(TNS) — When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was in the fifth grade, he had to choose between writing a book report on Jonas Salk or Benjamin Franklin.
He went with Mr. Salk, the celebrated virologist and researcher who developed the polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. While he’s proud that he’s “come full circle” and now serves in the same role that the Founder Mr. Franklin once held, the governor says the school assignment gave him “a little expertise” on Mr. Salk and Pittsburgh’s legacy of innovation in health and technology.
“Jonas Salk isn’t where it stopped here at the University of Pittsburgh,” he told invited academics and business leaders in a keynote speech at Pitt on Tuesday during a global summit on the intersection of health, artificial intelligence and tech…