Ալբերտ Կապիկյան (1930–2014)։ Բժշկություն։ virologist, born in New York to genocide-survivor parents. Identified the Norwalk virus in 1972 — the first virus ever linked to human gastroenteritis — and spent the next 25 years developing the rotavirus vaccine, licensed in 1998; known as the father of human gastroenteritis virus research. Albert Zaven Kapikian (1930–2014) was an Armenian-American virologist who developed the first licensed vaccine against rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants. He was awarded the Sabin Gold Medal for his pioneering work on the vaccine. He is the 13th recipient of this recognition, awarded annually by the Sabin Vaccine Institute.