Roy Pounder
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Roy Pounder was Professor of Medicine at the Royal Free and University College Medical School
in London
and clinical Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians
of London. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Medicine, of London University.
Controversially, Pounder hired and mentored disgraced researcher Andrew Wakefield
, and introduced him to reporters at a notorious press conference at the Royal Free on 26 February 1998. At this event, Pounder helped to launch what became an intractible, international health crisis over the measles, mumps and rubella, MMR vaccine
, stating with regard to the three-in-one inoculation: "In hindsight it may be a better solution to give the vaccinations separately."
Pounder has edited over 20 textbooks and is one of the founding co-editors of the journal Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Editor-in-Chief of GastroHep.com. His main research interests were in the development of drugs for the control of gastric acid secretion, and the pathogenesis and management of inflammatory bowel disease
. His present interests are in the effects of night time shiftwork on junior doctors, and the design / implementation of junior doctors' rotas. He is a Governor of St. Paul's School, London, and Chairman of RotaGeek.com.
Royal Free and University College Medical School
UCL Medical School is the medical school of University College London and is located in London, United Kingdom...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and clinical Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
of London. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Medicine, of London University.
Controversially, Pounder hired and mentored disgraced researcher Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Wakefield is a British former surgeon and medical researcher, known as an advocate for the discredited claim that there is a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, autism and bowel disease, and for his fraudulent 1998 research paper in support of that claim.Four years after...
, and introduced him to reporters at a notorious press conference at the Royal Free on 26 February 1998. At this event, Pounder helped to launch what became an intractible, international health crisis over the measles, mumps and rubella, MMR vaccine
MMR vaccine
The MMR vaccine is an immunization shot against measles, mumps, and rubella . It was first developed by Maurice Hilleman while at Merck in the late 1960s....
, stating with regard to the three-in-one inoculation: "In hindsight it may be a better solution to give the vaccinations separately."
Pounder has edited over 20 textbooks and is one of the founding co-editors of the journal Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Editor-in-Chief of GastroHep.com. His main research interests were in the development of drugs for the control of gastric acid secretion, and the pathogenesis and management of inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine. The major types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.-Classification:...
. His present interests are in the effects of night time shiftwork on junior doctors, and the design / implementation of junior doctors' rotas. He is a Governor of St. Paul's School, London, and Chairman of RotaGeek.com.
External links
- http://www.gastrohep.com/
- http://www.apandt.org/
- http://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk/
- http://www.rotageek.com