Barbara Loe Fisher

Co-Founder & President, National Vaccine Information Center
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Websites:  www.NVIC.org and www.NVICAdvocacy.org and www.TheVaccineReaction.org

Contact:  Tel: 703-938-0342

Co-author: DPT: A Shot in the Dark (1985, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 1986 Warner; 1991 Avery; 2000 Reprint Penguin/Putnam)

Author:  The Consumer’s Guide to Childhood Vaccines (1997); Vaccines, Autism & Chronic Inflammation: The New Epidemic (2008);The Emerging Risks of Live Virus and Virus Vectored Vaccines: Vaccine Strain Virus Infection, Shedding & Transmission (2014); Reforming Vaccine Policy & Law: A Guide (2014; 2017).

Editor: Editor of NVIC Newsletter and Executive Editor of The Vaccine Reaction

Blogger: Vaccine Awakening, Barbara Loe Fisher Speaks Out 

Video Commentator: For NVIC.org and Mercola.com

Film: Featured in the 2011 film documentary The Greater Good; Appeared in Shots in the Dark, Vaccines Revealed, The Truth About Vaccines and other documentaries.

Appointments:

• Vaccine Safety Writing Group, National Vaccine Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2009-2010)
• Consumers United for Evidence Based Health Care, The Cochrane Collaboration – U.S. (August 2006 — present)
• Blue Ribbon Panel on Vaccine Safety, Centers for Disease Control (June 3-4, 2004)
• Vaccine Policy Analysis Collaborative: A U.S. Government Experiment in Public Engagement (2002-2005)
• Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (1999-2003), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Vaccine Safety Forum, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (1995-1998)
• National Vaccine Advisory Committee (1988-1991), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Chairman, Subcommittee on Vaccine Adverse Events 

Book Chapters:

“Autism: The Vaccine Connection” in Envisioning A Bright Future edited by Patricia Lemer (2008)

Selected Referenced Commentaries, Op Eds, Articles

• Class and Race Profiling in the Vaccine Culture War (2017)
• Forced Vaccination: The Tragic Legacy of Jacobson v. Massachusetts(2016)
• Pertussis Microbe Outsmarts the Vaccines As Experts Argue About Why(2016)
• CDC Admits Flu Shots Fail Half the Time (2016)
• Defending the Religious Exemption to Vaccination(2016)
• Vaccine Injury Compensation: Government’s Broken Social Contract with Parents(2015)
• Here Comes the 21st Century Cures Act: Say Goodbye to Vaccine Safety Science (2015)
• The Vaccine Culture War in America: Are You Ready? (2015)
• Measles in Disneyland: Third MMR, Vaccine Exemption Ban? (2015)
• Leave Parents Free to Choose Vaccines. USA Today (2014)
• “The Moral Right to Religious and Conscientious Belief Exemptions to Vaccination.” Pathways Magazine (2013).
• Vaccination During Pregnancy: Is It Safe? NVIC.org (2013).
• Measles Reports in America: What Does It Mean? NVIC.org (2013)
• Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity. NVIC.org (2013)
• Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence. NVIC. org (2012)
• Doctors Denying Vaccine Risks: An American Tragedy. NVIC.org (2011)
• Whooping Cough Outbreaks & Vaccine Failures. NVIC. org (2010)
• Forcing Flu Shots on Health Care Workers: Who Is Next? NVIC.org (2010)
• Preventing Gardasil Injuries & Deaths. NVIC. org (2009)
• Vaccines, Autism & Chronic Inflammation: The New Epidemic. The Autism File (2009)
• “Autism: What Research is Needed?” New York Times, Letter to Editor(June 25, 2007)
• “Vaccines & Their Risks” Boston Globe , Letter to Editor (June 10, 2007)
• “Force is Not the Only Way to Administer a Vaccine" Washington Post , Letter to Editor (Feb. 1, 2007)
• “Fatal Exemption” Wall Street Journal , Letter to Editor (Jan. 27, 2007)
• ”In the Wake of Vaccines” Mothering Magazine (Sept-Oct. 2004)
• Q&A: Barbara Loe Fisher - New York Times Sunday Magazine (May 2001)
• ”Smallpox and Forced Vaccination: What Every American Needs to Know” The Vaccine Reaction (2001)
• Shots in the Dark (cover article): The Next City Magazine (Summer 1999)
• “The National Electronic Vaccine Tracking Registry: How the Plan to Force Vaccination Gave Birth to the National ID, A Government Health Records Database and the End to Medical Privacy,” Privacy Papers (July 1999)

Selected Invited Presentations:

• The Truth About Cancer Live Orlando – Medical Tyranny – Why Informed Consent Matters (2017)
• Health Freedom Worldwide Symposium – No Forced Vaccination: The People Rising (2017)
• Physicians for Informed Consent Inaugural Meeting – From Nuremberg to California: Why Informed Consent Matters in the 21^st Century (2017)
• Revolution for Truth Rally in Washington, DC – The Vaccine Revolution for Truth (2017)
• Virginia Legislature – Oral Testimony Defending Freedom of Conscience and Religious Belief and Informed Consent to Vaccination in Vaccine Law (2016)
• Truth, Transparency and Freedom Rally in Atlanta – The Health Liberty Revolution to Save Our Children (2015)
• California Legislature – Oral Testimony Opposing SB277 to Remove Personal Belief Vaccine Exemption from CA Vaccine Law (2015)
• The Wave – Vaccination: The Right to Know and Freedom to Choose (2015)
• National Health Freedom Coalition Congress – Vaccination: Defending Your Right to Know and Freedom To Choose (2014)
• ICPA Freedom for Family Wellness Summit – Vaccination: Defending Your Right to Know and Freedom to Choose (2014)
• California Jam – Knowledge is Power and Freedom is Not Free (2013)
• Institute of Medicine - The Need for a Study Comparing Health Outcomes of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children (2012).
• Holistic Moms Network Conference – Vaccines & Chronic Illness: Staying Well in the New Epidemic (2012)
• Vaccine Safety: Evaluating the Science Conference - Medical Science & Public Trust: The Policy, Ethics & Law of Vaccination in the 20^th & 21^st Centuries" (2011) 
• Fourth International Public Conference on Vaccination , National Vaccine Information Center – “Show Us the Science & Give Us the Choice” (2009)
• Healthy Lifestyles Conference, National Black and Hispanic Caucuses of State Legislators – “Vaccine Laws, Child Health & Informed Consent (2009)
• Autism One, Vaccine Education & Informed Consent (2009)
• Institute of Medicine, National Vaccine Plan Panel - Vaccine Policy Issues (April 2009)
• Institute of Medicine, National Vaccine Plan Panel – Vaccine Communication (February 2009)
• NY Legislative Vaccine Education Roundtable, Stony Brook University (2008)
• Vaccine Freedom of Choice Rally, Trenton, NJ – Vaccine Freedom of Choice (2008)
• The Natural Living Conference, Holistic Moms Network – “Vaccines & Chronic Inflammation: Staying Well in the New Epidemic” (2008)
• National Vaccine Advisory Committee - Workshop on Vaccine Safety Research Priorities - Engaging the Public (2008)
• Anaheim Autism Conference – “Vaccination & the Chronic Disease Epidemic” (2008)
• New Hampshire Association of Naturopathic Doctors – “Vaccines and Chronic Illness” (2007)
• Wellness Forum, Columbus, Ohio – “The Science and Policy of Vaccination” (2007)
• Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Columbus, Ohio – “Vaccination and the Law” (2007)
• Life University, Atlanta, Georgia – “The Philosophy of Vaccination and the Philosophy of Chiropractic” (2006)
• Defeat Autism Now Conference, Washington, D.C. (2006)
• Power of Truth March & Rally, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. (2005)
• New Zealand College of Chiropractic (2005)
• Autism One, Chicago, Illinois (2005)
• Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Review of the National Immunization Program’s Research Procedures and Data Sharing Program (2004)
• Miami Children’s Hospital – “Doctors & Parents Preventing Vaccine Reactions” (2004)
• Minnesota Legislature, Oral Testimony on Hepatitis B, Pneumococcal Vaccine Mandates (2003)
• U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform, Oral Testimony on SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccines, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform (2003)
• Defeat Autism Now Conference, Boston, Massachusetts (2002) – “Vaccines and Autism”
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland – “The Right to Informed Consent” (2002)
• California Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, Oral Testimony on Vaccine Mandates, California Senate Committee on Health & Human Services (2002)
• Institute of Medicine, Immunization Safety Review Committee (2001)
• Colorado Legislature, Oral Testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine Risks, (2000)
• Palmer College of Chiropractic, Philosophy Colloquium, Master’s Program (2000)
• U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, Oral Testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine Risks (1999)
• National Press Club, Institute for Health Freedom Press Conference (1999) – “Medical Privacy and Mandatory Vaccinations”
• Educational Policy Council, Constitutional Coalition (1999) – “Vaccine Tracking: A Threat to Your Privacy”
• Illinois Legislature, Oral Testimony on Informed Consent to Vaccination (1999)
• Texas Legislature, Public Health Committee, Oral Testimony on Informed Consent to Vaccination (1999)
• New Jersey Public Health Council, Oral Testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine (1998)
• International Chiropractic Association Conference (1998) – “Moral Conscience, Politics and Forced Vaccination”
• Eagle Forum Annual Conference (1998) – “The Politics of Forced Vaccination”
• Illinois Board of Health, Oral Testimony on Hepatitis B Vaccine (1998)
• First International Public Conference on Vaccination (1997) – Keynote Address
• National Vaccine Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1997) – “The Moral Right to Conscientious Belief Objection to Vaccination”
• Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Forum, National Academy of Sciences (1996) – “Risk Communication and Vaccination”
• NIH Conference on New Pertussis Vaccines (1996) – “DPT and DTaP Vaccines”
• Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Forum, National Academy of Sciences (1996) – “Vaccine Safety Research Priorities”
• Developmental Delay Registry Conference (1996) – “Vaccine Risks and Public Policy”
• Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Forum, National Academy of Sciences (1995) – “Vaccine Adverse Event Detection and Response”
• Dynamic Essentials Seminars (1995) – “The Politics of Vaccination: Walking the Wire To Freedom”
• National Vaccine Advisory Committee,U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (1995) – “Monitoring Vaccine Adverse Events”

Selected Television/Radio Appearances:

• CBS-TV – Veterans Suffering Vaccine Side Effects – Federal Government Refuses to Compensate Victims (2017)
• Fox-TV – Live debate with Suzanne Kaseta, MD on proposed forced vaccination law in California. (2015).
• Newsmax TV – Live debate with Nick Tate and Ellis Henican moderated by JD Haworth about measles, vaccine safety and choice. (2015).
• Voice of America HashtagVOA – Live TV debate with Georges Benjamin, MD moderated by Cal Perry on measles, vaccine safety and choice. (2015)
• National Public Radio – Live radio debate about mandatory vaccination laws (2013)
• CNBC-TV – Live debate with Michael Cannon, CATO on forced flu shots (2012)
• MSNBC - Live debate with Max Witznitzer, M.D. on vaccine science (2010)
• PBS Frontline Documentary “The Vaccine Wars” (2010)
• PBS News Hour Documentary “Anatomy of a Pandemic”(2009)
• CNN-TV – Lou Dobbs Tonight – “Forced Vaccination” (2009)
• CBS Evening News – “Concern About H1N1 Vaccine” (2009)
• USA Today & Associated Press Video – Vaccine Court Autism Ruling (2009)
• MSNBC – Gardasil-related deaths (2009) 
• CBS Evening News – NVIC report on Gardasil risks (2009)
• CBS News – “The Doctors” on Vaccine Risks & Mandates (2008) 
• CBN “700 Club” on flu vaccine and informed consent (2008)
• FOX News – Gardasil Vaccine Risks (2008)
• MSNBC News – Live debate with Donald Schell, M.D. on forced vaccination (2007)
• CNN News – Live debate with William Schaffner, MD. on forced vaccination (2007)
• Fox News – Live debate with Alanna Levine, M.D. on religious exemption to vaccination (2007) 
• NBC “Today Show”– Live debate with Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D. on religious exemption to vaccination (2007)
• CBN “700 Club” on vaccine reactions, autism & policy (2007) 
• CBS “Sunday Morning News on multiple vaccines, chronic disease and disability (2007)
• ABC “Good Morning America” on proposed HPV vaccine mandates (2007)
• WNYC Radio (NPR) on proposed HPV vaccine mandates (2007)
• NBC “Today Show” – Live debate with Nancy Snyderman, M.D. on Gardasil vaccine mandates (2007) 
• CNBC “Closing Bell” – Live debate on Bioshield II Act and threat to civil liberties (2005) 
• CNN "Flip Side" - Preventing Vaccine Reactions - Informed Consent and NVIC Position on Vaccines (2004)
• CBS “60 Minutes” on vaccine policy and long term damage (2004)
• CNN Morning Show (Paula Zahn) Live debate with Marie McCormick, M.D. on multiple vaccines and chronic illness (2002)
• NBC Evening News on vaccine injury (2000)
• ABC “Nightline” on vaccine injury (1999)
• Fox National Cable News on multiple vaccines and chronic illness (1999)
• National Public Radio – Live debate with Louis Cooper, M.D. on vaccine injury and policy (1999)
• MSNBC News with Brian Williams on vaccine injury and policy (1999)
• Public Television “Techno-Politics” on vaccine injury and policy (1998)
• ABC World News Tonight on vaccination and diabetes (1998)
• NBC “Today Show” – Live debate with Neal Halsey, M.D. on multiple vaccines, chronic illness and informed consent (1997)
• NBC “Today Show” – Live debate with Anne Gershon, M.D. on chicken pox vaccine (1995)
• CBS Evening News on DPT vaccine risks (1994)
• NBC “Today Show” – Live debate with Georges Peter, M.D. on DPT vaccine risks and mandatory vaccination (1993)

Education:

University of Maryland; B.A. (English)

Personal:

Married; three children