vaccinologistn.
/ˌvaksᵻˈnɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌvæksəˈnɑlədʒəst/ Originally: a person who performs or is experienced in or knowledgeable about vaccination, esp. against smallpox. In later use more generally: an expert or specialist in the branch of biomedical science dealing with the study of immunization and the development, production, and use of vaccines. Cf. vaccinology n.
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1808 Obstetric Ejaculations on Cow Pock xi. 27 This manie [sc. une manie humaine] perhaps is more implicated than truth, in the war with the vaccinologists.
1868 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 77 139 There is a general agreement among vaccinologists as to what constitutes a ‘good’ vaccinal cicatrix.
1907 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Sept. 662/2 The author of the article on Vaccination in..the Encyclopaedia Britannica was a pathologist rather than a vaccinologist familiar with parasitology and bacteriology.
1990 Epidemiol. & Infection 102 268 Some vaccinologists and regulatory authorities consider that a randomized, blind, placebo-controlled trial is essential to establish the protective efficacy of any vaccine.
2021 New Yorker 4 Jan. 28/2 Until recently, one of the main imaging tools used by vaccinologists, the cryogenic electron microscope, wasn't powerful enough to visualize viral proteins, which are incredibly tiny.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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