Paul A. Offit
Forfatter af Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
Om forfatteren
Paul A. Offit, MD, is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. A national expert on vaccines and coinventor vis mere of the rotavirus vaccine, Dr. Offit is a recipient of many awards, including a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Offit was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and is a member of the FDA's Vaccine Advisory Committee. vis mindre
Værker af Paul A. Offit
Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure (2008) 199 eksemplarer
The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis (2005) 79 eksemplarer
Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information (2018) 45 eksemplarer
You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation (2021) 43 eksemplarer
Breaking the Antibiotic Habit: A Parent's Guide to Coughs, Colds, Ear Infections, and Sore Throats (1999) 12 eksemplarer
Tell Me When It's Over: An Insider's Guide to Deciphering Covid Myths and Navigating Our Post-Pandemic World (2024) 5 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1951-03-27
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bopæl
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Uddannelse
- Tufts University (BA)
University of Maryland, Baltimore (MD) - Erhverv
- Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania
Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
pediatrician - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- J. Edmund Bradley Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics from the University of Maryland Medical School
Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development from the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health - Kort biografi
- co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine
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Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's… af Paul A. Offit
Really enjoyed it. More of a carreer overview than a biography, but it gives a real sense of the man behund the scientist.
The author documents many studies that give you something to think about re common medical practices today.
I try not to read books when I find their central thesis a foregone conclusion, but this was good, even if it felt very self-indulgent. It is hard to love vaccines more than I already did, but Dr. Offit also reviews the history of the anti-vaccine movement, which is fascinating. He also gave answers to my husband's perpetual question of: "how do I enlighten parents who want to use the Dr. Sears' schedule?"
This book is well worth a read. The author takes you on a journey with seven tales of science gone wrong. The book is thought-provoking and quite disturbing. After reading the first chapter I realized I missed an awful lot in history class or simply was never taught the material such as why did Britain have control of Hong Kong. I found all the tales had a lot of good in them and then you saw how that got twisted, generally with the best of intentions, for the worse. The chapter on opium was the most interesting for me and the chapter on Rachel Carson was the most surprising.… (mere)
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- 16
- Medlemmer
- 1,609
- Popularitet
- #16,022
- Vurdering
- 4.2
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- 69
- ISBN
- 82
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