Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FASTMH, FAAP

Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., is professor of pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also chief of a new Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine and founding Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. In addition Prof. Hotez is the Texas Children's Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, and president of the Sabin Institute. He will lead the new Sabin vaccine development program at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. He moves to BCM and Texas Children's from The George Washington University, where he has served as a Distinguished Research Professor and the Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Hotez is an internationally-recognized clinician and investigator in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. Diseases he studies include hookworm, , , leishmaniasis, and malaria, among others, impacting hundreds of millions of children and adults worldwide. He obtained his undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics from in 1980, followed by a Ph.D. degree in biochemical parasitology from in 1986 and a medical degree from Cornell University in 1987. He completed pediatric residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1987 to 1989 and postdoctoral fellowship training in infectious diseases and molecular parasitology at Yale from 1989 to 1991. Dr. Hotez joined the Yale faculty as an assistant professor of pediatrics in 1992. He became an associate professor in 1995 before moving to the George Washington University as professor and chair in 2000. Dr. Hotez has authored more than 240 original papers, 24 op-ed pieces or editorials and 61 textbook chapters, and he has authored or edited 10 books, including Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases (ASM Press). He has been an invited speaker or visiting professor on hundreds of occasions at leading institutions nationally and internationally and has been the recipient of many national or international awards. Dr. Hotez serves as president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. He has served in membership or leadership roles with a multitude of professional organizations, including as a current member of the NIH Council of Councils. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He currently serves as principal investigator for research grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Dutch government, and NIH, as well as co- principal investigator for a research grant from the Carlos Slim Health Institute.