User:Joel M. Kauffman

Joel M. Kauffman obtained a BS in Chemistry from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, now called University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP), and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After 11 years of experience in the chemical industry, including 2 years with I.C.I./Organics/Inc. and over 7 years with New England Nuclear Corp., Dr. Kauffman joined USP in 1979, rising to Professor of Chemistry in 1990. His experience includes about 10 years of exploratory drug development at USP and 4 years at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He obtained grants and contracts from many sources including the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Research and the Army Research Office and several manufacturing companies. With 80 papers on chemical and medical topics, and 11 patents, including 2 on antituberculosis drugs, Dr. Kauffman has turned his attention to exposing fraud in medicine with a book, Malignant Medical Myths, 2006. Much of 2007-8 was devoted to exposing fraud in theories of climate change.