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 Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine together which is an mRNA vaccine 2 Created second type of polio vaccine, known as oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). 3 Created the first polio vaccine, known as inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). 4 Created smallpox vaccine by testing hypothesis that infection with cowpox could protect a person from smallpox infection. 5 Created MMR vaccine as his work resulted in prevention of measles, mumps, hepatitis A and B, chickenpox, meningitis, and pneumonia. 6 Created first inactivated flu vaccine together using an inactivated influenza A virus. 7 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. Maurice Hillman Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci Edward Jenner Albert Sabin Ian Frazer and Jian Zhou Thomas Francis and Jonas Salk Jonas Salk