Bonnie S. Dunbar
Bonnie Dunbar | |
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Born | Bonita Sue Dunbar February 14, 1948 University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Awards | Best Paper and Presentation, 1973 Southwest Developmental Biology Symposium; honored as First Margaret Pittman Lecturer in 1994[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoology |
Institutions | Baylor College of Medicine |
Thesis | Characterization of macromolecular components of rabbit uterine secretions (1977) |
Bonita Sue Dunbar (born February 14, 1948),[2] known as Bonnie Dunbar or Bonnie S. Dunbar, is an American zoologist and academic who was the former professor in the department of molecular and cell biology at Baylor College of Medicine, a position she held from 1994 to 2004. Prior thereto she was an assistant professor in the same department at the same university from 1981 to 1983. From 1984 to 1994, also at Baylor College of Medicine, she also held a position as associate professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. She is currently an honorary lecturer at the University of Nairobi. She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Endocrine Society, the American Society for Cell Biology, and the New York Academy of Sciences. She is currently the owner of the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden Restaurant and Cottages,[3] as well as the treasurer of the African Biomedical Center.[4] She served on the editorial board of the journal Medical Veritas, which was published from 2004 to 2008 and endorsed anti-vaccine views.[citation needed]
Education
Dunbar was born in
Scientific career
After completing her postdoc, Dunbar worked at the Population Council of
She said that her interest in this arose because "...in my young years I had a vision that maybe we could help the world population problem and provide women with an option for birth control that was not invasive in our hormones or our systems or otherwise have the side effects we now see with a lot of contraceptive methods."
Views on the Hepatitis B vaccine
Dunbar has vocally criticized the hepatitis B vaccine, which, she claims, may be more dangerous than Hepatitis B itself for a small portion of the Caucasian population. She began suspecting the vaccine was dangerous after her brother, Bohn, developed rashes on his face, fatigue, and a number of other symptoms after being vaccinated with it. In 2000, Dunbar said that her brother "hasn't been out of bed since" he received the Hepatitis B vaccine.[9]
A 2004 study showed an association between recombinant Hepatitis B vaccine and multiple sclerosis,[10] but the current status of research is "inconclusive".[11]
References
- ^ a b "Biographical Sketch" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
- ^ "Bonnie S. Dunbar Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ Anderson, Mary Ann (August 5, 2005). "Out of Kenya". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "About ABC". March 3, 2016. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ a b Robinson, Joan (2009). "Blasted Ovaries: The Failure of Contraceptive Vaccines". Population Research Institute. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
- ^ Wallstin, Brian (August 20, 1998). "Biological Disaster". Houston Press. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Baylor professor settles vaccine suit". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Associated Press. May 30, 1999. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ Milling, T.J. (April 20, 2002). "Doctor, doctor: Houston duo shares a name". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- 20/20. ABC News. Archived from the originalon January 26, 2009.
- S2CID 25309517.
- ^ Trust, M. S. "Hepatitis B vaccine | MS Trust". mstrust.org.uk.