James Lyons-Weiler (born July 4, 1967) is an American scientist and activist who operates the non-profit organization Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge.[1] His doctorate is in ecology, evolution and conservation biology.[2] He was a University of Pittsburgh faculty member (2003-2009) and a member of the Early Detection Research Network through the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.[3]
James F. Lyons-Weiler | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Nevada, Reno |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecology |
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| Thesis | Data exploration and hypothesis testing in statistical and computational phylogenetic systematics (1998) |
History
editLyons-Weiler worked as an assistant professor and co-director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 2000-2002.[2] He then served as faculty at the University of Pittsburgh from 2003-2009.
Controversies
editLyons-Weiler has been making numerous claims about COVID-19, and about vaccines in general for years.[4][5][6][7]
He claimed in February 2020 that SARS-CoV-2 contains a genetic sequence, thus proving that the virus was probably engineered in a laboratory, was repeatedly discredited by researchers and fact-checkers.[8]
His Wordpress blog, Science, Public Health Policy and the Law claims to be a scientific journal, with an advisory board consisting of three other prominent anti-vaccine personalities.
References
edit- ^ Montesano, Nicole. "County COVID resolution comes under attack from residents". News-Register. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ a b "University of Pittsburgh s James Lyons-Weiler on Using Better Statistics for Proteomics Experiments". GenomeWeb. 2005-10-14. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Lyons-Weiler, James". Early Detection Research Network. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Barrett, Malachi (2021-05-07). "Michigan activists boost 'experts' to justify anti-vaccine stance. Health officials say their science doesn't hold up". MLive.com. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ McDonald, Jessica; Jaramillo, Catalina (January 22, 2021). "Viral Video Makes False and Unsupported Claims About Vaccines". FactCheck.org. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Greenberg, Jon (December 18, 2020). "Video shared on Facebook inflates risk of Moderna vaccine 40-fold". PolitiFact. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Stinelli, Mick (2021-01-29). "Parties give closing statements in Crack'd Egg closure case". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Teoh, Flora (February 10, 2020). "2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) does not contain "pShuttle-SN" sequence; no evidence that virus is man-made". Science Feedback. Health Feedback. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- James Lyons-Weiler publications indexed by Google Scholar
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