Vijendra Kumar Singh | |
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| Alma mater | Lucknow University, University of British Columbia |
| Awards | O. Spurgeon English Humanitarian Award[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Utah State University, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy |
| Thesis | Studies on brain nuclear RNA polymerase and chromatin transcription (1972) |
Vijendra Kumar Singh is a neuroimmunologist who formerly held a post at Utah State University, prior to which he was a professor at the University of Michigan. While affiliated with both institutions, he conducted some controversial autism-related research focusing on the potential role of immune system disorders in the etiology of autism. For example, he has testified before a US congressional committee that, in his view, "three quarters of autistic children suffer from an autoimmune disease."