Dr. James Lyons-Weiler is a research scientist and prolific author with over 55 peer-reviewed studies and three books to his name: Ebola: An Evolving Story, Cures vs. Profits, and The Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism.
He writes regularly on his Substack, Popular Rationalism, where he shares scientific analyses, insights, and commentary, and contributes occasionally to The Defender published by Children’s Health Defense. He is Editori-in-Chief of Science, Public Health Policy & the Law.
Dr. Lyons-Weiler is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge (IPAK), where he conducts and supports research in the public interest aimed at reducing human suffering. His work spans biomedical research, including vaccine safety science, genomics, bioinformatics, and cancer. He is also the founder of IPAK-EDU, an independent educational platform offering university-level online courses to the public.
His work includes first-of-their-kind studies onaluminum exposure from pediatric vaccines, comparative health outcomes in vaccinated vs. unvaccinated children, and the risks of pathogenic priming from viral and vaccine-derived proteins. In addition to his books and research articles, he offers University-level advanced courses via
His April 2020 publication on pathogenic priming from SARS-CoV-2 proteins leading to chronic illness risk was later independently validated by Harvard researchers and predicted many aspects of the spikeopathy, seen in many patients today.