Matching Pairs Vaccine Superstars!Online version Test your knowledge of the important scientists that played a role in the development of different vaccines! by Sarah Jabeen Qureshi 1 Created second type of polio vaccine, known as oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). 2 Created HPV vaccine together as one scientist died before really seeing the benefits of his work and the other scientist was first to administer the first dose of the vaccine. 3 Created MMR vaccine as his work resulted in prevention of measles, mumps, hepatitis A and B, chickenpox, meningitis, and pneumonia. 4 Created the first polio vaccine, known as inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). 5 Created Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine together which is an mRNA vaccine 6 Created smallpox vaccine by testing hypothesis that infection with cowpox could protect a person from smallpox infection. 7 Created first inactivated flu vaccine together using an inactivated influenza A virus. Thomas Francis and Jonas Salk Edward Jenner Maurice Hillman Jonas Salk Ian Frazer and Jian Zhou Albert Sabin Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci