Physicians

Department / Division
Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Primary Care

Address
DUMC 3675
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-620-5333

Office Telephone
919-620-5374

Fax Telephone
919-572-6000

Training

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1984

Residency

• Pediatrics, University of Colorado Hospital, 1984-1988

Fellowship

• Ambulatory Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 1988-1991

Other Training

• PhD, History of Medicine, Duke University, 1993

Clinical Interests
General pediatrics

Research Interests
My formal training (PhD) is in the history of medicine. I am particularly interested in the history of Pediatrics in the following areas of study.
- Neonatal Medicine
- Preventive Pediatrics
- Childhood Immunizations
 -Autism

My current work focuses on the history of autism, focused on the United States and Britain.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Baker JP. Mercury, vaccines, and autism: one controversy, three histories. Am J Public Health. 2008 Feb;98(2):244-53. (2008) Abstract

Baker JP, Katz SL. Childhood vaccine development: an overview. Pediatr Res. 2004 Feb;55(2):347-56. (2004) Abstract

Baker JP. The pertussis vaccine controversy in Great Britain, 1974-1986. Vaccine. 2003 Sep 8;21(25-26):4003-10. (2003) Abstract

Baker, J.P. “Technology in the Nursery,” in Formative Years: Children’s Health in the United States 1880-2000, ed. Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2002) (2002)

Baker JP. Immunization and the American way: 4 childhood vaccines. Am J Public Health. 2000 Feb;90(2):199-207. (2000) Abstract

Baker JP. The incubator and the medical discovery of the premature infant. J Perinatol. 2000 Jul-Aug;20(5):321-8. (2000) Abstract

Baker, Jeffrey P.  The Machine in the Nursery: Incubator Technology and  the Origins of Newborn Intensive Care (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996) (1996)