Solomon Faine (17 August 1926 – 4 February 2021) was a New Zealand-born microbiologist known for his research on leptospirosis.
With Dr. Leopold Kirschner, Faine made early epidemiologic descriptions of leptospirosis as an occupational disease of dairy farmers in New Zealand.
[3] He received his MD on virulence in Leptospira from the University of Otago Medical School in 1958[4] in the Microbiology Unit with Dr. Leopold Kirschner.
[5] Faine's academic career at the University of Otago started as Assistant Lecturer in Bacteriology, a position that he held from 1950 to 1952.
Faine was awarded the Peter Bancroft Prize for Research, University of Sydney, 1965.