Robert L Brent, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor

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Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19899

(302) 651-6880

Education
Education

University Appointment
Distinguished Professor
Clinical Science Pediatrics
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Research and Clinical Interests
My interests in the vaccine issue is an important issue with all Pediatricians. Our specialty has a few renegades who are against vaccinations for many irrational and undocumented reasons. In 1972 I wrote a letter-to the editor to Pediatrics voicing my concern about the fact that the USA was discontinuing smallpox vaccination for smallpox. My letter indicated my concern that the Russians and Chinese were still vaccinating and that it was of concern to me that our population would become susceptible to smallpox germ warfare in one or two generations. My letter was recently published in Pediatrics as a "voice from the past". You have to read my letter and the Infectious disease committee's response to the letter. All my concerns have come to be valid concerns to which we have not addressed an adequate response.

I was on the dental amalgam committee of the National Inst of Dental Research and participated in the ethyl mercury risk in the vaccines conference in Atlanta that occurred four or five years ago at which the scientific community unanimously voted that the levels of mercury in these vaccines would not affect the CNS or are responsible for autism. I was invited to an international meeting of vaccine experts in France that dealt with the risks of immunizing pregnant women and the risk to the mother and fetus. The result of that meeting was two publications concerning this subject. Finally, I have been a consultant to a number of Pharmaceutical companies concerning the development of new vaccines (group B strep) and their risks if administered to pregnant women.

Publications

1. Reply
2. The professional responsibility model of physician leadership
3. Bisphenol A and obesity in children and adolescents
4. Planned home birth: The professional responsibility response
5. Correspondence
6. Letter to the Editors
7. The role of the pediatrician in preventing congenital malformations
8. The professional responsibility model of obstetrical ethics: Avoiding the perils of clashing rights
9. Reply
10. Evaluation of the reproductive and developmental risks of caffeine
11. The Pulmonologist's role in Caring for Pregnant Women with Regard to the Reproductive Risks of Diagnostic Radiological Studies or Radiation Therapy
12. Does treatment of premature labor with terbutaline increase the risk of autism spectrum disorders?
13. In remembran Denis Alan Trevor New, M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc.
14. A case study in unethical transgressive bioethics: "Letter of Concern from Bioethicists" about the prenatal administration of dexamethasone
15. The intellectual and moral integrity of bioethics: Response to commentaries on "A case study in unethical transgressive bioethics: 'Letter of Concern from Bioethicists' about the prenatal administration of dexamethasone"
16. An updated history of the teratology society
17. Reproductive toxicology
18. The perils of the imperfect expectation of the perfect baby
19. Toxicity testing in the 21st century: A vision and a strategy
20. Approaches for assessing risks to sensitive populations: Lessons learned from evaluating risks in the pediatric population

(This list reflects the most recent 20 publications)