaccine
Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat poliomyelitis . The first was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in 1952. Announced to the world by Salk on April 12, 1955, it consists of an injected dose of inactivated poliovirus. An oral vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin...
. He was educated in the Catholic University School
Catholic University School
Catholic University School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys located on the southside of central Dublin, Ireland. It is run by the Marist Fathers.-Origins:...
, Clongowes Wood, and UCD, where he became auditor of the Literary and Historical Society. He died in June 2008
Publications
The essentials of virus diseases 1951See also
Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)
The Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society at University College Dublin, Ireland is a position elected by the members of the society. In this setting, the term auditor has no connection with accounting but means "a position corresponding to that of President of the Union at Oxford or...