Jennifer Vanderbes

Writing books, plays & NBC TV. NEH Public Scholar. Out Now: WONDER DRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America & Its Hidden Victims (Random House).

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

Former @washingtonpost reporter Morton Mintz - 101 YEARS OLD - turned out at @PoliticsProse yesterday for my launch event for #WONDERDRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims. Mintz broke the thalidomide story in 1962! @WMEBooks @USThalidomide

[Scientific American @sciam]

In her book Wonder Drug, Jennifer Vanderbes explores the history of thalidomide’s secret history—and harms—in the U.S. https://t.co/eXtCsPgYuc

[Doron Weber @DoronWeber]

Two @SloanPublic grantees in one!

Sloan author @jvanderbes discusses the subject of her book, Frances Kelsey & her refusal to approve thalidomide after discovering its disastrous side effects, with@katiehafner on Sloan podcast@LostWomenofSci

https://t.co/BZjHki3CLU

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

Thrilled by this amazing work by @USThalidomide survivors last week in DC!

[US/USA Thalidomide Survivors @USThalidomide]

@Congressman_JVD Jefferson Van Drew (R, NJ) is working toward building a bipartisan coalition for a House Bill to assist USA Thalidomide Survivors to live with dignity and independence. #WONDERDRUG @USThalidomide @jvanderbes #thalidomide

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@dadjmi Glorious.

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@elliottholt This is crazy scary.

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@GP_Spink Thanks, Geoff!

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@KiaupRoberta @Craig_A_Spencer Thanks, Roberta!

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

The next big crisis that would confront the FDA was thalidomide.

The story of thalidomide is amazing, scary, incredible, and very complicated. I HIGHLY recommend the book 'Wonder Drug' by @jvanderbes if you want to do a deep dive

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@Craig_A_Spencer Thanks, Craig!

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@OpenMindTV A total pleasure to appear on The Open Mind!!

[The Open Mind @OpenMindTV]

Novelist, @jvanderbes, discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America on The Open Mind.

Watch the full episode here:

https://t.co/HXJciuepG8

#Science #Reading #Pharmaceutical

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@FrancieGrace Thank you!!

[Doron Weber @DoronWeber]

Check out the latest @SloanPublic ad in @nybooks honoring the recipients of Sloan book awards whose books were published in 2023: @drcrj @debcha @aleatorico @ElizabethaRush @drsrbayer @qeastman @jvanderbes @jaimealyse @RichardConniff @lesliestebbins & @dan_levitt!

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

Thrilled to appear on PBS this week discussing #WONDERDRUG: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims. @USThalidomide #thalidomide
https://t.co/3OdJ2LRmiv

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@eisingerj @JustinElliott @js_kaplan @BrettMmurphy @Amierjeski @kirstenberg CONGRATS!!!

[Thalidomide Voice @VoiceThalid]

Totally blown away by the #Australian government’s apology to #thalidomide survivors.

@USThalidomide @jvanderbes @cjeangrover

https://t.co/dYg3ERFoBA

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@mirkhanuka CONGRATS!!!

[Jennifer Vanderbes @jvanderbes]

@JillEscher Thanks, Jill! @USThalidomide

[Jill Escher @JillEscher]

Looking for something fabulous to read? Wonder Drug by @jvanderbes is a masterpiece! Chronicles in depth the tragic hidden story of #thalidomide poisoning in America. https://t.co/M3JESPp32A

[Gary Schwitzer @garyschwitzer]

I’ve never been so moved by a book as by this one. I now have suspicions that my younger sibling, born & died within 40 minutes in 1960, may have been another uncounted thalidomide victim. Great work by author @jvanderbes. https://t.co/iux3GeHXGA