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Paul A. Offit (born 27 March 1951) is an American pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine that has been credited with saving hundreds of lives every day. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine 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. He has been a member of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.〔 Offit is a Board Member of Every Child By Two〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=http://www.ecbt.org/index.php/about/article/scientific_advisory_board )〕 and a Founding Board Member of the Autism Science Foundation (ASF).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://autismsciencefoundation.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/asf-founding-board-member-dr-paul-offit-elected-to-the-institute-of-medicine/ )〕 Offit has published more than 130 papers in medical and scientific journals in the areas of rotavirus-specific immune responses and vaccine safety,〔 and is the author or co-author of books on vaccines, vaccination, and antibiotics. He is one of the most public faces of the scientific consensus that vaccines have no association with autism, and has, as a result, attracted controversy and a substantial volume of hate mail and occasional death threats,〔〔 but also support for his position.〔〔(Author: Vaccine Book Brings Out Hidden Support After Death Threats ). ''Reuters'', February 18, 2009〕 == Life == Offit grew up in Baltimore, the son of a shirtmaker. He went to his father's sales meetings and reacted negatively to the tall tales told by salespeople, preferring instead what he saw as the clean and straightforward life of science.〔 When he was five years old, he was sent to a polio ward to recover from clubfoot surgery; this experience caused him to see children as vulnerable and helpless, and motivated him through the 25 years of the development of the rotavirus vaccine.〔 (Podcast ) (MP3). Retrieved 2009-05-13.〕 Offit decided to become a doctor, the first in his family.〔 Offit earned his bachelor's degree from Tufts University and his M.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. One of his mentors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was Maurice Hilleman, who developed several of the major vaccines in use today.〔 By 2008 Offit had become a leading advocate of childhood immunizations. He was opposed by vaccine critics, many of whom believe vaccines cause autism, a belief not supported by scientific data. He received a death threat and received protection by an armed guard during meetings at the CDC.〔 His 2008 book ''Autism's False Prophets'' catalyzed a backlash against the antivaccine movement in the U.S.〔 He donated the royalties from the book to the Center for Autism Research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.〔 Offit serves on the board of the American Council on Science and Health.〔(【引用サイトリンク】American Council on Science and Health "> url = http://acsh.org/about-acsh/meet-the-team/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Offit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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