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| '''Barbara Loe Fisher''' is co-founder of the non-profit ] (NVIC), founded in 1982 by parents of children who died or became ill following DPT vaccinations and is "dedicated to preventing ] injuries and deaths through public education and defending the ] ethic." As president of NVIC, she has led a national movement to provide informed consent protections in mandatory vaccination laws and "institute vaccine safety reforms and informed ] protections in the ] system."<ref>http://www.nvic.org/about.aspx</ref> She is editor of the weekly NVIC E-News, and a , and many of her articles on vaccines and vaccine policies appear on . | |||
| In 1985, she co-authored, with ], ('']''). She has written extensively on the science, policy and ethics of ]. While working with Congress to institute safety and research provisions in the ] of 1986, she led demonstrations at the ] and ] that year to highlight the need for scientific research into the identification of genetic and other high risk factors for vaccine induced ] and ] dysfunction. | |||
| Fisher coordinated five conferences on vaccination for the National Vaccine Information Center, including the 1989 International Scientific Workshop on ] and ] and four International Public Conferences on Vaccination, in 1997, 2000, 2002 and 2009. She has served as a consumer representative for more than fifteen years on federal vaccine advisory committees and the ], and has appeared in opposition to mandatory vaccination policies in many radio, television, newspaper and magazine reports. | |||
| She is the mother of three children. She maintains that her oldest son, Chris, suffered a ], collapse/shock and brain inflammation within hours of his fourth DPT shot, at age two and a half in 1980, and was left with multiple learning disabilities and ]. | |||
| Before co-founding the National Vaccine Information Center, she received a bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Maryland and was an editor for New York Life Insurance Company in New York City; director of community relations for Muhlenberg Hospital in New Jersey; and media relations coordinator for the Alexandria Tourist Council in Alexandria, Virginia. | |||
| In December 2009 Fisher has pursued a libel case aganist ], an expert in the science of vaccines, and Amy Wallace, as well as Wallace's employer ], for both comments Offit made during an interview with Wallace for WIRED magazine and the general tone of the article.<ref>http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/FishervOffit1.pdf</ref> However, the case was dismissed in March 2010.<ref>http://www.amy-wallace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Memorandum-Opinion.pdf</ref> | |||
| == Publications == | |||
| * '']'' (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985; Warner 1986; Avery 1991; Putnam) | |||
| * ''The Consumer's Guide to Childhood Vaccines''(1997) | |||
| * "Shots in the Dark", ''Next City Magazine'' (Summer 1999) | |||
| * "Smallpox and Forced Vaccination: What Every American Needs to Know," The Vaccine Reaction''(December 2001) | |||
| * "In the Wake of Vaccines", ''Mothering Magazine''(September/October, 2004) | |||
| * "Vaccines, Autism & Chronic Inflammation: The New Epidemic (2008) | |||
| == Appointments == | |||
| * National Vaccine Advisory Committee (1988-1991), US Department of Health and Human Services; Chair, Subcommittee on Vaccine Adverse Events | |||
| * Vaccine Safety Forum, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (1995-1998) | |||
| * Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (1999-2003), US Department of Health and Human Services | |||
| * Vaccine Policy Analysis Collaborative: A US Government Experiment in Public Engagement (2002-2005) | |||
| * Blue Ribbon Panel on Vaccine Safety, Centers for Disease Control (June 3-4, 2004) | |||
| * Consumers United for Evidence Based Healthcare, The Cochrane Collaboration - U.S. (August 2006 - present) | |||
| * National Vaccine Advisory Committee, US Department of Health & Human Services (2008) - "Vaccine Safety Research Priorities: Engaging the Public" | |||
| * Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, US Department of Health & Human Services (2008) - "The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: A Failed Experiment in Tort Reform?" | |||
| * Stony Brook University, NY Legislative Roundtable (2008) - "Philosophical Exemption to Vaccination" | |||
| * National Black Caucus & National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators Conference (2009) "Vaccine Laws, Child Health & Informed Consent" | |||
| * Keynote, Fourth International Public Conference on Vaccination (2009) - "Show Us the Science & Give Us the Choice" | |||
| ==Selected Presentations== | |||
| * National Vaccine Advisory Committee (1995) - "Monitoring Vaccine Adverse Events" | |||
| * Dynamic Essentials Seminars (1995) - "The Politics of Vaccination: Walking the Wire to Freedom" | |||
| * Vaccine Safety Forum, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (1995) - "Vaccine Adverse Event Detection and Response" | |||
| * Vaccine Safety Forum, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (1996) - "Vaccine Safety Research Priorities" | |||
| * NIH Conference on New Pertussis Vaccines" (1996) "DPT and DTaP Vaccines" | |||
| * Vaccine Safety Forum, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (1996) - "Risk Communication and Vaccination." | |||
| * Developmental Delay Registry Conference (1996) - "Vaccine Risks and Public Policy" | |||
| * National Vaccine Advisory Committee, US Department of Health and Human Services (1997) - "The Moral Right to Conscientious Belief Objection to Vaccination" | |||
| * Illinois Board of Health (1998) - Oral testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine | |||
| * New Jersey Public Health Council (1998)- Oral testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine | |||
| * Public Health Committee, Texas Legislature (1999)- Oral testimony on Informed Consent to Vaccination | |||
| * Public Health Committee, Illinois Legislature (1999)- Oral testimony on Informed Consent to Vaccination | |||
| * National Press Club, Institute for Health Freedom (1999)- "Medical Privacy and Mandatory Vaccinations" | |||
| * US House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources (1999)- Oral testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine Risks and the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 | |||
| * Colorado Legislature (2000)- Oral testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine Risks | |||
| * Immunization Safety Review Committee, Institute of Medicine (2001) - "Vaccination and Chronic Disease" | |||
| * California Senate Committee on Health (2002) - Oral testimony on proposed vaccine mandates | |||
| * Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2002) - "The Human Right to Informed Consent" | |||
| * Defeat Autism Now Conference, Boston (2002) - "Vaccines and Autism" | |||
| * US House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform (2003) - Oral testimony on SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccines | |||
| * Public Health Committee, Minnesota Legislature (2003) - Oral testimony on Proposed Hepatitis B and Pneumoccocal Vaccine Mandates | |||
| * Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Review of the National Immunization Program's Research Procedures and Data Sharing Program (2004) -"Open Government Vaccine Safety Databases for Public Oversight" | |||
| * Power of Truth Rally, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. (2005) | |||
| * Life University (2006) - "The Philosophy of Vaccination and the Philosophy of Chiropractic" | |||
| * Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers (2007) - "Vaccination and the Law" | |||
| * Wellness Forum, Columbus, Ohio (2007) - "The Science and Politics of Vaccination" | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * - 'Vaccine Awakening' (blog), Barbara Loe Fisher | |||
| * - 'Parents Ask for Collaborative Investigation Into Role Of Vaccines in Autism Epidemic' | |||
| * - 'National Vaccine Information Center Calls "Anti-Terror" Bill "Unconstitutional"' (February 7, 2005) | |||
| * - 'In the Wake of Vaccines', ''Mothering'', (September/October, 2004) | |||
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| * - Centers for Disease Control Vaccination Information Page | |||
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