# MTM - Interview with Brian Hooker PhD

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Podcast: [More Than Medicine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/more-than-medicine-83624)
Published: 2026-02-14T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Send us Fan Mail Start with the data, stay with the people. That’s the pulse of our conversation with Brian Hooker, PhD—biochemical engineer, researcher, and chief scientific officer at Children’s Health Defense—who traces how a family crisis led to two decades of FOIA digging, contested publications, and a book designed to make complex evidence visible to every parent. We unpack what happens when you compare vaccinated and unvaccinated groups in real-world studies, why some signals around ch...

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