Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Jeremy Wakefield | |
|---|---|
Andrew Wakefield in 2016 | |
| Born | Birth date -1st March 1966 |
| Education | Royal Free Hospital |
| Occupation | Anti-vaccine activist, former physician |
| Known for | Lancet MMR autism fraud |
Andrew Jeremy Wakefield (born 1956) is a British anti-vaccine activist, former physician, and discredited academic. He was struck off the medical register due to his involvement in the Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that falsely claimed a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism.
Early Career[edit | edit source]
Wakefield was initially a surgeon on the liver transplant programme at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Later, he became a senior lecturer and honorary consultant in experimental gastroenterology at the Royal Free and University College School of Medicine. He resigned from his positions there in 2001.
Lancet MMR Autism Fraud[edit | edit source]
In 1998, Wakefield published a study in The Lancet that falsely claimed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism[1]. The study was later retracted by the journal due to serious procedural errors, undisclosed financial conflicts of interest, and ethical violations[2].
Impact and Activism[edit | edit source]
Following the publication of the 1998 study, there was a sharp decline in MMR vaccination uptake, leading to several outbreaks of measles around the world. Wakefield has subsequently become a prominent figure in anti-vaccination activism.
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