NVIC's Vicky Debold Appointed As Consumer Rep on FDA Vaccine Committee

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Sheri

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

NVIC's Vicky Debold Appointed As Consumer Rep on FDA Vaccine Committee

Vicky Debold, RN, PhD has been appointed to represent consumers on the

Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) of the

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which votes on the scientific evidence

presented by vaccine manufacturers seeking licenses to market new vaccines

in the U.S.. Dr. Debold, who is Director of Patient Safety for the National

Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), was appointed by the FDA after she was

selected by an independent consumer's representative nominating group. Her

two-year term can be extended to four years at the discretion of the FDA.

Dr. Debold has worked as a health policy analyst for the U.S. Congress at

the Physician Payment Review Commission; the Michigan Health and Safety

Coalition; and the Michigan State Commission on Patient Safety.

Additionally she has served as an Assistant Professor at the University of

Michigan and an Associate Professor and Director of the Health Systems

Management Program at the University of Detroit , Mercy.

Her doctoral degree is from the University of Michigan (1999) - School of

Public Health (Health Services Organization and Policy) and the School of

Nursing (Health Systems Administration). She was a University of Michigan

Regent's Fellow and completed her post-doctoral fellowship in health

systems research.

Dr. Debold's son, her only child, experienced serious, long-term health

problems following receipt of seven live virus and killed bacterial

vaccines at 15 months of age in 1998, including autism spectrum disorder

symptoms. She has been involved in research and advocacy for autism-focused

non-profit organizations, including SafeMinds, National Autism Association,

US Autism and Asperger Association and the Oakland County Chapter, Autism

Society of America.

VRBPAC meetings are open to the public and members of the public may speak

during public comment times. Dr. Debold's first meeting as consumer

representative will be February 20-21, 2008 at the Hilton Gaithersburg

Hotel, Gaithersburg, land.

NVIC President and Co-founder Barbara Loe Fisher served as the consumer

member of VRBPAC between 1999 and 2003. Online transcripts and background

material for VRBPAC meetings held between 1998 and 2008, which contain

discussions of the pre-licensure scientific evidence for safety and

efficacy presented by vaccine manufacturers for experimental and previously

licensed vaccines, can be accessed at

http://www.fda.gov/cber/advisory/vrbp/vrbpmain.htm

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