Eugenia Sacerdote de Lustig

Eugenia Sacerdote de Lustig (; 9 November 1910 – 27 November 2011) was an Italian-born Argentine physician. She was the first to test the polio vaccine in Argentina. She published more than 180 works.

Early life and education Eugenia Sacerdote de Lustig was born in Turin on 9 November 1910.

In 1929, Sacerdote de Lustig decided to study medicine in Italy, at the University of Turin, at a time when women were not choosing this career. Together with her first cousin, future Nobel Prize laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini,

Career Despite difficulties in her career, Sacerdote de Lustig was selected as assistant professor of histology at University of Turin by professor Giuseppe Levi.