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Rebecca Ellison Cole


Personal references

My complete CV is available on request


Responsible for the FDA request to manufacturers, of corticosteroids, to add warnings concerning their potential danger with the chickenpox and measles viruses, December 2, 1991
Recipient of the Food and Drug Administration's Commissioner's Special Citation, and the Harvey W. Wiley Medal, presented by FDA Commissioner, Dr. David Kessler, M.D., May 29, 1992
Inspired the addition of chickenpox and measles warnings on corticosteroid labels in Great Britain, 1993-1994
Responsible for the above warnings to be sent to all countries health organizations by the World Health Organization, 1993
Speaker at FDA Advisory Committee hearings on the chickenpox vaccine, 1990, 1994, letter for the record 1995
Lobbied State of North Carolina Legislature to allocate funds for the immunization of North Carolina's citizens with all available vaccines, including Varivax, June 1995
Appointed Member, Consumer Representative, Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, 1995-1999
Appointed consultant to FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, 1999
Co-presenter of the Varicella Zoster Research Foundation's Scientific Achievement Award to Dr. Michiaki, Takahashi, the developer of the vaccine for chickenpox, at the VZVRF's Third Annual Scientific Conference in Palm Beach, FL., March 10, 1997
Speaker at the VZVRF's public forum on chickenpox, Palm Beach, FL., March 12, 1997
Testified before US Congressional Committee on Government Reform, Washington, DC., representing PKIDs, August 3, 1999
Guest speaker, the University of Connecticut's School of Allied Health's, Twelfth, annual, Women, Prevention, and Children's Health, April 6, 2000.
Guest speaker, the State of Virginia's, Stop the Pox event, Richmond, VA., April 18, 2000.
Public Service Award, presented by the VZV Research Foundation, March 4, 2001. 
Author, "My Little Drummer Boy: A Mother's True Story, published 2003
Personal Profiles, including: Family Circle Magazine, May 15, 1990*** CBS This Morning, "Heroes in Health," Aug. 4, 1992*** CNN's Living in the 90's, Health Works, and Headline News Feb. 16, 1993*** Ladies Home Journal, pg. 45, May 1993*** The BBC in London, 1993*** The Charlotte Observer, by Karen Garloch, Dec. 13, 1994*** ABC's Home Show, Feb. 16, 1994*** The Chapel Hill Herald, by Marlee Margopoulos, March 6, 1994*** Encyclopedia Britannica, 1994 Medical and Health Annual pg. 19*** First For Women Magazine, July 3, 1995, by Deborah Bebb


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