[June 2002] “The Status of Research into Vaccine Safety and Autism”

[June 2002] “The Status of Research into Vaccine Safety and Autism”
Committee of Government Reform

Panel One

Jeff Bradstreet, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., (PDF) Medical Director and Founder, The International Child Development Resource Center and an autism parent, Palm Bay, Florida.

Andrew Wakefield, M.D., Research Director, International Child Development Resource Center, Palm Bay, Florida and Surrey, ENGLAND.

Vera Stejskal, Ph.D., Associated Professor of Immunology, University of Stockholm and MELISA MEDICA Foundation, Stockholm, SWEDEN.

Arthur Krigsman, M.D., Pediatric Gastrointestinal Consultant, Lenox Hill Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.

Walter Spitzer, M.D., M.P.H., F.R.C.P.C., Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA.

Testimony of Howard B. Urnovitz, Ph.D. (1/24/02)

Panel Two

Roger Bernier, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Director for Science, Office of the Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Accompanied by:

Robert Chen, M.D., M.A., Chief of Vaccine Safety and Development Activity, National Immunization Program and Associate Director for Science and Public Health, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Frank DeStefano, M.D. M.P.H., Medical Epidemiologist, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Stephen Foote, Ph.D., Director, Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science, National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

William M. Egan, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Centers for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland.